Showing posts with label made in canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label made in canada. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2016

Reptile Scales Textured Copper Ring


New from my studio:

Although I made this ring with a man in mind, it's a unisex
style ring that can be worn by a woman as well.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Save 15 Percent Off Entire Etsy Shop

I'm having a sale where you can save 15% off entire store for 1 week only starting today, October 10, 2012. Take advantage of this great savings. Please use coupon code: BAYSAVE15 for your savings of 15% on my entire store selection. We have all kinds of goodies and gifts for all tastes and styles. If you need jewelry, well look no more because we offer a very nice selection of unique jewelry pieces such as ear cuffs in sterling silver and 14k gold-filled. We also have a unique design of an Ethnic Earring which is forged in .925 sterling silver - this is a unisex design. If you're looking for something a bit more feminine, we have that too. See our unique wire wrapped pendants in sterling silver or 14k gold-filled with beautiful gemstones. If you want something different, we also have our great selection of antique spoon rings wich are a big hit. They make the greatest thumb rings and can also be unisex in most cases. If you're not looking for jewelry at all, well we have that too. You must check out our very unique collection of recycled bottle glass picture frames, soap dishes and cheese tray platter for hors-d'oeuvres and fruit. These are just some of the wonderful things you'll find in our Etsy Store. We are happy to combine shipping as always and most of all, if we overcharge you, we will gladly refund you via Paypal for any shipping overcharge over $1. What do you have to lose!! Check out our great products now by clicking here.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Recycled Antique Spoon Rings

I've just added a bunch of new rings that I made from old, antique spoons fron our local antique store. They're awesome if I must say so myself!! These rings are so unique and so different. They're just perfect for teenagers or the funky woman or guy who loves ring with a flair. My favorite ring has to be the one with the gothic shield in gorgeous hammered silver. I also really like the ring that reminds me of a western buckle; this particular ring has a gorgeous wide band with lovely curl details. Don't miss out... Get your ring now. Many of these rings are one of a kind. If you don't get it, it'll be gone. Choose your spoon ring by clicking on this link.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Really Cute Summer Dandelion Seed Key Chain


This key chain is part of my new spring / summer design and I really love the overall feel and look of it. I made this out of fused glass. To make this cute key chain I cut a piece of brown glass and prepared it so that I was able to paint my design on it. In this particular technique you cannot just use any glass paint, it was special paint for fusing at extremely high temperature. After I was done with painting (free hand), I let it dry and then I prepared a clear top glass piece that I placed over the painted one. I do this because the overall finish is professional and smoothe.

This is a unique piece. I usually prefer making one of a kind pieces. The key ring part is a large ring which adds to the beauty of this piece as a whole. Click here to read more about this key chain.

Monday, December 6, 2010

"Handmade in New Brunswick"

I'm always looking for ways to get more traffic to my etsy store and my artfire store.  The handmade jewelry industry is colossal and the competition is fierce.  Trying to get my handmade, wire jewelry noticed is very difficult.  Since I've been on Etsy (a couple of months), I've noticed the shop local section and that gave me the idea of targeting these as my potential clients.  Shipping is cheaper versus shipping national, and plus I'm supporting artisans in my area.  With this in mind, I just learned something very interesting that I never thought about before.  If you want to be noticed by local customers, it's a good idea to mention in your title "Made in New Brunswick" or wherever you come from.  Isn't that a neat little trick??

I am going to try this in both my etsy baysidewiredesigns and my artfire baysidewiredesigns2 stores.  We'll see what happens.  I'll add a comment in this blog as to what the outcome is.  I'll give it a couple of weeks to see if I generate more local traffic.

Another thing I also learned is to add unique content for each post.  Google robot likes unique content.  This little bit of information really hit me because I make a collection of glass, housewares items out of recycled glass bottles and my introduction always remains the same.  I'm not too sure if this affects the robot or not, but I will experiment to see what happens. 

I also noticed something interesting:  while I was listing some of my recycled glass items.  I could not include the word "wine" in my title or my description.  Then I realized, if google doesn't accept this on artfire, it doesn't on Etsy either, and I'm probably sabotaging my own business by not knowing these things.  Then it struck me that perhaps there are many types of words that aren't very friendly to google... I'm going to research that area as well.  It really would be too bad to put so much effort into building a store and adding all of your items and not have anyone find you or not be selling to your fullest potential.  It's most discouraging to do all this work in vain and I'm determined not to work in vain!!
If you know of any other tips and tricks to bring more traffic, please add your comments.  I would love to hear from you and how you succeed.