tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845005907805253092024-03-05T02:57:54.204-08:00Beads and More by Loisbeadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-38499702193259376402012-07-31T00:42:00.003-07:002012-07-31T00:42:57.265-07:00A whole year.... really??<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I knew it had been a long time since I blogged but a whole year!!! How time flies... I must admit it has been a busy year, the beginning of this year I launched my new website and have since been building my inventory with lots of lovely findings, beads and tools. If I'm not packing orders I'm trying to pre-pack all the items ready for packing = lots of packing!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last month I have been trying to push my business forward, have started advertising in Beads & Beyond magazine and from October you'll see me popping up in Make Jewellery magazine. Then I thought what better way to get out there is to start my blog up again and let everyone know about all the goodies I find each month.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have lots of ideas swimming around my head and once my eldest starts school this September I'm hoping I'll have more time to start them. I've always wanted to make and supply kits, I'm really hoping I can do this myself but if not I'm going to search for a designer out there to help me, anyone interested in becoming my designer please let me know!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My business has really grown over the last year and I'm extremely proud as it's run by me alone, at home, with two kiddies, I quite often wish there were more hours in the day but I love what I'm doing and hope all my customers out there continue to be please with my service.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many Thanks!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lois :)</span></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-90301259653769206772011-07-23T06:03:00.000-07:002011-07-23T06:03:29.592-07:00New for July Part 2<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have been adding and re-stocking lots of items this month!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart14.htm">lockets</a> sold out very fast so I have got more and added two more to the collection, from £1.50!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-61740744641237007662011-07-13T00:29:00.000-07:002011-07-13T00:29:00.524-07:00New for July Part 1<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month I have been adding to the </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart12.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tool section</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, I thought I'd include tools to help with creating filigree settings and bale making as I have found the right tools make the task a whole lot easier!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlPN2B9suLHp6MVdh7_vRMyj1IXSHdKxm88_y66kY3bRC33vUKiEfxojsVxZd5WTcF_qvyMcUxPs05uozjEi-GjAzJaqqpy0o2_Q82LmZ-6MBm-SI9jqLPdZ87Pf0UR_GSV2KF1qtCgA/s1600/PL79.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlPN2B9suLHp6MVdh7_vRMyj1IXSHdKxm88_y66kY3bRC33vUKiEfxojsVxZd5WTcF_qvyMcUxPs05uozjEi-GjAzJaqqpy0o2_Q82LmZ-6MBm-SI9jqLPdZ87Pf0UR_GSV2KF1qtCgA/s200/PL79.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpnjPlI4_BNOzgeNX1Y6q77VCTOif7GM8W4wClcbHLy_VE3dKZsuqtw-TlLDD797EfVwPVcn9vSCYyA55FXuAjYvrofxW2ft56RnAjg9B2TJOb11p2FIba3dmuSffPjmKuLKYyvTKY_Y/s1600/TSPL50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpnjPlI4_BNOzgeNX1Y6q77VCTOif7GM8W4wClcbHLy_VE3dKZsuqtw-TlLDD797EfVwPVcn9vSCYyA55FXuAjYvrofxW2ft56RnAjg9B2TJOb11p2FIba3dmuSffPjmKuLKYyvTKY_Y/s200/TSPL50.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have two different Beadsmith bale making pliers available, the above green handled ones have 7 and 9mm cylinder sizes and the black handled ones have 6 and 8.5mm cylinders.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart12.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Available to buy from £9</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These bale making pliers are a must have and Vintaj describe it as the ultimate creative setting tool. You can use them to wrap filigree, connectors and sheet metal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both in polish steel with comfortable and secure handgrips. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chain nose pliers are the ultimate tool for crimping, clasping, clamping and closing jumprings. They are also really helpful in creating filigree, they have a nice smooth edge and when used to clamp down edges of filigree they give a nice clean finish.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rosary pliers are a great linking tool for headpins and eyepins, every jewellery maker needs one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart12.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Available on my site for £5</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A customer asked me to source them some </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart41.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beadsmith wire</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> so I have made that available on my website also, it's specially made for Vintaj Natural Brass components so it matches perfectly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeHU2eioXArDePe_Fp1-5hqxyLTwKws1wVmI6jnk3aVbgH5UbNWioaX_OIIdnW3hCPd5nCyY3NSU-AThPjpIgNRrmLF4YEhfhhPpNeAXY8_z-GO9Vz6EeJTvcE8tfRz6fHTOakl1hVWo/s1600/CWR-VW-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeHU2eioXArDePe_Fp1-5hqxyLTwKws1wVmI6jnk3aVbgH5UbNWioaX_OIIdnW3hCPd5nCyY3NSU-AThPjpIgNRrmLF4YEhfhhPpNeAXY8_z-GO9Vz6EeJTvcE8tfRz6fHTOakl1hVWo/s1600/CWR-VW-1.