Tutorials Post one, review one, or tell us if and why or why not you like them It is Blog Carnival time again at the Jewelry Artisans Community and this is the topic we have to write about for this month. I can be very short about it, I love using them as starting point but mostly I change directions half way down. I have made several jewelry pieces with the help of YouTube tutorials and for my paper craft I…
My other hobby – Papercraft! For his months blog carnival for the Jewelry Artisans Community I can finally write about my other new found hobby. Papercraft! I discovered it by accident. I saw a you tube a while ago and there was a lady from England making boxes from card stock.But I already told you guys this story in a previous blogpost. I started with making boxes but slowly also started to make greeting cards.It is nice to give a handmade thank…
Collaborations with other artists Is this months blog carnival theme for the Jewelry Artisans Community and I have been breaking my head all month what to write. I thought I never had collaborations with other crafters but I was wrong.How could I forget about it. The story is this: A few years ago my sister asked me if I could make some items related to Basset Hounds. I looked in my usual places for pendants or charms but couldn’t find any at that…
Project I like to try this year For this months blog Carnival from the Jewelry Artisans Community we need to write about a project we like to try this year.Well that’s a difficult one, because there are so many things I still have to learn and want to learn too. I already started with one of them. Branding my jewelry designs and website. 😀I always wanted to make my own packaging materials and it never was more then a nice piece of paper…
2016 recap of this year For this months blog Carnival from the Jewelry Artisans Community we decided to write a 2016 recap post, so this time I will include the photo’s of all the challenge pieces we had this year. First of I want to wish all of you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a healthy, productive and joyful 2017, may it bring you all that 2016 forgot. So here are all my JAC challenge creations from this…
You know you are a beader ……….. This post is for the blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community and theme this month is: You know you are a beader ………….. There are many things pointing you in that direction, for me it’s: Waking up in the middle of the night because I have to write down or draw a desigh that popped in my head. Forgetting to eat because Im working o a difficult piece. My hubby complaining that…
JAC – october blog carnival For October we were supposed to write an article for the monthly blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community. We completely forgot to choose a theme for this months entry and we just remembered it when the month was good as over. I forgot about the blog hop because I was working on the photo’s for my galleries and I had a show on the 16th, so in the week before I was sorting out all the…
Tools – JAC September Blog Carnival This post is for the blog carnival (blog hop) at the Jewelry Artisans Community and it’s all about tools, the ones I have, the ones I use a lot, the ones I made myself or my hubby and those that are still on my wishlist. I have a lot of tools that I bought and I still haven’t used them.I bought a few drawplates years ago to draw wire trough to get different shaped wires.I…
Bead Store Experiences – August 2016 Blog Carnival This post is for the blog carnival at the Jewelry Artisans Community and it’s all about our experiences with bead stores.We have a lovely craft store in one the surrounding villages but I don’t go there much anymore.I did go there almost every week before I discovered the internetThey carry a comprehensive variaty of beads and findings but the things I mostly look for is either not in their stock or way to…
Handcrafted Jewelry vs. Mass Produced The subject for this month blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is Handcrafted Jewelry vs. Mass Produced. As this being my website and blog where I showcase adornments made by me, you can understand that I am all for handmade. I like the fact that you can get custom made pieces in stead of pieces that are made with thousends in a factory where each piece is exactly the same. Mass produced pieces, can be bought in almost…
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