My eldest piece of jewelry.

I started making jewelry a bit more than 3 years ago in 2005. Here in Belgium on December 6 we have a holiday that is mostly for children that is called Sinterklaas. Actually Sinterklaas (Saint Nicolas) is a historic figure but I have to admit (shame shame) I can't remember the exact story. I'm not sure if it was religious. On December 5 children put one of their shoes near the stove and at night Sinterklaas comes and visits all children that have been good. He comes through the hole in the roof from where smoke goes away (chimney?). He rides the roofs on a white horse and he also brings Zwarte Piet. Zwarte Piet is one of his helpers. In their shoes, the children put sugar and carrots for the horse and sometimes even a bottle of beer for Zwarte Piet. Because my mom didn't drink beer I usually put some ice tea for him. Then Sinterklaas en Zwarte Piet would leave gifts for the children, usually toys and chocolate (hmm belgian chocolate ;) )

Usually children believe that Sinterklaas is real until they are told by their parents or find out themselves around 8-9 years old. However I still get some small gifts (yes I'm 19, not 9). So in 2005 I got some beads and a how to book and that is how it started (euhm long story I know).

Sooooo fast forward, well a few months. I was experimenting all the time and after a while of giving away I started selling too. I still have some necklaces from back then, I believe the eldest one is from march or april 2006. I still have that and it's still for sale. There is nothing wrong with it, it just hasn't found the right buyer yet. It is made with velvet cord in black and beads in transparant with a pink core. I'm not sure what material they are but I think they are acrylic.

Here you can find a picture of this necklace:

I think it has been with me for long enough and now I would really like to sell it. It is also very cheap, only 16 dollars with shipping included!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_10&listing_id=16078165

30!

No I haven't turned 30 yet (I'm 19) but this is message number 30 on this blog! I'd never thought it keep doing this for soooo long but well I did, yah for me.

First I have to announce the winner of this month's give-away, it's Liz D! Congratulations!

Don't forget there is free shipping on my entire shop before december 15 if you tell me you found me here!

A few days ago I ordered some eye shadow samples from MoiMinerals on Etsy and they arrived yesterday, it was rather fast shipping too! Well today I had make-up class and I tried some of them; I absolutely adoooooore Angle Eyes, if you are looking for a colour to use every day and every where this is the one. You can put it on your entire eye all the way to your eyebrow or do as me and use it as a highlighter on your cheecks! I also like rockstar red very much, it is a really vibrant colour but I couldn't use it in my design today. You can find moi minerals here : http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6018362

Goodie Bags - Flute Teacher

I am making etsy goodie bags to send out in Belgium and the Netherlands on jewelry makers forums I visit a lot. Today I received my first samples! They are cute lip balm cozies form Flute Teacher! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5739143

I also love her tissue covers:

These are the samples she send in, you can't really see it but i love here business cards where she advertises for Etsy too.

Thank you Lisa!

Almost a month... + Give-Away

It's almost a month ago that I've written here. Big oops again. Well some things happened. I stayed away from Etsy for a bit because I got a bit demotivated. I put a lot of effort in with very few results. So I decided to stop a while till after my open house. That was saturday and I looooove open houses. I sold 13 necklaces, 7 pairs of earrings, 5 bracelets and 2 birthstone charms. So it was good and I'm ready to rock again!








I would also love to stop with glass and metal jewelry, I'm almost not making it anymore but of course I got a huge inventory. Because of that a lot of glass jewelry is now 30% off. You can find it here http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5613182&section_id=5778442 24 necklaces and bracelets to choose from and more on the way!





And since it's december again there is a give-away!


You can win a birthstone charm for the month of december this time.

This is just an exemple. It is made with sterling silver, freshwater pearls and swarovski crystal in the colour turquoise. Such a cool colour! The pearls are a product of nature so they will be different. The head pins and bead cap can be slightly different depending on what I have in stock. So it's always a small surprise!

Of course you don't have to celebrate your birthday in December to be able to win this, maybe it's your favourite colour of your nieces.

How can you win?

- Check out my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5613182

- Come back and leave a comment telling me what your favourite piece is and why you haven't bought it yet

- Do make sure I can reach you if you win! If I can't reach you, you can't win!

This give-away starts right now and will end on December 10.

