Putting It To The Test!

Last month Mommy won a contest by commenting (a lot) on Roseworks Jewelry blog. She won a $20 gift certificate to use in Roseworks Jewelry Etsy shop and her prizes arrived the other day. They were in a pretty white pouch which I helped her open.

She got a memory wire bracelet and beadwoven earrings that she likes very much!

But before she wears them, they must be cat tested and approved! The earrings are different colors which I like very much.

Angel has her own way of testing the earrings but she says they smell pretty so they pass inspection Mommy!

The bracelet is light enough to pick up so it won't be too heavy on her wrist so she can reach for our treats.

It's also flexible so we can play with it on her arm and not break it. The bracelet passes inspection too Mommy!

Thank you Ruthie for offering fun contests and for making such great jewelry for us to test and for Mommy to wear! We all appreciate it very much!

Isabella

Disclaimer: No pretty jewelry was harmed during the testing process!

Home Again!

It was great to get away but it's always great coming home to the furbabies too! I tried to get a video of Sadie doing her Elvis impression when we came home but she was too excited and moving too fast so it'll have to wait until another time. Angel and Isabella were happy to see us too even though we didn't bring home anything with feathers for them!

I took my beading supplies to the beach and actually was pretty productive even with the ocean outside calling my name!

Here are some of the earrings I made while at the coast:
Lady - Ceramic Dog and Black Onyx Bead Sterling Silver Earrings

Midnight Copper - Dark Blue and Copper Moonstone Beaded Earrings

Puppy Dog Eyes - Yellow Eared Ceramic Dog and Black Onyx Bead Sterling Silver Earrings

Black Magic - Kitty Cat Glass Lampwork and Onyx Beaded Sterling Silver Earrings

Natural Puppy - Ceramic Dog and Wood Beaded Sterling Silver Earrings

Can you tell I had pets on my mind?

TGIF!

What a week! I'm so glad it's Friday! I'm thankful to the furbabies for keeping up my blog while I was away and also for the wonderful welcome I received yesterday. Sadie howled, Isabella greeted me and brought me her toys and Angel was stuck to me like glue all day. She laid on my lap and followed me everywhere I went. As I type this, her big floofy tail is getting in between my fingers and the keyboard but, I wouldn't have it any other way!

My mom and I did find time for fun in Vegas but we also started on some new projects for our BeadedTail shop. While the temperature rose outside...

And the biggest rabbits with the tallest ears I ever did see hopped around Mom's yard and onto the golf course right off her backyard...

We got to work inside...

And here are some of our newest additions to our shop (click the pictures for full descriptions):

We have more jewelry in the works so stay tuned! In the meantime, I hope you had a great week and an even better weekend!

Listing and Updating in our shop!

Between my day job and reading everyone's wonderful blogs in my spare time, I hadn't got much done in our BeadedTail Etsy shop. Well, last weekend I made new items and updated photos of some of our bracelets. Below is an example of what I've been doing:

I found these Vintage Lucite cat face beads in one of my favorite bead stores a few months ago but hadn't figured out just the purrfect way to showcase them. I decided to make earrings with them and just love how they turned out. I made some using red coral beads too and will be adding them to our shop soon.

I call these new earrings, Dos Gatos.





This For the Love of Animals - Red Tigers Eye Awareness Bracelet has always been one of my favorites. I updated the photos to hopefully show off the beauty of this bracelet more accurately. Photos are something that is always a work in progress for me.

Red Tigers eye and silver is such a beautiful combination. As always, a portion of ALL sales from our shop goes to animal awareness causes!

We're making tails wag one bead at a time!

We're in Two Treasuries at Once!

Earlier I posted about being included in tastelikepurple's A Plethora of Purple! treasury (please see next post). I discovered that we are actually in another Treasury West - this is such an exciting day!!

Thank you so much noahsarkcollection for including our Summer Lovin' beaded earrings in your Goodies, and more Goodies treasury! Again, please check out this treasury and click away! Also, be sure to check out noahsarkcollection's shop for lovely animal charms and beads!

We're in a Treasury West!

We are so honored that tasteslikepurple has put our Purple Passion Cat's Eye earrings in her Treasury West titled A Plethora of Purple! Please check out the treasury as well as tasteslikepurple's shop for beautiful photography!

This treasury will be up until 10:52pm EST tomorrow (Thursday) night so be sure to click, click, click on all the wonderful purple items!

Thanks again to tasteslikepurple! We certainly appreciate it!

More photo updating...

Photos are extremely important when selling items online and mine are a continous work in progress. This afternoon I updated some of the photos in our Etsy shop in hopes of attracting more attention to the jewelry. I would much rather create jewelry than photograph it but it's a necessary evil. Whatcha' think of how they turned out? Any critique is appreciated. You can click on the photos below to be taken to the listing in our shop.

Etsy's First Annual YART SALE!

Etsy is having a YART sale - a yard sale for art! - and we are participating! From now until June 20th we will have a sale section in our shop with jewelry at least 20% off regular prices - and a few surprises from time to time! Be sure to check it out!

As always, a portion of the proceeds will go to animal awareness causes. We're making tails wag!!

I Love Cat's Eye Beads!

I just love cat's eye beads, not only because they have the word "cat" in them, but because of the dimension and color of these gorgeous beads. My mom made beautiful cat's eye beaded earrings with sterling silver accents and I listed them in our shop recently. Pictured here are the Black Cat's Eye Earrings and Purple Cat's Eye Earrings which are two of my favorite colors.

We have many cat's eye bracelets and several necklaces in our shop too. Our first sale was one of the first purple cat's eye bracelets I made for our shop. I was wondering which item would be the first to sell so it was very exciting to see one of my favorites that I made be the first to go to a new home! In honor of our first sale, I donated $50 to the ASPCA since the true reason of our shop is to raise funds for the prevention of animal cruelty and raise awareness of animal causes.

Hopefully we'll have more sales soon so we can keep the money going to worthy causes! Donations can also be made directly to the ASPCA by clicking on the widget at the top of our blog. Thank you for helping us help the animals!