Bead on a Wire Blog

Here’s a sampling of what’s available in my shop. (NOTE: I will inactivate all items for an open house on December 1, but they will be reactivated later that day/evening.)

I’ve got the Loverly Treasury today. I am in awe of photography since I stink at it. These are some of the favorites I’ve found at Etsy. It expires at about 7pm today.

Samples:

Old Time Music Paper
A Journey for Many Souls
Bow Valley
Morning Fog

It was a tough decision whether or not to take custom orders, but then I realized that I’d be missing out on way more benefits from doing them than the time it takes to do the work. And when a friend asked if I could make a bracelet to match the earrings she had just bought, that helped to push me, too. She has asked for a couple of other custom pieces since, too.

At the open house last weekend, I came away with five special orders. I’ve managed to get three of them completed with the materials I have on hand. Two others required a supply order, which I placed on Monday. I’m hoping it arrives this Monday. Here are what those pieces look like:

The other items ordered are another tea cup infuser with a specific blue lampwork bead that I used for a pot infuser that this customer bought and a bracelet and earrings set with pearls and Sterling accents for another customer. The earrings are to be teapots like a pair I made for my mother. And the bracelet is to match one also made for my mother.

And I also need to try to make many more infusers for my open house next weekend since I’m pretty much out. I’m also hoping to make a necklace or two and maybe a bracelet or two.

Busy week ahead!

I thought I’d share the slideshow of some of my pieces that can be found in my shop. Some of the items have sold, but you’ll have to visit to see which ones.

Find more photos like this on Indiepublic

I have not received the official email notification yet, but in checking the roster I see that I am a newly minted member of the Self-Representing Artist Jewelry Designers.

Go me!

Thanksgiving Weekend Only and I am participating.

The Tea For All Reasons Open House went very well this weekend. There was great turnout, I met a bunch of fabulous women, made a few sales (more than a few, actually), and have some custom orders to work on in the next few weeks.

I managed to remember to take pictures of my display before the hoards descended. You can see them at my Flickr page.

Next up is my own open house next Saturday (Dec 1). I plan to take pictures of that display as well and will post them. On the agenda this week is preparing for Thanksgiving at my house and then the etsyBEAD Thanksgiving weekend sale, and creating new beautiful jewelry to list in my Etsy shop.

Busy, busy.

I am participating in the Tea For All Reasons Open House this weekend. I’m working at getting more beaded tea infusers made since this is a tea merchant’s open house. However, I’m hoping to sell a lot more than the infusers.

In other news of this weekend, my infusers will be featured at the VIX Emporium reopen on Saturday, Nov 17 in Philadelphia. Go pay them a visit if you’re in the Philly area!

I’ve finally listed the necklace that I made a couple of months ago. I’m still working on redoing my early photography. Now that I’ve found a method and look that I like I’m trying to get most of the items in my shop redone.

Anyway, I like that the necklace is versatile. You can wear it as is or you can wear it with your favorite pendants. Since I have a few pendants that I like to wear and not a good chain or way to show them this necklace is a good way to show them off. The last pictuire shows the necklace with a pendant (also available in my shop - click on that picture to see the listing).

A B&M shop owner posted in the Etsy forums over the weekend that they are looking for consignment items to carry in her shop. In the list of things they are interested in were housewares and accessories. Thinking that jewelry would be overrun, I opted to just tell her about my beaded tea infusers. They’re unique enough to stand out, I thought.

I got an email shortly after posting with a positive inquiry and negotiations began. I have the contact filled out and ready to mail along with eight infusers - four of both sizes. Actually, I need to make three more of the cup infusers - I’d rather not have to spend the time photographing new infusers to list at Etsy when I can make new ones for the shop and take just one inventory photo.

I’m excited about this opportunity and hoping her shop does well when they reopen in a couple of weeks.

If you’re in the Philly area, the shop is VIX Emporium and the reopening is November 17. Go pay them a visit and buy, buy, buy!