Amethyst Stacking Mothers Square Ring birthstone - $115.00

*********This Listing is for one Stacking Ring with a 4mm bezel set gemstone*********



This is a handmade ring that I have created by constructing the square sterling silver band and adding a sterling silver 4mm bezel to it. This ring holds a 4mm Amethyst gemstone.

These rings are great for stacking together using several different gemstones. All of the stones will stay stacked nicely together...

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Textured Sterling Silver Ring with a 6mm Bezel set Peridot - $265.00

All of my pieces are handmade from scratch each time so please allow for slight variances with each piece. I will need 4-8 working days to complete your order.



I hand made this entire band using various sterling silver materials. I first heavily textured the thick square band and then soldered on the top bar with the bezel for the peridot. After finishing the entire piece and giving it an ultra shine...

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Sterling Silver Organic Oval Loop Pendant with Circle Accents - $80.00

I hand formed this pendant by first creating the organic oval shape, soldering the tube bale across the top and soldering in little varying sizes of circles as a lovely accent to the oval shape. I gave the piece a high polish finish. A soft brushed finish if desired.

The pendant measures about 1 1/2 inches long by just over 1/2 inch wide. The pendant hangs from a lovely 18 inch sterling silver cable chain....

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White Topaz soft square overlapped band - $160.00

This ring is handmade from sterling silver round wire with a 6mm White Topaz gemstone that is bezel set in sterling silver. The benefit of having a square shaped band is that it won't spin around on your finger like a round ring does. It also gives your finger a little "breathing space" for when it goes up and down in size depending on the season.

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I am now a Team Etsy Metal member and am so excited!

I've become a member of a great team recently!  It's called Team Etsy Metal.  It is full of very talented artists and designers in metal.  I am truly amazed at how many different skills there are out there and am inspired to try out so many more techniques now.  I have already spent the last two hours reading and researching all of the different subjects on the teams blog and looked at some many different awesome photos.  I need to get to work!  Here is a link to that blog, you should definitely check it out!

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Sterling Silver and Freshwater Pearl Pendant

Upcoming Shows For this Fall

I have some great shows coming up here in Iowa this fall..

September 19th, 2010

Fall Art Market 11-5pm

Valley Junction, West Des Moines, IA

September 25th, 2010
Market Day 9-2pm
Downtown Des Moines

September 26th, 2010

Octogon Arts Festival 10-5pm

Main St. Ames, IA

October 9th & 10th, 2010
ArtFest West! 10-5pm, 11-4pm

Lakes of Ponderossa, West Des Moines, IA

October 30th, 2010 

Market Day 9-2pm

Downtown Des Moines, IA

November 13th & 14th, 2010

Art on the Prairie 10-5pm, 11-4pm

Hotel Pattee Perry, IA

Marketing one's own Jewelry

hi..
this is my first post on here and I thought I would share what I am up to right now. I'm on the marketing hunt to get my work out there. It is quite challenging (especially when the computer is not exactly my forte). I have had luck getting into the Des Moines Art Center museum shop recently. Now I have my work in 2AU Limited in Valley Junction, West Des Moines and in Studio 3 Gallery on Ingersoll in Des Moines, as well as the Art Center. My latest venture is to get some of my pieces into the Iowa Artisans Gallery in Iowa City. Wish me luck. Hopefully as I work on getting my name out there more, the sales will start coming in. Keeping my fingers crossed that all of this hard work will pay off.
As far as online advertising that I've done, I've had luck with a site connected to Etsy in getting people to look at my store by running an advertisement on the site for a week. Now I'm going to be running a full page advertisement on www.paperstitch.com from July 26th through August 28th. Hopefully, that will attract lots of new viewers.
I'm also trying out a few art shows locally to see how that goes. So far I've done Market Day Des Moines (www.marketdayiowa.com), an event that is the last Saturday of every month working as an Indie Art Show. I"m going to try to be in Ingersoll Live in August, the Fall Art Market in West Des Moines in September, and Art on the Prairie in Perry Iowa in November. I've actually bought a tent and everthing.
Well I guess that's about it for now, off to make more jewelry.