WindysDesigns

Classically Elegant Jewelry Designs to Let You Shine! Beautiful and unique creations for a wide variety of tastes and styles. Mainly wirework, often complex and occasionally trendy. My hope is that you will find something you love and cherish for a lifetime.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Peepers the Cat

So, I've already mentioned my two older cats, Loki and Razzy, but 6 months ago we became the parents of a 6 week old kitten. My daughte...

Monday, January 09, 2012

What is Handmade?

Nope, not the age old debate about "my handmade is more handmade than yours", but a deeper look into what it means to me and my v...

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Artfire: A dollar and a dream?

What is Artfire you ask? Well, up until a few monthss ago I would have said a selling platform for handmade, vintage, supplies and commerci...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN NONE OF THE CHOICES ARE GOOD?

I tend to compartmentalize issues and speak to them individually , Not that my opinion would change so much, as in the recent changes Etsy ...

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

ETSY YOU'RE GETTING HARD TO DEFEND

It never fails, the minute I defend Etsy on one count, they do something so utterly stupid and illogical I wonder why I even bother. Today ...

Thursday, May 06, 2010

When You Let Everyone Play...Nobody Wins

As if the reseller problems aren't bad enough, Etsy's claim that 'hand assembled' equals 'handmade' has hit an...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

THE NEW ETSY THEME SONG!!!!!!!!

From Meatloaf's song lyrics Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back (certain liberties have been taken by this author) I want my m...

Thursday, April 15, 2010

10 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE SELLING ON ETSY

Recently I've been in contact with a number of old classmates (Yeah Sweethome Class of 74'!!) who, upon noticing my Etsy Shop, have ...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

ETSY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

I was waiting for the March weather report to confirm my suspicions regarding the 'low view, low sales' threads that have been over...

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The Etsy Dream

When I joined Etsy in June 06' it was touted as THE place to buy and sell handmade. It advertised itself as a hand-built site and stres...

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

JEWELRY MAKING BASICS - WIRE CONTINUED

Here is what wire I use for which project, again, nothing is written in stone, my main considerations are what will fit through the bead hol...

JEWELRY MAKING BASICS - WIRE

Ok, not professing to be an expert by any means, just passing along information that has served me well in my years of making jewelry. Ther...

Sunday, February 28, 2010

JEWELRY MAKING BASICS - TOOLS

As you advance in your wire work you will be adding many more tools to your collection, but for beginners, these are the things that I think...

Thursday, February 11, 2010

WHAT DOES YOUR FONT SAY ABOUT YOU?

I'm about 1/4 the way through this discussion . My first thought is people really need to learn the art of discussion and debate and st...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

NUMA NUMA

Ok, I needed a break, and went through my bookmarks looking for that hilarious lip syncing dude. Seriously, this guy makes me smile every t...

RELEVANCY SEARCH.....PART 2

This is the second Thursday that Etsy is tweaking the search feature and making 'relevancy' the default, as opposed to the usual sea...

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