It's hard to juggle all that has to be done to maintain ones self as an independent artist. You have to try find time to fill orders, make custom designs, and come up with new ideas. Oh yeah, and figure out your marketing. But that's my goal. To remain an independent artist.
I spent most of 2 days setting up spreadsheets to make my workflow smoother and more streamlined for listing items to Etsy and Jewelry Art Studio and for posting to Instagram and Facebook It worked. I got 15 items in a new category called hearts on the etsy shop. I also listed the new stone of the month pieces on both sites
and started a new category for stone of the month. These will be mostly
one of a kind or limited edition pieces.
Unfortunately Facebook is making it harder and harder for us to reach you without paying for ads. I'll keep trying but much of my efforts now go toward instagram, pinterest and email to show new work, attract followers to my websites, and announce codes for specials. So the new schedule for these email updates is around the first and around the 15th of each month.
Here are some rough castings of Hearts in process. These will be pendants and earrings. Some are already in the new Hearts section. I'm trying to get a jump on the demand. Don't let Valentines day get too close before you order, I might get too busy to get it all in the mail on time.
The stone of the month for February is amethyst. here is a little article from the American Gem Society
The origin of birthstones is believed to date back to the breastplate of Aaron which contained twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The current list dates back to 1912 with only one addition since then – the tanzanite was added to December. There are numerous legends and myths about birthstone healing powers and their therapeutic influence. According to these legends, wearing a gemstone during its assigned month heightened its healing powers. For the full effect, individuals needed to own all twelve and alternate them monthly.
I didn't get any feed back from you all on separating the art news from the jewelry news so it stays together in the same letter for now. If you unsubscribe to one you unsubscribe to both.
and some of the fabricated heart pendants in process. The finished versions are on the etsy store
The stone of the month for February is amethyst. here is a little article from the American Gem Society
The origin of birthstones is believed to date back to the breastplate of Aaron which contained twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The current list dates back to 1912 with only one addition since then – the tanzanite was added to December. There are numerous legends and myths about birthstone healing powers and their therapeutic influence. According to these legends, wearing a gemstone during its assigned month heightened its healing powers. For the full effect, individuals needed to own all twelve and alternate them monthly.
I didn't get any feed back from you all on separating the art news from the jewelry news so it stays together in the same letter for now. If you unsubscribe to one you unsubscribe to both.
I've made a new signup form so you can choose 1 or both.
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