Need a New Website Design? @sproutwbcrtns

We love our website.

We had Stephanie create this amazing website for us last January.. WOW, almost a year ago! I can't believe it. Our website looked professional, was awesome, just one problem. The hosting company was crap. Our site went down 5+ times a day, for hours at a time. No one could see our beautiful new site our friend Stephanie created for us.

We posted about that on Facebook one night, since we were just so SO tired of our site crashing and the hosting company not doing a damn thing about it.

Stephanie came to our rescue yet again. She found us a new host AND redid our site again for us. She is amazing. She cleaned up everything we messed up within the past year (because yes, my mother and myself have no idea about web creations/designs/anything).

Stephanie owns Sprout Web Creations. She really does do amazing work and such great prices!!! Take a look at our website and how awesome she designed it. It looks clean, fresh, and everything amazing. I wish I could describe it better as to how happy we are with this. This is the best thing ever for us and we are so so appreciative of everything Stephanie has done for us. She is just so talented at what she does.

She specializes in helping Etsy & Artfire shops branching out onto their own (which is what we did!). If you run your own Etsy/Artfire shop and are looking to now get your own website, we DEFINITELY recommend Sprout Web Creations. Great prices. Awesome designs. And Stephanie is just so great to work with!

All Chained Up with @SanikiCreations

Chainmaille is amaze-balls.

Yep, that's my opening line. I love Chainmaille. I think it looks so fun, so hip, and all around cool.

My good friend Penny is the queen of Chainmaille in my eyes. She works wonders with a pair of pliers in her hand. She is the owner of Saniki Creations.

Her work is outstanding. I have dabbled in Chainmaille before and let me tell you.. it is a pain to link those jump rings together. I am definitely not cut out for anything other than entry level linking (if that's what you call it?) but Penny is like a magician with it. Her work is gorgeous and so extremely detailed.

She creates items for both men and women, as well as fun decor items.

This tree of life is my ABSOLUTE favorite item she has. I am in love with it. Look how awesome this is...

DO YOU SEE THIS!

Insane!

Jayson Blair from The New Normal even posed with this awesome piece at The MTV Movie Awards Gift Lounge!

So cute!

Penny's eye for detail just blows my mind. If you are in the market for some funky jewelry (for men and women) I would definitely check out her site!

Handbag Heaven @xtineandcompany

I feel every time I write a post about handmade items, I tend to have a shopping addiction to those items. At it again... I am obsessed with handbags. I feel I got this from my mother- since she has a closet full of purses (not of clothes mind you.. she barely has clothes.. just purses!).

Christine & Company creates wonderful handcrafted bags for all. Christine, the owner, is amazing. She actually is working on a special project for us (Jewels For Hope) to transport our jewelry in- how fun right! Can't wait to see it created- and once I do, I'll take pics and post them here- don't worry!

But for now.. I'll just tell you about all of her awesome items. I'm in love with this leopard print clutch she has on her site. As you know from my posts before- leopard print makes me happy. This clutch rocks it out.

Hot, right?

Along with making high quality items, she also gives back. Handbags for Hope (obviously we love the name of that line... get it .. Jewels For Hope? LOL.. sorry.. need more coffee still!)

$25 of the purchase will go to The National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. 

We love when people donate!!!! Don't you?

Christine is such a great woman with such gorgeous products. I feel her tote bags can go with everything. The perfect size, not too big, not too small and great for someone on the go. As much as I love the clutches she has- I'm a big bag kinda girl. I carry my life in my purse and her totes are the perfect size. 

Go check out her site and tell me if you get anything!!! I love hearing about people Shopping Handmade!!

Our Etsy Shop is Back!

Yep, we decided to go back to Etsy. We missed it. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our own site and will definitely continue to have that but we wanted both. haha.

Our Etsy Shop is a little bit more affordable. We wanted to separate our items to have everything more streamlined. Our Etsy Shop is $35 and under. We want to have jewelry for all budgets so we feel this is a good way to do that. Our more "unique" higher priced items will be on our actual website. 

In honor of coming back to our roots, we want to give you a coupon code!

Here is a coupon code for our Etsy Shop, for 15% off!!! Use code: THANKS15

We've been adding a ton of new items so definitely head on over and check it out!

Looking for a great Holiday Card? Check out @thebeez_kneez

With the Holidays right around the corner, one thing I know I always look for are great Holiday Cards.

I don't know what it is, but getting a Holiday Card in the mail always makes me smile. I love seeing what designs people pick out; funny, sentimental, sweet, sassy, cartoon, everything! I love it all.

Valerie, the fearless leader of The Artisan Group, is a fantastic graphic designer (among other things). She has the shop... The Beez Kneez (um, how awesome is that shop name?)

She designs funky fresh (yes, I said funky fresh) cards, ipad cases, invitations, business cards, and more! We bought my dad some awesome guitar note cards for his business a little while ago. He loved them! Valerie has so many different design choices, you can find something for everyone in her shop.... but I am off topic. Holiday Items are my key focus today....