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I only ordered a small supply to see how it would sell and I have nearly sold out already! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am out of stock of the 0.6mm/22 gauge but still have some 0.4mm/26 gauge and 0.8mm/20 gauge left. I will be ordering some more soon!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart41.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prices start at £3.25</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-9970650922171951492011-07-04T23:23:00.000-07:002011-07-04T23:23:03.885-07:00Clearance Sale<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been contemplating a while now whether to just sell the findings on my website, I love beads but always buy too many for myself but for a business I've discovered that sourcing and buying findings to sell is much more fun and by just buying the findings I'll have more money to spend on them, hooray! I'm still going to buy and sell the <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart26.htm">Swarovski crystal</a> though as they are my favourite and I need a bit of sparkle on the website.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as part of the my 1st Business Birthday coming up this month I have put ALL of my beads on sale and put them in a large </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart34.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">clearance section</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> where there is also lots of </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart35.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plated findings</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">,</span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart40.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> pandora beads</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart36.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">metal beads</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, great prices while stocks last!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come and grab a bargain! </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk</span></a></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-31082741068080380662011-07-02T00:41:00.000-07:002011-07-02T00:41:18.006-07:00Fashion Extra - Summer Festival<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd start a monthly feature on what's hot and trending in fashion and jewellery! When I was making jewellery full-time I'd make things to match what was hot at the time and loved having something unique and trendy. Now I supply everything to make jewellery; I'm in my own element and love looking for findings that will suit what's in fashion, so in this monthly fashion extra I will share!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the next couple of months it's all about the Festivals. I went to Kings of Leon in Hyde Park last week and it was like a mini-festival for the day, had the best day ever and it really got me in the mood for V Festival this August, I'm camping for the whole weekend so need to pack lots of festival essentials and get the festival look just right.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I think of V and what to take with me I'm thinking cut-off denim shorts, floppy straw hat, over-sized sunglasses, chunky necklace and hobnail boots - open toed shoes or sandals are just not practical and if it rains your feet will get very wet and muddy!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever style you have, you can have an impact with your jewellery, especially by making your own - having something unique that no one else will have at the festival will be sure to get people looking and asking where you got it from so make sure you take some business cards!</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How about these for earrings? Just add a pair of antiqued brass earwires and you have a quick, simple pair of festival earrings!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These wings are 80p each, available</span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart14.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> here</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I'm tongue tied.. literally</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Favourite food is pasta</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I love the KINGS OF LEON!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I can write forwards with my right hand and backwards with my left hand (mirrored) at the same time... cool party trick although people just think I'm a freak.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I'm a registered nurse but only work 1 day a week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. My first love is my husband who I've been with since I was 19...ahhhh</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I often crave pickled onion monster munch!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I loving reading (ran out of interesting things to say!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. </span><a href="http://seventyseventyone.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://seventyseventyone.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. </span><a href="http://acraftingjourney.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://acraftingjourney.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. </span><a href="http://acorncrafts.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://acorncrafts.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. </span><a href="http://insideemmasattic.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://insideemmasattic.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. </span><a href="http://joyknitt.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://joyknitt.