tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80658370798079836612024-03-13T10:26:58.824-05:00AWR DesignsI design and create custom handmade wedding/bridal/special occasion jewelry made with beautiful Swarovski crystals and pearls in a variety of colors and styles, as well as beaded ID badge lanyards, and beadwoven stitched jewelry, including peyote, Herringbone, and crossweave stitches.Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-33202940808619515562014-10-14T18:31:00.001-05:002014-10-14T18:31:25.353-05:00AWR Designs: Flower Girl Jewelry Sets<a href="http://awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2014/10/flower-girl-jewelry.html?spref=bl">AWR Designs: Flower Girl Jewelry Sets</a>: So, this year, I have been getting lots of sales for flower girl sets, and have therefore, created more and more listings based on cus...Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-13891081377196257212014-10-13T22:32:00.001-05:002014-10-13T22:42:48.709-05:00Flower Girl Jewelry Sets<div>
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So, this year, I have been getting lots of sales for flower girl sets, and have therefore, created more and more listings based on customer requests for certain colors of crystals and pearls. I now have over 25 flower girl listings in my AWRDesigns Etsy shop! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AWRdesigns?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">My AWRDesigns Etsy shop</a><br>
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Most of my flower girl sets come with a necklace and bracelet in the length you choose (I provide a size chart for various age ranges in each description), and each bracelet and necklace come with an extension chain with pearl dangle attached at the end. I use high quality silver (or gold) plated heart shaped lobster clasps and very secure crimps and wire guardians (which help protect the wire from being rubbed against the clasps). I use high quality professional beading wire - 49 count (which is the highest count available, and also gives a great flexible, yet durable drape to it). Most of my flower girl jewelry sets also come with a pair of pearl post stud earrings (using 925 sterling silver or 14k gold filled posts and backs), but I can change them to pearl dangles, or even clip-on earrings. I also have some jewelry sets with just the necklace and bracelet (no earrings). <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/AWRdesigns?section_id=14972392&ref=shopsection_leftnav_9" target="_blank">Click here to see all of my flower girl jewelry sets!</a><br>
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I have these jewelry sets in many pearl and crystal colors and color combinations. There's a set for just the plain clear crystals with white or ivory pearls, sets made with just white or ivory pearls, and then there are sets with pearls and crystals in various colors, such as blue crystals, red crystals, fuchsia crystals, purple crystals, brown crystals, etc. I can also make sets with silver or gold clasps and chains. </div><div><br></div><div>And don't worry, if I don't have the colors you are looking for, I'm sure I can easily make a set in the custom colors that you need! Please just ask me. You can contact me through my blog here or by leaving a comment or you can easily contact me about a certain item in my Etsy shop by clicking on the "Contact seller" when you are on the page for the listing you are interested in. I welcome custom orders of all kinds! :-)</div>
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Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-38667860931634574562014-10-13T21:58:00.001-05:002014-10-25T11:02:24.779-05:00My Growing Handmade BusinessSo it's been an interesting year so far. Since I have not posted much this year, I am going to TRY to write a quick summary of the last year of my jewelry business... <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sMDGjknLmuI/VEsPkvz--2I/AAAAAAAAEsc/o40RB2suzCI/s640/blogger-image-1754091130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sMDGjknLmuI/VEsPkvz--2I/AAAAAAAAEsc/o40RB2suzCI/s640/blogger-image-1754091130.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>So, as most of you know, I started my Etsy shop, AWRDesigns, back in May 2011. I started out selling jewelry that I made with Swarovski crystals and pearls, as I love the Swarovski brand and their quality jewelry pieces. So I had a few sales for some of my pearl and crystal barrettes, but it wasn't until 2012 when I began receiving lots of sales, especially several large custom orders for wedding/bridal jewelry. And I was consistently busy, mainly because I had months to work on these big orders, and I was also working full time as an engineer. I thought I was busy then! Lol.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LJEG_vGL4a8/VEsPaOE8DKI/AAAAAAAAEr8/O0tiwTmJDrc/s640/blogger-image--153165005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LJEG_vGL4a8/VEsPaOE8DKI/AAAAAAAAEr8/O0tiwTmJDrc/s640/blogger-image--153165005.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S9z9kNNPsXo/VEsPh36ua7I/AAAAAAAAEsU/4gDuyLy6e28/s640/blogger-image--501372416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S9z9kNNPsXo/VEsPh36ua7I/AAAAAAAAEsU/4gDuyLy6e28/s640/blogger-image--501372416.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Well, my sales continued throughout the year and I eventually added more items, like bead stitched bracelets and necklaces, along with some Alabama and Auburn jewelry. I also added some beaded bookmarks and some owl necklaces, and some of all of these items sold.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RekFCeVZQrg/VEsPYRajbWI/AAAAAAAAEr0/tvEV8YTrh3I/s640/blogger-image--759914942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RekFCeVZQrg/VEsPYRajbWI/AAAAAAAAEr0/tvEV8YTrh3I/s640/blogger-image--759914942.jpg"></a></div><br><div>I began getting requests from coworkers at my full time job, for beaded and chain lanyards, so I began adding several different types and colors of beaded lanyards and silver chain lanyards to my AWRDesigns shop. I was getting pretty good sales for a part time business, and it was working well. But I also realized that I needed to do something to my shop in order to market to the right customers. I really enjoyed designing and creating bridal jewelry... making jewelry for big bridal parties - for the brides, bridesmaids, flower girls, mothers of the bride and groom, etc. and I still do. I enjoy working closely with brides to help them pick out customized jewelry in their wedding colors for their bridal party members.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6847tEJWfRc/VEsPmoXxfsI/AAAAAAAAEsk/RlDNQACL2l4/s640/blogger-image--1628114601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6847tEJWfRc/VEsPmoXxfsI/AAAAAAAAEsk/RlDNQACL2l4/s640/blogger-image--1628114601.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>But my lanyards were going to a completely different target customer, so in November 2013, I opened up my 2nd Etsy shop, TheLanyardNecklace, and moved all of my beaded and chain lanyards, and my sports team lanyards, over to my new shop. This turned out to be a very wise business decision. I am now focusing on two completely different target customers using my 2 shops, and I have been consistent with getting sales in both shops ever since this second shop opening. There have been consecutive months throughout the summer where I would get 3-5 sales every day (both shops combined). It's almost been too much for me to handle.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7b9fVp8JPrU/VEvJjaQ0pWI/AAAAAAAAEs0/J2MWJevh9z4/s640/blogger-image--1866422896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7b9fVp8JPrU/VEvJjaQ0pWI/AAAAAAAAEs0/J2MWJevh9z4/s640/blogger-image--1866422896.