We are moving into a new house this next week and I am so excited! I will have a whole office dedicated to crafting! I plan on setting up my light box and camera in one location so that it will always be up and ready for pictures to be taken. That way I won't have to do one long marathon of item photos...which is followed by long batches of photo editing...and catching up on listing items for sale. This way I can list items for sale as I complete them!
I am planning on going to the University of Washington Surplus Store (open to the public on Tuesday afternoons) to purchase a $10 work table - which I am soooo excited about! (Side note - they have lots of great deals on fun stuff and very entertaining item explanations: http://www.washington.edu/facilities/finadmin/movingandsurplus/inventory/category/office-equipment)
In the mean time, I may be in and out, as we are now packing, then moving, and unpacking!
Hypoallergenic Surgical Steel earrings, Nickel Free Niobium / Titanium / Argentium Silver earrings made especially for your sensitive ears!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Giveaway Contest Results
Thank you to everyone who participated! I had a handful of guesses submitted via email in addition to the comments left on the blog entry with all the contest details!
My dear hubbie sat down and counted and counted...and counted! I believe his first response was, "Man! These are tiny!" ;)
And...the number of seed beads within the tube came to a grand total of 1,566!
Looking throughout the guesses left via comment and those received via email, the closest guess without going over the total number, is blogger account holder "bubblegum" with a guess of 1,300!
Unfortunately, I do not have an email address for this commenter. So, if you are "bubblegum," please contact me by sending an email to me at prettysensitive@gmail.com by 11:59 pm PST on Sunday, August 7, 2011, to claim your winnings (any one pair of earrings in my etsy shop located at http://www.prettysensitive.etsy.com). In your email, please include your choice of earrings along with your name and mailing address!
If I do not receive an email from bubblegum by Sunday night, then I will go through and identify the next closest guesser and announce them here and contact them via email.
Thank you again, everyone, for participating! I am really excited about surpassing that 100 sales milestone mark. Onward and upward!
Thanks again, everyone!
My dear hubbie sat down and counted and counted...and counted! I believe his first response was, "Man! These are tiny!" ;)
And...the number of seed beads within the tube came to a grand total of 1,566!
Looking throughout the guesses left via comment and those received via email, the closest guess without going over the total number, is blogger account holder "bubblegum" with a guess of 1,300!
Unfortunately, I do not have an email address for this commenter. So, if you are "bubblegum," please contact me by sending an email to me at prettysensitive@gmail.com by 11:59 pm PST on Sunday, August 7, 2011, to claim your winnings (any one pair of earrings in my etsy shop located at http://www.prettysensitive.etsy.com). In your email, please include your choice of earrings along with your name and mailing address!
If I do not receive an email from bubblegum by Sunday night, then I will go through and identify the next closest guesser and announce them here and contact them via email.
Thank you again, everyone, for participating! I am really excited about surpassing that 100 sales milestone mark. Onward and upward!
**Edit on Tuesday, August 9, 2011... I did not receive an email from the initial winner, so the next closest guesser was blogger user "Jonathan and Jamie" with a guess of 1225 seed beads! Congratulations! I will be contacting you via email to arrange details for your prize (one free pair of earrings from my etsy shop!!).
Friday, July 22, 2011
100 Sales Milestone Giveaway Contest
My Etsy shop reached 100 sales during the second week of July and to celebrate I have been brainstorming a fun (and simple) giveaway contest. I have finally finished scheming and here are the details!
100 Sales Milestone Giveaway Contest by Pretty Sensitive Ears
NOTE: If you do not have a google / blogger account and do not want to set one up, please email your guess to me at prettysensitive@gmail.com. Thank you!! (edit on August 1st)
The winner of this contest will receive one free pair of earrings for sensitive ears (either Surgical Steel or 100% hypoallergenic Niobium) from my Etsy shop found at http://www.prettysensitive.etsy.com. Shipping will be free. The winner gets to choose any one pair listed for sale in my Etsy shop!
To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog posting with your numerical guess of how many seed beads are in the tube of beads pictured below. Please be sure your email address is included in your comment (unless you have a blogger account with your email address included). If you are the winner, but I don't have an email address to contact you at, I will have to choose the next closest guesser!
