Sunday, December 26, 2010

New Year, New Treasuries!

Starry Night Bracelet
Another quick collection of treasuries I've had the honor of being featured in and ones I've made as well.  Please share the love and give them a click!  They're worth checking out!

Merry Re-Gifting by naturallymephotos

GOODBYE 2010 WELCOME 2011 by gazellejewelry

Just Earrings! by aloper33

Bracelets For Everyone by aloper33

Pink Color of 2011...Happy New Years Etsy! by SnobbishDesign

Last Wishes From 2010 by BizimSupplies

Golden Christmas by efraitjewelry

A Little Sparkle For The New Year by heversonart

Green With Envy by Pixieval

I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to include me in their treasuries and who appreciate my work!  Without you I would not be able to continue doing what I love!


Monday, December 20, 2010

Pretty New Danglies

Mint Candy Earrings in
Wintermint Kiss
Mint Candy Earrings in
Spearmint Candy
I have a few new pairs of dangling copper earrings that I'd like to share with everyone!  First is my Mint Candy Earrings that come in two choices: Wintermint Kiss and Spearmint Candy.  They both feature beautiful and delightfully colorful foil lamp work glass beads with matching seed beads.  The earrings and findings are all antique finish copper plated wire.  Of course they are also nickel and lead free.

Snow White Copper
Chain Earrings
My second new item, Snow White Copper Chain Earrings, are simple, yet elegant, copper chain chandelier earrings in a beautiful frosted glass color.  They feature clear frosted lamp work beads dangling among dainty copper plated cable chain fringe.  Earrings and findings are nickel and lead free copper plated wire in a lovely antique finish.

To see these lovely new items please visit my shop here or click on the Etsy badge in the column on your right!

Friday, December 17, 2010

New Fur Baby in the Zoo!

Zoe
My hubby gave me the best Christmas present!  A fluffy little 11 wk old kitten!  I wanted to share her and the rest of our critters with everyone!  New little one is Zoe, a long hair grey with faint tabby stripes on her face and legs.  She almost looks like she has leopard spots on her side since the stripes are broken up!  Kaylie just adores her and calls her, "baby kitty".  She's learning the rules here quickly: don't scratch this, we don't belong on the desk, and stop jumping in the plant!  The other kitties are getting used to her, no major confrontations, just some fur puffing and growling.  I had been thinking of getting a kitten for some time now since Sophie is leaving soon to go back home with my sister-in-law (we were cat sitting while she was in college) and Jasper will miss his wrestling partner!  Giz plays with him but only for a few minutes before she's had enough.

Jasper
Jasper at 9 mo
Our other fur baby is Jasper, a big overly fluffy and cow spotted Maine Coon.  We've had him since he was 10 wks old and 20 pounds lighter!  He's three now and such a lover boy.  I named him after Jasper on Family Guy, Brian's gay cousin since he acts like such a girl!  He may be a little wussy (he's afraid of everything new) but he's my sweet hairy boy and he loves his cuddles and glitter pom poms.

Gizmo at 6 wks
Gizmo
Gizmo is our three year old pretty tortoise shell who looked just like the gremlin when she was a kitten.  She had huge ears and was a bit of an ugly duckling (so ugly she was cute though!)  She's grown to be quite the pretty girl though!  She's a bit on the timid side but she loves her cuddles too and will befriend you so long as you let her come to you.


Sophie Lounging
Sophie
Sophie is just visiting and will be going back home at the end of the month.  She's a pretty 1 year old Russian Blue with a touch of tabby (she's got stripes at the end of her tail).  She's got a bit of a chip on her shoulder and thinks she's top cat but her and Jasper are buds.  They love to wrestle in the living room and get hair everywhere!  She's also got the most unique way of lounging!

In addition to the kitties we also have two huge albino oscars, a plecostomous (algae eater) that's just as huge and a freckled catfish that's growing like a weed.  Kaylie has a fish tank too, two angels, a pleco, a red platy, and a weather loach.  When she's older we plan on getting her a pet rat.  They're supposed to be very good with kids since they don't bite much like hamsters and guinea pigs can.  Yeah, we have a zoo!
Our Oscars and Catfish

Monday, December 13, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Funky Chunky Bracelets!

Funky Chunky Bracelet in Snow White
Funky Chunky Bracelet
in Pretty in Pink
I made these awesome one of a kind bracelet series called "Funky Chunky Bracelets".  I had a bag of big chunky Czech glass beads that I really didn't quite know what to do with.  After some thinking I came up with these great bracelet ideas!  They are completely handmade down to the jump rings and the clasp!  The beads are genuine Czech glass beads with solid copper hand made findings and a few beads per bracelet are wire wrapped as well.  Each bracelet is unique and features beads of different sizes and shapes including squares, ovals, hearts, abstract, faceted, rounds, and even a black cat!  Each one is very unique and come in five different colors: snow white, jet black, pretty in pink, ocean blue, and cherry red!

