Website for Artists and Artisans

Are you interested in selling on line? If so, you want to take a look at at Artisans Accomplice. I looked around for a year for someone who could help me set up my "shop" and had all the features I needed for a reasonable price. Just to design the site I was quoted an average of $1500.00!! Let me tell you, these guys have it all. For $20 they set up my shop with the colors, designs and features I wanted. They held my hand every step of the way, never more than a couple of MINUTES away. Yeah, min… Continue

Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 5:53am —

SHOP CLOSING

Sad as it is, I have to close one of my ESTY shops and concentrate on other things. I am having a huge sale to try and recoup some of my materials costs so stop by www.divellasfibers.etsy.com and check out the great deals. Shop closes Saturday.

Posted on August 27th, 2008 at 10:17am —

Made to Match

My daughter was up in Maine visiting me last week and she needed to find a dress for an early afternoon wedding she was attending the following week. We went to Kohls and she found this dress but really had no jewelry to go with it. Lucky she has me for a mom I guess. I got to work, selected a bunch of beads and created this free-form peyote stitch necklace with earrings in Turquoise and genuine pearls in yellow and black to match the pearls on the necklace. Check out my pics to see it! I am sur… Continue

Posted on July 26th, 2008 at 2:24pm —

Peyote Stitch Beginings

See my pics for these, I do not like to put them on here because they are too big! Free Form peyote is a blast! The brown bracelet I worked up first and had so much fun with it I asked my daughter who was visiting to pick out 3 colors of my size 8 beads and the pink and aqua bracelet one came out of that. We went shopping later that day to find her a dress for an early afternoon wedding she was going to so I made her a necklace and earrings to match. The length on the bracelets are a bit tricky,… Continue

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 4:17am —

Octopus Jewelry and other Sea Creatures

I have really had fun with my lastest designs! I have done a series of different designs using those fabulous lampwork beads by Margo Lampwork found on Etsy. One is the free form peyote, my first attempt. The others are crocheted and my usual woven style. I have lots of wonderful lampwork… Continue

Posted on July 16th, 2008 at 8:00am —