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. </span><a href="http://meanmagenta-photos.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://meanmagenta-photos.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. </span><a href="http://ceegeejewellery.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://ceegeejewellery.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-86694769734277427632011-06-25T00:02:00.000-07:002011-06-25T00:02:50.928-07:00Metal Reliefing Block<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd like to share a fabulous tool Vintaj have created, they came out a couple of months ago and I snapped up a few to sell straight away and although I have sold a few I still don't think they are getting the attention they should!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vintaj Metal Reliefing Block</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPm6q3NeHm_3Idj7xH1p302zkLMfnM31h5pt6fLNTx18FruINYaMl99fFZNfjAmrBeXhiJQFwUQ4ssZJlFwOx0fJ1DPdZKcFG-BH7tpeVK4cTDcqhzvp3hFTTGsIoPvE7TRc6y8A08to/s1600/TS0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPm6q3NeHm_3Idj7xH1p302zkLMfnM31h5pt6fLNTx18FruINYaMl99fFZNfjAmrBeXhiJQFwUQ4ssZJlFwOx0fJ1DPdZKcFG-BH7tpeVK4cTDcqhzvp3hFTTGsIoPvE7TRc6y8A08to/s320/TS0016.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As quoted by Vintaj "How did we live without this? The Vintaj Metal Reliefing Block has quickly become a Vintaj essential"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you like experimenting with metal pieces that have raised areas then you will love this block. It's fits perfectly in the palm of your hand and has three different sides that help create design relief to all of your projects. It was created to especially for sanding the raised areas on Vintaj metal products to show off their fine detail, (as Vintaj truely have some stunning pieces to show off!) but don't limit it's use.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZIrwokgiOLKrsXcKMkE8RPbqNu7o41_ie4sdMp93JTGAvTkTG3-EwAwvmyL0yFGyI3Phr6T6pdcbc2F28pclMr1Y8Cn8n5Il6LvEgajZb0d_WN60dbX4fa9hHDwOQfWBGOzY0Eamlhs/s1600/TS0016_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZIrwokgiOLKrsXcKMkE8RPbqNu7o41_ie4sdMp93JTGAvTkTG3-EwAwvmyL0yFGyI3Phr6T6pdcbc2F28pclMr1Y8Cn8n5Il6LvEgajZb0d_WN60dbX4fa9hHDwOQfWBGOzY0Eamlhs/s320/TS0016_b.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can create handcrafted pendants and mixed-media art with the Vintaj <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart60.htm">altered blanks</a>, emboss, impress, imprint, paint and ink, THEN sand-relief the surface with the block to bring your designs to life!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this bracelet called 'Along the Riverbed' by Jess Italia Lincoln, she embossed an altered blank then used the block to relief the design to stand out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2KiQ-5uJRvQSzUGUX0HlIlSQ908aA0ZuLlmu6IrmpZi_S5hViuvjfVx5lZl89axKqOBkCxnHdeGkmE9ELSZFA86hYMPV8iiv1OAkdr0SvUuWdWBbYbflHIvG079UJECvmwhA9MZ9jFo/s1600/B0237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2KiQ-5uJRvQSzUGUX0HlIlSQ908aA0ZuLlmu6IrmpZi_S5hViuvjfVx5lZl89axKqOBkCxnHdeGkmE9ELSZFA86hYMPV8iiv1OAkdr0SvUuWdWBbYbflHIvG079UJECvmwhA9MZ9jFo/s320/B0237.jpg" width="256" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the block has three sides and here it what they do:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dark gray sides (heaviest grit): Removes paint and patina from raised areas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">White side (medium grit): Lightly reliefs embossed and raised areas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Light gray side (finest grit): Buffs and polishes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULv_05LJ0G_3eiYHcHCJ6igsV0YjpIkWuedfHHWcqQeFoU-AQk2V9Sawb4rNfgW0Iw-i3UHOHo7IZLVFh26SdMur3YlIA0APRJ6089cleJfSQrVNqiJGDeDTm40L_fr1sGy0KQYfPS9A/s1600/TS0016_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULv_05LJ0G_3eiYHcHCJ6igsV0YjpIkWuedfHHWcqQeFoU-AQk2V9Sawb4rNfgW0Iw-i3UHOHo7IZLVFh26SdMur3YlIA0APRJ6089cleJfSQrVNqiJGDeDTm40L_fr1sGy0KQYfPS9A/s320/TS0016_c.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thought I'd introduce some new chain, currently the most popular is the <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart53.htm">Etched Cable chain</a> but I thought I'd try something new with the Rollo chain</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also have some smooth saucer beads that a customer asked for but have a few that I've been experimenting with myself and they are really nice next to your beads or in clusters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw96A0HKH7QMe8w4oCTiIJOsB-EzxmqbQBys9He91f97f_v87BIOzTpIWph0lkLJnTK5i85EYwIPJonmB0wmdtHaDkBSAQgTvv10FLJx2h5cpD_CNNEiaYoBBxG5IU_fkhslBVqE89OGQ/s1600/BD220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw96A0HKH7QMe8w4oCTiIJOsB-EzxmqbQBys9He91f97f_v87BIOzTpIWph0lkLJnTK5i85EYwIPJonmB0wmdtHaDkBSAQgTvv10FLJx2h5cpD_CNNEiaYoBBxG5IU_fkhslBVqE89OGQ/s200/BD220.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">24 x 11mm hook which I think will be handy and will go with most of the toggle clasps</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNvvOHYL73UyvzbEUgR8G3a4SNtDmkVELyrMhVMY-74hnEZB1kPXPGpY_0hio64CrdqjvhWVDanUSmyzdvC5U_TOobRY3LBfbFRaaM5nMmTM_PvENOSEMU2QtAHil5_LEtevyAdyoJ2U/s1600/CL45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNvvOHYL73UyvzbEUgR8G3a4SNtDmkVELyrMhVMY-74hnEZB1kPXPGpY_0hio64CrdqjvhWVDanUSmyzdvC5U_TOobRY3LBfbFRaaM5nMmTM_PvENOSEMU2QtAHil5_LEtevyAdyoJ2U/s200/CL45.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I thought I'd test these 1/4" Nail rivets out too, they can be used to create multi-dimensional pendants by riveting metal, leather etc together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDf9LgWlu7wj56Zyu7sAkETIBHCSLI6TE5u-1Ps84WHSw73DuGnvMZYrYPlJFkzi6skPR-hUS6S5ZmRsZj9p5SvJSzjeT-Tx9_imrvUOgxkmQnor_Ci90uqNR3qqMc_1IfvruHq8jlK8/s1600/RV010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDf9LgWlu7wj56Zyu7sAkETIBHCSLI6TE5u-1Ps84WHSw73DuGnvMZYrYPlJFkzi6skPR-hUS6S5ZmRsZj9p5SvJSzjeT-Tx9_imrvUOgxkmQnor_Ci90uqNR3qqMc_1IfvruHq8jlK8/s200/RV010.