New Jewelry!

Handcrafted sterling silver chick necklace
 

Alternative Wedding Necklace
 

Silver Lace Necklace

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Birchleaf Designs; an Upper Peninsula Favorite

Birchleaf designs carries a great many items for your children and your home! Please show your support by checking out their new shop on etsy!
BirchLeaf Designs is a small, family-run business in northern Marquette County – lovely Moon Mountain, near the Yellow Dog River in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We live off the [...]

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New Items for Sale on Etsy

I have listed six new items in my Etsy Shop! I have been spending a ton of time preparing for my senior exhibition!
It is exciting to be graduating, but part of me really just wants to stay in school forever. My fiancé, Mike, is helping me make folding display tables for my senior [...]

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My Website

My website www.bethmillner.com has a gallery of many items that have been created since the start of my business. Please take a look!

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Mass Production or One of a Kind

I just read this great article about the pros and cons of mass producing items and one of a kind items from the Beading Design Jewelry Blog:
“Making jewelry in quantity. Once you have designed some products and have done your marketing test to prove that they can be made and sold at a profitable price, [...]

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The Birds and the Bees, Coffee, and Builders

Senior Exhibit
I am currently working on the three facets of my senior exhibit which will go on display in May. There are three themes that are present in my new bodies of work.
1. The Birds and the Bees
Many of the pieces in this series are already made and for sale at my [...]

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Buzz Ring

Bee Ring, Sterling Silver; cast, fabricated
Originally uploaded by Beth Millner
This ring is currently on display at the Marquette Arts and Culture in the lower level of the Peter White Library. The ring was accepted to a juried show put on by the Art Students League of Northern Michigan University.
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Swango

I just found this amazing clothing swapping website! I haven’t created an account yet, but I think this is a great idea! From my understanding, there is a minimal fee (.$99 USD) to ‘purchase’ an item. You also need credits to purchase items which you receive when you post items of your [...]

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Preparing for my Senior Exhibit!

Well, I am currently figuring out what I going to do for my senior exhibit, I have been working often trying to develop all of my ideas into concrete ideas. My three series’ of work consist of:
1. A Coffee Series
2. The Birds and the Bees Series
3. The Builder Series
Once I have more [...]

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