Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Sweetheart Jewellery Kit

 I am in the process of adding video tutorials for LEFTIES and RIGHTIES. Please bear with me as this will take some time!!


 I LOVE to work with and wear Swarovski Beads. They are gorgeous and have beautiful colours!!

This jewellery that I call my Family Jewellery includes Sweetheart Jewellery.

Ok, say we have a couple whose birthdays are in January and July who met in March and they love white pearls.

This is how I would set that up for their Sweetheart Bracelet:


The 2 birth months in the center( Garnet for January and Ruby for July), flanked by the birthstone they met in( Aquamarine for March) and completed with the White Swarovski Crystal Pearls. 



Isn't that gorgeous? They make the loveliest jewellery!!

Now, for the clasp, we have lots of options, for example you can add a magnetic clasp with a safety chain, like this:

Please notice that the chain is little links of Sterling Silver hearts!

You can also use Toggle clasps, also in Sterling Silver:

There are so many different styles to chose from and materials too, it really can be confusing!!

I am adding the Sweetheart Jewellery Kits to my Etsy page.....

Stay Tuned.............

Friday, November 9, 2012

I know that Jewellery is Criminally OVERPRICED!!!

The reason I know that is because being a business owner I have a State Tax ID and that opens up the world of genuine wholesalers to me. I have seen jewellery in stores and see how much more they are priced. How else do you think that stores can do their 70% off sales and still remain in business? Could you manage your financial life equally if you took a 70% pay cut? Of course not, none of us could.

I have been making quality beaded jewellery for years now and I am very meticulous about HOW my pieces are put together. But, when I look at pieces others have made using the same materials in an effort to decide how to price my own, almost none of them offer any kind of warranty. And I do offer a very solid warranty, it is for my lifetime. If any pieces of jewellery I have put together comes apart even 10 years from now, get it to me and I will put it back together at no charge. That is how confident I am about HOW I put my pieces together. I heat the wires together using a soldering iron, I do not follow the standard and crimp the strands together. I have nothing against crimping, it just never has worked for me and I prefer my method. It has never failed me, never.

I think that what I will do is do my pieces in kits. I will post all the instructions on here, clearly detailed out with plenty of pictures and that way I can price them in a way I am comfortable with!!


STAY TUNED..............




Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Family Jewellery

Hi, Yawl!!

How are yawl doing? I hope all are well!!

Here are 2 other sites I have:
My Etsy Shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LandonClaryEason?ref=si_shop

and my other blog about overeating:

http://survivingovereating.blogspot.com/


I make Family Jewellery. I use mostly Swarovski Faux Crystal Pearls for the base of the bracelet, but I can make it differently to suit you. My jewellery is all custom, meaning you tell me what you want and I put it together.

To represent the family birthstones, I use 6 MM bicone Swarovski crystal beads, I think they are beautiful!!

Here is a picture of all the Swarovski birthstones with the white pearls.

Going from the very dark Garnet colour, followed by the Amethyst coloured bead and so forth, these are the Swarovski colours for traditional birthstones.

I have several different colours for the Swarovski Faux Crystal Pearls and will be posting those colours soon.

The clasp can be a variety of choices from toggle clasps to magnetic clasps that I add a security chain to in case the magnetic clasp opens up. With the safety chain, you won't lose your bracelet.



Here are 3 styles of toggle clasps I offer. All 3 are Sterling Silver.

There are also magnetic clasps with I always pair with a safety chain to be safe.

This is my name bracelet I made for myself that I wear.


I chose Sterling Silver heart shaped letter beads, but the letter beads are also available in Sterling Silver blocks.

When you buy Sterling Silver, if the pieces have a surface that can be stamped, it will look like this:



Either the seller will provide you with documentation that you are buying Sterling Silver or it will have markings on it.
Either the word Sterling, which is the most common or it will be marked with these numbers:

.925
or
925/100

That means that it is .925% pure silver and is most commonly mixed with copper.
That is the US standard that exists here for it to be marked as such.

Don't assume you are buying Sterling Silver, make sure!!!