Saturday, December 27, 2008

After Christmas and Happy New Year Sale

***AFTER CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SALE***

Hello, from GAJLSBEADSNSUCH! We want to wish you a very merry after Christmas and a very happy before New Years.........

Because we think our customers are very special we want to extend our free shipping offer from now until Saturday, January 31, 2009!

Enjoy shopping with us and we look forward to your patronage.

http://gajlsbeadsnsuch.artfire.com/

Monday, December 15, 2008

Update on New Project

It's been a while since I first told you about my exciting new project...wedding jewelry. The current status of my project is:

  • The brides necklace is three quarters complete
  • The brides earrings design and colors are final
  • The brides maid and matron-of-honor necklace and earrings designs and colors are final

Unfortunately, I do not have photos of the brides' necklace yet. I want to finish it before I post a picture, but, just to let you know, the maid-of-honor has seen what is completed on the brides necklace and she just about flipped!

I cannot wait to show it to you. I should be able to post a photo of the brides necklace and earrings in the next few days.

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Until then, LOL!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

A Special New Years Project!

I have a very special New Years project! I have been asked to design and make jewelry for a wedding. The bride will be wearing a necklace and earrings and her dress will be in the color of champaign. Both the matron of honor and the maid of honor will be wearing burgundy. These colors will be used in the final design with, hopefully, the right color balance and "pop"!

My final necklace design will incorporate aspects of an original bridal design of mine as well as parts of three other designs. The good news is that I have the final bridal necklace design finished, however, I am still finalizing bead colors. Though I am not positive about color placement and bead size, I am sure that I will be incorporating 3mm and 4mm swarovski crystals, various sizes of seed beads, and the findings will be of sterling silver.

In the end, I will have completed a project that includes a bridal necklace and earrings, and a necklace and earrings for both the matron and maid of honor. As I complete each piece of the project I will update my blog so you can see what I have done.

I am anxious to get started. Hopefully, I will be posting a picture of the bridal necklace sometime within the next week.

I am so excited about this project...it allows me to stay in my favorite creative mode...custom wedding jewelry designs!

I Will Keep You Posted!!!

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Monday, December 1, 2008

New Design: "IMPERIAL LACE" (necklace, earrings, and bracelet)

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CHECK OUT MY NEWEST DESIGN: "IMPERIAL LACE"

(necklace, bracelet, and earrings)

Each item is listed seperately on my website: http://www.gajlsbeadsnsuch.artfire.com/
They are an original design of mine and are made using a brick, square, and right angle weave stitch and are enhanced with pecots. The necklace has a 10mm chez firepolished crystal bead and seed bead loop closure, the earrings have antiqued copper earwires, and the bracelet has an antiqued copper lobster claw clasp.

You can get more details by clicking on one of the images and going directly to my website at ArtFire.com.

I hope you enjoy them. They were made with alot of patience an love which, I think, makes each piece very special and unique!


I can't wait to start my next project (wedding jewelry fot the bride, maid of honor, and maton of honor). Once they are finished, I will post photos on my blog so you can have a looksee.....


Until then....

HAPPY BEADING

-and-
BUY HANDMADE!

Yeah!

Your Store is Called What?

BoldI'll bet you are wondering where I came with the name, "GAJLSBEADSNSUCH"........

G = Gena (me)
A = Amber (my daughter)
J = Joshua (my son)
L = Lavina (my mother)
S = Scott (my boyfriend)

- and add -

BEADSNSUCH

I wanted to come up with a business name that was uncommon and that would really draw attention. It had to be something that no one else had heard of and that would be hard to forget. I hope that I have accomplished what I started out to do with the company name. Now, I guess, I need to let all of you know who I am and what I do.

I look forward to meeting all of you and showing you my studio. You can view my listings at: http://www.gajlsbeadsnsuch.artfire.com/

BUY HANDMADE ON ARTFIRE!

How It All Started!

I work in a busy hospital and we have always been requried to wear namebadges. I was really tired of having to clip my namebadge to something I was wearing. It was really tacky and unattractive. Then, one day, I saw a lanyard namebadge necklace. I asked the person wearing it where she got it and I was told that she made it. This got me thinking, "I can do that to!".

I decided to purchase some supplies for my beaded lanyards so I could start making my own. I had them for probably a year before I actually sat down to make anything. Not only did I start making lanyards, I started making bookmarks and jewelry.

Initially, I used glass and acrylic beads for my projects, and then I bought my first beading book. I was especially intrigued by the information and photos I saw using seed beads. I decided to invest in some magazines and in a bead weaving book by Sandra Halpenny. OH, My Stars!...I was so excited to see the patterns in her book that I started working with seed beads and crystals right away. I started with necklaces and came up with my own version of Sandras necklace designs and made bracelets and earrings to match. I could not get enough of my new found favorite...off loom beadweaving with seed beads!

As I created and designed my own items, I began to get orders from friends and family. I started selling lanyards first, then I was asked to take on the challenge of creating a design which included a creation using specific colors and beads. I was first asked to create a necklace that was made up of dragonflies and in the colors of cobalt blue and green. The final result was awsome. My customer was extatic about it and just loved it. (If you would like to get a look at my Dragon Fly Lace Necklace and Earrings, check out my website.

The next challenge I was given included a challenge I had was when a customer asked me to make a necklace in a celestial design using some carnelian moon and star stones she had picked out of a catalog. It took some creative thinking, but, once I came up with the design I was very excited. It did not take very long to make it once I came up what I was going to make. The necklace is listed on my website and it is called, "Celestial Fire Necklace". I ended up using carnelian, red agate, garnet rocailles, moon and star gold plated charms, and gold spacer beads. The final results was beautiful! I am currently working on a project which includes wedding jewelry. I will post photos once they are complete. I am so excited!

To view my website go to:
http://www.gajlsbeadsnsuch.artfire.com/

BUY HANDMADE!!!!!!