I have included a US dime (10 cent coin) for size reference in the photo.
The closest guess without going over the number of beads actually in the tube will be the winner! You can only guess once to be eligible. Repeat numbers will not be eligible; so, guess early so that your number won't be taken by someone else!
The winner will be announced on August 5th, 2011. I will have my husband count the beads in the tube twice through (lucky guy! hehehe) and give me the official count. Then I will announce the number of seed beads here on my blog along with the lucky winner, and contact them via email! The winner will then be able to send me the name of their favorite pair of earrings along with their mailing address.
This fun contest is a way to celebrate the 100 Sales Milestone in my Etsy shop. Thank you for the support and best of luck to everyone! A fun, simple way to win a free pair of handmade earrings for sensitive ears (either for yourself or as a gift) - pretty wonderful, huh?
While you're waiting to hear if you've guessed the correct number (or come the closest!), please stop by and take a look at the wide variety of earring styles for sensitive ears I offer in my shop. Take a peak at the surgical steel hooks, posts, and posts with dangles, AND the niobium hooks, posts, and hoops, to get a feel for your favorite silhouette and material! Also, remember that I can work with customers to create customized jewelry - never hesitate to contact me!
More information on materials can be found at my website at http://www.prettysensitive.weebly.com.
I can be contacted through my website, my Etsy shop, or email via prettysensitive@gmail.com.
You can also join me on my facebook page, twitter, or tumblr!
Thanks very much for your visit!
~ Amanda J
100 Sales Milestone Giveaway Contest by Pretty Sensitive Ears
NOTE: If you do not have a google / blogger account and do not want to set one up, please email your guess to me at prettysensitive@gmail.com. Thank you!! (edit on August 1st)
The winner of this contest will receive one free pair of earrings for sensitive ears (either Surgical Steel or 100% hypoallergenic Niobium) from my Etsy shop found at http://www.prettysensitive.etsy.com. Shipping will be free. The winner gets to choose any one pair listed for sale in my Etsy shop!
To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog posting with your numerical guess of how many seed beads are in the tube of beads pictured below. Please be sure your email address is included in your comment (unless you have a blogger account with your email address included). If you are the winner, but I don't have an email address to contact you at, I will have to choose the next closest guesser!
I have included a US dime (10 cent coin) for size reference in the photo.The closest guess without going over the number of beads actually in the tube will be the winner! You can only guess once to be eligible. Repeat numbers will not be eligible; so, guess early so that your number won't be taken by someone else!
The winner will be announced on August 5th, 2011. I will have my husband count the beads in the tube twice through (lucky guy! hehehe) and give me the official count. Then I will announce the number of seed beads here on my blog along with the lucky winner, and contact them via email! The winner will then be able to send me the name of their favorite pair of earrings along with their mailing address.
This fun contest is a way to celebrate the 100 Sales Milestone in my Etsy shop. Thank you for the support and best of luck to everyone! A fun, simple way to win a free pair of handmade earrings for sensitive ears (either for yourself or as a gift) - pretty wonderful, huh?
While you're waiting to hear if you've guessed the correct number (or come the closest!), please stop by and take a look at the wide variety of earring styles for sensitive ears I offer in my shop. Take a peak at the surgical steel hooks, posts, and posts with dangles, AND the niobium hooks, posts, and hoops, to get a feel for your favorite silhouette and material! Also, remember that I can work with customers to create customized jewelry - never hesitate to contact me!
More information on materials can be found at my website at http://www.prettysensitive.weebly.com.
I can be contacted through my website, my Etsy shop, or email via prettysensitive@gmail.com.
You can also join me on my facebook page, twitter, or tumblr!
Thanks very much for your visit!
~ Amanda J
Monday, July 18, 2011
Interviewed!
Featured right now on the Heart Handmade Blog, is an interview that I completed that explores my inspirations, motivations, etc. To learn more about me and my handmade jewelry for sensitive skin, please visit the following link: http://www.hearthandmadeblog.com/handmade-hypoallergenic-niobium-jewelry/
You can share the interview on facebook quite easily from the top of the page too, if interested!
