ArtFire's New Deal

Recently a site that I have some love for, ArtFire.com, announced that they will be having a promotion for members. As a way to celebrate finishing their beta testing they are offering members a $5.95 /month PRO account! The normal going rate is $15.95 /month. Normally I would have jumped on the opportunity right away, but being as I have had my shop for over a year and still have not sold anything I'm a little leery of putting even more money into this. It's really starting to be a black hole for my bank account.

So, what do you guys think? Should I go for it?

Inspired by Pink

Recently I have been going through my inventory and salvaging beads from creations that just don't make the cut anymore. Most recently I salvaged some pink Swarovski Pearls and some Indian Pink Swarovski Crystals. Without really thinking about an outcome I started to play around with ways to combine the two into one item, and I came up with this gorgeous little bracelet.

I just love it! This might be one that I'll have to pry myself away from if I decide to list it for sale. Another project of mine that I just recently completed would be this necklace and earring set made from Swarovski Pearls and Ruby Coral colored seed beads. I played with the design for a while before finally settling on one I liked.

I have also been working on making beaded ornament covers, but that's a post for another day.

Boredom

I got bored so I decided to give an update since it's been a while.

I have re-worked my ArtFire shop. It is now set to include all crafting projects I may decide to try and sell. If I have the excess income I may decide to give Etsy a try since ArtFire is working sooo well for me. Maybe then I'll actually make a sale.

Also I will try to make more posts on this blog. You'll just have to check back to see what kind of projects I post. Maybe I'll get back to making some tutorials.

Update!

I have re-opened the Artfire shop! Go check it out at HanaCreations!

I'll be posting more on the blog and I'll be updating my shop inventory over the next few days so stay tuned.

New Stuff!!!

I made key-chains yesterday. Got to experimenting with chainmaille and bead combos and liked several enough to make into items. I even handmade the split rings (key rings).

Blue Tribal Key-chain

Luck 'O the Irish Key-chain

Green Eyed Persian Keychain

What do you think?

Time for a recent projects update!

Today I think I'll give y'all an idea of what I've been up to with blue! First off, Iridescent Blue Scale Clusters...

Next up, Dark Indigo Stiletto Swirls...

And Light Sapphire Stiletto Swirls...

And last but not least, Blue Zircon Stacked Earrings.

Hope you like 'em!