All participants also get free shipping until December 15, just tell me you where in my give-away.

Good luck!

Eyeliner

Today I had make up classes all day. In the morning we have been discussing different shapes of eyes, lips, eyebrows,... and ways to adjust them with make up.

In the afternoon we were taught how to applie eyeliner. Since this wasn't very difficult, just something to practise a lot we were given some time to express ourselves creatively. We could do whatever we wanted but we could only use black eyeliner. I just loved this assignment. I have curls near my eye and on my cheek now and everybody on the train was watching me, it was really funny. Then it was my turn and the girl I could practise on had this great idea: puzzles. So I made half of her face and neck into a large puzzle with all kinds of pieces going over her ears, nose and eyes. There are a few pictures but I don't have them yet.

I also registered myself on twitter but I still need to get to know it. Here is my profile: http://twitter.com/dellejuwelen Hope to meet you there soon!

Don't you hate batteries?

I sure hate batteries right now! I had a week of from school and thought about working on my business. I guess I don't have to say that I didn't get a lot done because I have just been browsing the internet? I first had a day of working as a nail technician with two new clients. That's always exiting but they are nice people. Then I had two days doing nothing. Other day working. On Tuesday I went to a market nearby with the dog and practiced a bit for school. On wednesday I went to IKEA the whole day. And the rest of the week... I can't realy remember what I done.

But yesterday I brought out my note pad again and started making a to do list. That's already 2 pages long and contains stuff like: listing new items on etsy, blogging (doing that now ;) ), making thank you notes, order new supplies,... But the first thing on my list what to photograph my new jewerly and retake pictures of my old. So even thought it is very rainy weather (as it always is in Belgium I guess) I started taking them, wanting 5 pictures from every necklace to show everything off. And you can probably guess it, after just a few pictures my batteries where empty. Don't you hate batteries? I sure do.

Buying and helping at the same time

With october being breast cancer month, a lot of shops on etsy donate a portion of their sales to charity. I'm willing to donate myself but I would like an item I have use for, not something that I buy just to donate and will maybe even throw away. So I went on etsy search and this is what I found.

10% of this gorgeous pendant will be donated to kiva.org, an organisation that helps with micro-loans. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_10&listing_id=15985386

I just had to show you this one. I can't stand people hurting or neglecting animals. Just look at those eyes and say again that they don't have feelings. 100% of this sale will go to AWBAR - an animal rescue organisation. You can read their story here, it is so cruel that someone would do that. http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5832788

I bought a button from them. Not a lot but I hope this will help them a bit, the smallest things help.

50% of this beautiful soap will go to breast cancer research. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_17&listing_id=16121909

There are so much more listings on etsy that will give you a nice item and great karma. If you are having a good live, be lucky, be thankful and help people or animals who don't.

Give-Away Results!

The winner for the give-away for oktober is Monky! Congratulations! Your charm is on it's way to you and I hope it will arrive soon.

Birthstone Earrings!

After a hint someone gave me on my blog give-away a few posts down, I decided to make birthstone earrings too! Thank you very much for the inspiration!

As the charms, these earrings are made with sterling silver, big freshwater pearls (11-12 mm) and swarovski crystals in a colour of the month or the colour of your choice.

These are the birthstone colours:

January - Siam or Garnet

February - Amethyst

March - Aquamarine

April - Crystal

May- Emerald

June - Pearl or Light Amethyst

July - Siam

August - Peridot

September - Sapphire

October - Rose or Light Rose or Green Turmaline

November - Topaz

December - Blue Zircon, Turquoise, Light Sapphire

These are the colours in swarovski crystal, of course there will be people using other colours but these are commonly found.

For now I only made earrings for the next 4 months, simply because I ran out of earring hooks and I want to use these.

Here is a picture:

They cost 12 dollars each, it's a low price but I decided this because I love it when people give my jewelry as gifts.

A million blogs!

I was checking a topic in the Etsy forums about blogs. I got onto http://monacodesigns.blogspot.com that way and kept reading. It is such an entertaining blog. She talks about her jewelry, her live, adds funny and true quotes and a lot of humour.

I also noticed something that was called the ‘million blog list’ and went to check it out. It seems that more than 70 million blogs exist and someone thought it would be funny to see how long it would take until 1 million of those blogs signed up for a list. I think it is a great idea too.

