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Heavy Gauge Wire Frame Pendant Necklace

Spiral Earrings!

Just added - 5 new Christmas ornaments  $2.75 each

wire wrapped frame with heavy gauge wire

Set includes 3-strand necklace, ring and earrings!

Choice of 5 styles - only $1.00 each!

I am slowly turning my unofficial business official; I am now registered in the state of Texas and am required to charge sales tax.  Any orders within TX will have an additional 8% added on from now on......I hate having to raise prices, BUT I have been basically not charging tax OR labor for 4 years.  Next I will be registering with the city and filing my dba, but since those cost money I have to wait a bit.......and I also now have a business liabilty insurance policy!

but didn't turn out quite the way I had wanted.....

This is a pearl and crystal necklace I made for a customer for his baby granddaughter

CONGRATULATIONS!  Your application to become a Crafted Art Productions Partner Vendor has been approved! You are officially a Partner Vendor and now eligible to receive exclusive benefits like discounted show fees, opportunities to book your space before the general public, and more. We enjoyed reading your application and looking at your items! We can't wait to see you at a show so we can get to know you better. Here's to many, many excellent shows together.  Happy creating!  The Crafted Art Team

Crafted Art Productions 1504 Clover Lane Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Here are the first pictures taken with my new (to me) Nikon Coolpix L26 camera......

This is one of my projects for the jewelry design school

And this is a new silk thread knotting technique I just learned!

I am planning some good changes for this site in the coming months!  I am currently in the process of updating some of the photos - making them much clearer and sharper and in a better setting.  Hopefully this will give you a better 'feel' for the pieces.

I am also looking in to starting a section featuring pieces that were FULLY manufactured in the United States - meaning EVERY bead, wire, finding etc. as well as the assembling of the piece.

Also, I will be adding some new 'popular trends' jewelry featuring things like Hello Kitty, owls, bling etc.

I am hoping these changes will have a positive impact!

There will be a benefit for the Art Department of the Fort Worth School District on Saturday, Feb. 16 and Sunday the 17th

Here is my final project for this unit, a bracelet that was recycled from using components from another (the metal roses)

Alice's Cosmopolitan Necklace - this one took a LOT of planning and determination!

working on this design for a customer....

Another addition to Designs by Chris!

This is the Targ Helm Necklace - the pendant is reminiscent of a Scottish shield

Chris has made a bunch of new chainmaille items!  Here is one of his latest - Black and Red Cross Concho Necklace

Here are a few pieces I put together exclusively for the Tophatter auctions.....

Today is the last day to be included in the September drawing for a random item from this site!  I will draw a name tonight around 10PM and announce the winner on here and in an email......just leave a comment on this blog and you're entered!  The drawing for October will begin Monday morning at 9am.

In other news, fall is trying to arrive again here in TX - after ANOTHER heat wave of 90's, it is in the 70's and rainy!  It feels so good to be able to wear something other than a tank top, shorts and sandals!  But on the not-so-good side, our recently repaired roof sprung a leak, which I discovered yesterday after emerging from my office to finally eat......so it is a construction zone again.  This time my husband has to wait until the rain ends so he can go out on the roof to find the leak.

Today is the usual Sunday routine - DBC (church) at 2pm, then grab a burger and head over to Kyrie at Zio Carlo's in Ft. Worth, then the Joyful Noise Worship Centre in Arlington around 8.  Havin my coffee now - I found some coffee pods at Walmart for my Senseo machine!!!!  :) 

This is something I came up with just for the crowd at Tophatter.com - a simple crystal and goldtone chain bracelet.  I am also experimenting with my scanner and different backgrounds to make the pics more appealing.  It seems that if I just lay a piece of light color cardstock over the jewelry instead of the flat top of the machine it looks slightly better......I am in the market for an affordable priced Canon Powershot.
 

Normally this would be in my other AmysNotions.com store, which is currently experiencing some technical difficulties - so it has been added to the Ornaments page instead on this site.....

I experimented today with placing an item on Tophatter.com for auction - it was the Abalone Watch.  It sold for a total of $21 BUT the buyer had a $10 credit - plus PayPal and Tophatter fees.  I am supposed to be getting the $10 back from Tophatter.....if I do I will consider placing items on auction from time to time.....I will announce it on my site beforehand - and every winner will also be placed in the monthly drawing!

I received the first lesson shipment yesterday from the Sheffield School of Interior Design!  I am going to be taking the Jewelry Design Course.  Included were a textbook, 2 smaller study guide books, 2 CDs and a DVD - plus slipcases to hold them all in!  I started immediately - there is a certain order you are supposed to do each lesson in, alternating between audio, video and text.  Now I am beginning my 1st assignment!  I have to find examples of jewelry I love and jewelry I don't care for, print the pictures and paste them on paper, and then answer some questions about each kind.  There are a few more assignments for this Unit, including making a collage and taking some old jewelry apart and examining it and coming up with ideas on how to redesign it......and while I am doing all this I also will be paying bills, working on this website, and who knows what else?  Oh yeah, church stuff!  My life is packed full of blessings and I love it!

Starting at the end of September I will be giving away a random piece of beaded jewelry (ornaments in the winter months) to 1 winner every month -  just enter your information on the form to be placed in the drawing.  1 entry per person per month.  All information is completely confidential and will not be shared with anyone.

Best Memory Magnet & Hopes Magnet

If anyone has tried to place an order recently and found that the shopping cart did not work, I am sooooo sorry - my account with ProPay had expired and I didn't catch it! :(  It is now up and running again, so please feel free to shop to your hearts' content!  And in the future, if something doesn't work  on my site for any reason PLEASE email me at amy@amyshandmadejewelry.com - the same goes for my AmysNotions site - the email is amy@amysnotions.com.  You can also call me at (817) 393-5007 with regards to either site.

Some of the new happenings at Amy's Handmade Gifts : at AmysNotions.com, you are able to choose from 47 different USPS shipping methods, with the cost for shipping automatically calculated!  In the future, I may add other methods like UPS or FedEx, if there is a demand.
Also, I am able to ship orders from home now through the ProPay merchant account, so if you pay by credit card the shipping can be expedited!  More to come on this later as I do more research.

I am still receiving quite a few spammy emails from people in other countries trying to prey on my sympathies with their fake  stories.  These are going directly to the junk folder, so please just don't bother sending them.

Thank you for reading this; I hope to please many different tastes in the future with my new offerings of jewelry and other projects! - Amy B.

Ruby Hoops and Sapphire Hoops

4 new pairs of earrings just added!
Blue Drops, Pearl Drops, Silver Butterfly and Amber Drops

Laugh Circle Embellishment, Bloom Card, You Are My Sunshine Card, Hello Card

From now until Mothers Day, selected items will be on sale!  See the MOTHERS DAY SALE page.

Earring Extravaganza!  4 new additions today.....

 With ANY size order you will receive FREE an amethyst glass beads bracelet - value $5 !!!

for Belgium and Wales  

made for a customer