So Much Jewelry, So Little Time

OK so I am headed back down the jewelry road and how important adornment is to women well OK now days its important to all of us. It Does not matter what country your in what group of people might be present adornment is common ground.

In America, well lets just say we are definitely “ate up with it” “just cannot get enough of it” and “don’t leave home with out it”.
That’s why ArtisansMarket.com enjoys each and every jewelry artists that joins our marketplace.
I am going to take the next few days and blog about our jewelry artists. Each artist has a unique and different style some create intense seed beaded pieces and other concentrate on color with simple one strand pieces that can be worn every day.

We have Sydnee Elliot who creates wonderful pieces with old African trade beads some dating a hundred years old! (Picture 1). Sydnee lived on an Island in Greece for many years and not only creates fine jewelry but paints and sews wonderful travel bags.

There is Nonny Breiter who has a passion for tourmaline and creates wonderful delicately done earrings, necklaces and bracelets using only the finest quality stones. Nonny resides on the west coast and spends many hours finding just the right stones for her jewelry creations.(Picture 2)

Deerwoman a long time gallery owner in our marketplace adds color and silver to her creations that are imported all the way from Afghanistan. The deep rich colorful stones add a lot of spice to any girls wardrobe. Deerwoman hides out in the great lakes region but travels extensively throughout the Midwest and Southwest adding joy to all she meets with her mixed style of jewelry.

These three artist come from totally different parts of the country but share the love of creating fine beaded jewelry that can be worn casually or for an event that requires dress attire.

I would urge everyone one that reads this blog to go to ArtisansMarket.com and view Sydnee, Nonny and Deerwomans galleries Each gallery holds over 20-30 items and the styles are diverse. There literally is something for everyone.

We all find it hard to come up with that unusual and different gift to give our parents, grandparents, uncles’ aunts etc., the people who raised us and made sure that we grew up to be good people. What do you get for a person who seems content and has everything including shelves of books and every nick-knack you ever gave to them? Well here is an idea that might just solve all your problems. Paul Tuminno an ArtisansMarket.com artist specializes in lettering and is very talented.

His technique is very simple yet elegant and unique in that you can customize your piece to fit your needs. Paul takes unique flat pieces of stone and embellishes them with traditional symbols, religious symbols, and family crests. He hand gilds them with 23kt gold leaf outlined in enamel.

Why is this so special? Every family in America has a history their family tree branching back hundreds of years and branching into many countries throughout the world. Paul brings a touch of history and pride of heritage to you with his customized stone pieces. Their uses are numerous, they can be a conversational piece, paperweight, and patio napkin weight, lay on a table or framed in a shadow box for easy hanging. Don’t want to use a box, then use a plate hanger and hang it in the study. Imagine the pride in your fathers voice as he joyously explains the family crest to his guests. Or, what about your mother describing the unique cross that symbolizes the spiritual guidance that has been your family stay for hundreds of years.

Don’t want your symbol done on stone. Paul also paints wonderful wood signs as the example above shows. Have one made for your patio, the garage or how about a good luck blessing for the barn.

What about a symbol that promotes conversation on your heritage such as an ancient symbol of your people dating hundreds of years back into time? Each of us has such a symbol and all of us are proud of our heritage.

I think Paul has a wonderful sense of what it takes to make a special and customized gift for your family member or friend. Check him out in his Artisansmarket.com gallery

Beaded Jewelry

Gift Giving Idea’s

I am back again today contemplating the holiday season and trying to give you as many gift giving ideas that I can. For all you guys out there that will be buying for mothers, wives, daughter, sisters, friends etc. I have a very good suggestion for you.

Jewelry specifically handcrafted beaded jewelry. Beads are in my friends and all girls of all ages love the beads, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces anything that is considered adornment. At ArtisansMarket.com you can purchase jewelry that is extremely unique and handcrafted with the highest quality materials

Semi-precious stones mixed with silver or gold, crystals, handmade glass beads, Bali silver beads, antique beads and so much more.

Our list of jewelry artists is extensive and with so many wonderful artists the variety is endless. There is something for every special person on your Christmas list.

The pictures above are only a sample of the awesome jewelry you’ll find in our marketplace and for Christmas we are offering a 10% Discount!

Christmas Cards

Christmas is approaching and many of you are scrambling to find the perfect Christmas card / Holiday card to send to your friends and relatives. With a little work and a lot of help from some very innovative websites you can create a very memorable card.

Photographers Edge a website that sells card stock with a place to put your favorite photo is one of my favorites. I ordered the card stock and this year was even able to have my company name imprinted in the inside with a very nice salutation.

I then went to ArtisansMarket.com and scrolled through the stunning photographs that were done by some of the artists. This year I choose a very wintry picture taken by Billy Rhoades. Billy who resides in Alaska. Billy is a wonderful wood artist who moved to Alaska and fell in love with the scenery prompting him to take up an additional hobby. Yes you got it, photography.

The picture as you see in this blog is very much the picture of winter and unique. It suits me as I am from Alaska also and this photo was taken in Alaska near the area where I grew up.

I think this year my cards will be well received especially with the extra effort on my part to make them uniquely mine.

This won't be the first time that I have taken advantage of Billy's great photographers eye. Last year I bought handmade wood boxes from Bob Dickey who also is an Artisansmarket.com artist.

I then selected several wonderful photographs from Billy Rhoades Artisansmarket.com gallery. I bought my card stock from Photographers Edge, I made 10 stationary cards for each box using ten different landscape and wildlife photographs. I gave them away as gifts. They were a huge hit.