First rule is that you can’t have an NSFW blog, I have no clue what that is so they insured mine would be fine then. Then you just add yourself to the bottom of the list. You can read the rules here: http://www.millionbloglist.com/Add_Your_Blog and on the bottom is a link where you can add your blog.

That was very easy and now I’m on their list, I’m number 2237! Guess they still have a long way to go. But if you have your own blog, add it there and let’s see how long until they get 1 million! Oh by the way they started april 2008

Apple Crumble

I had a craft fair on saturday where it was really cold and now I'm sick. I'm sitting at home and I just want to eat something sweet. So I thought I could share one of my favourite recipes with you. It's apple crumble and it's great. The first time I ate it was in Disneyland where we got it during a diner show. When I got home I wanted to make one like that immediateley.

I got this recipe from the La cucina website and it goes like this:
- 450 grams of apples in slices or cubes whichever you prefer
- 50 grams of brown sugar
- some cinnamon
- 200 grams of non-salted butter
- 150 grams of regular sugar
- 300 grams of sifted flower

I'm sorry that I only know the measurements in grams, what do you use? Please let me know and if I can find it I will add those measurements too.

1. Preheat the oven at 180° C.
2. Mix the flower with the regular (white) sugar and butter until you got a crumble like dough.
3. Arrange the apple slices or cubes in something you can put in the oven (I'm sorry don't know the english word). Put some connamon over it according to your own taste and some brown sugar.
4. Cover the apples with the dough.
5. Put it in the oven for about 40-45 min.

As you see this is really easy to make. It even taste better with a bit of vanilla ice cream that is slightly melting on top.

Second give-away!

Here I am again and I decided to host another give-away! October has just started and of course I also have a birthstone charm for that month.

October is of course a pink month as you will probably already know. That's why this month's charm is made with a pink swarovski crystal. As always the rest is sterling silver and of course a big (12 mm) freshwater pearl. This kind of charm is perfect to put on a sterling silver chain that you are stil having lying around somewhere.

So what do you have to do:

1. Check out my etsy shop at http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com

2. Come back here and comment which is your favourite piece AND tell me what keeps you from buying that one or buying in general from my store. Being it the price, shipping, you don't liking my name, ...

3. Make sure I can reach you by leaving your email adress or etsy url or any other way on the internet.

4. A winner will be announced on October 12.

This is a great give away to enter for yourself or to get a gift for someone else!

Whoops, this is so long ago. I went to school again on the 16th and have been busy ever since. Today I had a market with my jewelry and I'm so tried right now but I have some time to write something.

The first little black box that I contributed to has gone on sale on september 22, I have seen a picture on flickr with my sample on it but so far nothing else.

I've made another 180 that will go in the box for december because the others didn't have anymore open spots. And I'm making a lot more to be contributed by Always Amy. She wants to give a sample bag to every teacher in the city where she lives, that's more than 1000 bags! I also added all the earrings I have made on my etsy shop on http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com

Wish I could write more but I'm too tired :)

My Favourites

It's been a while since I mentioned some of my favourites on Etsy. I heart all the time when I see something I like and here are some of them.

These are way to cute:

They are little notecards or thank you card made by Trails of Paper (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5306899) really cute to attach to what you sell.

I ordered the Purple Box the other day and I got a sample of caribean island perfume oil by Skin Journey. It smelled soooooo good. But I'm a bit hesistant to buy because I'm not sure what it will do on the way here with temperature changes. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5253488

I use the pounce feature almost everyday just to check out what's new. I love mosaics and I came across this shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6222823. My favourite item is this one:

Those colours are just beautiful!

Almost back to school

I haven't written for a few days because my mom was in the hospital. Everything is fine now.

In a few days, I will start school again and in jule or july I will be a fully trained beauty technician, pedicure and make up artist. Looking forward to that, but not to early mornings. Having to travel by car, train and bus, getting waxed, having to drive for hours for a 10-minute exam. Actually, I think I'm a bit tired of going to school :)

But who wouldn't love staying at home, playing with the dog and beads while spending time on Etsy and other websites?

I've made a lot of friends this summer and I hope I will have time enough to spend time with them.

