New Items!

My goal today is to list all of the beads that I haven't listed. I've had dozens with photographs but never had the time or energy to list. I've got 10 done so far. Yipee! You can check my progress here:

http://www.artsiebeads.etsy.com/

New Logo?

I'm trying to figure out a new logo ... What do you think of this one?  Comments, please!

Bummer

My bead shop will not be featured on Heartsy.  There was some confusion regarding the types of items to be showcased on their site and they decided that they will not feature supply shops.  Hopefully they'll like my jewelry so I can still get a spot...

Bead Therapy to Be Featured on Heartsy!

I just received word that my Bead Therapy store on etsy (http://www.artsiebeads.etsy.com/) will be featured in an upcoming sale on http://www.heartsy.me/! If you haven't checked that site out, I encourage you to do so! Viewers vote on your store. Stores with enough votes are reviewed by the Heartsy team and those who make the cut are featured! There are only a handful of spots available per day so it's a great honor! I'm super psyched!

More info to follow!

Friday Fun!

I've been on Spring Break this week so I have enjoyed a few minutes to create some fun stuff! Curling is my winter sport so I decided to make a little earring and necklace set to donate to our local bonspeil (curling tournament). The pendant is Sterling Silver and the earrings are hand-painted shrinkable plastic. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!

Store Closing Sale!

After many years and many friendly customers, I have decided to close my ebay Bead Therapy store.

For those of you who just gasped, take a deep breath in and out. Good. Now let me tell you the good news.  Both my Etsy sites as well as my main site, http://www.artsiedesigns.com/ will remain open.  Ebay has just become too expensive for me to make any sort of profit. So, I decided to move my listings to my Etsy bead shop instead.

During the transition, customers will have the opportunity to save big on all remaining inventory on my Ebay store. Please be patient with me as things might get a little tricky inventory-wise and we may encounter some out-of-stock items.

The sale begins April 1, 2011 with one full week of FREE SHIPPING for U.S. and Canadian customers! I will add specials and discounts until everything is gone or June 1, 2011, whichever comes first!

Visit Bead Therapy today to get a preview of all of my fabulous beads and findings!

Materials

The jewelry materials I ordered arrived today. I purchased 50 yards of chain (not that I need to use anything close to that but bulk prices help sweeten the deal) and a variety of other findings as well as some packaging. As I unwrapped the packages, I realized that there were no spools of chain in the box. I dug further and discovered that the chain was piled into plastic bags! I am certainly going to have a lovely time untangling my new materials! Maybe the untangling time will inspire me.... or annoy me ... or both... We'll see. I'll post pictures when I make something fun!

P.S. I love the packaging that I ordered. It's going to look great with my new logo!