Sharma Designs - Behind the Scenes of a Handmade Jewelry Business

Facebook Fan Page Contest

Want to win free jewelry?  Pop on over to my Facebook fan page and comment on my contest with which piece of jewelry from my shop you would be thankful for.

Easy to enter!  One entry per person and the winner will be chosen tomorrow night.

New "Shop By" features in my Etsy store!

For the last few weeks Etsy has had beta testers testing the new "Rearrange your Shop" feature in their Etsy stores.  Traditionally, we could only change our shop by re-listing an item and that just brought the item to the front of the page.  The Rearrange your Shop feature allows you to put the items wherever you choose regardless of when they were listed.

 

I chose to arrange my shop by color.  When shopping for jewelry, you are often looking for a specific color to match an outfit so this should make things easier to find what you are looking for.

To shop by color: 

1.  Go to my Etsy store and click on the gallery view link (this is not mandatory but it is easier to see the pictures in gallery view ) 

2.  Change the drop down menu to custom

 

The changes that Etsy have made also allow you to shop by when the items were listed as well as by price.  Pretty handy!  Of course, you can always shop by the categories on the right side of the page as well.

Enjoy the new features!  I'd love to hear feedback!

Back in Stock!

These branch necklaces sold quickly the first time around and I'm sure they will again.  The have a delicate silver branch and a sweet olive jade butterfly.    I also have them with a black bird but I do know that I only have one black bird left so if you want that style you better hurry.

August Jewelry Winner

For those of you who don't know..I run a contest every month where I pick a newsletter subscriber to win their choice of jewelry from my shop.  This month's winner is Jessica B.  She chose the Dragons Vein Lariat.  Great choice in my opinion!

Last month's winner never got back to me so I had a quick contest on my Facebook Fan page.  Another good reason to become a fan if you are not already ;)

I've loaded lots of pretty new necklaces in the last few days to my Etsy shop.   Go have a look!

New Colors in the Flower Wood Twiggy Earrings

I love the flower wood twiggy earrings so much that I had to add a few more colored flowers.  So last week or so I added red flower twiggies and today I am uploading 3 more colors.  My favorite new color just might be the orange.  I can't wear orange at all but I do love it!

I combined the flowers with the twigs I thought best complimented them but if there is a certain style that you want but don't see offered just ask!  I'd be happy to make them for you.

 

I picked July's newsletter winner today.  When I hear back from her I will announce what she selected.  Everyone who signs up for the newsletter is eligible to win!

Hope you are having a great Wednesday!

A New Store!

I have been eyeing Artfire for awhile as a selling venue and yesterday I took the plunge and opened up a shop there.  One advantage that I like about Artfire is that you don't have to sign up to buy there.  That's great news for my customers because most of my customers sign up for Etsy just to buy my jewelry.  Now you don't have to!

I haven't completely loaded my store over there.  Right now it is earrings and a few necklaces that aren't one of a kind.  I think in order to keep things easy I will keep the one of a kind things on Etsy.  I don't want to sell two one of a kinds at the same time!  You will notice that you can order multiples of most earrings on Artfire too.  Another perk!

The picture above is my new "Design your Own" twiggy earrings.  Now you can customize your wood twiggy earrings to your liking!  Choose you twig size and bead color and style.  

April Contest Winner's Pick

I try to remember to post winner's picks from my free newsletter contest each month.  This month Leigh R won and she picked this great sand and sea palmwood necklace. 

How can you win?  Just sign up for my newsletter on the left side of the blog and you will automatically be entered to win each month.  Easy!

New Markdowns!

(On sale for $23!)

It's time!  I have once again added a sale section to my Etsy store with lots of new markdowns.  Necklaces are $25 and below and earrings are as low as $7!  Jump on over to my Etsy store now for the best selection!

New Lucite Earrings

You may have noticed that there was a week or so where not a whole lot was going on in my Etsy shop.  The whole family got that nasty virus that's going around and of course I got hit the hardest.  I am usually a take 3 advil (yes 3.  much more effective than 2) and keep moving kind of gal but this thing knocked me on my butt for a week!  Not fun.

Now I am healthy-ish and starting a new workout program.  My husband and I are starting the P90x workout.  I have heard really great things and the results seem to be genuine so I am super excited.  They are hard but not so hard I am going to quit.  Unfortunately an hour + (isn't that evil?) of working out at night cuts in to my jewelry making time.  Last night I was trying to wire wrap after a killer biceps workout and my arms and fingers were almost too weak to work!  I'm determined to make it work though!

I have been uploading lots of new pretty vintage lucite earrings over the past few days.  I am a big fan of lucite.  The earrings are ornate yet very lightweight which is fabulous.

These are my favorite new style.  I love the detail and of course, the size.  I am a fan of big.  They are definitely attention grabers!  Perfect for those of you who are like me and tend to wear simple tops.  They can steal the show.  They also come in a tangerine color.

I got two new colors in the floral filigrees.  The plum color pictured above and a baby pink color.  Super fun and super light!

Lastly, for those of you who prefer smaller earrings we have this black filigree doily earrings.  Very sweet and again...very lightweight.

I have been working on some new necklaces the last few (late) nights and will hopefully start posting those tomorrow.  Have a great Thursday!

Bloggy Carnival Winner!

I didn't even have time to enter any contests this year due to a week of sick kiddos!  I hope everyone had a great time!

Out of 116 comments the random number generator picked number 101.  That means my winner this time is gahome2mom. 

She said "I like the Lots of Hearts Black Oval Wood Filigree Earrings. I like hearts alot. Thanks."

For those of you who didn't win please feel free to sign up for my monthly newsletter to be entered to win a piece of jewelry of your choice from my Etsy shop.  You can find all the details here.

Thanks to everyone who entered!  I had a great time reading your comments!