How does jewelry make you feel?

Jewelry has an effect on your attitude. Wearing a certain color, like royal blue or turquoise helps me feel like royalty, calm and ready to face the day. 

Creating jewelry to match a certain outfit, to accessorize for a life event or just for fun makes me happy. 

Have you bought a necklace set for a special occasion? What occasion?

I bought a Judaica Chai necklace from Israel (from my husband) as an anniversary gift and remember our anniversary and our love each time I wear it.

Chai Necklace

Today I am wearing a turquoise and red crocheted wire necklace with a mint green top with pink and blue embroidered flowers and birds on it. The blue is the unifying color and it pops out of the necklace and my long sleeved top. The colors I'm wearing make me feel springy and cheerful.

Red and turquoise wire crocheted necklace

Turquoise is one of my favorite colors for clothing and jewelry. I call it a feel good color. Turquoise is the color of royalty because the gemstone was originally only worn by royalty because of the price.

Did you know I didn't get my ears pierced until about 6 years ago? One of my coworkers suggested that I get them pierced so I could wear my own designs. Now, I'm hooked on fishhook earwires.

What are your favorite earwires? posts? fishhooks? leverbacks?


In general, jewelry lets me be bolder than I really am and makes me feel that my outfit is complete. Now, if I don't wear earrings and a necklace, I feel naked.

I laugh at myself because sometimes I really do wash floors while still wearing my pearls (like June Cleaver in Leave it to Beaver).

How does jewelry make YOU feel?

Are there any color combinations or jewelry styles that you'd like to see in my shops? I design with color meanings and gemstone characteristics in mind.


Action to take: 

Like my Facebook page (How does jewelry make you feel) and tell me:

1. What does your special occasion purchase remind you of?

2. What color combinations would you like me to create for: necklaces, bracelets, earrings, women's beaded kippot

3. Anything else you'd like to share. 

Look for the Coupon Code in the first comment on my Facebook page. 

Changing Directions - Destash Jewelry Supplies Available

After taking a couple of online classes, I realize what my popular and favorite designs are, so I'm changing directions in my jewelry and kippot creations. My focus will be on women's wire beaded kippot, Jewish jewelry and religious jewelry. 

I'm still working out product lines and a new holiday collection that people have expressed an interest in. Stay tuned for more information on the new holiday collection. 

I want to offer you some of my overstock inventory of beads and gemstones for your jewelry designs. There are new destash jewelry supply listings in my Artfire shop

Thing-a-Ma-Jig 

Coral Red Jasper Destash Lot

Liquid Spacers - Ear Hoops

Malachite Gemstone Lot

Hemalyke Round Beads

Destash Pearls

Feel free to check out my destash sections in my Etsy shop too. 

If you'd like to purchase in bulk, please let me know what you're interested in, and I can work out a bulk price for you. 

No returns or refunds are accepted on these items. They are brand new. 

Upcoming Craft Shows for Linda B’s Jewelry

I’ve confirmed my participation in these 2 craft shows so far:
Other people have invited me, but I’m selecting only handmade shows, if I can help it, or shows I’ve done before with positive results.

Sat.    10/19/2013	9a -4p   Handmade Arts & Crafts Festival     St. Charles Episcopal Church  994 North Fifth Ave  St Charles, IL 60174
Sun.  11/3/2013

11a-4pm                           Lisle Sr. High School 
                                       1800 Short Street
                                       Lisle, IL


This was a show I did in April




I’m working on my booth set up, but I can’t find the pictures I took playing with a new set up.

Things to improve:

• Larger Signage
• Iron tablecloth
• Put less out

My earring board takes up a lot of space, but since I usually make OOAK designs, my earrings are different prices. This may change in the future.

Questions:  Do you have a banner or craft show sign to show me? Where did you get it?

How much do you put out? How can I make it look full, but not cluttered, without carrying a shelving unit? 

Treasury Love Round 2

I’m trying to catch up with my Treasury love – so here’s round 2. Please visit and heart an item in the shops below who were kind enough to feature one of my handmade jewelry items.

DIY Supplies	Baby Booties
Lavender Blue Magic	Wire wrapped ring
Memories of Maui	Sunset Greeting Card
National Choc Ice Cream Day	Wood Candle Holder
Summer Yellow	Knitted Green Headband
Red and Turquoise	Personalized Bridal Party Glasses
At First Sight	Bird Pincushion
Stormy Sunday Afternoon	No piercing dangling earrings
The Grass is Always Greener	Copper Spiral Flower Earrings
Here’s one I created
Blue and Green	New Bar Mitzvah Bracelet

 

Treasury Love

Thanks for the shops who included my jewelry / kippot in their Etsy Treasuries. This post is to reciprocate and feature a piece of their handmade work.
I’m a little behind in posting these, but it’s better late than never.

Red White and Blue	Love Art Print
Something Old is Something New	Orange Sea Glass Earrings
Dressed in Wedding Day	Cave Soap
All the fun of summer	Palomino Horse
Dreaming of a Turquoise Summer	Crocheted Brooch
Heartless	Rainbow Lightning Bolt Necklace
Silver and Yellow	End Grain Cutting Board

Thank you so much, Etsy shop owners.