Silvery Moments

I've been loading my MomsArt shop with tons of sterling silver beads.  I've been busier than I have been in a long time and I love it, although, now that I am really working as opposed to listing here and then, I have to remind myself to take breaks or I get pooped!

I've got cones, spacers, headpins and bead caps.  It's a great mix, if I do say so myself, and digging through the ones I haven't seen in a long time has helped me fine tune what I think I would REALLY use with the way I design jewelry these days as opposed to (like when I first started) buying anything just because it is gorgeous.

Can you imagine what I am keeping if I'm not using components like you see here???  This is such a great cache, it's like I get to shop all over again while I thin out my bins!

 

Most of the silver is sterling from Bali, but I just started poking around in my Karen Hill Tribe stash from Thailand which has a higher concentrate of silver.  I'm able to set fantastic pricing because I've had these beads for a few years and they were purchased just before silver prices began to increase sharply.

I hope you come and see the great items, even if you aren't a buyer, but just to enjoy it as eye candy and to put a little zip in your day! 

Silver Destash

Ah, silver, wonderful silver.  I have plenty of drawers full of it.  I'm not using it like I planned, so I'm listing them in my silver SHOP on Etsy.  

I decided I might as well pass them on to someone who will actually USE them so it was quite fun selecting the ones I really couldn't part with as they inspired me to work with them again.

 

Can you believe the beads in these photos are what I'm NOT keeping?  Imagine the ones you'll see in my jewelry!  I bought these 2-3 years ago when silver was quite a bit less expensive, so these sets are really good deals.  You can see more photos and details HERE.

Silver Beads

I've had an Etsy shop for my paper crafts for a while now called MomsArt.  Stock hasn't been moving the way I'd like.  I've also had boxes of unused silver beads for even longer so I'm switching from paper crafts to selling my destash of silver.

The best part is that I bought these when silver was still quite low, so every purchase is a really good deal!  I hope you come visit my shop, just click HERE.

Back to Silver

I sold my first batch of cupcake confetti in lavender, pink and blush pink for a girl's birthday party...fun.

Well, it felt good to get back to working with silver yesterday. I didn't make these charms this time around, but it felt good to work with chain and rawhide leather instead of glass.

I know I need to retake these shots under better lighting, but I just wanted to post, so here you are for now.

It's Friday and my husband is negotiating salary for his new job, so keep your fingers crossed for us!

This necklace was meant for the salon that requested lampwork jewelry from me. I didn't feel it contained enough lampwork so I have to decide if I should send it anyway to see how it sells there since it WOULD match the heavy textiles in the fashions there. If I don't, I'll post it on Etsy.