Top of the Shop – Spawn of Flame
I have opened a shop called Spawn Of Flame at Etsy. I have quite a few donut beads there, including this soft palette donut bead.
Also, have a look at my post on this new color combination at Watch Me Create. It is very different than what I am used to!
Don’t forget to visit my website too!
Recently, my friend Linda wrote a post on Google Twins (finding people with the same name as yourself) and she encouraged her readers to try it out.
Being one that can be obsessive about following directions, I went straight away to Google and tried it. I was a little disappointed to find no Google twins for my less than common name.
What I was thrilled to find, however, was a necklace crafted by Kristine Hunt of Kris Designs which used one of my lampwork beads. I really liked this bead when I made it, it is a deep emerald green large hole Donut bead with twisted color designs on it. I believe that Kris really shows it off well with this fabulous design.
She even has a great name for the piece: Easy Being Green. The description begins: Kermit the Frog sang about how it wasn’t easy being green . . . but he never had a necklace like this one!
I could learn from this!
This was the first piece that I have seen where someone other than me has used any of my artwork. Thanks Kris!
Please be sure to visit Kris Hunt’s website to see other great things!
See my artisan lampwork beads and some of my own jewelry at my website too!
Early on, when I began to sell beads, I noticed that many beadmakers had a name for their beads or their bead sets. As with many things, some beadmakers were much better at this than others. Some names were so unrelated to what I was seeing, I just became confused. Some others were so compelling that I wanted to buy what I was seeing right now, whether I liked the actual work itself.
Obviously, I would like to place myself in the later category.
I have tried, but I think I was really confusing my potential customers more than helping!
What I do now is to name my beads with descriptive color names and then a tag like name that denotes the series of bead. Maybe it is the engineering part of my brain taking over, but the name just seems to be dry and technical. For example, I make big, chunky, lovable, rub it in your hands donut beads. If I craft a blue and green one of these, I will name it Blue and Green Donut Bead.
That beauty up in the corner? I named it Gray and Chocolate Donut. I think I need help with this!
Although I am bead naming challenged, I still make great artisan lampwork beads in my home studio. See my website www.SpawnOfFlame.com.
|
Subscribe
