Woo!

I met Ashley Paige the bathing suit designer and reality tv show star last August on the way to Vegas. She was really nice to me and my friends, and liked the jewelry we were wearing (made by me!), so I sent her something after we came home.

This pic is on her website.

Etsy Twitter Team's Shop of the Week: Rocki's Supplies

What a GREAT shop this is! As a jewelry designer, I do know how to make my own findings, but her's are AWESOME! As I perused her site I almost started marking faves then realized 'crap, I like them ALL!'

You can find her site at:
Rocki's Supplies

And her blog at:
RockisRocknBeads.blogspot.com

Some of my faves are:
Gold Organic Heart Clasp with Jump Ring

and

Gold wire wrapped twisted bail

There's SO much more! The quality is amazing and the prices are right. Her sales # speaks for itself.
You can also follow her on Twitter, @RockisMetalwork

Check it out!




All photos copyright to Rocki's Supplies/Deb "Rocki" Adams

Check it out!

I joined another Etsy team! This one is called Etsy Twitter Team. It's a team made up of 105 wonderfully creative artisans who have shops on Etsy. The Etsy Twitter Team's mission is to bring Etsy sellers together who use Twitter to become the authority on Twitter for all things handmade. Everyone tweets about themselves and our teammates, promoting shops, new items, blogs and treasuries.

This month's featured Shop of the Month is RoseBush Designs, found http://rosebushdesigns.etsy.com/. Some of my faves from her shop:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16241581

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22092174

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26317485

All my faves have to do with drinking, either coffee or alcohol....shocking, huh?

Anyway, go check out her shop! There's a bunch more fun things to shop for. You can't beat a handmade card for any occasion...it just makes it that much more special.

You can learn more about Etsy Twitter Team and the other team members, who I will also be featuring in my blog, at http://etsytwitter.blogspot.com/

Happy Friday all! Enjoy your weekend!

Check out the pink on this baby!

Just listed this item today. The pink is so amazing. I've had this stone for so long and never made anything with it because it's my last one and I just LOVE the color!

Here's the link: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26557712

Hope you all have a great day! I'll write another post if anything comes up.

Not bad for a Monday!

Had a really nice day today, even though some of it was spent at the doctor's office then x-ray waiting room with my son. He was just getting a re-check to make sure he's all clear from his bout with pneumonia a couple weeks ago. I'm glad his doctor is that thorough.

My aunt, uncle and cousin, fresh from the Philippines, just moved in - literally like, an hour ago. They got here 3 weeks ago and have been to this house and that. I'm trying to keep them from having to move around too much more by letting them stay for at least a month. I've been told they'll be here for just a month, but I don't mind if they stay longer. They've basically uprooted themselves so right now, family is all they have besides the clothes they brought.

Jewelry-wise, I listed 2 new items today and renewed 9 that were expiring soon! Here's the new item links as well as pics. I named one after my good friend Bee and the other one is actually an entry piece for the Etsy Team I just joined. They do a monthly challenge and this month's theme is "Summer of Independence".

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26516470
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26516891

Here's my June entry, Glory:

And here's Bernadette:

The team I joined is California Crafters Club of Etsy (aka CCCOE). So far everyone is really, really nice. I joined mainly for the cameraderie, it's nice to be able to talk to other Etsy people about Etsy :) The feeling of support is important for any crafter selling her creations, whether it results in sales or not.

Hope you all had a nice Monday like I did! Here's to a great Tuesday!

~sam

Extra post for the day!

So I'm on Etsy's Forums and the problem (sort of) with this is my discovery of new shops that make me want to buy things.



I found an AMAZING shop where I can buy my martial arts teacher her birthday gift in August, as well as a thing or two for myself, once I can decide what to get, as I want it all!

The shop is called Fanciful Form, http://fancifulform.etsy.com/

Here's what I want:

As well as some of her mini pendants, hairpins, earrings, etc. I'm so excited for Christmas this year.... ! Please check her out, totally worth it. And to form each of these pieces by hand... that's some serious talent.

And since I'm mentioning favorite sites, don't forget to visit the one I mentioned in my earlier post: http://polestar.etsy.com/ - I LOVE her style! One of my current faves besides everything in her Luxe Petite line are these earrings:

Look at that shine =)

One more feature because I bought these late last week from http://fulyayaba.etsy.com/:

OMG. Gorgeous. I am going to wear these with everything, even my pajamas.

Have a great weekend!

Must promote more!

My sales aren't great, and I know that it's because I don't put out enough effort with promoting and marketing. My pieces are beautiful, I know this and I've been told a LOT, but I don't put myself out there. Before it was because I was afraid of rejection, afraid of people telling me my stuff was "cute" but their face would say "not really." Some of it is laziness and some of it is lack of ambition. I just suck all around when it comes to trying to better myself. Please don't see this as a pity thing, I am well aware of my shortcomings and have no problem talking about them. My problem however, is fixing them.

This week I've been on Etsy a lot, commenting on Treasuries, but just lurking on Forums. I really need to start posting there. I have gotten about 5 more hearts for my shop and a lot of views on my new listings after I posted them on Twitter. I bought some items from people and even participated in a BnR so now I'm in a Treasury - first time! I totally don't mind having bought my way in. I am constantly inspired by http://polestarjewelry.blogspot.com, she's had lots of sales - I even bought earrings from her, gorgeous! - and she has 2 kids at home with her, just like me.

I know that if I just focus on it, I can be an Etsy success story too :)

In the meantime with my writing, I'm actually writing my first short story in years. I'm gearing towards the YA genre. I may even start a new blog to post them, a la Corey Doctorow, a very talented writer whose agent is one of my friends from high school. Corey's site is http://www.craphound.com. Read "A Place So Foreign" http://craphound.com/place/Cory_Doctorow_-_A_Place_So_Foreign.txt - I really enjoyed that one.

As soon as I have a good draft of my story, I'll post an excerpt.

Have a great day and a great weekend!
Love and luck to you all =)