About The Blog

The Jewel Farm blog is a companion site to my Etsy shop of the same name.
http://thejewelfarm.etsy.com
There will occasionally be some focus on the products of my store and my personal life as it relates to the business, but primarily the blog is about jewelry, jewelry making techniques, jewelry fashions, gemstones, artisans, and anything else interesting I can find related to jewelry.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Wooden Beads

I have almost finished listing all the old jewelry making supplies that I had in my stash.  I just have a few more findings to add. Last night I got around to listing the wooden beads that I had.  And I am amazed by the number of views they have gotten already. 

Soooooo... I still haven't sold anything yet, BUT I still keep hoping and working hard at it.  And I'm still watching my Etsy page views (like a stalker) and keeping track of what items that I have for sale are getting the most traffic.  These wooden beads are doing the best by far!  I recall mentioning to my sister, when I was showing her my stash, that I was going to list the wooden beads and make a section for them in my shop, but that I doubted I'd maintain an inventory of wooden beads after those sold.  I guess my instincts were totally off!

Now that I think of it, the necklace that I made for myself which I have worn the most (by far) contains wooden beads.  But the clasp broke, because it was cheap, so I haven't been able to wear it in a long time.  I got that clasp when I first started making jewelry and bought some supplies at Michaels.  Oh what a fool I was.  The crimp beads broke apart when I tried to "crimp" them.  And more than one clasp broke.  I figured out quickly that I only wanted use high quality materials to make jewelry. 

So, I need to find a new wholesale supplier for wooden beads now!  It's harder than you'd think.

Here's the necklace I like so much.  This post inspired me to finally getting around to fixing the clasp!
I'll usually wear this with a white tank and khaki pants, or any solid color, earth toned shirt and jeans.  It's definitely a casual look, but I really like it.  What do you think?  I used my dress form again because its really hard to take a picture of your neck, even with a tripod.

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