New jewelry creations

[AllegroRondo]

I've been in a very red and copper mood lately....

Shell and Italian glass


Red jasper, stone, Czech glass, and a ceramic pendant


Red jasper and copper


Amythist, silver, shell, and 'fancy' jasper


Beach glass and silver

[Bjornsdotter]

1. Very nice

I like the last group, are they bracelets or chokers?

Cheers

[AllegroRondo]

2. those are bracelets, but I like the choker idea...

I may have to make some chokers using that same design.

[eridani]

3. Very nice!

Is that a wire wrap on the jasper?

[AllegroRondo]

4. the 4th pic? yes

I've been experimenting with wire wrapping lately, and found out that Im really not very good at it. That was one of the few that turned out well.

[eridani]

5. Could you do a close-up shot of that?

I'm really into detailed examination of what other people are doing with wire-wrapping.

[AllegroRondo]

6. unfortunatey no, its already sold.

:(

[eridani]

7. Etsy?

Or did you make it on request for someone?

[AllegroRondo]

8. No, I havent done etsy

I actually have some shelf space at my sister-in-laws hair salon, she lets me sell my stuff there.

[eridani]

9. That is an excellent idea

I don't have enough inventory to sell, and won't until after retirement. Consignment seems like a relatively hassle-free way to get started. Glad you are having some luck with it.

[snappyturtle]

20. One warning about consignment: Be certain that the consignment

shop owner/manager takes good inventory and regards your pieces like paid for inventory. It can be good....and it can be bad.

[AllegroRondo]

21. Good advice

i have heard of consignment deals where the shop owner takes no responsibility for theft or damage. Stay away from those types of contracts!

[snappyturtle]

22. You betcha! And, it's amazing what the public can do to your

product if the owner doesn't care....so, you can lose product (theft) or have it virtually destroyed.

This is not true of every consignment but I've had it happen twice early in my business that I never felt good about it again. As a shop owner I only took consignment from close friends who did outstanding work that I cherished.

[la la]

23. I had it happen once--

and that's all it took to sour me on it. All my work---disappeared---gone--really pissed me off- and this was back in the early 80s. I hold grudges for a long time! ;<0

hey, allegro arts---have you had any etsy sales? me-- nuttin!

[Katherine Brengle]

10. Lovely work.

I especially like the last two.

[My Good Babushka]

11. I really like the first one

and the amethyst one. Beautiful work.

[MissMillie]

12. I love the first two items

gorgeous!

[la la]

13. after reading Allegro's posts-

and investigating ----and really enjoying myself----I finally set up my etsy shop!

Thanks, allegro, for making me think seriously about it!

http://cigarboxbeads.etsy.com

I loves my beading---and my politics-watching! ;>)

[Why Syzygy]

15. Congratulations!

I LOVE the Ice Maiden.

[la la]

16. Thank you

It took a long time to make, but it was fun and has lots of goodies in it!

I have a tiny wrist, and I made it too large, so I wouldn't keep it! :evilgrin:

[AllegroRondo]

17. Nice work! I hearted your shop.

I'm AllegroArts.

good luck,
now make some sales!

[la la]

18. thank you!

you ARE the reason I went back to etsy--so thank ya!

[la la]

19. I'm hopin'

for some sales!

thanks for hearting me--

I've also joined etsy beadweavers--they have a challenge every month--lots of eye candy, as they say! ;>)

I've entered one of my beadnetted pieces, but there will be lots and lots of great pieces entered.

http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com/

http://cigarboxbeads.etsy.com

[Raksha]

25. I hearted your shop about a minute ago,

right after I hearted la la's (cigarboxbeads). Now to get to work on my OWN stuff!

[la la]

26. why thank you!

I hope I hearted you back! I'll go look now~

:toast:

[Raksha]

27. Don't bother...I still have a completely empty shop!

That's why I didn't post the link. I'll do that after I actually put something in the shop. I have a number of ideas but nothing actually up there yet.

[Raksha]

24. I just hearted you on etsy!

At the moment I have a totally empty etsy store, so I'm not going to post the link yet. I'll be putting some vintage sewing patterns in it in the next few days, though. I also knit and crochet and do cross stitch--basically, anything and everything that has to do with thread and/or fabric. I love beadwork too but haven't done it for a while.

Reading this thread and looking at your beautiful work (yours and Allegro's) has been a real inspiration for me, but deciding on my focus is going to be the hard part (as usual).

[eridani]

14. Very good!

After election day, I'm going to start in again.