Inspirations...

Once again Mommy was having a hard time finding inspiration for the latest Artbeads.com blogging challenge theme ‘What’s Old is New Again!“. Angel had an idea and gave her this hint... It took Mommy awhile to figure it out but it finally donned on her and she went digging through her jewelry box and found this pendant...
The idea behind the theme is to take something old or vintage and give it a new twist with modern elements. She used lovely Swarovski pearls and crystals and also chain from Artbeads.com along with her own kitty pendant that she's had since high school (VERY vintage!) and came up with this 30" necklace...Angel had a very good idea!
I have a better idea of how to model it though...
Much better don't ya think?
Once again we saved the day. What'd she do without us!

Have a wonderful day!
Sadie

Disclosure...As a reviewer of products at Artbeads.com, I received the beads above free of charge. I have been asked to review these products and give my honest opinion of the products...positive or negative. I am not being compensated by Artbeads.com for my endorsement as it pertains to the products received and reviewed.

Another reason why I love Etsy!

As I've stated in several previous posts, I have many reasons why I love Etsy - not only as a seller but also as a buyer. I wanted to share an experience with a wonderful Etsian that I came across last week - Cisco from mncmoon. Cisco makes hand stamped word art sterling silver jewelry and she is very talented at what she does. Last week I had sent her a convo (same as email but through Etsy) asking her questions about one of her pendants. She responded quickly and said that for the font I wanted, the pendant would have to be different than pictured since the font was too big to fit on the pendant I was asking about. Since I'm not good at picturing what things would look like without the materials right in front of me (I'm a CPA with way too much left brain), I told her I would just go with the one already in her shop.

Cisco then surprised me with a convo saying that she wanted to make a pendant like she was describing to me anyway and she'd go ahead and do it for a sample of future listings in her shop. I was under no obligation if I didn't like it. She said she had already started stamping it! I'm so glad she made it because when she sent me the pictures of the final product, I was blown away! I absolutely loved it! It's perfect and it couldn't be more "me"! I can't wait to get it and I know I'll love it even more in person!

As you can tell by the date, this pendant is a gift to myself to celebrate our upcoming 20th anniversary. I wanted something special and thanks to Cisco, I got that and more!

Cisco is having a "Christmas in July" sale through July 31st so if you are in need of a gift for yourself or for someone special, be sure to check out her shop. She has lots of beautiful pieces to choose from and she does custom orders too!

Another New Listing!

I recently started making charm necklaces because I love them so much. I found some rose quartz cat beads in a bead store on the coast and came home and made up a necklace that I think is so fun and has a lot of purrsonality! I listed a Sitting Pretty Kitty charm necklace in our shop tonight and I hope others like it as much as I do!

As always, a portion of the proceeds will go to animal awareness causes!

Something New!

This afternoon I made a "Cat's Meow" charm necklace which is a departure from what we've offered in our shop so far. I made a African Sodalite beaded pendant and put it on a snake chain along with a cat charm. It provides the cluster charm look that I like so well but with the animal touch of course. I listed it tonight and hopefully someone likes it as well as I do. (Click on the pictures to be taken to the listing info.)

As always, a portion of the proceeds will go to animal awareness causes!

WOW! Three Treasuries in One Day!

After I finished working for the day, I decided to check out the Treasury since I checked out Treasury West this morning. Lo and behold I found that little yellow star indicating that one of our products was in a Treasury!

Thanks so much to noahsarkcollections for not only including us in her Treasury West collection, as noted in the next post, but she also put our Orange-Red Tabby Cat pendant necklace in her Treasury collection titled Sweetie, Cutie and Loveable! I am thrilled and humbled beyond words!

As I've said before it's an incredible honor to be picked by our peers and put in their Treasury. Much gratitude to noahsarkcollection and also to tasteslikepurple! Be sure to check out their great Etsy shops by clicking on their name!

Something new!

Today I posted a brand new necklace in our Etsy shop. A few months ago, I came across the cutest dog pendant in which the body and the tail move so I wanted the perfect piece of jewelry to emphasize it. I've laid out many things but nothing worked just right but finally I had a burst of creativity and came up with this new black onyx necklace last night. I think it turned out really cute and it may have taken a long time to get it to fruition but I'm very happy with the results! As always, a portion of the proceeds will go to animal awareness causes too!