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div>I was laid off from my full time job in April this year, and even though my Etsy shop sales were better than ever, I knew that I was still not bringing in the amount of profit that I could live off of, not even comfortably, not with the high insurance premiums for those who are self employed, along with all of the other bills and debts I have. So I finally got another full time engineering job in June 2014. I love this new job, but I also love my jewelry businesses. I don't have much of a social life! Lol. But for now, that's ok, as I am very happy with my life. I do have a goal to get out of this small 1-bedroom apartment, as my beads and jewelry supplies and packaging supplies are all over the apartment! Lol! So I think that in a year or so, I will be out of debt, can look at purchasing a house, and then we'll see what happens. :-)</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lvxXqPPG4ks/VEsPfLFHbyI/AAAAAAAAEsM/lqUbYpOo9-0/s640/blogger-image-454733354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lvxXqPPG4ks/VEsPfLFHbyI/AAAAAAAAEsM/lqUbYpOo9-0/s640/blogger-image-454733354.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-70uARrBzs2Y/VEsPcOYf77I/AAAAAAAAEsE/bhvcrnjuIqw/s640/blogger-image-1404215875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-70uARrBzs2Y/VEsPcOYf77I/AAAAAAAAEsE/bhvcrnjuIqw/s640/blogger-image-1404215875.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div>So check out my two Etsy shops to see what all I have listed now! :-)</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.AWRdesigns.Etsy.com</div><div>http://www.TheLanyardNecklace.Etsy.com</div><div><br></div>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0Huntsville Huntsville34.716136 -86.669643tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-18716426472786912662014-05-18T16:31:00.000-05:002014-05-18T16:31:54.129-05:00Shanna's Wedding Jewelry Part II - The Final Wedding Day Pictures<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This post has been a long time coming! But no more excuses. It's here now. I have several pictures I want to share of the handmade wedding jewelry I made for one of my most favorite bridal customers, Kris Schmitz. She's actually the mother of the bride, but this was the second time she contacted me, to make her second daughter's wedding jewelry. Originally she contacted me in 2012 to make the wedding jewelry for her other daughter, Shayla, for her wedding. See that post here...<br />
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And so this past year, in 2013, Shayla's sister, Shanna, was getting married and again her mother, Kris, contacted me to make Shanna's wedding jewelry, to which I gladly accepted! Her bridal jewelry included sets for 7 bridesmaids, 1 matron of honor, 2 flower girls, mother of the bride, mother of the groom, and of course the beautiful wedding bridal jewelry for the bride herself, Shanna.<br />
Here is the beautiful bride, Shanna... :)<br />
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Check out the first post I wrote on this subject, with pictures of the pearls and jewelry sets I made before shipping them off to be worn by the bride and her bridal party for her big day!<br />
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So this post contains the actual wedding pictures from Shanna's wedding, that she posted on her Facebook page, and told me that I am allowed to use them, but just to reference her wedding photographer. I am only using just a few of the many beautiful photos that were taken on her beautiful wedding day at Flathead Lake in Lakeside, Montana. So, without further delay, I present to you the following wedding pictures from Shanna's wedding day, courtesy of Treehouse Photography (<a href="http://treehousephotography.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://treehousephotography.org</span></span></a>)<br />
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First up, we have Shanna's jewelry... Shanna wore a multi-strand white pearl necklace, made with 4 strands of different sizes of white Swarovski crystals pearls, and the closure was a sterling silver lobster clasp with an extension chain and pearl dangle connected, to allow for extra length.<br />
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Shanna also wore mint green pearls on sterling silver post earrings and her bracelet was a multi-strand (3-strand) pearl bracelet, made with mint green glass pearls and white Swarovski pearls in various sizes. Closure for bracelet was also a sterling silver lobster clasp with extension chain and pearl dangle.</div>
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Shanna’s bridesmaids all wore multi-strand pearl necklaces with mint green pearls and 2 shades of coral/orange pearls, with a sterling silver lobster clasp and an extension chain with pearl dangle, along with mint green pearl post sterling silver earrings. Her MOH (matron of honor), who is also her sister – Shayla, also wore a multi-strand pearl bracelet, with the 3 shades of pearls as in the necklace, but with various sizes. Below is a picture of Shanna and her sister, Shayla - don't they look absolutely gorgeous?!! :) Also a picture of Shayla putting Shanna's earrings on.</div>
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Below is a picture of Shanna with her sister and their parents - I love this picture! And then there is a beautiful picture of Shanna and her mother, Kris. Kris also wore a multi-strand mint green and orange pearl bracelet and pearl dangle earrings.</div>
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Shanna's mom and dad holding hands - how sweet! :)<br />
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For those of you who are planning a wedding, or know of someone who is getting married, please share. We can always use some help with cutting the costs of wedding expenses!<br />
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After some back-and-forth correspondence, Valerie was able to decide on the perfect designs for her bridal party members! So for the bridesmaids, we decided on Swarovski cream pearls (2 sizes) and Montana blue crystals.</div>
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And for the flower girl, we decided on Swarovski cream pearls, Petrol blue pearls, and Montana blue crystals. I just love this look!!</div>
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For the flower girl earrings, we decided on sterling silver posts with pearl and crystal dangles. I offered 2 options, shown below, and Valerie decided on the one on the left, with 2 pearls and 1 crystal. Just beautiful! :)</div>
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For the maid of honor, Valerie wanted something a little different and unique, and decided on a double-strand pearl and crystal necklace and bracelet and fancier earrings, so I used teardrop pearls in the earrings. </div>
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The double-strand pearl necklace and bracelet is made with Swarovski cream pearls and light Colorado topaz crystals. I used 2-to-1 hole sterling silver connectors, which then attached to the heart-shaped lobster clasp, with chain extender and pearl/crystal dangle, which you can see in the pictures showing the back of the necklace.</div>
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Thanks for reading... Hopefully I'll get some wedding pictures from Valerie from the big day!!<br />
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Ok, so the following is Nadine's wedding. Nadine contacted me from New Zealand, a first for me as far as international bridal jewelry orders go. And I was thrilled to help her out! After some discussion, we decided on Comet Argent Swarovski crystals (clear on one side and silver on the other side) and Mystic Black and Dark Lapis Blue Swarovski pearls. I also added an extension chain with pearl and crystal dangle for each bracelet. Nadine asked me to make 4 sets for her bridesmaids.<br />
