I'm Featured on the Cafe Handmade Site

This week I am a featured artist on Cafehandmade. CafeHandmade is a really cool site with a virtual craft show and lots of other great info.

I'm excited to be featured.

Here's the link.

http://cafehandmade.com/index.php/2009/09/featured-artist-kim-bell-beads-%E2%80%98n-bangles-by-kim/

I'm Becoming More Computer Savvy ...(I Think)

I have really been working on my skills with web related stuff. This past week I decided to try my hand at creating a new banner for my Etsy shop. I opened my Photoshop and started playing. I like what I came up with. It's similar to the banner at the top of my blog.

Today, I saw a post about getting a domain name in the Etsy forums. I just leaped in there and applied for one. My new domain name is below and it is forwarded to my Etsy shop for now. I'm not quite ready to try to design a web page. Maybe in the future.

Weekend Craft Show

This past weekend I participated in a craft show featuring mostly Etsy artists. We had to contend with the possibility of Tropical Storm Hannah coming nearby and deluging us with rain. Luckily we had a lovely day, only a little windy at times. I'm hoping the next show in October is better attended. I really worked on revamping my displays for the show. I think they turned out fairly well. Although I never seem to have enough space for all my jewelry. My next project is to come up with some way to weigh down my jewelry displays; they kept blowing over. This is an ongoing process.

ETSY ARTIST FEATURE OF THE DAY

Today I'm featuring Muddy Fingers Pottery. I love birdhouses and the one pictured below is very cute. Muddy Fingers has other nice pieces as well.

Go to http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5393498 to see Muddy Fingers' work.

ETSY ARTIST FEATURE OF THE DAY

I admire beautiful wire wrapped jewelry. Lilithu's shop on Etsy has some of the most intricate designs I have seen. Having tried some wire wrapping myself I know how much work is involved. Her pieces are exquisite. Take a look at this piece.






Check out her shop for other beautiful designs.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5337452

An Etsy Artist Feature of the Day

Today I am featuring the designs of Contrariwise. She works magic with silver wire. Take a look at her shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5280132

These swirled earrings are a design I especially like.