I am pretty new to the retail aspect of Facebook. I started out with buying destash bead items and still love to do that. The first bead related group that I joined years ago was Creative Bead Chat. With…
It is a bit early in the month for too many entries, so I decided that I would go in search of some wonderful art beads that have the royal Egyptian flair inspired by this month’s artwork + some…
This week we are going to focus on selling your jewelry at live events. I wanted to go over this information early because you can still apply for some shows right now and schedule events with enough lead time…
What a fun challenge for this month! The color palette is very gemstone inspired, isn’t it? Carnelian orange, lapis blue, dark turquoise and golden yellow. Here are a few color palettes to inspire your creations this month. First up,…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the October Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Diane Hawkey Diane Hawkey creates wonderful expressive beads, pendants and jewelry components. Largely self taught, Diane works intuitively which gives her limitless possibilities since no one…
Ma’at from Tomb of the Queen Nerfertari 1255BC Valley of the Queens About the Art Depictions of mythological deities were painted in the tomb of Queen Nefertari. The winged goddess Ma’at is the symbol of truth, order, law, morality…
Congratulations to the September Monthly Challenge winners! 1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead category. Our First lucky winner is Karen Marks-Brown.…
Looking at this month’s painting, I was struck by the varied swath of colors. The strong coppery red color of the curtain… the cool reflection of the pond…. the warm walls… the utilitarian grey ceramic pitcher… the fresh sun-kissed…
Last week I announced a new series with all the dirt you need to sell more jewelry. You can click here to read that post if you missed it. To start our series I’m going to talk about inventory…
Hello all! It’s Monday again, time for our last week of Autumnal beads. Although I’ve enjoyed this theme so very much, I’m tempted to continue on through October too – maybe some kind of variation on the theme. What…