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I am hoping to hear back from her soon to hear how her wedding went, and to find out how her bridesmaids liked their jewelry and also to get some wedding pictures to post on here! :)<br />
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The most difficult part of this order was determining the right colors, as Shanna wanted a mint green pearl, and two shades of orange, like a coral, or lighter orange. I was a little worried at first, not knowing if I would be able to find the right shades of orange and mint green that she wanted. So I looked through my stash of pearls and I did have some of these pearls and then ordered more in different sizes. We ended up using all of the colors of pearls shown below, except for the really bright orange, shown in the upper corner in both pics below.<br />
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And then, she wanted some pearl studs for her earrings. And for pearl stud earrings, the best kind of pearl to use is a half drilled pearl with a sterling silver post that has a small peg sticking out of the base, for the half drilled pearl to nicely fit in, along with some strong jewelry glue. Well, fortunately, after doing some searching online, I actually found a shop in the US that had these half drilled mint green pearls, and I didn't have to purchase a minimum of 1000 pearls!! I must admit I lucked out on that scenario.<br />
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So here are some designs I put together for the bridesmaids and for the mothers of the bride and groom... First up is the 3-strand pearl bracelet, that Shanna chose for her mom, the groom's mom, and Shayla, her matron of honor, to wear.<br />
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Shanna wanted a similar 3-strand bracelet for herself, but with Swarovski white pearls and mint green pearls combined. Wow, it turned out so pretty that I may just make one for myself!! Lol<br />
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Post pearl studs with mint glass half-drilled pearls, for all members of the bridal party, including the bride... Soooo cute!!</div>
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And here is the necklace that Shanna chose: a 4-strand pearl necklace made with all white Swarovski pearls, in 4mm, 6mm, and 8mm pearls... I love it!! So elegant!!<br />
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The back side of the bride's necklace. I used sterling silver 4-to-1 connectors and then an extender chain for adjusting or for a dangle in the back.<br />
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For the flower girls, Shayla wanted a similar bracelet, but with just two strands and smaller sizes of pearls. So here is a pic of the one of the two flower girl bracelets...<br />
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And here are the finished jewelry sets in their chocolate brown gift boxes, ready to be shipped out to Shanna! :-)<br />
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<br />Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-30103113904588658902013-05-26T15:34:00.001-05:002013-05-26T15:34:34.433-05:00Memorial Day Etsy FindsIt's been awhile since I have posted a blog so I thought I would do something a little different and post a Memorial Day Etsy Treasury, to include those Etsy sellers that have some pretty remarkable items on sale in rememberance of this special day coming up...<br />
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$18</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); height: 170px; padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/123794726" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img alt="MEMORIAL DAY Star Spangled Banner American national anthem typography art print - 8x10 patriotic print - PunkalunkPrintables" src="http://img0.etsystatic.com/013/0/7438315/il_170x135.428208536_gqec.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="MEMORIAL DAY Star Spangled Banner American national anthem typography art print - 8x10 patriotic print - PunkalunkPrintables" width="170px" /><br /> </a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/123794726" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;" title="MEMORIAL DAY Star Spangled Banner American national anthem typography art print - 8x10 patriotic print"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">MEMORIAL DAY Star Spang...</span></a><br />
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$17.99</div>
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$23</div>
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</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); height: 170px; padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/129688784" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img alt="Memorial Day, July 4th, Patriotic Red, White and Blue Headband for Newborns, Baby, Infant, Toddler, and Girls - ShayEliseBoutique" src="http://img0.etsystatic.com/011/1/7347511/il_170x135.462746292_fr4v.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Memorial Day, July 4th, Patriotic Red, White and Blue Headband for Newborns, Baby, Infant, Toddler, and Girls - ShayEliseBoutique" width="170px" /><br /> </a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/129688784" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Memorial Day, July 4th, Patriotic Red, White and Blue Headband for Newborns, Baby, Infant, Toddler, and Girls"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Memorial Day, July 4th,...</span></a><br />
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</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); height: 170px; padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80468982" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img alt="Stained Glass Patriotic Star, Red White and Blue, Military, Veteran, Memorial Day, 4th of July - GlassPizazz" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/5206295/il_170x135.266325169.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Stained Glass Patriotic Star, Red White and Blue, Military, Veteran, Memorial Day, 4th of July - GlassPizazz" width="170px" /><br /> </a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/80468982" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Stained Glass Patriotic Star, Red White and Blue, Military, Veteran, Memorial Day, 4th of July"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Stained Glass Patriotic...</span></a><br />
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$67</div>
</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(236, 236, 236); height: 170px; padding: 6px; text-align: left; width: 170px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/130380571" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img alt="Ruffle Bloomer TuTu Skirt Set July 4th Beach wear doubles as a Swimsuit Baby Newborn Toddler Ruffle Diaper Cover Bloomers Memorial Day 6897 - HottieTottieGirl" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/014/0/6511529/il_170x135.452583867_e8m4.jpg" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;" title="Ruffle Bloomer TuTu Skirt Set July 4th Beach wear doubles as a Swimsuit Baby Newborn Toddler Ruffle Diaper Cover Bloomers Memorial Day 6897 - HottieTottieGirl" width="170px" /><br /> </a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/130380571" onmouseout="this.style.textDecoration='none'" onmouseover="this.style.textDecoration='underline'" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Ruffle Bloomer TuTu Skirt Set July 4th Beach wear doubles as a Swimsuit Baby Newborn Toddler Ruffle Diaper Cover Bloomers Memorial Day 6897"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ruffle Bloomer TuTu Ski...</span></a><br />
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$55</div>
