More beautiful jewelry from a fellow jewelry designer!
Kandi-o Designs.. creations by Kandace… truly unique and a style of their own! Kandace also has a shop called Cap It! More unique designs for you!
You can find Kandace At:
Shop URL
Etsy Shop
2nd Shop URL
Madeitmyself Shop
Website URL
Blog URL
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This week it’s my turn to be the featured artisan in the “Share the Love… Blogger’s Unite”! Each week, the participating bloggers feature a different handmade artist. I’m so happy to be the one this week!
Shop URL
http://juhutch.artfire.com
2nd Shop URL
http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/juliahutchinsdesigns
3rd Shop URL
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=18953
Website URL
http://www.juliahutchins.com
Blog URL
http://www.juliahutchins.com/blog1
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Looking for a new purse or bag? You really should stop by and look at Gabs Bags!
Shop URL
http://GabsBags.artfire.com
2nd Shop URL
http://gabsbags.etsy.com
Website URL
http://gabsbags.ning.com/
Blog URL
http://www.apassionforbags.com
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This week’s “Share the Love – Blogger’s Unite” featured artisan is Julie from “Creations with Heart”. Please stop by and visit her shop for some gorgeous handmade jewelry!
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This weeks Featured Artisan is Chrysalis Designs – owner/designer is Regina McDonald. Gina also has a shop call T.A.I.S.I. on Madeitmyself. She does beautiful work and her T.A.I.S.I. shop 40% goes to the Refuge House in Florida.
You can find Chrysalis Designs at:
http://chrysalisdesigns.artfire.com
http://madeitmyself.com/user/chrysalisdesigns.aspx
http://www.narvla.com/bRegina-McDonald_b-_brChattahoochee-FL/products/127/
http://chrysalisdesigns.blogspot.com
You can also find her on Twitter and Facebook!
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This weeks featured artisan is Cathy – owner of Caty Ann’s Creations. Cathy lives in NW Ohio. She has been creating jewelry for about 6 years for herself and family members. Each of her pieces are unique. Stop by and see them all! You can find Caty Ann’s Creations here:
Artfire Shop – http://catyann.artfire.com
Ecrater Shop – http://.catyanns.ecrater.com
Zibbet Shop – http://.zibbet.com/catyann
Caty Ann’s Blog – http://catyannscreations.blogspot.com
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This weeks featured artisan is Tracy – owner of Braggin’ Rights Bath. This is her new venue… wonderful yummy bath products..Tracy also has a shop called
Braggin’ Rights filled with wonderful handmade gifts. You can find Tracy at:
She also has 2 blogs… Uses for Stuff Braggin Rights Finds
Stop by and see all her wonderful creations!!
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Anne creates beautiful scarves and accessories – Please visit her site! Not only does she make stunning handmade items, she works tirelessly to help other handmade artists promote their shops! Buying and giving handmade items is so much more fun than buying and giving ready made items… who doesn’t need or want a new scarf at this time of the year? Anne has several beautiful ones to choose from!
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It has been a very busy week for me, but also an exciting one! I’m getting ready for the Whimmydiddle arts & crafts fair in Scott City, Kansas this Saturday. I’ve made so many new pieces of jewelry this week, but haven’t had time to photograph any of them. It’s a good thing I’ve been stocking up on gemstones, beads and findings over the summer, because I’m using many new components in my pieces! I’m really looking forward to the weekend, as this is an event that draws a large crowd every year. It’s also the first time I’ve ever had my jewelry at an arts & crafts fair. I set up at the Whimmydiddle 30 years ago, when I was oil painting, but I’ve only sold my jewelry online. It will be interesting to see how this goes!
More exciting news this week… a pair of my earrings are in a contest over on “Made for me by Oaklie’s” blog on her “Great Finds” contest. Please visit her site and cast your vote for your favorite “Beeutiful Great Finds” contest. Contest entries had to be either black, yellow or white, or a combination of any or all. I didn’t have anything black and yellow, and all of my black jewelry has sold out, so I used a pair of white freshwater pearl earrings.
Another exciting piece of news was the news that I would be featured on a couple of blogs this week, and I’m also the featured artist on another Ning network. I’ve been asked to the Foxy Findings “Designer Spotlight interview” on Saturday. Foxy Findings is a supplier of beads and findings that I’ve just recently started using as one of my suppliers. They have a great selection and prices, and they offer all kinds of fun contests on Facebook and Twitter. I won a spool of their Foxy Flex blue sapphire copper beading wire from them last month, and am just getting ready to use this beautiful wire in one of my newest pieces (this piece is going to be fore me!). I’m very excited to have been asked to be interviewed for their blog, and I’m looking forward to it!
I’m also going to be featured tomorrow (Thursday) on VA Beach Quilters blog. She does such a great job at promoting fellow handmade arts & crafts people! Please be sure to check out her blog.
If that wasn’t enough excitement for the week, I’m also the featured artisan of the week on the On Fire for Handmade network on Ning. Anne also does a wonderful job of promoting shops that sell handmade goods. If you are an artist or crafts person, I highly recommend joining this Ning network! Lots of great support and friendship over there.
Well, I’ve gotta go now. Still need to make several more pieces of jewelry before this weekend! Have a great Thursday!
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This summer, while I’ve been working full time to promote & market my online businesses (handcrafted jewelry and political gifts & apparel on Zazzle & CafePress), I’ve found so many great places to buy and sell handmade items! I thought that I should post about a few that I’ve joined, just in time for Christmas shopping! I plan on buying handmade gifts this year, and I have so many great places to shop now!
One of my favorite sites is ArtFire Studios. They have a beautiful site that is easy to navigate, easy to list, and they are so very much in tune with what their sellers want! They recently added an ArtFire kiosk that you can use on your Facebook profile or page, and the new coupon option is wonderful! (I have one of the coupons posted on my blog sidebar – be sure to use it if you order from me!)
To join in the fun and open your shop on ArtFire, click the link! You won’t regret it! Register on ArtFire.com
Here is my ArtFire Rapid Cart (another cool widget that they have)
Another place that I’ve been spending a lot of time at is Ning. There are so many groups to join on Ning! I’ve met some great new friends and fellow craftspeople there! I’m a member of several groups over there. Have you tried Ning? If you join, please let me know and I’ll add you as a friend! Here’s my Ning profile.
One of the most recent sites I’ve joined is called FuzzB – I just love that name! FuzzB is another place to buy and sell handcrafted and other items. I just opened my shop over there and really like the set up they have. You can even upload a video commercial to your profile! To join, click here Register on Fuzzb.com.
Here is a link to my FuzzB shop (again, using one of their super cool widgets)…
These are just a few of the many new sites and networks I’ve found and joined recently. I’ll add some more later. There IS a reason that they call it the “world wide web”. It’s just like a spiderweb, once you get started. If I wasn’t a multi-tasker before I started selling and blogging online, I would for sure be one now. I have no less than 5 or 6 tabs open on my browser at all times, and I’m constantly updating, adding, joining and traveling around the never ending web! I always think that I’ve joined just about everything that I can, and have seen it all, but every day I find more places to join and more friends to meet and things to do!
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