FHFTeam Pick of the Week

I'm a member of the Frit Happens Forum Etsy Team (fhfteam if you're searching for us on Etsy!).  We have our own blog and this week one of our members (Jo, Kitzbitz)has picked out her Pick of the Week - Gifts.

I am pleased to say that I'm included!!   Jo has selected a pair of my nest earrings - these have been really popular at my last few events, I think the v-wires are really attracting people this season.

Please check out the rest of our team's shops on Etsy - you can find a complete listing HERE there really are some fabulous pieces of work available from our members at the moment.

New Etsy Listings

I've been busy today - photographing and listing on Etsy. My brain hurts now!

Here's a peek at some of the listings

That's enough for now! Off for a well deserved cuppa and biscuit!

FHFTeam

I'm a member of the Frit Happens Forum and those of us who sell on Etsy have set up our own street team.

I've become a member of the admin team and I'll be looking after our team blog - which is really exciting. The team is in its early stages so we're all still finding our feet, but the plans that we have to develop the team are exciting and well worth keeping an eye on us!

Here's a link to our Etsy Team Hub:

FHFTEAM HUB

And here's a link to our blog:

http://www.fhfteam.blogspot.com

So to keep up to date with our fantastic members and their lampwork, fused glass & jewellery why not follow our blog and heart our shops on Etsy.

I thought the blog looked boring without many pictures of my jewellery! So here you go, they may be bad, mobile phone pictures, but at least you can see some of my recent metal clay work.

I'm working on some new pieces ready to launch my Etsy store. There'll be a range of these necklaces with matching earrings. They are highly polished silver pillow-shape beads, simply strung on sterling silver necklets. There are countless options for these in all sorts of different textures. They look really pretty on - in fact I'm tempted to keep the ones I've made so far!

These lentil shape beads are lampwork beads by the fantastic Claire Morris. They had a top decorative layer of glass that I decided to cover up!! I painted some silver paste onto the top, and left it fairly uneven so that it took the shape of the glass underneath. It silver has cracked in some places which I love because it adds to the texture of the glass. I think there's about 10 of these beads, so I see them being split up into a few different pieces of jewellery.

Better pictures will follow as soon as I can get my hubby to take them. We're currently looking into equipment to set up a proper lighting / photography area. This will mean much better photos and hopefully, even I will be able to point the camera and take a decent picture! Well, maybe!

Becci

xx

Finally, a new year!

I'm glad to see the back of 2008, so here's to being happy, healthy and positive for 2009!

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who's supported me and bought from me during the last 12 months. I still get really excited with every sale!

So what's new - being poorly the last few weeks has meant that I've sat down and tried to think about how to drive things forward for the next 12 months. I don't do resolutions because they just get broken! So I've worked on what I'm going to sell, where I'm going to sell it and how I'm going to market it. I've done some experimentation through 2008 with ideas and products to see what works and what doesn't. Now I just need to focus and try to achieve a the goals I've set for the business.

I've set up a Fired Silver shop on Etsy. I've sold on Etsy before (under a different name), but have brought my range all under the one brand. There's nothing in the shop at the moment, but at least it's there and all the boring policy stuff is written.

I've also set up a group on Yahoo, I'll use this as a sort of fan club - someone else's description, not mine! I will use it as my mailing list and it's the people who are registered there that will receive updates on newly listed items, special promotions and sales etc. If you'd like to join, please go to Join my Mailing List Don't worry, you won't be bombarded with emails, just one or two per month.


Finally, a picture! I made this ring as a birthday present to myself. I will be listing these for sale though, as I really loved making it. They'll be custom made and the purchaser will be able to choose from a range of stones.