The Past Few Days

I haven't updated in a few days, mostly because things have been so crazy for me. I also haven't had time to work on any new pieces over the weekend, which I was hoping I'd have the chance to do. Finals week is approaching rapidly, and I know once it hits, my life is going to be crazy leading up to my second spring show, on June 2. The day after my finals are over, I'm flying out to Tennessee for a little over a week to be there for my cousins' graduations. One is graduating from High School, and the other is graduating from Middle School. I'm hoping I'll have enough time to make them each a piece of jewelry, but I'm not so sure it'll happen for a bit.

Anyway, here are my listings from the past few days:

These earrings are orange swarovski crystals with white swarovski pearls, available for sale here,:

These earrings are square freshwater pearls with swarovski crystals, available for sale here,:

These earrings are stacked swarovski crystal and sterling silver, available for sale here,:

This necklace is made from glass beads, tiger's tail, and sterling silver findings, available for sale here,:

That's all I have to say for today,

Meghan



April 18th

So, last night my jewelry design class went on a field trip to a local bead shop. It was a little bit expensive, though their freshwater pearls weren't too bad. I bought some of those, and also got about 8 feet of sterling silver chain, since I've been having a hard time finding it anywhere. If any of you live in the Arlington Area, I suggest giving the shop a look around- it's called Joy of Beading.

Now for today's listing. These are a pair of freshwater pearl and ruby red swarovski crystal sterling silver earrings, available for sale here, :

That's all I have to say for today,
Meghan

April 17th

Hey guys! Just stopping by to share today's listing with all of you.

Pale blue swarovski crystal and square freshwater pearl sterling silver earrings, available for sale here, :

That's all I have to say for today,

Meghan

April 16th

So, recently, a friend of my roommates and I got engaged. Since we couldn't all go to her actual engagement party, we decided to throw her a small engagement party in our apartment. We decided that for party favors, I'd make a pair of earrings, and we'd tie them in tulle with some hershey's kisses. The earrings aren't too fancy- just simple dangles in the colors that we chose to decorate with. Once I'm finished with all of them, I'll post a picture to share with you guys!

In other news, here's today's listing, available for sale here, :

This bracelet is made from teal and brown glass beads, strung on tiger's tail with sterling silver findings.

That's all I have to say for today,

Meghan

April 15th

Hey everyone!
Just dropping by to share today's listing with all of you.

Sterling Silver, Pink and Purple Swarovski Crystal and Swarovski Pearl Earrings, available for sale here:

That's all I have to share with you all for today,
Meghan

April 14th

So, today (and yesterday), I went to Michael's and basically spent my entire paycheck *innocent whistle*. My Michael's recently got in jewelry resin, and I was really excited to get some. They also had a decent amount of bezel pendants on clearance, as well as some clay molds- to anyone who uses these things, I definitely suggest you check it out. I've been to three different Michael's stores in the past week, and all three of them have had some pretty good things on clearance.

In other news, here's today's listing, available for sale here, :

This necklace hits about waist length, and the toggle clasp is on the front. There's a little bird charm hanging above the bird cage, but he's kind of hard to see in this picture.

Well, that's all I have to say for today,
Meghan

April 12th and April 13th

Hey everyone!

Just stopping buy to share my two newest listings:

These first earrings are one of my favorite pairs- they're sterling silver with a pale blue swarovski crystal drop. The crystals are stunning, and the simplicity of the earrings really lets them shine. I'm a bit upset that the photographs don't really do the crystals justice, though. These are available for sale here.

The second pair of earrings is another pair of freshwater pearl and swarovski crystal earrings. The pale green crystals bring out the slight green tint that the pearls have in some lighting. These are available for sale here.

I'm also thinking about maybe doing a special discount through facebook or reddit, but I'm not sure yet. Do you guys have any opinions? I'd love to here other people's experiences with etsy discount codes.

That's all I have to say for today,

Meghan

April 11th Listing

Just stopping in to share today's listing with everyone!

These earrings are made using 6mm pale pink swarovski bicone crystals, and freshwater pearls. The pearls are referred to as potato pearls because of their shape- the front is rounded, while the back is flatter. All the findings are sterling silver. The listing can be found here.

I've been working on some different pieces, and am excited to share them with you guys once I get them photographed!

That's all I have to say for today,

Meghan



April 10th Listing

As I update my etsy page each day, I'm also planning on updating this blog daily (or as close to daily as I have time for).

today's listing is a pair of sterling silver drop earrings featuring two green resin pendants and two swarovski crystals:

So far, my etsy views have hit over 70 for this week because of my daily listings. As I said before, this is a huge improvement from the one view a week my shop was receiving.

In other news, I've been working on some different pieces from what I normally post. I have a good amount of semi-precious stone beads that were in my grandmother's jewelry supplies, so I've been working on making a few beaded necklaces. While I haven't photographed the pieces I hope to add to my shop, I have photographed two pieces that I made recently, one a gift for my sister, the other a piece for myself. I have the beads to make similar necklaces, and am contemplating re-making them with a few changes depending on what people think of what I've already made.

The first necklace is the one I made for my sister. My grandmother had placed the main beads in a bag with her name on it, and my grandfather and I believe she meant to make her a necklace out of them, since my sister was obsessed with everything chinese when she bought the beads. So I took the beads and added in different seed beads to make her a necklace out of them.

The second necklace is one that I made for myself when I was trying out some different designs. I like the way that it turned out, and have gotten quite a few compliments on it, so I'm leaning towards making a similar one to try selling in my shop. I'd love to get opinions on these two pieces, to see if they're something people would like to buy.

That's all I really have to say for today,

Meghan

The Start of Daily Listings

So, yesterday I started my daily listings on etsy- I'm not just posting the listing on etsy though. I post a picture of the piece on Deviantart, with a link to the listing, publish the listing to my facebook page, post a link to my listing on twitter, and I've been posting about my jewelry on reddit.

Yesterday's piece was a pair of freshwater pearl earrings accented by a 6mm blue swarovski crystal. This listing can be found here.

Today's listing was a pair of Swarovski Pearl earrings accented by teal, purple and iridescent swarovski crystals. This listing can be found here.



So far, my shop views have increased quite a bit from the nearly 0 views I was getting daily. I'm hoping that if I keep this up, my views will continue to rise, and hopefully I will get my first etsy sale soon.

Another thing I'm hoping to do is to sponsor a give away through someone elses blog- if you know of anyone who would like to sponsor my give away, please let me know!

That's all I have to say for today,
Meghan