Hi all, I must be a lucky girl this week, well I think I am a lucky girl most weeks, but I just got an etsy convo, my bead photo above has been featured in a lovely treasury, here is the link, go check it... and yes this yummy bead of mine is available for purchase in my etsy store, click here if you want her...
have a FAB Saturday...life is good
Jelveh
Peace
Hi all, having a great day I hope...my bead above was featured in a blog today so here is the link go check it out www.kaedankrafts.blogspot.com...have a FAB weekend...
Jelveh
Peace
Hi all, how is your April 15th going, if you are like me now, you have done your taxes already and are a happy person, if you are like me when I was a kid, then you are still working on your taxes and I wish you lots of luck in finishing in time...
I have made & listed some yummy beads for you today...you can check them out here
since I am so lucky to have tax day fall on my update day, I decided to have a bit of a Tax Relief Promotion...so this is how it works, from now Wednesday 15th of April until Friday the 17th of April at Midnight PST, that means all of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, when you purchase more than 2 items from my shop you get a $5.00 discount which I will send to you via a paypal refund...
CeeGee Jewellery Design wins the yummy bead from last week, please send me your address...this week's bead (first photo above) is a new addition to the ribbon & the Petite Focal series...to win it make a comment on this post...
I am off to list the rest of the beads, thanks for stopping by, life is good...
Jelveh
Peace
Easter was fun with the family, hope to have some photos to share soon...my sister took the photos this time...how was yours? I ate too much food & got a lot of sunshine & play time with the kids...
Been working on a special project which I will share more with you on soon, you bead makers out there will love it, so its been busy around here...the photo above is just a reminder that this yummy bead is waiting for a new home...click here to see her... a ton of beads on the way, a few today and most on Wednesday & Thursday...
Jelveh
Peace
Hi all, in my quest to find great artists & show them off here, I have found Galit Barak Jewelry Designer...below is an interview I did with her...she is pretty cool...enjoy1. Tell me a bit about you & what is your art form/media? My name is Galit Barak, I'm 22 years old from Israel.I live in a small town next to the Mediterranean Sea. I always loved to create, and studies fine arts in high school. I learned to knit and crochet at that time and wanted to explore the technique a bit more and started to use simple metal wires.
2. How long have you been working in the medium, why or how did you get started? I started crocheting wire for jewelry making while serving the IDF 2 3 years ago as a tour guide for soldiers in Jerusalem, and just couldn't stop creating my jewelry ever since.
3. What inspires and influences your art?
Well, it's hard to say, I really love using circles and natural shapes but more than anything I'm inspired and influenced by the semi-precious stones and wires I'm using.I combine colors, shapes and textures while using high quality materials as 14 karat gold filled, sterling silver, semi-precious stones and pearls.
4. What is the most favorite part of working with your art medium? For me each one of my creations is unique. I love making custom order for special events, wedding, and personal ideas of customers. It is important to me to continuously developing and improving my jewelry so I'm attending to collage for B.Des degree in jewelry design.
5. What was the last item you bought on Etsy & why? If it was a good transaction lets give a shout out to the seller?
The last item I bought was 26ga gold filled headpins from frogcottage http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=14978395
She is so kind, great prices, and no one sell these perfect headpins in Israel!!!!
Thank you!!!
Thank you Galit oh and here is her blog galitbarak.blogspot.com...Thanks for stopping by everyone...
Jelveh
Peace
Ok, I was planning on this big blog post about family & friends this past weekend with photos & all, but somehow between the rain (no sunshine for photos), waking up late & being plain lazy today, I fell behind a few hours in my work day...the sun finally came out a bit, I took the photos & am now listing beads as we speak...So click here to see them in the shop, there will be more as the day goes on & some every other day or so from now on...I listed some a few days back too, to see the sold items in my shop click here, I am approaching 600 items sold on etsy in the past 2 years, which is pretty good considering I was gone half the time moving studios & such...life is good & I am thankful for all the love....