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will need a punch or drill to create a small 1.6mm hole into your pieces then using a hammer you can rivet charms, flattened bead caps and more onto <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.co.uk/userimages/procart60.htm">altered blanks</a> for a unique layered look -you could then try a bit of stamping, something I have yet to try! I love this bracelet made by Jess Italia Lincoln at Vintaj, she used the nail rivets to layer the cute man in the moon charm to an altered blank. Make your own using the <a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=B0222">Vintaj product gallery</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-72968233049646803942011-06-15T00:14:00.000-07:002011-06-15T00:14:08.677-07:00Nearly a Year in Supply Business!<div style="text-align: center;">Next month will be my 1st Business Birthday for the supply side to Beads & More by Lois!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWC1JT-UA-7gnFUbc-NTr1At-z4qKSeTqL5FUNaeNgQKkWB4z5iPOVCkHg-G-6_Y4SmtfFiLdv7IqGsenw3oRG13RVr7DMTw3c2XDW2UFl9qaQyPWp2Wu-TgFghuuxzhlpqou4N3yjT4/s1600/249062%252Cxcitefun-birthday-cake-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWC1JT-UA-7gnFUbc-NTr1At-z4qKSeTqL5FUNaeNgQKkWB4z5iPOVCkHg-G-6_Y4SmtfFiLdv7IqGsenw3oRG13RVr7DMTw3c2XDW2UFl9qaQyPWp2Wu-TgFghuuxzhlpqou4N3yjT4/s200/249062%252Cxcitefun-birthday-cake-1.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This last year has been amazing, I never imagined how well it would take off and the risks and hard work at the beginning have certainly paid off! I will blog more about my journey next month but as a run up to the event I wanted to let you all know about how I will be celebrating and saying thank you to my loyal customers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every month I give all my newsletter subscribers a great promotional code, over the last year I have given away lots of findings including Vintaj Natural brass or given up to 20% discount! Next month will be the biggest yet, giving away lots of findings with a discount code and FREE delivery and I'm thinking of throwing in a SALE for good measure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-976799775934960232010-10-07T02:45:00.000-07:002010-10-07T02:45:01.293-07:00It's All About the Antiqued Metal<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It wasn't until I started supplying findings that I really became a fan of antiqued metal findings. I guess it was because they are not as widely available and I didn't come across them that often, but now I have so much and can't get enough!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am already out of stock of these gorgeous flourish petal bead caps, which open up and look beautiful wrapped around beads, or objects!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the moment I have a wider selection of findings then I do beads but eventually I'd like to cater for everyone and stock all the popular beads on the market, especially Swarovski crystal. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm going to start working on my kit boxes and project ideas soon, need to get all these ideas in my head into action so theres more on the website for everyone to enjoy!</span></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-10018414718731176832010-07-27T00:48:00.000-07:002010-07-27T00:48:24.001-07:00We're Open for Business! Fabulous Findings<span id="goog_833484026"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had been thinking of it for a while, I absolutely love getting a jewellery supply order but find it hard work to get the best deals as prices vary so much for the same items across all my favourite suppliers, so... I thought why don't I supply everything and make all the prices reasonable for everything! And also source some different findings and have a good stock of them rather then the odd piece and then I found Vintaj Natural Brass and fell in love! They accepted me to buy wholesale from them, so I placed a huge order and now it is all in my shop for everyone to buy!!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have found a good wholesale supplier of Swarovski crystals and wire so once my shop is making more money I will invest in more crystals and wire.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 10th and last in this series; Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Beads & More by Lois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Soaperstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Plans and Presents</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can buy her products from her </span><a href="http://www.astringofbeads.co.uk/store/index.php"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Website</span></a></span></div></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-91983382522055649622010-06-15T23:46:00.000-07:002010-06-15T23:46:00.448-07:00Collaboration Women Wednesday Blog Hop - Week 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
