Studio Open House and GIVE-AWAY

I LOVE the fall Open House...It's the start of my fall shows and when I try to preview lots of new goodies I've been working on in the studio...

Thursday Sept 27 (5-8)

Friday Sept 28 (10-3 and 5-8)

Saturday Sept 29 (10-4)

Halloween, leather cuffs, vintage bits to add in with your charms...and more!

Here's a sampling...

 
and...pop over to the studio Facebook page to "like" the studio or comment on the photo of the bitty spider...one random winner will be announced on Thursday to win this little spider charm : )

You can shop this Saturday...Nelly's Nest!

I have been busy in the studio. Getting lots of orders out, working on silver, bronze, leather cuffs, and of course MORE GLASS CHARMS!

I will be at Nelly's Nest for the Harvest Gathering this Saturday, September 8 from 10-4. I get lots of my displays (and more for the house!) at Janelle's store. You will find it at 33rd and B Streets. Here's a peek at some of what I'll be bringing...

 

 leather cuffs, bronze, beaded wraps galore!!!

 wrap rings (and my other ring selection)

 I found some GREAT game pieces!!!

 a new fairy was requested

a unique bronze and sterling bracelet

 

This will be my last set-up before the fall Studio Open House, scheduled for Thursday September 27-Saturday September 29. I need lots of time to get ready for the fall shows (at LEAST one every week through October and November!!!)

 

Can't wait to see you at Nelly's Nest...and I'm going to shop, wearing my boots!

Saturday August 25...

I am supposed to be at the Piedmont Market tomorrow from 8-noon, probably my last showing of the season so that I can get ready for my fall shows (see the side-bar for what's scheduled)

It's looking like RAIN (glorious rain!) is a very real possibility, I take 65% chance to be pretty real...

So...if rain does indeed look probable, I will make the call in the morning about whether to attend the market OR have the 4 hours at the studio. I'm not making that decision right now, because I'd love to be with the market folks, if possible!

If you plan to head out in the morning, just check my FB page (you don't have to be a Facebooker, yourself to peek at the studio FB page). I will post location choice at that time.

If you're not familiar with the studio location, just e-mail me at browndogstudio@windstream.net and I will happily give the address and directions :)

Lots of gorgeous new jewelry in the studio...leather, silver, bronze, glass

 

Just got back from Yankton Riverboat Days where leather and charms were quite popular!

 

I also sold almost all of my twisties and had to make lots of new ones this week!

 

I plan to post lots of photos over the next two weeks, to show what's fun, fun, fun in the studio!

At Piedmont on Saturday...lots of new leather

What was I supposed to do this week?

clean the studio!

What did I DO this week?

worked on loads of leather cuffs and leather-wraps!

I'll have them with me at the Piedmont Market on Saturday Aug 4 from 8-noon (tomorrow).  Come find me :)

I'm purposely NOT showing a photo of the afore-mentioned neglected studio. You'll have to take my word for the mess!

And remember, you can check out the studio ordering look-book at

http://picasaweb.google.com/shemakescharms

Am I ready?

I've spent the past few weeks FINALLY getting my website ready for orders.

I'm glad you can't see the studio at the moment. The act of choosing what to put up on the site and the photo shoot means I have a very BIG mess, no lie ;P

Picasa Website

No, it's still not point/click/pay on-line.

But I'll have 2 categories of jewelry available...

"YOU CAN BUY" and "ORDER"

for "YOU CAN BUY", you'll see the exact Charms, Rings, Necklaces and Bracelets that you may purchase. I've listed prices and details for each of the items. Many of these are a single item I have in the studio. I may choose to make it again in the future, but that's the only one available right now. So these purchases will be on a first-come basis, and they are available to ship right away. These items will be in rotation and I'll be updating the site as the pretties sell.

E-mail me at browndogstudio@windstream.net with the item(s) you would like and I'll send you an invoice that can either be paid by check or Paypal. I can bring your items to my next event, set them in my dropbox or ship them to you. I won't be able to hold items without payment.

Photo Charms, Silver, Words, Schools and Initials are among the "ORDER" items. Obviously the photo charms and silver items will usually take the standard 2 week ordering time from when payment is received. There are a few types of ORDER items that may not require a wait. Initials, Words, Schools and Sports will be instantly available if I have them in stock. You'll follow the same ordering process (contact via e-mail) as you would with YOU CAN BUY items, in fact, you can order both at the same time. Pick-up/shipping will also be the same.

One very BIG change I've made in these ORDER items is pricing for standard-sized words, schools, initials and maps. In order to provide more variety in certain stock sizes styles without having to double, triple my inventory (and that would be scary!!), I will make YOUR word, phrase, school at the regular inventory charge of $12. So if your word is "flubber" and you want a long skinny charm, just like my other long skinny charms, and just supposing I don't regularly make that word...you're in luck, I'll make it for you. Check out those categories to see what I'm offering at the $12 charge...lots of styles to choose from. Same goes for maps and high schools and sports. For maps, rather than trying to guess what to make, I'll have 5 or 6 shapes and sizes available and will make your map from one of my many atlases if I don't already have one for you!

Shipping will be either a $3 mailer (to start, non-glass items only) or USPS priority box for any order containing glass, which allows for several pieces in the one price box until we have to bump up to the next size.

I'm sure I haven't thought of everything...let me know :)