Need To Organize

I know i have a lot of new things to upload to my shop but before i can do that i need to put away some of my stocks so i can actually find stuff when i send out my bills.

So these past few days are all about counting, packing, labeling and so forth...and once i finally get all my stocks put away i can whip out the new stocks and finally upload those...

A Successful Sale

I've been neglecting my blog lately but with good reason...I have been soo busy working on a sale at my online shop just this past week. First I had to get all my stocks in order, post the items in separate albums and on the 8th started the sale. It just recently ended on the 15th and now I am starting to pack the items for shipping because the payments are slowly rolling in and I want to get the shipments out as soon as i can...

It was a nice sale with lots of cabochons and beads...

Settings and charms were on sale up to 25% off...

Pretty flower cabochons...

and wonderfully delicious colors of these lucite florals...

And for the first time, I was able to offer some of my polished stones from my stash....

This was a hard thing for me to do as I LOVE MY POLISHED STONES...but they've been hoarded way too long and they need to be part of someone's creations. So i chose a few and practically gave them away at very low prices!!! Luckily i still have more to hoard for myself....

I actually was looking at one of my favorite blogs (La Bella Joya) and got inspired again by her wonderful creations...I've been wanting to create some bead embroidery with my stash of polished stones but never got around to it....i mean just take a look at her gorgeous necklaces....like these...

Creation by Marcie of La Bella Joya

Oh so gorgeous...how i dream that one day i will have the time and the patience to make something like this! I am amazed at her work.

Anyways, I'm quite happy about the sale because I've made enough for my upcoming "business" trip and I'm hoping to be able to buy some new items for the shop. I've got to get this sale completed so i can move on to my other points on my to do list...also some secret..new products to be added to the shop... more to come!!

Hope everyone has a great week ahead!!

What can I do with Resin

I noticed a lot of people asking about resin and what it can be used for...and its amazing at the many possibilities you can do with it...


First, I've used resin before as a top coating, to give a piece a domed, glassy, magnified look...especially in domino pendants such as these....

also same thing with scrabble tile pendants...like these...

You create a domed effect when you use the resin on a flat surface. You can also use resin to fill a bezel. For example, you can use it in traditional type bezels such as these settings which are made from polymer clay...

or in metal settings such as these...

Other bezels you can use are bottlecaps, buttons, shells, spoons or any other thing that has a "cup" like area that the resin won't seep through...you just need your imagination to come up with more...

You can use certain molds like the flexible silicone molds or special plastic molds to create beads or other castings...I used a special plastic molds to create these basic shaped cabochons...

In these cabochons, I incorporated glitter/ pearlex powders. That's another nice thing about resin...you can incorporate anything you want...from candy, rhinestones, pictures, charms, glitter  and so much more to create a collage like effect...

Look at these really cute resin bangle with embedded candy sprinkles sold by Lunaricsales on Etsy ...

This is a picture by India from her shop Lunaricsales...check out her shop..she has lots more beautiful resin jewelry there...

If you work a lot with polymer clay...you can use resin in a lot of techniques... check out Eugena Topina's Tutorials on resin and polymer clay! 

She has tutorials on creating faux lampwork with polymer clay...which I bought a couple months back...but haven't had time to try it yet....but I'm sure itching to do so!!!

She also has tutorials with resin to create Faux Cloissone, Faux art glass, faux enamel, resin and gold leaf. Check out her page on Polymer Clay Tutorials!!! They're all so lovely...

So, that's just a few ideas of what you can do out of resin.... your imagination's the limit!!!

Focals from Scrap Clay

I've been wanting to try to make beads from my scrap clays ever since I saw Artybecca's tutorial/demonstration on flicker (click here to see it)

I finally got a chance to make a couple of focals...here's the first...

I think I went a little crazy on the highlights with the inka gold...you can't really see the original colors anymore... but I still like it.

I'm selling it as part of a bead soup... You can see it in my ETSY listing here - Pharoah's Gem Mix

Here's the second one I worked on...

This one I have not yet listed but will definitely make it also into a bead soup mix...watch out for it.

That's all for now.

Crackle Bead Cabochons

I'm excited to post these new handmade beads in the shop!!! I got new materials yesterday and immediately started playing with them. Alchohol inks are the best..and mixed in with gold leaf...all i can say is WOW!

So here is the first batch..to be posted in my fb album...

Crackled Earthly Sunset Cabochons...

Here's a peek at the process...

And this is what is wrapped around pieces of scrap clay and turned into different cab shapes. 

They look great put in a setting like this...

New Filigrees and Metal Charms for the Shop

I spent the day organizing at home and i have quite a few things to add to the shop... first i have a bunch of filigres, some I've already posted and others I have yet to post...

I've also stocked up on these glue on bails that are so useful... 

I also have my first Bead Soup Mix posted in the shop...

I'll write more on this on my next post. 

I also have a bunch of metal charms I have yet to post but don't have a collective picture for them...so those will have to be a surprise.

Anyways, been so busy lately but happily so since I love what I do. I finished the resin directions that will accompany the kit and I came up with an idea of what I want to do for the next challenge at my local guild (this one I am quite excited about!!!) and should get started on this right away!

Lastly I'm planning to start listing items in my earthly jewels etsy shop again. It's been a while and I miss it so, hopefully i can get that started again.

So, I'm off to my daily duties! Have a great day!

Remember the owls...

Remember the sweet candy colored owls that I posted previously here..well some of them found a new home and don't you think they look so adorably sweet....

These lovely bracelets are made by Ms Melpha Laeda Tabunan! They're made of colorful abacus beads and polymer clay charms. They are available at her FB page (see them here)

It always makes me soo happy to see creations made from items from my shop! Its amazing how creative people can be! 

Get your own owl charms and owl molds at my FB shop here (Don't forget to add me up) - 

http://www.facebook.com/earthlyjewelsbeads?ref=tn_tnmn