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$35</div>
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$24</div>
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First and foremost, I must thank Tracey Hotze, a bridal customer who found me through my Etsy online jewelry shop!! I feel blessed and honored to have been asked to design and create her bridal party jewelry for one of the biggest bridal parties I have ever worked!! We were in constant contact from Day 1 when she first emailed me after finding a bridal jewelry set I had listed in my Etsy shop. She sent me pictures of dresses and specifics of what she was looking for in her wedding jewelry as far as colors, designs, etc. She had 8 bridesmaids, 3 usherettes, 2 bridal assistants, 1 jr. bridesmaids, 1 flower girl, 3 program girls, mothers of the bride and groom, and for herself!! Huge wedding party!!! LOL But I was thrilled to take on this big bridal order for Tracey!!</div>
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Before showing pics of the wedding day, I want to list previous links to the other blog posts that I wrote about during the entire process of creating her custom bridal jewelry. To read more details and see more pictures of my work in progress, please see the following links:</div>
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To see the initial posts, from the design process on to the final products, please see the following posts:</div>
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<a href="http://awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/09/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-4.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 4</a> (more pictures and details of the jewelry for the jr. bridesmaid, flower girl, programs girls, and the mother of the bride V-shape double-strand pearl, cross weave stitched necklace)</div>
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-3.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 3</a> (designs of jr. bridesmaid, flower girl, program girls, and mother of the bride sets)</div>
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-2.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 2</a> (design of bride's set)</div>
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-1.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 1</a> (intro and design of bridesmaids and usherettes sets)</div>
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And here are the pictures that Tracey just recently sent to me. Photographs courtesy of Overbeck Photography, <a href="http://www.overbeckphotography.com/">www.OverbeckPhotography.com</a> </div>
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Looks like Tracey had a beautiful wedding and I feel honored and blessed to have been able to create the handmade jewelry that her entire bridal party wore to help make her special day that much more special!!! :)</div>
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Thanks again, Tracy, for choosing me to design and create your jewelry!! I hope you and your friends and family will be able to wear them again and they they will last a lifetime!! :)</div>
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/07/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-3.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 3</a> (designs of jr. bridesmaid, flower girl, program girls, and mother of the bride sets)</div>
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/06/bridal-order-for-tracey-part-1.html" target="_blank">Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 1</a> (intro and design of bridesmaids and usherettes sets)</div>
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Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-28014062221802882502012-08-31T14:39:00.000-05:002012-08-31T14:42:59.875-05:00Bridal Order for BrecoraI received a request from a bride, Brecora Broner, to make her some bridal jewelry sets for her 8 bridesmaids for her wedding in October with a peacock theme. I happily agreed to work with her and was provided with her wedding color swatch and a picture of the bridesmaid dress. The MOH has a similar blue dress, but with a green sash - the color of the green in the color swatch shown below.<br />
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So, after communicating with Brecora through email and getting an idea of what she was looking for, I started working on some designs...</div>
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She asked me to try to work these previous designs into the original design that she found in my Etsy shop, shown below:</div>
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So... changing out the light bronze Swarovski pearls with the antique brass color, and adding the new Swarovski pearl color, Petrol blue, I created the following bridesmaid set, which Brecora loves and agreed on as the design to make for the bridesmaids.</div>
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I think it's beautiful and very unique and according to Brecora, " I think the set is just splendid. You picked the vision right out of my head... Thanks for working with me. Working with you was way better then scouring the stores looking for a set to match. Whew! One thing to check off of the list." :)</div>
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Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-45607776291570250192012-08-10T09:54:00.000-05:002014-03-28T11:52:05.263-05:00Bridal Order for ShaylaI was contacted by Shayla's mom, who asked me if I could make a necklace and earring set similar to one that she had found online in another Etsy shop. She wanted a set in white for her daughter, Shayla, the bride. And she wanted a similar set for Shayla's sister, her MOH, with Tiffany blue colors mixed with white. In order to guarantee the right match, I sent her some light turquoise glass pearls in the mail to see if they matched her wedding color. They matched almost perfectly!! Here are the two sets I created, using white Swarovski pearls, Swarovski silver rhinestone spacers, and Swarovski silver crystal balls...<br />
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"Hi Angela....We both absolutely LOVED them :) She was so happy it rought tears to her eyes...mine too! We could not have asked for a more perfect necklace and earings to go with her dress. MOH was just perfect too...she can't wait to surprise her sister! I will send you pictures of her all done up on the wedding day... :) Thanks again - you are the best! Kris"<br />
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Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-90278925977355377312012-07-26T09:27:00.000-05:002012-07-26T09:38:52.236-05:00Bridal Order for Tracey - Part 3So continuing on with the 3rd part in the series of posts I am writing on Tracey Hotze's bridal jewelry, I will discuss some of the plans Tracey and I decided on for the designs for the program girls, flower girl, and junior bridesmaid.<br />
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To see the 1st 2 parts in this series on Tracey's bridal jewelry, please click on the following links:<br />
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So, after further communications with Tracey, I discovered that she has 1 junior bridesmaid (7 years old), 1 flower girl (3-years old), and 3 program girls (5 yrs, 8 yrs, & 10 yrs).<br />
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Flower Girl: For her flower girl, who is 3 and wearing an ivory dress with dark brown sash (just like the flower girls in my wedding last year!!), we decided to go with Swarovski ivory & dark brown pearls, with clear Swarovski crystals between each pearl. Initially, Tracey asked me if we should include dark brown pearls at all or just maybe have a few throughout the necklace, so I created the following design with a dark brown pearl between every 2 cream pearls. I sent to Tracey and she asked me to do the dark brown and ivory pearls every other, and here are the designs...<br />