<img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 9th Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beads & More by Lois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soaperstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plans and Presents</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss Polly is a new bath and beauty company based in Ayrshire, Scotland. All their products are handmade with beautiful packaging that makes them stand out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bqO7PSa95gC66HYctX9b86pJD4_nmz2kbk_bO17URFsqwAgkJQrTALvZi6NUTl0SPL6IT4IJIl0-OhPSFfNWvCJVomb4EKH7PbZWVUdwXNZInvj6sZgVlPtTtJ4VOR0BSFQkCPiVSwWn/s1600/26401_110213422349711_104406216263765_77736_4601971_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bqO7PSa95gC66HYctX9b86pJD4_nmz2kbk_bO17URFsqwAgkJQrTALvZi6NUTl0SPL6IT4IJIl0-OhPSFfNWvCJVomb4EKH7PbZWVUdwXNZInvj6sZgVlPtTtJ4VOR0BSFQkCPiVSwWn/s200/26401_110213422349711_104406216263765_77736_4601971_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL06q9IbdFgJkytDv_bDcOdhjGhXOpFaqdI6McaETAUu99WxqNDlsM6AOpfJsFm3ztBk7BhfwqurwXMAf0FyEQiZmLauujhT35IfLvwP5ylr8IlK-hJ0fKSKpjENife5TiZ30DIo1BIugR/s1600/26401_110213419016378_104406216263765_77735_8210492_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL06q9IbdFgJkytDv_bDcOdhjGhXOpFaqdI6McaETAUu99WxqNDlsM6AOpfJsFm3ztBk7BhfwqurwXMAf0FyEQiZmLauujhT35IfLvwP5ylr8IlK-hJ0fKSKpjENife5TiZ30DIo1BIugR/s200/26401_110213419016378_104406216263765_77735_8210492_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We asked Polly 5 questions so we could find out more about her and her business.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hello, my name is Polly and I live in Ayrshire with my husband and son Matthew. I started making soaps as a hobby and gave myself 3 years to start a business. Once I mastered soaps, I then turned to body butters and I will be launching body scrubs, bath salts, bath oils, and Cold Process soaps all before the end of the year. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had no idea how much I would enjoy making bath products, or how much I would want other people to enjoy Miss Polly soaps, so it has been a wonderful suprise that the business has taken off so much quicker and more successfully than I ever imagined. And with so much more products than I ever dreamed of making.</span></span><br />
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</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. What do you love most about having your own business?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My business is just that, </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> business. I thought it, dreamed it, cried over it, have handmade every single product and that is a huge boost for me. I'm not quite my own boss, as the big decisions (e.g. the big financial outlays) are made jointly with my husband, but being the owner of my own business has forced me to find skills and confidence I never knew I had, to get out there, to networking events, to shop owners, and put me and Miss Polly into the public eye. The success of Miss Polly rests on my shoulders, which might sound daunting, but is actually quite empowering and is a great motivator!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For me, blogging isn't just about selling my products, though that is important too, but it is a way of getting to know the people behing the brand, the individuals who are creating all these lovely products. I am interested to read about their thoughts and their lives, as we are all in similar positions and the community spirit among bloggers means that we all help and support each other, which is fantastic. I would not have been anywhere near this stage without fantastic feedback from networking sites. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5. What is your most favourite thing you have made?</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can buy Miss Polly products from their <a href="http://www.misspolly.co.uk/index.htm">website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm looking forward to having myroo skincare at my pamper party in July so I can share all the lovely delights with my friends and family, Rachael you are going to be very busy!</span></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-52856512156822789852010-06-08T23:28:00.001-07:002010-06-08T23:28:59.112-07:00Collaboration Women Wednesday Blog Hop - Week 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
<img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 8th Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beads & More by Lois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soaperstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plans and Presents</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creation|Collaboration</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. We have started Women Wednesday blog roll to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting all of your interesting blogs!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Join in each week and you could be the following weeks blog feature. Every Thursday we will use Randomness software to pick someone from that weeks blog hop and announce who will be the next blog feature.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">My name is Suzanne Jones. I live in the north west of England, and work part time in a dog food company, run a small petsitting business which I have had for about four years, and more recently set up a bath and beauty company. Oh, and I make jewellery from time to time, using Fair Trade silver beads and findings which I get direct from Thailand.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Over the past ten years or so, I have become more concerned with what I eat, where the products I use come from and how they have been tested. For a couple of years I played with the idea of making soap, something I wanted to do but found courage lacking. The support I received from one of the forums I am a member of gave me that courage, and finally I found something that I am good at (I think) and that I love to do. It has taken me a long time to decide what I want to be when I grow up but this is it. I love it.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">The company was started after foisting my soap on a number of guinea pigs, who came back for more! I knew then that I had the recipe right, so one safety assessment later, I set up Scent Trail in February of this year. Since then I have created and recently launched a body butter, and I am working on a foot balm and have ideas for more products than I have time to make. I believe in the Fair Trade ethic and like to use Fair Trade ingredients if they are available.</span></span></div></b></span><br />
