With a strong interest in living simple, I have been really searching for the meaning in everything that takes up space in my house. Clothes, my children’s toy, kitchen gadgets, books…these are all easy to dispose of for me. The…
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Making Meaning with Vintage Jewelry
Tagged with: Facebook, jewelry, jewelry making, jewelry tutorials, Mother's Day
Posted in Free Classes, Handmade Business, jewelry making, Jewelry Tips, Uncategorized
Posted in Free Classes, Handmade Business, jewelry making, Jewelry Tips, Uncategorized
The Cadillac of all Jewelry
For about 40 years now, a line of ten half-buried Cadillacs have welcomed millions of visitors along the infamous Route 66. Just west of Amarillo, Texas, Cadillac Ranch has seen its fair share of dirt, wind and paint clouds. In…
Tagged with: jewelry, jewelry making, Travel
Posted in Handmade Business, Hot Rocks, jewelry making, Jewelry Tips, Sawing, Tools, Uncategorized
Posted in Handmade Business, Hot Rocks, jewelry making, Jewelry Tips, Sawing, Tools, Uncategorized
Buying Sterling Silver Jewelry Wire – by Katie Hacker
Please welcome guest writer, Katie Hacker! Katie Hacker has been wire wrapping for a long time and there is still a whole world of wire to explore. Katie is the content strategist for Halstead and hosts Beads, Baubles & Jewels…
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Posted in Handmade Business, jewelry making, Jewelry Making Q&A, Jewelry Tips, Tools
Posted in Handmade Business, jewelry making, Jewelry Making Q&A, Jewelry Tips, Tools
Ann Arbor Art Fair Lessons
by Betsy Lehndorff https://www.facebook.com/betsy.lehndorff It’s 10 p.m. Saturday and I see my garage door open in front of me as I pull up to my house. After a 3 ½-hour drive I am finally back and that’s a relief. As…
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Ann Arbor Art Fair: Beautiful Booths and a Serendipitous Encounter
by Betsy Lehndorff https://www.facebook.com/betsy.lehndorff Today I took the morning off from the art show and let Lori, another jeweler, set up my display. She did a wonderful job, getting my pieces up off the bottom of the case, and when…
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Ann Arbor Art Fair: Vendor Interviews
by Betsy Lehndorff https://www.facebook.com/betsy.lehndorff Yes. I am starting this blog off with a secret — and there is no way to say this tastefully, but deodorant is an essential item if you are selling at summer art fairs. That and…
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Ann Arbor Art Fair: First Day of the Show
by Betsy Lehndorff https://www.facebook.com/betsy.lehndorff Guess what? Our booth survived. It didn’t get blown away by last night’s winds and was still standing this morning when we all arrived to finish our set up at 7:30 a.m. Last night when we…
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