Open Studio Days

Happy Summer!  Now that it is summer I decided to do something a little special/different with my business.  I am going to have "Open Studio Days" throughout the summer.  My plan is that one day per week--most likely a different day and/or time to accomodate varying schedules--I will have what I'm calling an "Open Studio Day".  Basically this will be a day to come to my studio to pick up orders, discuss future orders or see my creations in person.  It's not going to be a formal 'Open House'--but I will actually be dressed, will have pieces available for purchase out and might possibly have some treats for any visitors that may stop by!  Otherwise it's a scheduled day for me to plug along and make new jewelry--I'm not a schedule kinda person but with the kids home on summer vaca I needed to attempt to schedule some more formal work time!

I have a lot of local customers that like to see my jewelry in person, discuss options and pick up their orders if they are local and it's sometimes a challenge to pick a day/time that works for both of us.  I thought I'd try this and see how it works! 

My first Open Studio Day will be this Thursday, June 16th from 10am-4pm. 

Email me at lisaski@me.com for directions or any questions/comments. 

I will always announce each "Open Studio Day" on my Facebook business page (http://www.facebook.com/JuellaDesigns).  If you are not local to the Redding, California area, please join my Juella Designs Facebook page--ALL FANS, regardless of location, receive free shipping on their orders when they use the coupon code found there!! 

Next week's Open Studio Day is scheduled for Wednesday, June 22. 

Introducing my newest line...Simply Change

I am so, so excited to introduce my newest line of jewelry, Simply Change!  This line features coins from all over the world, stamped with words or phrases and strung on a variety of mixed metal chains.  I will add pretty beads and charms sometimes as added accents.  Every piece is truly one of a kind! 

I was inspired to make this line for a variety of reasons.  One being the quickly rising cost of sterling silver.  I still love, love sterling and will continue to work with it, but I want to offer jewelry in a more affordable range as well.  I was also inspired by seeing the many beautiful and interesting coins from around the world.  My son is a coin collector and I began taking notice of some of the coins.  Without doing a thing to them, some of them are so beautiful!  I started collecting them myself and have had dishes of them sitting around for months just waiting to be used in some manner. 

I wanted to incorporate what I have been doing, making custom and personalized jewelry but with a twist.  That's where these old coins come in!  I want them to be talismans of sorts.  Talismans are objects worn to bring specific qualities into your life, such as strength, happiness and protection.  I have been stamping powerful words and phrases onto sample coins and will offer these for sale.  But I will also take orders for custom and personalized pieces...I will stamp whatever you like--be it powerful words, names, dates, anything unique and meaningful to you. 

I hope you like my newest line!  You can go to my Etsy site to see the current coins I have listed at Juella Designs Etsy Shop.  I will be listing new ones all the time. 

Come See Me! - Boulder Creek School Christmas Fair

I'll be sharing a booth with Kawaii Belle, run by the beautiful Ella Lee and Doodle Buttons, operated by handsome business owner Jacob Lee! 

Turtle Bay and Juella Designs

This past weekend my family and I took a walk to Turtle Bay on the new Dana to Downtown bike/walking  trail from Hilltop Drive.  The trail was full of people and so fun to see so many people out in the fresh air enjoying this beautiful area!  Our destination was Turtle Bay...the kids wanted to see the fish viewing (just never gets old for them!), Aaron wanted to see the new costume exhibit with famous movie costumes featured, but I was most excited to see my jewelry for sale at the Museum Store! 

And here it is....Juella Designs....many designs exclusive and made just for Turtle Bay!

Also in the Turtle Bay Museum Store are some of my fellow Redding Handmade team members.  You can see more info on that here.....Redding Handmade team website

And the winner is.....

Eilyne Davis!!!!  

As the entries came in I assigned them 'raffle ticket' numbers in an Excel spreadsheet...then used the handy dandy 'Random Number Generator' to select the winning number.

Thank you so much for ALL who entered!  This was so much fun....keep an eye out-I'll definitely do something like this again!!  