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Tracey chose the one directly above, with dark brown and ivory pearls consecutively strung with the clear crystal bicones between each pearl. I like this one best, too, as this is the design I used for my 2 flower girls for my wedding back in 2011. :)<br />
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In the next post, I will be showing the final pictures of the bridesmaids and usherettes designs, boxed up and ready to go, which I have already shipped to Tracy. I should have all of the program girls', jr. bridesmaid, and flower girl sets completed and ready to go, so I will have pics of these completed sets. Also, I hope to have a good start on her mom's jewelry. She has requested that I make something similar to the following for her mother's bridal jewelry... I am pretty sure this is the RAW (right angle weave) stitch, which I love doing, and so I don't think it will be difficult to do. And then I will create some matching earrings to go with it.<br />
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Stay tuned for more and feel free to leave comments!! Including Tracey's bridal jewelry, I am currently working on 4 bridal jewelry orders simultaneously (2 of them are in October, 1 in Aug, & 1 in Sep), and so I have plenty to blog about! LOL I want to write about and show pictures of these other bridal orders, as well... just not sure when I'm going to get to them.<br />
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So after several email conversations and creating designs based on what Tracey had in mind, I worked towards making her the perfect set. I also looked at some of Tracey's favorites that she had on her Etsy profile, and tried to incorporate certain aspects of those designs into my own designs, based on the "look" that Tracey had told me she wanted. Based on all of that, here are some of the designs that I originally came up with...<br />
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Based on some of the designs that I found in Tracey's favorites, there was some chain in a couple of them, but mainly showing up in the back, as a long extension chain and dangle. But after sending these pics to Tracey, she requested more pearls and less chain, and she really liked the silver rhinestone spacers, as they match the silver sash around the top of her dress, above the waist, very nicely. And I just love using these silver rhinestone spacers, as they bring out some awesome "bling" in the jewelry, if used the right way. So, I came up with some more designs using a combination of Swarovski pearls, crystals, and rhinestone spacers.<br />
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So for the next design, I added in some Swarovski crystal balls to add even more bling!!<br />
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Tracey decided against the use of the clear crystal bicones and just having pearls and silver rhinestone spacers, so I created the following, inserting a silver rhinestone spacer between every 5 pearls.<br />
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Tracey loved this look, but asked me to make it with more silver rhinestone spacers, with one between every 3 pearls instead of 5 pearls, as shown above.<br />
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Only change I made was to remove one of these chain sections so that we just had one extension chain dangle, which I think looks better myself.<br />
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And here is the bridal set presented in the free silver gift box, that I included in Tracey's order. I also included free gift boxes for all the other sets, which will be shown in my next blog. :)<br />
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Stay tuned for more on Tracey's bridal jewelry, including the designs that I have yet to make for her program girls, flower girl, and junior bridesmaid... :)<br />
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So... Moving on to my next big bridal jewelry order, and just in time... as I just finished my last big jewelry order for Anastasia. So I was ready for another big order... And wow, did I get a big order!! Tracey, like Anastasia, found me on Etsy and was interested in one of my bridal jewelry sets that I had listed, featuring Swarovski bronze and ivory pearls and Swarovski smoked topaz and clear crystals. She contacted me, asking if I could make her 13 sets (for 8 bridesmaids and 5 usherettes). I gladly accepted and started working on designs that could possibly work for both...</div>
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After emailing each other a few times, in addition to her sending me pictures of her dress, her bridesmaids dress, and her usherettes dress, we decided to change up the colors some, based on her wedding colors of burnt orange, dark brown, and tan... Wow, what a beautiful combination of colors for a fall wedding in October. I suggested that we make one set for the bridesmaids and another set for the usherettes. So I started working on some more designs, one with the bridesmaid dress in mind, and one with the usherette dress in mind.</div>
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For the usherette designs, I created a design with the same glass champagne pearls and Swarovski deep brown pearls, and replaced the burnt orange glass pearls with some Swarovski bronze pearls.<br />
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Stay tuned for my next blog, where I will talk about and show pictures of the bridal designs I created for Tracey to wear with her gorgeous wedding dress!! Also, the bridal party has grown, to almost 20 jewelry sets!! She asked me to make the jewelry for her 3 program girls, jr. bridesmaid, and flower girl. So exciting!! I love creating bridal jewelry!!! :-) So, obviously, I will be posting more on all of these jewelry designs and then end with the final bridal jewelry that Tracey will choose for her wedding in October... :-)</div>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-8450978597683274702012-04-15T22:58:00.003-05:002012-05-31T00:13:13.620-05:00Anastasia's Wedding Jewelry - Part 4<div>Just writing an update to my latest big bridal order I thought I had finished... LOL To summarize my last 3 posts, I was asked to do a bridal jewelry order by Anastasia (bride-to-be, who will be getting married May 5, in less than 3 weeks, in Cape May, NJ), who happened to find me on Etsy. She requested 3 of my light blue and white Swarovski pearls and crystals jewelry sets for her bridesmaids. This led to her asking me to make jewelry for herself, her daughter (flower girl), and her guest book attendant for the wedding.<br />
To read up on the details of the this amazing journey of creating Anastasia's bridal jewelry, please see my prior blog posts, filled with pictures of the jewelry I custom handmade for her and her wedding party...<br />
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Well, after I shipped everything out and she received it, she wrote me telling me how everything was perfect and wonderful, but requested that I re-size a few items - her necklace and her daughter's necklace and bracelet, which I happily agreed to. So she shipped the items back and I adjusted them accordingly.<br />
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Once she received her re-sized adjusted jewelry, she requested that I create a jewelry set for the moms in the wedding - her mom (mother of the bride) and her fiance's mom (mother of the groom), so we began the process of picking out designs and colors to complete these 2 additional jewelry sets.<br />
She decided on pink and white Swarovski pearls for her mom and she wanted a champagne/bronze/platinum color for her finance's mom. So I sent her a couple pics with these color choices.<br />
