etsy metal: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Charm swap 10

Hello Thursday! Here we are with a Charm Swap update!
Czen says 'Sneak-a-boo! These are only sneak peeks of one half of the charms. This may be academic, but stay with me. I have thinking a lot about charm, allure, lure, bait. So these charms are a play on those words. I am using what are called 'Colorado Deep Cup Blades'- they are copper fishing lure spinners! They are enameled in various shades of watery/fishy blues and greens. Hand made murrini are also fused (kind of like little starfish). The second half of the charms will take me a little longer to finish....it's very...involved. I think the charms will be called 'aleure' which is from the latin: 'a' which means 'to' + 'leure' which means 'a lure'. So, literally 'to a lure'!'
They look gorgeous! I can't wait to see them in person!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Members" News for the month of June

It's finally summer and the show circuit is in full swing. Many of us in EtsyMetal do outdoor fairs and shows at this time of year. Here's where we will be this month....

Jen Lawler Designs will be participating in the following shows:
Iowa Fine Arts Show June 1st thru 3rd.

Art on the Square in Oskaloosa Iowa, June 9th

Art on the Hill in Winterset Iowa, June 16th.

Shannon Conrad of Rubygirl is having a trunk show at Union Rose in Portland, OR on June 1st.

L Sue Szabo of lsueszabo will be at the Maple and Main Art fair in downtown Sylvania, OH on June 1-2

Finally, check out this fabulous book that features 3 of our Etsy Metal team mates. It's "30 Minute Bracelets" by Martha Le Van for Lark Books. It is in bookstores now and on Amazon. Michele Grady, Victoria Takahashi, and Shirlee Grund are all in this new how-to book from Lark. Congrats to you all!

If you are in the area of any of our shows, please stop by and say "hi", we're a friendly bunch.

Til next month,
Sue

Friday, May 25, 2012

“What’s New”

Hello and welcome back.
Stunning jewelry were added this week on Etsy.
Come and enjoy our high quality jewelry made by our talented members.

betsybensen Sarah Hood Jewelry

Lichen & Lychee lsueszabo

e5jewelry Quercus Silver

Michele Grady Designs Silentgoddess

Cynthia Del Giudice simplymega

JujuBySarah LivelyHood

Thank you for your support in our art !
I will be here with more new jewelry next Saturday.
Have a great weekend,
Inbar

Friday, May 18, 2012

“What’s New”

Welcome to “What’s new”, our Saturday weekly post.
Every Saturday we post here the new jewelry arrivals in our shops.
Enjoy !

lsueszabo wildflowerdesigns

Sarah Hood Jewelry 2Roses

aroluna SCJ Jewelry Design

Anne Walker Jewelry e5jewelry

VirginieMartinStudio betsybensen

simplymega victoria takahashi/experimetal

Stunning !!!
I will be here next Saturday with more new jewelry just for you !
Have a great weekend !
Inbar

Friday, May 11, 2012

“What’s New”

Welcome back!
Days are flying and Saturday is here again, and so do I.
New jewelry from EtsyMetal Team members are in our shops waiting just for you!

lsueszabo aroluna

citizenobjects Sarah Hood Jewelry

silentgoddess SCJ Jewelry Design

betsybensen Michele Grady Designs

iacua victoria takahashi/experimetal

wildflowerdesigns 2Roses

LivelyHood NRjewellerydesign

markaplan

Have a wonderful weekend!
Inbar

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Charm Swap CS10

Good morning Thursday!
We have an update from Victoria! She tells us, "As previously forcasted, I of course have changed my mind. Today I made my first metal prototype for CS10. I will still need to make a few models to fine tune it, but I am very excited to have my idea locked down!
I cannot show you guys yet, as I do not want to ruin the surprise, I can only let you see a teensy-tiny bit of my paper model, if I showed any more it would give it away!"

We can't wait to see what she has come up with!

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Auntie EM is going on vacation!!!

It's getting to be that time of year when Sue and I have a lot of commitments and we are going to put Ask Auntie EM on hiatus for the summer. We would both like to say THANK YOU to all of you who read our posts every week and who asked such thoughtful and challenging questions! If you asked a question and we haven't answered it yet, do not fear! We will be back in the Fall every Tuesday just like this year. Please keep the questions coming! You can email us at askauntie@etsymetal.com and we will keep your questions for our new season of posts!

Again, thanks so much for all your comments and questions! We'll see you in the fall!