Sweet Heart Set
I also have a new necklace and earring set called "Sweet Heart" that I just listed.  It features solid copper wire hearts that have been hand forged and hammered flat.  The middle where the coils meet is wrapped with a small gauge copper wire to give them a finished and elegant look.  The necklace is 18" long on a dainty copper plated figure eight chain in an antique finish.  The fish hook style ear wires are also an antique finish.  The light and dark copper adds a beautiful contrast to this set!  As with all my jewelry, they are nickel and lead free.

Coming soon!  I just placed an order online for charm bracelet supplies!  Do I ever love Etsy suppliers!  I don't think I'll ever buy from wholesalers again :).  I will be making unique antique finish copper and bronze charm bracelets!  I'm very excited to start making these!  I'm thinking of doing charm necklaces as well!  Check back soon to see them!

To see my Funky Chunky Bracelets click here or click the Etsy badge in the column to your right!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Cute new Earrings and a Bracelet!

I had a wonderful time at the craft show Wednesday!  I sold lots of goodies and lots of my trees (in time I'll get the trees on Etsy too!) and it was wonderful going out for celebratory drinks with the art gals after the show!  Now that the craft show is over, I have time to put up a few new listings!  The deadline has passed for guaranteed Christmas delivery, but of course if you are local you are more than welcome to stop by my home to purchase something!  I have up a few new things and there will be more coming too as I get them priced and photographed!

Caged Heart Earrings
My Caged Heart Earrings are darling little danglies featuring my signature caged design!  They look adorable with just about anything and come in blue, red and black!  The two little Czech glass beads are able to wiggle freely inside the hand wired copper heart, but don't worry, they won't fall out!  The heart frame is hand forged, hammered flat and then delicately wire wrapped by hand.  The cute little Czech glass hearts match the beads inside the copper heart and hang from lead and nickel-free copper plated ear wires in an antique finish.  As with all my copper jewelry they are tarnish resistant and sprayed with a clear fixative to prevent metal allergies!

Hammered Heart Bracelet
The Hammered Heart Bracelet features a beautiful handmade copper heart charm!  The cute little charm has copper finished glass beads and a glass bead color of your choice.  The charm is hand forged, coil hammered flat, finished with a lovely patina, and then wire wrapped by hand.  The genuine Czech glass beads on the stretchy bracelet coordinate with the charm's bead color.  This lovely little bracelet looks wonderful when paired with it's matching Hammered Heart Earrings which can be color customized to match!
Hammered Copper Coil Bracelet

I've also sold and relisted my Hammered Copper Coil Bracelet!  I'm so happy my Etsy shop is getting more traffic and I'm being featured in several treasuries on a regular basis!  Thanks everyone for your wonderful support and appreciation for my hand made jewelry!

To see my shop with the items mentioned above please click here or click the Etsy badge in the column to your right.  If you're local and you'd like to stop on over to my home to browse my items please email me at heversonart@gmail.com.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Copper and Gemstone Earrings

Copper and Gemstone Earrings
Green Adventurine
New listing!  I took a break from working on items for the upcoming craft show to put up a new listing with these darling little dangly earrings I made!  They're made of copper plated earring findings (nickel and lead free) and beautful genuine gemstones.  I made up three different types for my Etsy listing but I will happily welcome custom orders and have lots of other gemstones available.  I have green adventurine in cool melon greens, amethyst in bright royal purples, and rose quartz in pale shades of pink.  They are simplistic yet elegant enough to wear for day or night.  They come on an adorable handmade earring card and are ready to gift!

Amethyst on Handmade
Earring Card
If you are interested in the other gemstones I can use for a custom order I have the following genuine gemstones: garnet, amazonite (similar to aquamarine), crystal quartz, malachite, fluorite, red jasper, peridot, lapis lazuli, citrine, turquoise, picture jasper, and hematite.  You are welcome to mix stone choices as well.  To see them in my shop, please visit this link or click the Etsy badge in the column to your right.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

More Treasuries and Craft Show!

Hammered Copper Coils Bracelet
I've been featured in a few more treasuries and made some as well that are worth checking out for sure!  Here's the links!

Girls Just Want To Have Fun by aloper33

Girly Goodies by UnityWorks

For the Love of Beautiful Things by StoneStuff

Housewives of Etsy by RosaMariasKitchen

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That by heversonart

Oh Wonderful Things! by heversonart

To Food and Good Wine! Bon Appetit! by DragonflyExpression

Little Somethings by UnityWorks 

I'm very excited to be included in such wonderful treasuries and look forwards to being in and creating many more!

Also don't forget for you locals out there I'll be at a craft and art sale for the Art Club at Bay College on Wednesday, December 8th from 3:30 to 7pm by the Hartwig Gallery for the opening of the Student Art Show!  there'll be wonderful food and drinks and also for every sale I make $2 goes to help fund the Art Club's trip to Chicago!  Come support a wonderful group of artists at Bay!  If anyone would like more info email me at: heversonart@gmail.com.

Happy beading everyone :)