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She chose the platinum Swarovski pearl, the one shown in the upper left corner. So I created a couple different styles of necklaces and she chose the one shown below, in pink & white, and in platinum and white pearls with clear crystals. She also asked me to create matching clip-on earrings. Below are several pictures I took of these 2 sets and I sure hope both moms enjoy wearing these beautiful necklaces and earrings in Anastasia's wedding!!<br />
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Thanks so much for reading... If you or someone you know is getting married, and you would like for me to custom hand make the jewelry sets for yourself, your bridesmaids, your flower girls, or for your entire wedding party, please contact me, as I would love to create the perfect wedding jewelry for your perfect day in your wedding colors!! :)<br />
You can reach me through this page, but also, I will add my info right here for easy access:<br />
<a href="mailto:angexa@yahoo.com">angexa@yahoo.com</a><br />
256-274-2849 (Cell)<br />
<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.com/">www.AWRDesigns.com</a><br />
And my Etsy shop is <a href="http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/">www.AWRdesigns.Etsy.com</a><br />
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<br /></div>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com7Madison, Madison34.699257 -86.74833tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-68296649993054802962012-03-12T22:46:00.001-05:002012-03-12T22:46:07.096-05:00Anastasia's Wedding Jewelry - Part 3So... I finally finished Anastasia's wedding jewelry, and so this is the final part in my series covering the jewelry I designed and created for her wedding. To catch up on the earlier parts in this series, please see the following links:<br />
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In my final work for Anastasia's bridal jewelry, I was working on finishing up her daughter's (her flower girl) jewelry, and she also requested me to create a jewelry set (necklace and bracelet) for her guest book attendant.<br />
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Here are pics of my work on the flower girl jewelry. The bracelet is elastic and contains white and light blue Swarovski crystal pearls with 8mm rhinestone spacers. I also added a silver heart and 2 silver bead spacers to give the bracelet a nice little touch.<br />
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The necklace is made just like the bracelet, with light blue and white Swarovski crystal pearls and rhinestone spacers, adorned with a heart-shaped magnetic clasp. The silver post pearl earrings are made with light blue and white Swarovski pearls, rhinestone spacer, and has a rhinestone sparkle in the sterling post earring base.<br />
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Next, I put together a jewelry set for Anastasia's guest book attendant - a matching necklace and bracelet with creamrose Swarovski crystal pearls with clear bicone crystals.<br />
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I also added a nice little surprise... 2 small mini hair barrettes - one with light blue Swarovski pearls and light sapphire bicone crystals, one with ivory Swarovski pearls and clear crystal bicones...<br />
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I hope that Anastais enjoys her jewelry. She promised to send me pictures from her wedding in May, so I'm hoping for some close-ups that I will post here on my blog.<br />
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Wow, this was so much fun... creating the jewelry for Anastais'a wedding!!<br />
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Thanks for reading... :)Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-56256031766161893252012-02-24T22:49:00.001-06:002012-02-24T22:49:36.827-06:00Anastasia's Wedding Jewelry Part 2I am planning on doing a lot more blogging this year, so please keep reading, follow me, and comments are always welcome!! I want to know how I can make this blog better and more interesting and entertaining for you, as I will take any advice or suggestions that you would like to share...<br />
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Continuing from where I left off in my most recent post, where I mentioned one of my most recent customers, a beautiful bride-to-be, Anastasia, whose wedding is just over 2 months away!! She ordered 3 sets of one of my jewelry sets on Etsy back in December, for her 3 bridesmaids. Pictures of this set are in my previous post...<br />
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Anastasia requested that I create her bridal jewelry as well as the jewelry for her daughter, her flower girl in her wedding. Through several emails, I learned more about Anastasia and exactly what she was looking for in her wedding jewelry. I created this beautiful double-strand necklace made of Swarovski bicone clear crystals and Swarovski pearls in ivory with light blue pearls spread throughout one of the strands. Also, several gorgeous Swarovski rhinestone spacers are placed continuously throughout one of the strands. The clasp used in the necklace is a Swarovski Elements oval-shaped magnetic clasp with a rhinestone on the center. The earrings I created have ivory and light blue pearls, rhinestone spacers, and ivory teardrop pearls, attached to sterling silver leverback ear wires. I put this set together in a jewelry gift box and it's absolutely beautiful - I can't wait for her to see it!! What I really want is to see this jewelry on her with her wedding dress!! She better send me pics!! LOL<br />
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Here are some pics of the design process...<br />
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Through further conversations with Anastasia, she also requested that I create some hair pins to wear in her hair, which she will have in big loose curls - sounds gorgeous!! After a few attempts at various hair pins and clips, I asked her to send me some pictures of what she really wanted and I was able to find the exact V-shaped bobby pins and make these beautiful hair pins. I made several different styles and asked her to pick which one(s) she liked best. She picked 2 of them and asked me to make 4 of each of them.<br />
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Here are the hair pins that I created and had Anastasia choose which ones she wanted:<br />
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I plan to finish Anastasia's daughter's jewelry set this weekend. In my next blog post, I will be posting pictures of that set and all the sets in their boxes together, ready to be shipped to Anastasia. So stay tuned for the final session of this series... on Asastasia's wedding jewelry!! :)<br />
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For more information on how to order custom handmade jewelry, please visit my website or contact me through my blog here.<br />
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My business website is <a href="http://www.awrdesigns.com/">www.awrdesigns.com</a><br />
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And my Etsy shop is <a href="http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/">www.awrdesigns.Etsy.com</a><br />
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Thanks for reading!! :)Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-44069389468595264702012-02-05T20:49:00.001-06:002012-02-07T21:16:39.282-06:002012 Here We Go!!!Well, it's the start of a new year and AWR Designs is going strong! After several big and successful craft shows near the end of 2011, I began getting several requests for my popular beaded ID badge lanyards from co-workers where I work my full-time day job.