You can share the interview on facebook quite easily from the top of the page too, if interested!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Online Ganoksin Exhibition Feature - "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder"
My wire wrapped ring called "The Black Flower," made using 100% hypoallergenic Niobium wire, a mother of pearl button, and vintage black flower button, is featured in this online exhibition of jewelry items all made without using precious materials. Here are a few photos of my featured ring:
There are some amazingly beautiful items featured - and all are made without using gold, silver, or platinum. Here is the press release regarding the online exhibition. I hope that you will check it out and share with others! ~ Amanda Jensen
Online Exhibition: "Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder"
http://www.ganoksin.com/
"Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" showcases 247 images chosen
from entries from over 55 artists representing North America, South
America, Europe, Australia, Central America, Africa and Eurasia.
The drive to adorn the human body is surely as old as human kind.
From pre-historic times this drive has led humans to use the
materials at hand, combined with the technologies and tools
available, to create objects to adorn the human body. The oldest
jewelry found to date goes back to at least 75,000 years ago in
Africa.
Early jewelry was made of bones, shells, sticks, and whatever other
materials the people could find and shape. Over time the ability to
mine and shape metal developed, and jewelry was made from bronze,
silver, gold, platinum and other metals. Gold has long been thought
of as a "precious" metal, and today it is joined by silver and
platinum as the three main materials modern jewelry is made from.
While much jewelry today is made from these three main metals, a
large body of jewelry world-wide is still made from a much wider
range of materials. This exhibition, "Beauty is in the Eye of the
Beholder", focuses on jewelry made primarily of materials other than
gold, platinum and silver.
Jewelers today are still using found objects such as shell and bone;
they are using "green" materials - upcycled and recycled objects and
materials; they are using cutting edge plastics and newly developed
technology; and they are using older metals such as copper, brass
and bronze.
Some of the more unusual materials include vinyl LP's, velvet, VCR
components, rattlesnake vertebrae, corian, canvas, paper, crab
claws, magnets, synthetic rubber electrical insulation tubing, and
aluminum grounding wire.
More traditional materials used include copper, bronze, brass,
glass, various types of wood, gemstones, pearls and seeds.
Techniques range from traditional metalsmithing, through a range of
beading techniques, textile techniques, photography techniques and
cutting edge industrial fabrication.
Participants range from professional jewelers with international
reputations to students just learning their craft.
Hosted on the Ganoksin website, the world's largest internet site
devoted to jewelry- related topics, the exhibition is a snapshot of
what jewelers around the world are exploring, and an inspiration to
all. The exhibition was conceived Beth Wicker, an artist from South
Carolina, in the USA, and curated by Beth and Hanuman Aspler, founder
of the Ganoksin Project.
Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder
http://www.ganoksin.com/
For more information about the Exhibition please contact: Beth Wicker
onlineexhibition@earthlink.
service@ganoksin.com
There are some amazingly beautiful items featured - and all are made without using gold, silver, or platinum. Here is the press release regarding the online exhibition. I hope that you will check it out and share with others! ~ Amanda Jensen
Online Exhibition: "Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder"
http://www.ganoksin.com/
"Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" showcases 247 images chosen
from entries from over 55 artists representing North America, South
America, Europe, Australia, Central America, Africa and Eurasia.
The drive to adorn the human body is surely as old as human kind.
From pre-historic times this drive has led humans to use the
materials at hand, combined with the technologies and tools
available, to create objects to adorn the human body. The oldest
jewelry found to date goes back to at least 75,000 years ago in
Africa.
Early jewelry was made of bones, shells, sticks, and whatever other
materials the people could find and shape. Over time the ability to
mine and shape metal developed, and jewelry was made from bronze,
silver, gold, platinum and other metals. Gold has long been thought
of as a "precious" metal, and today it is joined by silver and
platinum as the three main materials modern jewelry is made from.
While much jewelry today is made from these three main metals, a
large body of jewelry world-wide is still made from a much wider
range of materials. This exhibition, "Beauty is in the Eye of the
Beholder", focuses on jewelry made primarily of materials other than
gold, platinum and silver.