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<img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s200/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" width="200" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 7th Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beads & More by Lois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soaperstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plans and Presents</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creation|Collaboration</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. We have started Women Wednesday blog roll to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting all of your interesting blogs!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Join in each week and you could be the following weeks blog feature. Every Thursday we will use Randomness software to pick someone from that weeks blog hop and announce who will be the next blog feature.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Last week Michelle Wyatt from Melusine Soap was picked to be our 2nd Blog Hop Feature!</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Michelle is a lovely soaper based in Somerset, she handcrafts all of her Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) - free, glycerin soaps at home, she sells them online and at fairs. Read more to find out more about Melusine Soap!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We asked Michelle 5 questions so we could find out more about her and her business.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;">1. Tell us more about yourself and your business.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello, my name is Michelle, I live in the beautiful county of Somerset and I'm a mum to my 1 year old daughter, Mathilda. I've been making glycerine soaps for about 10 months now. It started off as a little hobby to do while I was on maternity leave, making soaps as gifts for friends and family and then it just snowballed from there! I was very fortunate to be subject to a random act of kindness from a lady I met through a soap making forum and she basically helped pay for my Safety Assessment for me to start selling soaps to customers. From then on I've been gradually building up my collection, which is heavily inspired by my surroundings, nature and folklore. I also set up a shop on Folksy and I had my first ever craft fair at the beginning of May. It went so well that it helped me to decide to not return to my 9-5, well-paid job as a buyer for a helicopter manufacturer, and to focus on bringing up my daughter and making and selling soaps from home!</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;">2. What do you love most about having your own business?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the creativity. That is definitely my favourite part as there's nothing more satisfying then creating something beautiful that people also enjoy and get pleasure from. I also love belonging to such a lovely community of fellow crafters. Virtually everyone I've met, either on Twitter, social networking sites, or at craft fairs, have been very supportive and helpful, which is something I never noticed while working for a large company.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial;"><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I have a list as long as my arm at the moment regarding things I'd like to change! My business has only just started, and I'm completely learning everything from scratch. My main priority at the moment is to clarify my brand and my logo, it's something that has been put on the back burner for far too long while I've been busy experimenting with soap making! I'll then be working on a website which I aim to be up and running by the end of the year.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. What do you love most about blogging?</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #47008e;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm also very new to blogging, but I'm enjoying it very much. It's a very important part of networking and I love how it can be great exposure for my business and I'm enjoying the the Folksy Friday and Creation Collaboration Women Wednesday blog hops. Again it's like being part of a great community of crafters, who all support and learn from each other. Taking part in blog hops means that I can meet even more crafters and keep my finger on the pulse.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm very proud of my Oats, Milk and Somerset Honey soap. It took a lot of planning because I really wanted to make something using local produce and to try and make it unique in some way as Oat, Milk and Honey soaps are very popular among other soapers. It was interesting to make because it involved several different ingredients and techniques (including the bubble wrap technique to create a honeycomb effect for the honey layer) so I felt like it tested the skills I had developed over the last few months. It's a popular seller at local craft fairs and was even ordered by someone in Alabama recently, which was an amazing complement to me and my work!</span></span></div><div><br />