The Winner of this past weeks bead is Sandi from TX...This week's bead is called Amazon Rivers & Lakes...it is a yummy encased round bead...part of the Petite Focal series...lot of detail in about 17x21mm space...to win it please make a comment on this post, for example you can tell me what kind of colors & shapes of beads you are looking for right now...
I am going back to listing the rest of the yummies, thanks for stopping by...life is good...
Jelveh
Peace
Just listed the first batch of beads made in the new California studio...click here to buy & or drool over them...life is good...
Jelveh
Peace
Hi all, hope your April is starting on the right foot...ours is good, the sun is out, we are getting settled back in to our house & I got a new car (used, new to me) this week...the Studio is up & running now, I have made some beads that I listed today that I made at my friends studio, the next ones will be coming from my studio...So lets get down to the beads, first the winner of last week's bead is "acptuser(at)hotmail(dot)com" Please send me your address so I can send you your bead...
This week I have up for grabs one of my all time favorite shape beads, I made this bead last week too, it is one of my gourd beads, its very yummy at 41mm long it is also very large, amethyst over silvered ivory with teal eyes, can you say yum...to win it enter a comment in this post...
I have 6 new bead sets and focal beads to my shop click here to see , I have 2 more sets & 1 focal still to add, I will put them up on Thursday...
I would also like to invite you to visit my friend Samantha's shop on etsy, the girl is a very talented jewelry artist, she uses the best ingredients & makes very lovely pieces of art, she has just started to offer her gorgeous jewelry on etsy click here to see her yummies & heart her shop for your future gift giving needs...
Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a great sunny day...
Jelveh
Peace
Introducing My Blue Beetle Bella, the newest Diva in the family...Last year when we left California for England we sold both of our cars, the last week or so since we have been back, we have been driving my mom's mustang...Honest I had to buy a car...I have known for some time that I want a New Beetle...so yesterday we went and got me one, I got a great deal on a used one with only 17,000 miles on it...She is blue as you can see and her name is Bella Blue...she is a convertible & she is fast...today we took her for a spin with the top down, its been in the 70's here & it was much fun...loving the long days with the California sun, even though I miss England & my friends there...
Will have new beads up soon, I made some at my friend's house last week & as soon as I stop driving my car around, I will make some beads in the new studio which is all done & ready to go now, thanks to my hubby Speedy Gonzales...
Life is good, thanks for stopping by...
Jelveh
Peace
Hi all, how is your week been? I can honestly say that even though we have moved across the world in the last week, my week has been great...The whole trip was so smooth, we took off only a few minutes late from Heathrow, other than that, it was sunny when we left London, it was sunny when we got to San Francisco. We picked up Sammy, the most expensive hamster in North America without too much hassle...he is very happy in the sunshine...My awesome sister drove us home...we have been sleeping alot, but I have managed to go to my friend Garnet's studio twice already to make beads, while mine is getting set up again...The beads I have listed today are the last of the beads made in England...
They don't call it Sunny California for nothing, since we have been home it has been in the 70's...driving has been odd, in Oxford we never drove, now anywhere we go we have to drive to...we Americans need & could use a good public transportation system...I know we have some in larger cities but not like they do in England. I do miss England, I miss Oxford & Laura & our place...but we are now back in our home & near family & friends so Life is GOOD...
Now to the bad news, the weekly bead of the bead giveaway for the past 2 weeks has not been shipped I am so sorry ladies, I totally spaced it, I will ship them out on Thursday with a thousand apologies...the bead for this last week goes to Ginny of Florida...congrats girl...
The bead above is for this week's giveaway, a yummy underwater anemone bead from my splash series she is about 23mm along the hole x 35mm wide x 7mm thick...
I have added some yummy new beads, including some very yummy Silver Glass Focal beads to the shop, check them out here or on the side bar...I am going to list a couple of more items in the next couple of days, and then hopefully every day after that, my goal is to have a lot of items in my etsy shop all the time...so keep checking back, I will still let you know when there are new beads of course...
off to see the tax guy...thanks for stopping by...
Jelveh
Peace
