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A Beaded Affair

Apparently, I’ve gone underground and didn’t realize it. I get home from work and if my husband isn’t up yet head right for the rec room and start work on my second and favorite career, making jewelry. For the last year I have been totally absorbed, just about every waking minute making jewelry, buying supplies and selling both.

During the day, I’m a mild mannered title agent at my own agency but at night and on the weekends I twist, pound and bend copper and silver wire into wearable art. Why don’t you tell me if you think I need a new career or if I should go on?

Howelite and Bloodstone in Copper

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Now is the time to purchase your copper wire, gemstone beads and findings and jewelry at A Beaded Affair at Etsy, the worlds biggest online Mecca for hand made crafts and supplies in the world.

When you buy 3 or more items from A Beaded Affair your 1st Class Shipping is free. Hard to find 1/2 Round and Square Copper Wire in 18 and 20 gauge, Copper Findings, fine gemstone beads and beautiful sterling or copper jewelry combined with the best in Fresh Water Pearls, Gemstone Beads and Cabochons for all your gift giving needs can be found within the pages of A Beaded Affair at Etsy. Can’t find just what you want? Email me! I have scads more to list and more coming in soon. I can get just the things you are looking for.

Read my feedback. People love their Jewelry, “…even more beautiful than the pictures…”, their copper, “…Lois has great customer service. She went out of her way to meet my needs. Thanks Lois, I’ll be a repeat customer. “, and the beads, “…These are gorgeous. The picture really doesn’t do them justice….”

Have you ever had an idea for a piece of jewelry and been unable to find it? Most of my jewelry sales come from people just like you. Let’s discuss your design and color ideas and see if we can’t come up with just the piece to make you smile.

A recently commissioned set with Tiger Iron, Tourmaline, Red Jasper and sterling silver.

A Beaded Affair

Much longer ago than I care to admit, a highlight of my spring, summer or fall was a visit to Linvilla Orchards in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. A true working orchard complete with Hexagonal Barn, the adults would visit in spring for luscicous strawberries, summer brought peaches and the best corn anywhere, move over Jersey peaches and corn, and fall was for apples and pumpkins. But us kids, well, the reason we liked to go was for the fun of just being there.

Originally, they had wild deer and a few chickens and sheep and a goat or two that we would visit. One year there was a pig complete with squealing piglets. I never wanted to ask why she wasn’t there the next year. As I grew so did Linvilla Orchard, each year there were more animals, more sites, hayrides, Pumpkin Land and so much more to do.

Eventually, the little orchard Mom and Dad would stop at for corn and apples became a family event trip to rival any other local attraction and certainly it’s healthier than most with fresh air and fresh fruit.

When my daughter came along I couldn’t wait to take her to Linvilla and let her have the same fun I used to have. She adored it and it was the perfect place to take a kid and not have to spend a fortune. Then again, there were years where I did spend a fortune on fresh fruit and veggies and dried silk flowers from their incredible Loft but where I probably spent the most over the years is at their craft fairs.  Superb artists from all over our area will be there to display their crafts and this year I count myself fortunate to be among them.

So come on out to Linvilla Orchards on September 13 and 14th and enjoy a day in the country and visit me at A Beaded Affair in the craft grotto.

Can’t make it on the 13th or 14th, no problem, visit me at my Etsy store A Beaded Affair for a small selection of what will be at the show.

Contact me for personal designing services Lois@abeadedaffair.com and lets create something together.

Does anybody remember when I started this blog my first post was…Not Just

Beads…well, apparently I was at the least partially wrong. Over the last 6 months I’ve been working on developing wholesale leads for beads at good prices and most importantly excellent quality. Most close to me know that my eventual goal is to open a brick and mortar bead store near me but in the mean time I have ventured into online sales of gemstone beads.

Each strand is individually selected and photographed. Unlike most online sellers I think you should see the strand you pick. My goal is to bring you Bead Store Quality at Gem Show Prices.

Watch for many more listings at my Etsy Store A Beaded Affair where I will be adding more beads, copper and sterling findings and of course Square and 1/2 Round copper wire for wrapping. Much more to come.

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New in my Etsy Store, A Beaded Affair, this charming Ocean Jasper and Copper pendant. The pictures don’t do this one justice and I just can’t get the perfect representation of the depth of color on this one. Think cocoa browns and a touch of olive green. Perfect for the upcoming season. $29.00 includes a black neck wire so you can wear it right way. 2 1/4 inches top to bottom and 1 1/4 inches side to side. Color will go with absolutely everything. Guaranteed to be your favorite piece in your fall wardrobe.

Don’t forget to pick up Copper 1/2 round and Square wire in my shop here or in my Etsy, Ecrater or Ebay stores. BEST PRICES ON THE WEB.

While in my Etsy store, check out my favorite sellers from the eSmarts Guild Team on Etsy. Some of the best artisans of fine crafts anywhere on the web.

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Copper Jewelry Wire for elegant creations at reasonable prices. Now available direct from this site! Click on the Shop at the top of any page.

I found eCrater one day when I really should have been working on jewelry or coiling copper wire. After some success on Etsy, the hand craft meca for everyone from jewelry designers to hand stamped personalized paper products, I had just posted my first ad on Ebay and was smarting from the insertion fees and the 8.75% sales fee I was going to have to pay when/if the copper wire sold. For a small company intent on keeping prices down to a minimal profit, that 8.75% was a hard nut to swallow.

And then I found eCrater. This is a 100% free market place. No insertion fees, no profit eatting sales costs, no picture charges. Nothing. 100% free. I didn’t quite believe what I was seeing. What could it hurt to set up a site and see what happened? And so A Beaded Affair.eCrater was born.

I placed my first few listings for 1/2 Round and Square Copper Wire along with a couple of pieces of the designer jewelry I create about 2 weeks ago. Haven’t marketed or promoted the site yet and received my first two sales today. Thank you to my wonderfully patient buyer who waited for a revised invoice.

With few exceptions, one being a shipping glitch that won’t allow me to discount shipping costs, which I always do on multiple purchases and to accomplish requires a modified invoice, the site is very simple to set up, enter orders and maintain. There is a nice selection of color themes for your store and you can insert banners and make the store look attractive and business-like. I suspect, if you know html you may even have more options open to you. There are a wide variety of categories and plenty of product for you to see, should you chose to visit. Unfortunately, though, my jewelers copper wire is relegated to a craft position as they do not have a jewelry supply category as yet. I have emailed for them to recitify that omission.

As a buyer, the site is simple to navigate and the search engine seems to work very cleanly. Overall, I am very impressed with this new venture and I will keep you posted as I progress with it.

Take that Ebay.

Check out eCrater today and don’t forget to visit me at my Etsy shop A Beaded Affair  for more designs, too.

While at A Beaded Affair check out my Favorite Sellers, all members of the Etsy eSmarts Team for a wide variety of shops, all of which I can highly recommend.