I also bought my first navigation system. I had to drive to Diest to get my mom, a 45-minute drive but I've never driven in the center. I had been thinking about buying one and this was the perfect time. It went great, I forgot to switch transmission a few times, but other then that just perfect.

I also had my second etsy sale yesterday! I was so happy and did my happy dance. I do a happy dance everytime, I think it is for good luck :)

These are the earrings I sold.

Give-Away Results!

This is the winner of the give-away!

DZFANTASY

Congratulations, I will contact you for your adress so I can send this charms to you. Thank you for participating everyone!

Hurry to the give-away because it is almost done! I went out yesterday and today I'm not going to do a lot. I think I'll make more gift tags for my next LLB. I'm making them out of scraps of paper. Very relaxing and green in a way.

Oh my first samples arrived at the little black box all the way in Arizona!! http://thelittleblackboxes.com/etailers.html You can find me on this page, somewhere in the middle. I wish I could copy what she wrote about my samples. It was very nice saying that language can be a barrier but art can't. She also said she loved my business cards. Actually I just took my regular ones, in Dutch and wrote an English message on the back.

So now I took my box of paper scraps and I'm making gift tags. Last time I send in 77 samples, now I want to send 300, but December is still far away.

My story isn't really interesting today but hey, it's my day off.

Interview with Earth and Sun Folk

***Hi Earth & Sun Folk and thank you very much for this interview.When I look at your etsy shop (http://earthandsunfolk.etsy.com) the slogan reads think green, wear green, be green. When did you decide you would work with eco-friendly materials and try to inspire others to do the same?
I started working with hemp a little over a year ago and bamboo just recently. I love making creations that are unique and earth friendly. I've been upcycling,or recycling, clothing into goods since I first started sewing. It's amazing what you can do with a sweater with some life left in it!

***How did you find out about etsy and what made you decide to start a shop here?
I learned of Etsy through an online sewing group I belong to, known as the SB's. I immediatly set up shop and have been having a great time with it since.

***What is the most beautiful thing you have ever made and do you have a picture?

My most beautiful creations aren't sewn.

***Is it hard to find eco-friendly materials?

Not at all...it can be hard finding them at decent price though. I purchase my hemp and bamboo through Marlena at http://www.infinitecosmoshemp.etsy.com/ and she has the best prices that I've found. She's also a wonderful person to work with!

***In your profile you say you love the mountains, do you live near mountains and how do they inspire you?

I live about 20 minutes from the Colorado border, so yes the mountains are very close! They (and nature in general) inspire me in many ways. Being outdoors refreshes my mind. It's breathtaking waking up in the mountains and watching the sun creep up over the peaks. It really humbles me and fills me with a passion to create. I try to reflect that in my work. If I could bottle up some of natures positive energy and send it with my goods, I would. It just doesn't get better than that.

***How do you help the etsy teams you are in and how do they help you?
I am a member of Team Ecoetsy (you can search teamecoetsy on Etsy to see their beauitful work!) and Etsy Hempsters. I try to create treasuries when I can and feature members in them. Starting in November I will be blogging for EcoEtsy.I'm really excited about that!

***Do you plan to expand your inventory even more and what would you like to add to it if you do?
I do. I'd like to have more clothing in my shop and hope to have it in there by Christmas. I'm always thinking of new things, I just don't seem to find the time to get to them right away. I write them down though so I guess that's a start.

***Where do you craft your designs? Do you have a picture. We would love to see it, especially if it’s a real mess.
Our little back room is my haven. There's always music playing. It's often messy because I always find myself working on many things at a time. I've got tons of fabric right now, so it's especially tight in there. I usually do my tub dyeing in the backyard in the sun.

***Thank you so much for this interview!My last question: How do you think I could make my shop (http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com) more eco-friendly?
Recycled packaging is a great way to treat our planet kindly. Wether it's buying recycled boxes, making paper packaging yourself, or reusing tissue paper. There's a great tutorial on The Storque at Etsy for making paper boxes. You can find it here http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/howTos/article/how-to-make-a-box-out-of-paper-scraps/243/Recycled packaging saves you money, helps cut down on waste and will surely brighten your customers day knowing that you are being eco~friendly. I'd love to receive a package lined with or wrapped in newspaper ,especially from Belgium! It would have the added bonus of putting that little extra personal touch on it as well.