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</span></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-40262602105978470692010-05-27T22:43:00.000-07:002010-05-27T23:52:16.364-07:00Friendly Friday<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi to everyone visiting me from Friendly Friday, Follow me Friday and all the rest! I love joining in these blog hops aswell as hosting our own on a Wednesday called Creation|Collaboration Women Wednesday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://frugalnovice.com/"><img alt="Friendly Friday Button" height="125" src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q310/christi3715/FriendlyFriday_Button.jpg" width="125" /></a> <a href="http://ontheverge6.blogspot.com/"><img alt="badge" border="0" current="followmefriday.jpg" src="http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l453/lydbruno/followmefriday.jpg" target="_blank" /></a> <a border="0" href="http://www.toddlerawesome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4624788364_8f66dc4d57_o.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.thegirlcreative.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="The Girl Creative" src="http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/happielife32/NewFriendFridayButton.png" /></a></span></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-7205304476496134192010-05-25T23:13:00.001-07:002010-05-26T08:05:10.026-07:00Collaboration Women Wednesday Blog Hop - Week 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
<img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 6th Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by </span><a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beads & More by Lois</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soaperstar</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plans and Presents</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creation|Collaboration</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. We have started Women Wednesday blog roll to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting all of your interesting blogs!</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Last week Georgie Baker was picked to be our first Blog Hop Feature!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Georgie Baker makes gorgeous textile treasures by the sea in Southend-On-Sea, Essex. Her textile accessories and jewellery are unique with a quirky style that makes her items stand out from the rest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We asked Georgie 5 questions so we could find out more about her and her business.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. Tell us more about yourself and your business.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello all, my name is Georgina, and I am a designer/maker living and working in Essex. I graduated from University College Falmouth in 2008 with a degree in Textile Design, and after having a little time out, now design and make textile accessories and jewellery under the moniker Georgie Baker Designs.<br />
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My work mainly consists of hand-embroidered accessories and jewellery with a vintage twist. I absolutely adore vintage collectables and anything from the Art Deco period, so I think that tends to influence my designs and thought processes. I try to make every design and piece as unique as possible, and I think this is especially important today when so much is mass-produced.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. What do you love most about having your own business?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There are lots of things I love about designing and creating...I love the freedom of being able to set your own creative targets and deadlines, and I love getting in touch with other designers and crafters who share the same passion for beautiful things. It's also really nice when someone compliments you on a piece of jewellery or an accessory you have put alot of time and hard work into.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. What would you like to change?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I would really like to change the space in which I work in. That's the only down-side of working from home. It's sometimes difficult to find the space and the right environment to help put you in a creative frame of mind. It just means that you have to be extra organised!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4. What do you love most about blogging?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I think blogging is so important with regards to exposure and advertising your company and products. Before I had a blog, a facebook page and twitter, I completely under-estimated the power they have to generate 'traffic' to my sites and online shop. I also like the fact that blogging helps you to keep up to date with what other designers and crafters are doing. It's really interesting to see what is being produced.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>5. What is your most favourite item you have made?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I am always my own worst critic and a real perfectionist when it comes to my work, but I do enjoy seeing the finished product when it is photographed and displayed. I suppose one of my favourites is the black and white sequined magpie feather brooch. This was one of the first things I made for my accessories portflio. Having said that, there are so many more things I want to do in terms of designing and making, and there is always room for improvement! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has recently opened an Etsy shop so check out her lovely designs:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://littleyayasandblessed.