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I also received an order for 3 sets of one of my Swarovski crystal and pearl jewelry sets. Anastasia Burley, who lives in Pennsylvania and is getting married in May 2012, requested 3 sets (necklace, bracelet, & earrings) of my light blue and white Swarovski crystal and pearl jewelry sets for her 3 bridesmaids. Each necklace and bracelet is strung with light blue and white Swarovski crystal pearls, light sapphire and clear bicone crystals, and light blue bugle beads, with an extender that has a crystal and pearl dangle attached. The closure for both necklace and bracelet is a silver heart-shaped lobster claw clasp, which adds a nice little touch. The matching earrings are made with the same Swarovski pearls and crystals and are attached to silver ear wires. Here are some pictures showing this beautiful bridal jewelry set:
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I am very excited taking on this order for Anastasia, making the jewelry for her wedding, as I remember creating the jewelry for my entire wedding party when I was married in January 2011, and I love creating this kind of jewelry. The Swarovski pearls are so shiny and lustrous and the crystals are sparkling beauties!! I am still in the process of creating the jewelry and hair accessories for Anastasia and her daughter, who will be the flower girl in her wedding, and I will be posting updates, as I finish more of the jewelry. Stay tuned for more... :)
To purchase a set like this or to see the rest of my jewelry, please visit my Etsy shop...
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<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/" target="_blank">AWR Designs Etsy Shop</a>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-77065320011888651522011-09-24T16:32:00.000-05:002011-09-24T16:32:12.816-05:00October Craft ShowsOctober is going to be a crazy busy month for me - I have signed up for 3 craft shows in Huntsville and Madison. AWR Designs will be setup at all 3 shows with an entire booth all to myself. I have been working diligently on several new items, specifically ID badge lanyards and flat Herringbone beadwoven bracelets! You will see some Alabama and Auburn-themed lanyards and bracelets, as well as other school colors of local high schools and middle schools. I'm very excited about my new line of jewelry... come see me and check it all out!!<br />
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<b>Madison Street Festival, October 1, 2011, 8:30am - 4:00pm</b><br />
First craft show is the 31st annual Madison Street Festival and I'm really looking forward to this one! It's held in downtown Madison, AL, on Saturday, October 1st, 2011, from 8:30am to 4:00pm... Rain or Shine!! There will be over 250 vendor booths, Entertainment Stages, a Parade, a Car Show, Special Events, Children's Area, and a juried art section know as "Artist Alley". Vendor booths include arts and crafts, food, non-profit organizations, local businesses, and club exhibits. All items sold at the event, with the exception of non-profit promotional items, must be handmade. A parade kicks-off the event each year, with approximately one mile in length, winding through downtown, it is the perfect distance for younger participants to join in too! Free admission to the public.<br />
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For more information on this event, check out the following website: <br />
<a href="http://www.madisonstreetfestival.org/">Madison Street Festival</a><br />
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<b>Heritage Festival, October 15, 2011, 10:00am - 4:00pm</b><br />
Next, we have the Heritage Festival at Burritt on the Mountain in Huntsville, AL, which actually runs from October 13-15, 2011. The Heritage Festival is a fall festival that will represent six continents with vendors representing the different countries, including Native Americans and early settlers. Thursday and Friday (Oct. 13-14) will be focused on sharing presentations to various school groups and Saturday, Oct. 15, will be open to the public, with vendors sharing their heritages through music, dance, food, crafts, and history. The festival will be up on the mountain with a spectacular view of the city of Huntsville, and will be held from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Free admission to the public on Saturday, Oct. 15.<br />
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For more information on this event and other events going on at Burritt on the Mountain, check out their website: <br />
<a href="http://burrittonthemountain.com/">http://burrittonthemountain.com/</a><br />
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<b>The Owens Cross Roads Homemakers Homemade Parade, October 29, 2011, 9:00am - 4:00pm</b><br />
And last, but not least, we have the 1st Annual Homemade Parade, a Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair and Silent Auction, presented by The Owens Cross Roads Homemakers and Owens Cross Roads Elementary School, in Owens Cross Roads, AL. Free admission to the general public.<br />
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For more information on this event, check out the Owens Cross Roads Homemakers website blog:<br />
<a href="http://www.oxrhomemakers.blogspot.com/">OXR Homemakers Homemade Parade</a><br />
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Hope to see you there!! <a href="http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/"></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/AWRDesigns"></a><a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://www.twitter.com/AWRDesigns"></a>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-47186638615258314112011-07-31T19:38:00.004-05:002011-07-31T21:35:59.714-05:00August & September Craft ShowsOk so I have been asked about upcoming craft shows that I will be participating in and selling my jewelry so I am going to list all shows here. Some of them are not definite as I will have to submit an application. But once I find out that I am for sure going to be participating, I will update this blog post. But go ahead and mark your calendars as I really don't see any issues with getting accepted to them all!! :-)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">August 6, 2011, Saturday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm</span></strong><br />
<strong>2011 ASPCA Challenge Kick-off Party</strong><br />
Decatur Animal Services<br />
300-A Beltline Road (next to Wilson Morgan Park)<br />
POC: Lisa Rodenberry<br />
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I have already been accepted to this show so I will definitely be there!!<br />
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DAS is one of 50 animal shelters in the country to qualify for this year's challenge to compete for $300,000 in various grants and the only shelter in Alabama and Tennessee! In order to qualify, they will need to adopt or return to owner 300 more dogs and cats than they did last year. They are having a kick-off party to showcase some wonderful animals. Local businesses, vendors, clubs, and organizations will set up information booths around the shelter to draw in people to see the dogs and cats. There will also be live entertainment, activities, concessions, DJ Jammin Jeff, Decatur Police Department K9 Unit, a 40 foot Adventure Course Bounce House, and lots of giveaways!!<br />
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For more information, please check out the following link:<br />
<a href="http://www.challenge.aspcapro.org/">http://www.challenge.aspcapro.org/</a><br />
