Friday Giveaway!

Happy Friday! Would you like to win the cute little "Orphan Bead" zipper pull pictured above? Just leave a comment answering the questions below:

1. What is your favorite color?
2. What is your favorite thing about Fridays?

I will choose the winner at random tomorrow morning. Good Luck!

New Charms!

Here are the charms from my latest round of photos! These will all be listed in my Etsy shop within the next few days. I also have photos of several necklaces, an awesome agate bracelet, and the oragami earrings in my previous post. Stop by http://smutopia.etsy.com it is going to be a great week with lots of new items!

New Charms!

I'm slowly but surely working my way back to a fully stocked Etsy shop (I want to have at least 40 items listed.......currently I'm at 33.) Pictured here are a few of my 'orphan bead' charms that will be listed soon.

Promo Items!

I've recently made up a bunch of promo items (pictured here)--These promos are just one of my orphan-bead zipper pull charms in a small plastic bag stapled to a business card. I've sent some out to fellow Etsians for use in promotional gift baskets, added some as free gifts to outgoing orders, and handed them out in person when asked for a business card. Do you have promo items? How do you distribute them? Tell me about your experiences--leave a comment!

Orphan Beads Unite--Strength in Numbers!

Making these Orphan-Bead charms/zipper-pulls is addictive! I keep a bin of orphan beads and my tools next to my chair while watching baseball and the darn things just keep multiplying....

Orphan Beads of the World Unite! Waiting to Post...

Yesterday I began posting items from my new line, 'Orphan Beads of the World Unite!' The number 1 in the series has already sold, and numbers 2, 3 and 4 are currently listed in my Etsy shop. Those pictured in the cluster above will be coming soon!

Orphan-Beads of the World Unite!

Today marks the debut of my new design series; 'Orphan-Beads of the World Unite!' (first in series pictured above). The name for this line was supplied by a shopper at the Designers Downtown Market on Saturday, where my orphan-bead baubles were a smashing success! There are tons of uses for these adorable little gems--I've thought of a bunch and I'm sure you'll come up with more....I list them as zipper pulls/charms, but they could easily be used as pendants on a simple chain. What would you use them for? Leave a comment! :-)