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="LittleYayas" src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/yayaboutique/NEWTuesday.jpg" /></span></a></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-39365693648679878152010-05-18T23:57:00.000-07:002010-05-18T23:57:40.941-07:00Collaboration Women Wednesday Blog Hop - Week 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 3rd Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/">Beads & More by Lois</a>, <a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/">Soaperstar</a> and <a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/">Plans and Presents</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong>Creation|Collaboration</strong> was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. We have started Women Wednesday blog roll to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting all of your interesting blogs!</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">We are also in discussions with regard to listing features companies (on a regular basis) as part of our promotional campaign so by joining in with the blog roll we can get to know you and your business and maybe you could be one of our first features.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Heres how you can join in with Collaboration Women Wednesday:</div><ul><li>Link up your blog name and URL to your Women Wednesday blog post using the McKLinky below (you only need to add on one blog to be seen on all of the McKLinky blog roll's) <strong>Please note that it's for blogs only and not links to your websites or shops.</strong></li>
<li>Follow our Creation|Collaboration blog and the hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.</li>
<li>Grab our Women Wednesday button and feature it on your blog or Women Wednesday blog post.</li>
<li>Follow and comment saying you're from Women Wednesday on as many blogs as you likes listed in the McKlinky box.</li>
<li>Follow back any new followers from Women Wednesday!</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I met a lovely lady who had a stall next to me selling </span><a href="http://www.foreverextra.co.uk/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forever</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Aloe Vera products, I had a try of her aloe vera gel drink (which is pure aloe vera leaf squeezed into the pot) and I must admit it tasted pretty disgusting but the health benefits are pretty good!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week I purchased some new displays for my jewellery so got to test them out last night. Unfortuantly and typically my camera battery run out and the camera on my phone isn't brilliant so please exuse the poor pictire quality but you'll get an idea of what it looked like.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhwl12vT_cNoFmanrocj2ojjw2ZXvRUWuWhvQcAaOPgA79LijuyHK4mDT_bp5V6KOAh3ZYotDjcbzyCMt4coUWdLjp8SAXtPCyfFBqr3Zr-wS5aMhydVhbuaUqUk7O9jlwknjE8p12RA/s1600/IMG_0064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhwl12vT_cNoFmanrocj2ojjw2ZXvRUWuWhvQcAaOPgA79LijuyHK4mDT_bp5V6KOAh3ZYotDjcbzyCMt4coUWdLjp8SAXtPCyfFBqr3Zr-wS5aMhydVhbuaUqUk7O9jlwknjE8p12RA/s320/IMG_0064.JPG" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have two three tier bangle holders which I thought looked great but no one bought a bracelet - which is usually my best seller! I think it's because people were worried about ruining my display eventhough I offered to take the bracelet off for them as it's easy enough! So I'll have to see how these go. I really like the pendant and earring displays, they certainly helped it to look tidier and show off my best items.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aswell as my favourite ring I sold this ring and earrings, two pendants and a few packs of beads so not too bad for a quiet pamper evening!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>beadsandmorebyloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367667047296675995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2284500590780525309.post-50355341340076706792010-05-12T00:06:00.000-07:002010-05-12T00:06:38.695-07:00Collaboration Women Wednesday Blog Hop - Week 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XnLbmCAa4dI/S98gLn13Y-I/AAAAAAAAAYI/u0HWZl5ZTJg/s1600/th_PurplebackgroundCWWlogo-1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Welcome to Creation|Collaboration's 3rd Women Wednesday blog roll, hosted by <a href="http://www.beadsandmorebylois.blogspot.com/">Beads & More by Lois</a>, <a href="http://www.soaperstar.blogspot.com/">Soaperstar</a> and <a href="http://www.plansandpresents.blogspot.com/">Plans and Presents</a></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong>Creation|Collaboration</strong> was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. We have started Women Wednesday blog roll to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting all of your interesting blogs!</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">We are also in discussions with regard to listing features companies (on a regular basis) as part of our promotional campaign so by joining in with the blog roll we can get to know you and your business and maybe you could be one of our first features.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Heres how you can join in with Collaboration Women Wednesday:</div><ul><li>Link up your blog name and URL to your Women Wednesday blog post using the McKLinky below (you only need to add on one blog to be seen on all of the McKLinky blog roll's) <strong>Please note that it's for blogs only and not links to your websites or shops.</strong></li>
<li>Follow our Creation|Collaboration blog and the hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.</li>
<li>Grab our Women Wednesday button and feature it on your blog or Women Wednesday blog post.</li>
<li>Follow and comment saying you're from Women Wednesday on as many blogs as you likes listed in the McKlinky box.</li>
<li>Follow back any new followers from Women Wednesday!</li>
</ul><div><div style="margin: 0px;">It's that easy and a fun way to discover new and interesting blogs and us women at Creation|Collaboration get to meet other women in business!<br />
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