Time to go to work!

With the holiday season fast approaching, it is time for this lazy artist to go to work creating some unique jewels. I plan on designing some larger, deep colored and bold pieces for fall and winter fashion. The new fasion trends call for bold! Most importantly it calls for unique which is my trademark. Each one of my designs are one of a kind and they are signed and dated on the back. Since each piece of jewelry is made by hand, no two are ever alike. New Fall and winter jewels will appear in my Etsy shop after the Labor Day weekend is over. I invite you to visit often to see the new Jewelry accessories as I list them.

Etsy

Even though sales have been slow, people are still browsing my Etsy shop but it seems like they are spending less. I have some new lower priced items that I've just listed in the hopes that sales will pick up a little. I've been working with memory wire which makes some very easy to wear summer jewelry...just pop it on and pull it off! There are many different styles for every outfit. I can also make custom color combinations. Just contact me through the convo link at my shop.

Marbles

I came across this beautiful fractured marble at my local bead shop a couple of weeks ago. I found out that they are wonderful when strung onto memory wire because the memory wire makes them sit in the natural hollow of the neck.
I have put this blue one on silver plated memory wire with silver plated and glass beads. It will fit up to a 19 inch neck. You can see more of it in my Etsy store, where you will find some of my other new memory wire listings. Enjoy...

An Accidental Beauty

Sometimes when I mix my polymer clay colors, a very pretty accident happens as I run the clay through my pasta machine. While working on some of my wishboxes, I found myself with a bunch of leftover clay. I gathered it up and just randomly stuck it together. I decided to blend it and ran it through my pasta machine a few times and came up with a very unique, warm and bronzed looking color combination. I trimmed some rough edges and voila' a beauty appeared! I added a simple coiled bail made from gold wire and strung the pendant using some beads that I had laying around. I then made some simple beaded wire earrings that I formed from the same gold wire as the bail...here is the end product. It will be available in my Etsy store this weekend. You can go there by clicking on any of my jewelry pictures or my Etsy link tab.

Buy Handmade

There are many talented and creative people in the world who make a living from their art and writing. I have a shop called ajoydesigns on a wonderful website, www.etsy.com. This website features artisans from all over the world. Praise to the creators of Etsy who have given us an affordable place to set up shop and sell our creations. On Etsy you can find just about anything that you are looking for, from the ordinary to the most exquisite and extreme in all price ranges.

Please go and visit my store at http://ajoydesigns.etsy.com and from there I urge you to explore the whole site. You will be delighted in what you find.