Snow cone by Diane Woodall
Great bead for Bead of Courage program
Snow cone by Diane Woodall
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Beads of Courage tip
I found this tip for creating special beads for “Beads of Courage”. The Act of Courage Beads ( given for difficult treatment) should be the round beads about 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter. Bumpies ( given for tough time during teatment) should be also large beads with well attached raised dots.
Check it out at http://tiny.cc/h9mnqw
Don’t undervalue your work
I found this great post about pricing lampwork beads but it can be used as an advice for pricing any handmade items. Also all comments are interesting and inspiring. I know I am guilty of making the same mistake but when I compared prices of my display and storage bead trays at my store http://www.etsy.com/shop/eskiebeads with similar bead display trays at the Etsy market I realized I can’t go higher if I want to make sales. But with prices too low I couldn’t accept the offer to sell wholesale and I lost some business.
The post can be found at http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-price-of-lampwork.html
My display trays as well as beads are sold through Etsy.com
Please visit the following link to purchase my storage trays, I always keep my inventory refreshed at my etsy store to make it easier for you to checkout with any payment type as well as assure you that your purchase is done in a safe and simple way.
New style of tray for finished bracelets
This new style of the tray will help to keep your finished bracelets well organized . The black flocking insert and the small eye hook for each slot keep the bracelets safely in place.
The tray will be made to order. When ordering let me please know your ZIP Code to find out the exact shipping amount.
New tray design is now available – Tray E – two compartments with glass hinged lid
You can find the details of our new type of bead storage tray here : https://www.eskiebeads.com/?page_id=152
Is e-magazine Soda Lime Times worth the money ?
When I first found about Dianne Woodall’s magazine I got the free issue at http://sodalimetimes.com/. It was great so I bought one of the back issues which was also amazing so I decided to buy all the back issues and I subscribed to the magazine as well. Last month I purchased the advertising there for our display bead boxes. I got the June issue and went through all articles more than once. Again such an informative and inspirational issue. In couple of days I received an order from customer and when she mentioned Soda Lime Times I realized I was so amazed with new issue I even forgot to look for our own add!! So for me the amount of $ 4.95 per month is money well spent for helpful magazine and access to subscriber’s area on Soda Lime Times website.
Check it out for yourself – you can get your free issue at www.sodalimetimes.com
My display trays as well as beads are sold through Etsy.com
Please visit the following link to purchase my storage trays, I always keep my inventory refreshed at my etsy store to make it easier for you to checkout with any payment type as well as assure you that your purchase is done in a safe and simple way.
http://eskiebeads.etsy.com
Custom work
The best feeling is when the day starts with the compliment. After I made my coffee this morning I opened the email and found this message from former customer.
“Just wanted you to know how much I love my 3 storage chests…….lots of positive comments on them…..especially the one you all did for the bracelets – no one has seen one like that !
Thanks again”
Not very often we returns back after we bought the item even when we are happy with it for long time. I don’t do that neither and I promised myself today to try to be more appreciative.
I also realized I don’t have pictures of custom orders at all ! Rushing to send them to customers I forgot to take them . I found just this couple snapshots of custom trays we made.
My first donation of beads
This small pile of the beads I am going to ship to Beads of Courage tomorrow. Try to guess how many beads are there? It is 214 orphans , some are plain and simple, some fun and each one will make kid’s day a little brighter. However when I picked out beads for donation I started to feel guilty about sending just leftovers . That’s why I already made a few special beads for next shipping This is my first donation so I hope all beads will meet conditions. This is link to Beads of Courage http://www.beadsofcourage.org and they also have Facebook page full of beautiful posts.