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Or visit Decatur Animal Services on Facebook:<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/DecaturAnimal">www.Facebook.com/DecaturAnimal</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">August 13, 2011, Saturday, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm</span><br />
<strong>Artisans Cove 2nd Saturdays</strong><br />
<strong>BBQ Dinner for the CARE Center and Art Festival</strong><br />
At Artisans Cove in Hampton Cove<br />
220 Old Highway 431 South<br />
Hampton Cove, AL 35763<br />
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Sponsored by Art Festivals Reflectives Frame & Art Gallery<br />
For more information, check out...<br />
<a href="http://www.artisanscove.com/">http://www.artisanscove.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">August 18, 2011, Thursday, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm</span><br />
<strong>Sidewalk Arts Stroll</strong><br />
Around the Courthouse Square in Downtown Huntsville<br />
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For more information, check out the following link:<br />
<a href="http://www.sidewalkartsstroll.com/">http://www.sidewalkartsstroll.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September 10, 2011, Saturday, 8 am - 5 pm</span><br />
<strong>Trade Day</strong> in Huntsville<br />
Around the Courthouse Square in Downtown Huntsville<br />
Event presented by the Von Braun Lion's Club.<br />
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I hope to see you there!!<br />
Angela Robison<br />
AWR Designs<br />
<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/">http://www.awrdesigns.etsy.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/">http://www.awrdesigns.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/AWRDesigns">www.Facebook.com/AWRDesigns</a><br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/AWRDesigns">www.Twitter.com/AWRDesigns</a>Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-72421718068602650022011-07-09T20:30:00.031-05:002011-07-09T21:33:52.930-05:00Participation in Upcoming Arts and Crafts ShowsEtsy is a wonderful online source for buying and selling handmade goods, in addition to being a great source for networking with others through teams and forums. But for some people, especially those just starting out and trying to get their business recognized and known in a massive network of millions of talented artisans, there must be other ways to promote and sell their items. Luckily, I found a local team of crafters on Etsy, NA Crafters, who live in or near Huntsville, AL. Through this team, I have learned of several arts and crafts shows that are going on locally in the area. And, of course, I'm all about taking part in as many shows as I can participate in.<br />
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The first one coming up is Sidewalk Arts Stroll, in historic downtown Huntsville. It's a huge marketplace full of a variety of artists/crafters selling their "stuff"!! There will also be a variety of musicians performing, including jazz, gospel, and even improv. In addition to arts and crafts, there will be vendors selling home-baked goods, locally grown produce, antiques, etc... something for everyone!! Get your family out and come see us... it is sure to be a lot of fun!! You can read more about this event at the following link...<br />
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<a href="http://www.sidewalkartsstroll.com/">Sidewalk Arts Stroll</a><br />
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This will be my first craft show I will be participating in, so I am a little nervous, but very excited! I just hope it doesn't get rained out, as they don't have a rain date scheduled. I will be sharing a booth with my friend and fellow NA Crafters team member/captain, Jessica Moon. She also sells jewelry... unique charm bracelets and necklaces and also some really cool sports team jewelry! Check out her Etsy shop here...<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TrevTrevDesigns?ref=ss_profile">TrevTrevDesigns Etsy Shop</a><br />
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Our team, NA (North Alabama) Crafters, has our own website. Check it out here...<br />
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<a href="http://www.nacrafters.com/">NA Crafters Website</a><br />
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The next craft show I will be participating in this month is going to be Artisans Cove, in the Hampton Cove area. It's scheduled for July 30 from 1-5 pm. Several NA Crafters team members will be participating by selling their arts and crafts, including myself! :-) When I get more details on this event, I will add them here...<br />
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Please come by and see all our handmade treasures!! I'm sure it will be fun for all, so bring the family!! :-)Angela Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255036619257346680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8065837079807983661.post-87034219474254916232011-06-19T23:52:00.002-05:002011-06-23T00:16:32.289-05:00My Busy Weekend...Well, I just spent a majority of this weekend working on my jewelry. I'm not complaining, as I enjoyed most of it. I guess I just didn't realize initially how much time would be involved in going from design to actually listing an item on Etsy to sell. I'm still learning and will continue to learn more as I go. I honestly don't know how people with young kids at home and a full time job doing something else can manage an Etsy shop on the side. I don't think I could. Anyway, so I've been working on several pieces of jewelry (10 items total) over the last couple weeks and all I needed to do on most of them was to just add a clasp. So I finally finished them all on Friday night. So then Saturday was spent on photography, taking several pictures of each item, in various locations, settings, angles, etc. It doesn't end there. I then went through every picture cropping, adjusting, zooming, etc. to make them just right. This process actually took up most of my Saturday. I did manage, however, to list one item, this brown peyote stitched/cellini style necklace, around 10 pm last night. Then today, I finished listing all 10 items in my Etsy shop.<br />
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The one item (out of these 10) that I am most proud of is this green peyote stitched cellini rope necklace with a green gemstone pendant that I also did a peyote stitch around, creating a beautiful bezel pendant, which was the first time I've ever done that. I do believe it turned out very nice. My husband seems to think so, also. Of course, he knows better than to say otherwise. LOL I also did my first ever peyote stitch toggle clasp using the same seed beads that I used for the rope necklace and on the bezel. Even the bail holding the pendant was done using the same seed beads. This necklace took several hours to complete. I honestly don't know the exact amount of time I spent on it, but I enjoyed every minute of it... there's just something very relaxing about the rhythmic motion involved in peyote stitch, as well as Herringbone and other stitches. It's kinda like a stress release/therapeutic process, I guess you could say. So, anyway, here it is... the completed project...<br />
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To see the rest of the items I just finished and listed in my Etsy shop, you will just have to go check them out in my shop...<br />
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