New Beginnings

New Beginnings...is a one of a kind necklace with a resin focal pendant. The resin piece is one of the new pieces I recently made. This unique necklace is created with hand wrought brass links with dangles of picassa glass beads with rich natural colors that reflect the changing colors of the leaves. A new beginnings of a sweet little brass wire bird nest with antique pearls dangle is added.

You can find New Beginnings on my web site Judith B. Designs.

Marketing Newsletter

It has taken me awhile but I have finally accomplished this task, I created an email Newsletter. I am not going to say it is very easy but the time I put in was worth it and there is lots to learn. Since I started doing some shows I really needed a way to communicate with the customers who signed up on my mailing list. The majority of people all email, out of 54 I had one person who did not. This newsletter will keep these folks informed of my show schedule, new products and special sales. Even though I do have a Facebook fan page and that kind of does the same thing, you just can't go and make people sign up for that, however even though people sign up for the newsletter they still can opt out easily. So how did I find this great site you ask.... well Via Etsy I found Mail Chimp a free site where you can host your list of names and create custom newsletters. You are probably wondering how do you know the folks get the mail...well Mail Chimp has a great reports section breaking every little thing down, like how many people opened the email,clicked a link, opted out, what time of day and who opened it. A lot of info, also a smidge scary too, but it is great marketing information. Now don't be afraid so and check it out!

Here is my first newsletter:http://eepurl.com/eP87

Autumn in Tennessee

Today was a stupendously warm and sunny day! A perfect day actually! The DH and I took a nice walk on the greenway and took in all the warm sun and autumn smells. I just love the sound and smell of the crunching leaves! The greenway is a few miles from our home and goes through the meadows and meanders around the creek. It is a great walk and so pretty.







Yesterday I had my second show and it was great! I was a little apprehensive at first because there was so much jewelry, but only one other real "handcrafted" jewelry booth. I guess the show was more of an upscale bazaar with a lot of company's showing their wares as well. It turned out well for me and I was able to get lots of names for my new newsletter that I have been working all day on! (be sure to sign up!)

I was very pleased with my display, however it is still a work in process. Lots of people are drawn to the antiques I use as displays so that is a big help.

Resin a new addiction!

I need a new addiction like I need a hole in the head, like I don't already have so many things that I just love to do. Will my house ever be clean again? Lordy, Lordy!

I had purchased a resin kit from Rings and Things about 8 months ago, in hopes to give this new craze a try. Yesterday I finally set aside the time to work on this. The kit I purchased is called Easy Cast Epoxy and is so easy to use with little to no odor. I am an instant gratification person (I could never make a quilt!) and had to wait patiently for this to cure, roughly 24 hours, however I could gaze at my creations all day long. The illustrations I used in my pendants and charms are antique dictionary drawings, antique maps, sheet music, colorful illustrations and I used an old watch face too. There is a great tutorial on u-tube by John Golden that walks you through the process nicely. You may just want to give this a try!

You can find this rabbit resting in my Artfire shop.

My surprise earrings

Here is the surprise earrings I received as part of Leslie's Thanksgiving earring exchange. Leslie of Bei Mondi has organized this great exchange of earrings. Many thanks to Erin of Every Heart Crafts, these earrings are lovely and have a nice organic look to them. I am in love with her porcelain pebble beads! How cool was it that I received something from someone in my home state of Massachusetts!

C'est La Vie

I am still on my earring kick...I like that you can create little pieces of "wearable art" and when you are done move on to the next pair. I tend to get bored with with the "same old, same old", I guess that is why I rarely make the same thing twice.


I heat treated this pair of earrings and just love the colors! The ear wires come from Studio on the Hill. I just love the rosy copper heads on these wires..

C'est La Vie....Such is life!

Time collage

"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow." ~Denis Waitely



My clock is a little out of wack...getting up too early and going to bed too late. I will soon adjust. I wanted to share a few of my watch part pins. I created these using antique and vintage watch parts and coating them with a thick clear sealer. A time collage if you will...




I also have been busy creating earrings, still in the mode after creating a pair for the Thanksgiving Earring Exchange hosted by Leslie Zable of Bei Mondi. I popped mine in the mail a few days ago and can't wait to see what I will receive as part of the exchange.
Here are a few pictures of what I made in the past few days.

Persimmon Dangle Earrings

Twisted Turquoise Drop Earrings