And a small personal favorite of mine in her shop is this one:

It is a beautiful bag and a beautiful picture of it. And it is green! You can find it here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14663978

Wire Wrapping Tutorial: Earrings

I made this tutorial on a lazy day some weeks ago and thought i would share it here.

We will be making these earrings:

These are the things you need:
- Beads of course, I used faceted rectange amethist beads but you can choose what you like best. It's also very cute with swarovski bicones 4 mm
- Sterling Silver head pins, I prefer dot headpins because of their look
- Earring hooks or posts, which ever you prefer.

1. Put a bead on a headpin.

2. Bend the headpin about 2 mm above the bead at a 90° angle.

3. Using Round nose pliers, make have a loop.

4. Finish the loop.

5. Put the round nose pliers in the loop and hold it in place with them. Take the end of the head pin with flat nose pliers and turn it around the rest of the headpin.

6. Voila! Your first finished bead!

7. Repaet steps 1, 2 and 3 on the second bead.

8. Put the loop of the second bead in the loop of the first one.

9. Repeat step 5.

10. Repeat for the third bead and until you think it it full enough. You can switch between making it longer and more filled. Just play around this you like it.

These earrings are made with the same technique

Have fun!

My first Give-Away!

Here I am again with some great news! First of all I added some new stuff to my etsy shop. I promised myself to put 50 items in there and then see how it goes. The first 50 weren't nice to do, I had to force myself to list them. But then I got my first sale and now I love it! I just love making better pictures, tagging better ( I even used all the tags on some!) and write a description.

Even better is what I got in the mail:

It's an order I placed a week or 2 ago and I'm so happy with it. I kinda didn't notice the measurements of the agate on the right, they are 3 cm, really big but I still love them. I've got: sodalite, jade, labradorite, howlite, moonstone, agate, amethyst, blue howlite, peridot and citrine. I really want to play with them!

To celebrate this great package I'm hosting my first ever give-away! Well the first on my blog I mean, here is another one, I made the earrings for it: http://woolies-woolies.blogspot.com/2008/08/earring-giveaway.html You can still participate for 2 days!

Well here is mine. I loooooooove making those charms with freshwater pearls and crystals. That's why I'm giving one away. Cause when I have one less, I have to make one ;)

This one is made with sterling silver components, a 11-12mm freshwater pearl and a swarovski crystal in the colour mint alabaster.

So how do you play? It's simple just leave a comment mentioning your favorite gemstone. It's that easy! Everyone can participate once and make sure I can reach you if you won (best is to leave your email adress).
This will end the 7th of September here in Belgium. If you aren't sure about what gemstones there are or which one you like, you could check out http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com/

Have fun!

Birthstone Charms!

Here I am again! Had a great night yesterday. My friends and I had spend the evening watching movies and eating. More eating than watching to be honest but it was so much fun.

Have you already seen my birthstone charms? They are all made with sterling silver. On a dot headpin there is a large freshwater pearl (they are 11-12 mm so really big). On top of that is a sterling silver spacer or bead cap. And the charm is finished with a swarovski crystal in birthstone colours or just a colour you love. Here is an example:
I made them for 9 months now since I didn't have the right colour for the others. But I ordered those and I hope they will be here in a few days. For some months, there will be a choice because they have more birthstones.

I also lowered shipping on a lot of items so have a look! Instead of 6.95 a lot of them are now 4,50.

When playing on the etsy forums I noticed this cute bag: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14580069 . It really is the love it or hate it fabric and I love it! Check our her shop she has lots of beautiful stuff!

On that same game I also discovered Filiadavidus. Those prints are great! Only the Gusi isn't my thing but I would love to paint my wall black just to put them on it and make them stand out. Here is the link to the shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6038581

Whoops, my last post was 3 days ago, not so good :) But well, I'm back again and this time it didn't take me 2 years.

I send in the promos for the little black box. If they reach Arizona on time they will be in the september box I think.

I din't hear back from the blog with the earring give-away, I hope nothing serious happenend.

