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Archive for December, 2007

New Website!

Posted in Etsy, Hand Crafted Jewelry, Jewelry Business, Jewelry History, Metalsmithing, My Environment, My Website and Store, Online Sales, tagged , , on December 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I have just redesigned my Website:
www.BethMillner.com

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Why do you buy handmade?

Posted in Etsy, My Environment on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Why do you buy handmade?
Add your comments below!

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Jewelry Display from Recylced Items!

Posted in Display Ideas, tagged , , , , on December 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Please Check out Green Space Goods’ post about making a display out of recycled materials!
“We’ve been asked to put together a point of purchase display to show off our items at a great little boutique. These are the moments when creating from discarded remnants can become a bit tricky and making a trip to Home [...]

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Buzz Cuff

Posted in Etsy, Metalsmithing, My Website and Store, Online Sales on December 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Buzz Cuff
New Items for Sale at my Online Store at Etsy!

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Free Spreadsheet For Pricing Your Work

Posted in Business Tips, Jewelry Business, Online Sales, Pricing, tagged , , , , , on December 16, 2007 | 12 Comments »

Chris Parry of Bespoke Jewellry made an amazing spreadsheet that helps you calculate overhead, depreciation and many other factors that should be considered when pricing your handcrafted items!
“One of the hardest things for a crafter to do , is to get to grips with pricing their work.
I have attempted to create an easy to use [...]

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Selling Jewelry Online – Storefront Options

Posted in Online Sales, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Copper and Silver Lamination Earrings

Are you wondering about how to put your business online? Rena Klingenberg has written a great article!
“Selling Jewelry Online – Storefront Options
For selling jewelry online, you’ll need three things:
* a website or blog
* a storefront or shopping cart
* an online payment processor.
To accomplish this, you have four options:” [...]

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Etsy: Guide to Fees

Posted in Etsy, Jewelry Business, Online Sales, Pricing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 14, 2007 | 63 Comments »

Bee Ring
I wanted to put this information out there for all of you who may be reluctant to have an account on Etsy to sell your hand crafted items. I find that selling items on Etsy is not all that expensive and is generally cheaper than the fees associated with art fairs [...]

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Wire Wrapping Workshops; Bella Beads, Marquette, Michigan

Posted in Workshops, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I spent the majority of my afternoon making some new wire wrapped rings. I will be teaching a workshops at a local bead store and this is one of the finalists for the workshop! I have made 15-20 rings in the last week and I am finally developing some designs that [...]

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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Artists; A (small) Directory.

Posted in Artists, Local Artists, My Environment, Poetry, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2007 | 7 Comments »

I was just thinking about how important it is to try and purchase locally. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the artists I know and why I would like to promote their endeavors.

Annie E – Annie is a spitfire poet with a touch of home cooked. [...]

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New Workshop Schedule

Posted in Workshops, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Handcrafted Copper Teardrops
with Green Fresh Water Pearls.

If you are interested in taking one of my workshops, please contact Bella Beads in Marquette, MI. (906) 228-8282.
Here is the current updated schedule:
Basic Wire Working: Beginner Level $40 includes materials, Class members will learn a basic loop and wrapped loop, used in [...]

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