In her shop she has Holiday Cards, Holiday Labels, Envelopes, Gift Tags, Postage and more!

My screen shots of her products do not do them justice LOL.

One of my favorite designs from her is this card.... I'm big on pictures so this one combines the pictures with pink and snowflakes. What more could you ask for?

If you are still in the market for Holiday Cards... definitely check out her shop! I promise you won't be sorry!!!!

Amazing Photography from @MissCellanea12 ! #Photos #Photography #Prints

My friend Carli is an amazing painter, photographer, everything really. She is so creative it's ridiculous. (Yea, I'm a bit jealous, I admit it).

Well, she just took a big leap and is starting to put her photos and artwork up on some sites (Etsy soon!). She just showed me this website she uploaded her pictures on and OMG I'm in love with them. They are just so pretty, I had to show them off you to.

Look how pretty these are!!! My screen shot does not do justice. Trust me, click on the link and they will make you smile just as much as they made me smile :)

Rub-a-dub-dub! Who loves soap? @magicsenses

I have a slight addiction to soaps. I admit it, it's weird, I know.. but I love soaps. And I love buying soaps. Every Christmas I get at least 3 people different fun soaps. And every year someone calls me out on it and asks why I always buy soap. 

I love soaps. I find they are the perfect gift for someone, a cute set of awesome smelling happiness. Everyone could use soap. You never have to worry if the soap will be the right size for someone, or if someone already has the exact same one. No.. soaps always work. Perfect. Gift. 

Now, one of my very good friends, Betty, is the creator of Magic Senses. She creates sweet smelling, fun soaps. Which I'm a little bit obsessed with. 

Betty is an extremely hard worker and it shows in her creations. Her soap is made is small batches (made from the heart!) and no two bars of soap are exactly the same. Which is awesome.. one of a kind soap. Who doesn't like that?!?!

Here are some of my faves from her shop:

Magic Senses is also offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $50 with code: freeshipping50

So if you are straining your brain to find that perfect gift for someone... look no further. Soap always works. 

If you head on over to Magic Senses- tell Betty HI! She is such a sweetie! :)

Holiday Deals from @TheArtisanGroup

I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week. When did that happen?

I haven't been writing lately, I have been so busy with work and jewels that I feel like I can barely breathe. *Sidenote- I started working retail about a month or so ago. Need the money and no other job would even interview me. Thank God I got a job in the mall... but with the holidays coming, I'm working like crazy.... hence no time to write LOL.

Today though, feels like a writing day.

I want to get back down to business and start promoting all my handmade buddies again. With the holidays coming up I feel it's the perfect time to shine some light on these amazing artisans. I hope lots of people will Shop Handmade this season. These products are so well made and so awesome that I want people to just eat them up!

Will you Shop Handmade this season? If you know of some great products, definitely let me know!

It feels good to get back to this again. Hopefully I'll have the time to keep this up.

First on the list...

The Artisan Group.
Of course.

The Artisan Group (is awesome) and has these great Deals they are promoting. Perfect for the Holiday Season!

All of these amazing members of this group are offering awesome deals to their products. All handmade. All awesome.

GO HERE to view these awesome deals!

Whether you're looking for jewelry, soap, purses, prints, pens, baby clothes, pet toys... everything and anything your heart desires! The Artisan Group has it!

If you get any of these deals, I would love to hear about it! I have items from many members of this group- all super high quality and great craftsmanship.

ShopHandmade!

Big #SALE on @GroopDealz - Look Great & #Donate

We're having a really great sale on GroopDealz right now for our Beaded Charity Bracelets!!!

CLICK HERE to view this deal!

Look Great & Donate

Life Gets In The Way

I realized I haven't written since before my move. Well... the move went well. Tiring as hell! But well.

We left the small town and now live in a big city. Big City Life, haha well- maybe not big city life.. but city life. I wake up every morning around 4am to the garbage trucks. I hear people at all hours. I feel like I'm in a video game everytime I turn out of my street to see if today's the day I hit a parked car, the streets are so tightly packed.

It's different.

Now, I've lived in NYC for 4 years while going to school... I like the noises there, the sounds. And since I was on the 14th floor I really didn't hear any of them at 4am. Here... I'm on Floor 1. BIG DIFFERENCE. haha.

But I think I'm actually starting to like it here. I'm still tecchnnicallly unemployed. I am doing lots of little side jobs and working on jewels and my dads company so that is keeping my busy. I live next to the beach now, so I try and walk around there everyday. That makes me smile.

I think we're going to do good here. I hope Jewels For Hope can get some wholesale accounts in the area. That would be perrfeccttt. I've emailed and emailed people- no responses yet, but I'm hopeful. Always try to be optimistic here.

Now that I am somewhat settled in the new place, I hope to be writing here more. I just couldn't believe how much time has gone by between my last posting. Life just happens and flies right by!

But some good news is I think the next couple of months are going to be super exciting and lots going on with jewels... so I'll keep you posted :)

xoxo- Hope everyone is well <3 p="p">