But the best new of them all!!! I had my frist Etsy sale when I woke up this morning!! It was such a great motivator. I sold these earrings:

I really loved the small leave charms and I hope their new owner all the way across in the USA will take care of them. This is only my second pair of jewelry that goes across the Atlantic Ocean. Most clients still come from the Netherlands which is rather funny because I live in Belgium.

Because of this sale I added some more earrings. I also listed some earrings that are perfect gifts for the holidays. They are only 14 and 15 dollars each pair. This is an example. You can find them at my etsy shop: http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com

I also want to give you this link. A friend of mine who lives in the Netherlands makes these tiny food charms out of polymer clay. I just adore her strawberry croissants. They are entirely made with coloured clay, they aren't painted. They are also scented. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5246444 She is very talented and very patient and her charms looks like you could eat them.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11462820 Here is a picture of the croissant.

Yippie I finished my entrance for the little black box and I will be mailing it tomorrow!

These are 77 little gifts with coupons attached for 15% off. Hope people will like them!

I even made a to do list today for the first time ever. Listing on etsy was on it so I added a few lower-priced earrings, you can find them here: http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com

There is also an opening sale on my shop! Until this friday shipping is only 1 dollar to everywhere in the world!

I've been making a lot of pictures today. They are all different angles on pictures I made before and I think it looks a lot better.

Today is kin of a lazy day. You know those days that you have to do a lot but nothing gets done because you are too busy surfing the net?

I was awake until 1 a.m. this morning making those mobile phone straps for the little black box. I ran out of supplies when I had 78, quite good I think?

Of course this doens't look very good but I will pack them in organza gift bags. I'm writing the cards to go with them right now. On the back of my business cards I'm writing to link to my etsy shop: http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com/ and a coupon for 15% off on first purchase. I hope people will like it.

I'm also participating on a blog give-away. These are the earrings I will give.

They are made with sodalite gemstone and sterling silver components. If you want to join you have to check out my shop and comment on what you like about it. You will find this give-away here from wednesday 20th august: http://woolies-woolies.blogspot.com

Hehe made it to the second day and I'm still writing here. Today I have three clients to have their nails done but I think it is important to be active here and on Etsy as well.

I showed my shop http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com on the forum and got lots of great tips. I used to have a picture of myself as avatar but now I have a bracelet picture.
I also asked someone to make me a banner.

Surfing on Etsy, I found this listing: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9538315 I thought they were figurines made of stone but they are felt! So wonderful that someone can make such a thing! She also makes them to look like your dog.

I also found a cool website on the etsy forum called the black box. You provide up to 150 samples each month that get distributed across everyone who buys a box. Buyers are people looking for new and interesting shops to buy from. Since I make jewelry I was thinking about providing glass earrings. But I rememberd I still have a lot of cell phone lanyards laying around so I decided to make those. Wonder how much I can make and if it pays of. I also bought a bunch of orgaza bags a while ago but made a mistake, they are too small for my jewelry so they are perfect for these samples. Will update you with pictures!

Oh and here is the link for anyone who is interested: http://thelittleblackboxes.com/index.html

I've been looking a bit around on Etsy and ... wow. Such cool things people make. I came on this shop called Quiltyasin: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=108088 those card cozies are so great and I want one for myself.

I've also been listing on the dutch advertising site http://www.marktplaats.nl/ this morning. At noon we went out for a meal with the family and when I came back, this pair of wonderfull earrings had sold to someone in the Netherlands. It is made with sterling silver, freshwater pearls and swarovski.

I still love it everytime someone buys one of my beauties. I like the thought that others like what I make too.

Wow it has been a while since I made my last post here. It's almost Septembre, school will start again in a few weeks so it's the perfect time for a new beginning.

Unfortunateley, my keyboard isn't working correctly so it takes a lot of time to type this, guess it's a test to see if I'm commited enough. Like most people, I plan to write everyday, let's see how that goes in a few weeks.

Yesterday I made a shop on the online mall for handcrafted beauties, Etsy. My shop there is still in development but there is a lot more to see and discover. You can find my place through http://dellejuwelen.etsy.com/ I hope I typed it right, it's all very new.

I also made this wonderfull sterling silver and amethist bracelet. I had the nuggets in my stash for quite a while but it all came together in this design. I showed it to a few people and they all liked it, so nice to hear people enjoy what you made.