Sunday, March 22, 2009

Card Ideas

It seems as though I am always thinking about my art cards. Because the one of a kind show is juried I have to focus on the items I know I am allowed to sell. Given the opportunity, I would have some jewelry in my booth....but that category already has too many vendors! So, I must focus on my own category which is paper arts.
These resin bezels would make beautiful pendants. I myself have several necklaces which feature them. Ordinarily I drill a hole to attach them to a card when I am working on inventory for the show. For this special group I am going to try something different. I have glued them to the card and I am including a note and a magnet in an extra envelope in the box. This way people will know that the card can be cut up later so that the resin bauble can become a magnet or perhaps they will use it for a pin or necklace. I suspect though, that many people will be happy to just keep it in the plastic hanger box that I display it in.

Happy Sunday! Here is what the beading gang reported on this week!

We all need a little bit more organization. Here's a nifty organizer for your tools.

Barbe talks about her love of Egyptian Jewelry.

Lesley shares tips on getting organized from her and the staff.

Carmi prints her favorite images onto cotton to create a new fiber necklace.

Melanie ponders the beauty and symbolism of butterflies and lets herself fly free with a new pendant.

Katie Hacker designed a fabulous necklace using some of Jennifer's pinwheel beads.

We've been concentrating on organic materials for jewelry making this month, and Cyndi has rounded up a few of her projects that fall into that category!

Come read Jean's review of this super new book by Kim Gover: Designing Jewelry with semiprecious beads!

Melissa discusses shopping opportunities for unusual stone-wrapped chain.

Finding inspiration in an unlikely place, Andrew creates a necklace based on a Jell-o dessert.

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