Check out this blog entry about the beading challenge http://hubpages.com/hub/Bead_Challenge

It's been a busy few days for me sending out all the beads, leaving feedback for those who've received them... and soon entries will start being posted so I'll have to start loading the pics up to www.flickr.com. I've been sending out a lot of business cards with that lot too - thanks to free cards from www.vistaprint.com. 

You can find the vintage 'fridge jewelry' holding up this card at www.OriginalJewels.com - as opposed to my bead selling site http://Beads4You.etsy.com.

Thanks for writing it http://Pigglewiggins.etsy.com.

My husband got me this new light tent and lights for Christmas - fabulous for taking pics of my jewelry and beads for my websites!

I love it - now just need a white background sheet as well as the gray. I'll use white paper until I get cloth.

I couldn't use it until today because I managed to leave my digicam with the inlaws of Christmas - but now it's back.

And here are some pics I took with the new set-up today!

www.OriginalJewels.com

www.Beads4You.etsy.com

Welcome to my innagural blog!

News hot off the press: The famous Rena Klingenberg has agreed to be the judge of a beading competition I'm organizing!

In the Winter Beads4You Challenge, crafters will compete to create new and different designs - despite all starting with the same set of beads.

Our judge, Rena, runs a wildly successful newsletter and blog giving home jewelry business success tips and a second site for jewelry display ideas.

You can find her sites here:
Home Jewelry Business Success Tips
http://www.home-jewelry-business-success-tips.com
thousands of tips for selling your handcrafted jewelry
Jewelry Display Ideas
http://www.jewelrydisplayideas.com
creative jewelry display and packaging ideas.

I'll post the beads for sale on http://Beads4You.etsy.com as soon as they arrive. I ordered them yesterday so it shouldn't take long.

The Winter Beads4You Challenge is a follow-up to the Fall Beads4You Challenge, judged by Tamara from www.CraftRevolution.com. To read her report on the challenge winners, click here: http://craftrevolution.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=57
And to see the entries on flickr, click here::
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42645033@N00/sets/72157594297832014/

Here's a pic of a necklace I made for the Fall Beads4You Challenge, now for sale on www.OriginalJewels.com.