Jewelers today are still using found objects such as shell and bone;
they are using "green" materials - upcycled and recycled objects and
materials; they are using cutting edge plastics and newly developed
technology; and they are using older metals such as copper, brass
and bronze.
Some of the more unusual materials include vinyl LP's, velvet, VCR
components, rattlesnake vertebrae, corian, canvas, paper, crab
claws, magnets, synthetic rubber electrical insulation tubing, and
aluminum grounding wire.
More traditional materials used include copper, bronze, brass,
glass, various types of wood, gemstones, pearls and seeds.
Techniques range from traditional metalsmithing, through a range of
beading techniques, textile techniques, photography techniques and
cutting edge industrial fabrication.
Participants range from professional jewelers with international
reputations to students just learning their craft.
Hosted on the Ganoksin website, the world's largest internet site
devoted to jewelry- related topics, the exhibition is a snapshot of
what jewelers around the world are exploring, and an inspiration to
all. The exhibition was conceived Beth Wicker, an artist from South
Carolina, in the USA, and curated by Beth and Hanuman Aspler, founder
of the Ganoksin Project.
Beauty Is In the Eye of the Beholder
http://www.ganoksin.com/
For more information about the Exhibition please contact: Beth Wicker
onlineexhibition@earthlink.
service@ganoksin.com
Monday, June 27, 2011
As Promised - More Photos of Niobium Post Earrings
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| 6mm Amethyst Niobium Posts |
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| 6mm Malachite Niobium Posts |
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| 6mm Tiger Eye Niobium Posts |
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| 4mm Nephrite Jade Niobium Posts |
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| 6mm Lavender Amethyst Niobium Posts |
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| 4mm Powder Green Swarovski Pearl Niobium Posts |
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| 2mm Stainless Steel Ball Niobium Posts |
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| 4mm Onyx Niobium Posts |
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| 4mm Lapis Lazuli Niobium Posts |
Monday, June 20, 2011
More Niobium Posts
I showed pictures of my very first pair of 100% hypoallergenic Niobium post earrings for sensitive ears in a previous post here on my blog. That post can be found here.
Since then I've sold several pairs of Niobium post earrings with freshwater button pearls. Here is a photo of these:
I also had a custom order request for another pair of Niobium posts with crystals. The customer requested dark green. Here is a photo of how these turned out:
Up next, I have a variety of gemstones that I will be mounting on to Niobium posts. Included in the lineup are: amethyst, tiger eye, onyx, lapis lazuli, nephrite, malachite, and more! These gemstones range in size from 4 mm for those who prefer their post earrings to be more of a subtle accessory to 6 mm for those who love to have their posts stand out more.
I also have the concept in mind for how to create a dangle element to these Niobium posts. My first shortcut method did not work. But, method number two is more complicated, but should just do the trick! Stay tuned! :)
P.S. I do like to work with individuals to create custom earrings that are in your preferred color and/or material. Don't hesitate to contact me either by email: prettysensitive at gmail dot com Or via the contact page on my website: http://www.prettysensitive.weebly.com
Since then I've sold several pairs of Niobium post earrings with freshwater button pearls. Here is a photo of these:
I also had a custom order request for another pair of Niobium posts with crystals. The customer requested dark green. Here is a photo of how these turned out:
Up next, I have a variety of gemstones that I will be mounting on to Niobium posts. Included in the lineup are: amethyst, tiger eye, onyx, lapis lazuli, nephrite, malachite, and more! These gemstones range in size from 4 mm for those who prefer their post earrings to be more of a subtle accessory to 6 mm for those who love to have their posts stand out more.
I also have the concept in mind for how to create a dangle element to these Niobium posts. My first shortcut method did not work. But, method number two is more complicated, but should just do the trick! Stay tuned! :)
P.S. I do like to work with individuals to create custom earrings that are in your preferred color and/or material. Don't hesitate to contact me either by email: prettysensitive at gmail dot com Or via the contact page on my website: http://www.prettysensitive.weebly.com
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