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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Resin Flower Creations by Handmade Experts


 Coral rose necklace and ivory pearl, shabby chic necklace, coral pearl neckalce, coral wedding jewelry, bridesmaid necklace

Handmade Ideas: 

Resin Flower Creations


     I'm always amazed at the level of creativity people have. I remember in the 80's I made the prettiest decorative boxes. I would glue ribbon and fabric and use silk flowers. Sure they were nice, but today handmade takes creations to a whole new level!


     For instance, check out this hair barrette. I love the color - you can never go wrong with aqua, ivory and pearls no matter what you are creating!

Mint Flower Cuff Bracelet, Bridal Bracelet, mint wedding jewelry, Bridesmaid Bracelet, rose bracelet, gift for her, Canada, bijoux karma  

     Andrea and I opened our shop on Etsy, ANA Jewelry Supplies with handmade experts in mind. (www.etsy.com/shop/ANAJewelrySupplies). 


Both of us have created some wonderful jewelry, as well as arts and crafts over the years, so we realize the importance of variety in colors, styles, and of course, good quality. We are not going to offer something in our shop that we wouldn't buy ourselves!

   Here are a few of the resin flowers in our shop: http://etsy.me/1bcsfVX

Be sure to check PAGE 2 and PAGE 3!
ANA JEWELRY SUPPLIES, A few of our Resin Flowers

vintage style purple and white flower bracelet - Shabby chic bracelet - purple and white bracelet - vintage bracelet - pearl and flower - cabochon bracelet - victorian- cabochon jewelry
Here's another handmade piece I just love. So pretty with the
 lavender and violet, along with the pretty pearls. 
This handmade expert has an excellent eye for color and design!


     You will love the variety in our shop - we have lots of findings like connectors and clasps, charms,  sterling beads, stone beads and glass beads (of all kinds). Many supplies are brand new - still in the wrapper!  

   

  We have the pretties connectors and findings too. 



     We also have resin flower "pendants" with perfectly sculpted petals, rounded and curved, gorgeous shape and a bail built-in so you can easily work into your handmade piece (see photo below). 


Antiqued Brass Flower Turquoise Locket Necklace

You can easily make something like this super pretty necklace!


We have more colors than the photo below, but I wanted to give you an idea of what the resin flower pendants look like.

A few of our Pendant Resin Flowers


Before I close I wanted to give you a quick glimpse at the beads we have. They are so pretty!

BEADS! Glass, Fimo, Lampwork, Crystal, Seed bead - I could go on and on!


Well, thank you for letting me show you a few handmade creations using resin flowers as well as introducing you to our shop. Andrea and I hope you stop by soon!  


Anita & Andrea
ANA Jewelry Supplies on Etsy.com




Saturday, April 11, 2015

Handmade Jewelry Ideas: Polymer Clay on Metal Findings

Beautiful Handmade Jewelry


  My friend Andrea and I started our own Etsy shop together offering an amazing assortment of jewelry supplies. We've been working hard at getting our shop stocked, our motto being, "something for everyone".  (Here's our shop  www.etsy.com/shop/ANAJewelrySupplies)

 Along the way of preparing and listing jewelry supplies, I do a lot of research to keep up with the needs of handmade craftspeople.   In doing this, you can imagine I've come across some fantastic designs in handmade jewelry. For instance, today I found Ivy Niles' shop (www.etsy.com/shop/ikandiclay)! Here are a few of my favorites:




I found Ivy's shop by pure luck! I was research for these gorgeous new beads we listed today.   There are three styles (sold as a set) with each one having a different design, created in brass. The designs, a STARFISH, FLOWER, and SUNSHINE each hold a beautiful brightly -colored polymer clay element inside the "cages". Here they are:


Starfish, Flower and Sunshine Beads with Rhinestone Accents

Newly listed! Double-sided Brass Beads with colorful "Caged" polymer clay design.

 
 Two Tone Lavender & Purple, Turquoise & White Polka Dot and  Yellow/ Red Sunshine Colors



You will find our shop's prices will beat most others, especially when you consider the quality of the materials. For instance, this set of 3 beads, all brass, double-sided, with rhinestone accent is $4.50! Just imagine using these beads as the focal for a beautiful handmade necklace or bracelet made by YOU!

 Let's go back  to Ivy's shop for a second - check out what she does with her great designs.  I love this barrette. 

 I would definitely wear this! 


These seahorse earrings are amazing too! 


I don't know about you, but sometimes I find it hard to imagine what to do with polymer creations. I love it, I'd love to try my hand at it someday, but what would I do with my creations? Well, back to Ivy -  She has an excellent eye! Her designs are perfect - I love the colors, patterns, size and her designs seem to "fit". the back drop, fits the design element. AND TALK ABOUT WEARABLE! Not only would I wear any one of these pieces, but so would my teenage nieces!



I hope you will check out our new shop and see all the wonderful supplies we have! Don't forget, our shop's motto - "Something for Everyone" and great prices too! 



See you there!