I mentioned I'd throw in some other goodies...here's Eilyne's haul....

 

In the mood for....a giveaway!!

Up for winning is this handmade (by me-of course!) sterling silver and copper 'XO' necklace...

Perfect to pop into a stocking or a "just because you're thinking of them" gift!  I plan to throw in some other extra special surprises as well!

To enter: 

1. Post a comment to this blog - 1 entry


2. Become a follower of this blog (see box in the right hand column) - 3 entries (if you already are-that counts!)


3. Become a fan on Facebook (Juella Designs FB page) - 5 entries  (if you already are-that counts too!)


4. Invite your friends to become a fan of my page on Facebook - 10 entries! 

Let me know either here in the comment section or on my Facebook page which of the above you have done...if you've done it all...I'll give you a total of 20 entries! 

I will draw a name on Monday morning....thank you so much and good luck!! 

 

Inspiration everywhere

My Etsy banner says Juella Designs - Inspired by....LIFE.  The following just proves you never know when I'm going to get inspired!  I was flipping through the paper this morning and the Bizarro cartoon caught my eye--it immediately made me laugh.

I clipped it out and I've been staring it at through out the day and thought, "Hey I want that on a necklace."  And wa-la! 

 
Handcrafted and soldered onto sterling silver.  This one's mine but let me know if you're interested in me making one for you!

 

Come see me here Saturday!

Redding Handmade

Things are really heating up with my Redding Handmade Etsy Team!  The creativity amongst the group is incredible and I look forward to lots of fun events in the coming months to keep us all busy.  The month of May sees a sort of collaboration with Redding Handmade, the Sweetspot and the Fabulous Fabric Shop...every Thursday that month will be a fun evening out.  (Check here for more info about Oh!Carousel!)  Coming up first on May 6th is our first Sweetspot "Rotation." Redding Handmade Rotations will feature 4 artists displaying their goods at the Sweetspot in Redding from 7-9pm.  You will get to meet the artist/designer/creator behind the products as well as purchase items.  This show is just in time for Mother's Day. 

The featured designers for May are:

NCharshaf's Handmade Notebooks & Stationery
Julie Packer Designs
Chrystalyn
Oh Baby! Redding

(My turn at Rotations is in July!)

And speaking of my Redding Handmade Etsy Team, I wanted to show you just some of what the Team has to offer...please support them and all handmade artists! 
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Busy with a bunch of studs

You know, earrings?  (wink, wink!)  The other afternoon I fired up the ol' torch which had been cool since before Christmas and had a hot (hardy, har) time making these studs.  You can find some of them (already sold a couple!) in my Etsy shop. 

Featured...

Happy to be notified a piece of mine was featured on The Curious Pug!  

 

And how curious is the name, considering we have a pug on the way?!

Totally Fab Etsy Treasury

One of my pieces was featured in an Etsy Treasury today.  Love what Mitchell & Dent put together!

 

Here's a link to the treasury........for the modern mod...

ReddingHandmade

 I recently joined a local team that I am so excited about.  We are just in the beginning stages and I'm so happy to be a part of it from the start.  Chrystal from Chyrstalyn handmade jewelry is the founding member and see's it as a local creative collective for those in Redding with Etsy shops.  It's called ReddingHandmade and we are having our debut Open House on February 6th. 

I met with Chrystal the other night and her enthusiasm is infectious!  It was such fun talking to her and she is even more socially media conscious than me, it was great!  We talked about what we see for the team and what we can offer other team members, as well as Redding.  The initial draw for me, is the opportunity to meet with local like minded people who also make handcrafted items available on Etsy.  So often I'm in my little studio creating alone.  As much as I like being a sole proprietorship, it can get lonely at times.  Chrystal's idea for starting this team is much more generous....it's to share the love of handcrafting with others and to help others grow their own Etsy businesses, so they too can achieve a sort of freedom.  

The possibilities for this team are so great.

 

I hope you can come check us out.  And if you live near or in Redding and either have an Etsy shop or want to start one, please join us!

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