Artfire Jewelry Design and Jewelry Supply Guild

Artfire Jewelry Design and Jewelry Supply Guild

I think I am going to have to close down my Artfire. I paid 7.99 for a year and not one sale. I didn't mind it for a while because I liked talking to people there. You can get pretty lost in Etsy. Zibbet is to new to get much traffic. And I think I will concentrate more on my art instead of jewelry. I love doing both. But I spend more on jewelry supplies. I really am not a business person. I just like the creative end. And I couldn't go to shows or fairs and have a booth because I am to socially challenged. Very much an introvert. Now if someone could do all that for me I would be just fine. But I have no volunteers. It could be because I want someone who will do it for a prayer and a handshake.

I just did my first custom order and this is it! It was easy enough to make but hard to fine the right components. I am not sure I would do it again. I am not as creative when I am doing

this for someone else.

Cyber Monday is coming!!!! When I worked in retail, I both dreaded and loved Black Friday. Well, if you are one of the eager shoppers waiting for the big day, have fun. Then on Monday, come to http://Artfire.com and http://Etsy.com and do some REAL shopping and get some great bargins, like 2 for ! sales BOGO sales. and great % offs. And you can sit down and drink coffee while you shop and no one is pushing and shoving you or someone in front of you yelling at the poor little cashier who only wants to do her job. By the way, thank her or him. Most are just kids put on a register with little or no training. Retail seems to rely on on the job training. I was lucky because when I started I got 3 whole weeks befor e I was put on the sales floor.

This is my latest set. I fell in love with these little guys. I made a necklace and earrings with them. They are pewter. They are posted on Etsy and Artfire

http://www.ktdesigns.artfire.com

http://www.uniqueelephant.etsy.com

These earrings were made by Wooleycreek, another Artful Senior on Fire.

She is from Oklahoma. I grew up in Kansas and Missouri.

I love this kind of beed work

I can't do it. I made one pair of earrings and took me a monthe to figure the pattern out. So I respect anyone that can work with tiny beads. The colors in this pair are what caught my eye. But do go into Artfire and look at her other jewelry. She also has medicine bags and little dolls.

I want to post some of the items made by artisians in
our Artfire guild,
Artful Seniors on Fire. This stuff is just awesome.
This pretty item is from
Dorthy Louise, from Saskatchewan.
I just love the name of that place.
Go check her out.

Success! After 3 days and no help from Blogger, I have a nice background and all my stuff back that was lost. Pat myself on the back!

I love making jewelry and I love doing a collage. So I put the 2 together and this is what I got.This is a domino with a charm on it. This is a just for fun piece. Sometimes I can work so hard on a piece and end up with nothing I like. Other times I don't try as hard and things turn out great. Well, to me anyway.

This is just one of the pretty carvings that Sandra has done . I was amazed at how smooth they are. Takes a lot of time and patients

Cottontail Rabbit Carving : SandraHealy - ArtFire Sculpture

Cottontail Rabbit Carving : SandraHealy - ArtFire Sculpture

This is where our beautiful grandson died. This is Loma Linda Childrens Hospital in California. It is a wonderful place considering it is filled with sick children. They have a very caring staff. And great doctors. They save the lives of many children. Our little Bobby was just too sick to live. But he fought hard for 3 and 1/2 months. And during that time so many people loved him.

He went through more suffering then many people do in their lives. But he still squeezed out some smiles and gurggles and coo's. He had a wonderful Mother who spent many nights by his bedside. And 3 sibblings that had to be so good during a trying time. And had to give up their time with Mom for the baby. What suprised me is how strong the kids were. Oh, they cried when he died, just like the adults. But I was so proud of them. I didn't know if they really understood what was happing. The 6 year old twins anyway. But one of the twins said "I know what's going on and it's not fair". That was how I felt, too. And I know all the medical reasons. But I don't know the "whys". I know eventually I will accept that this is Gods will and that he has a reason, and that it isn't to hurt us. We live in a time when they can put computers in little tiny IPhones. You can walk all over town talking to you friends on the phone. How come we can't save all the little kids so they can grow old? Bill Gates needs to run this world.

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