The Blog of Zbella / Lava Jewelry
Here are a few of the entries in the Winter Beading Challenge. To see the rest of the amazing entries, see our Flickr group.
Please contact me if you would like to be informed of the Spring Beading Challenge.
My husband’s new product launched just yesterday, and I wanted to spread the word because I think that a lot of the people who read my blog would be interested in using it.
His company is called CellSpin. They’re offering FREE software that allows you to upload photos, video, or audio directly from your phone to […]
The second metal in my series of articles about metal is nickel silver. I’ve chosen to write about nickel silver because I feel that some of the names that are used for nickel silver tend to be misleading. Nickel silver is often sold as German silver or Alpaca silver, however it contains no silver at […]
Today’s featured Etsy shop is beautifuljewels, a shop featuring handmade Swarovski crystal jewelry.
I asked the owner of beautiful jewels a few questions about her work.
What is your day job?
I work as a cabin service director for Air Canada, also know as in-charge or head flight attendant, based in Montreal and I travel the world. […]
Today’s featured Etsy shop is shinyadornments, a shop featuring artisan wire wrapped jewelry creations.
I asked the owner of shinyadornments a few questions about herself and her work.
Tell me about yourself.
I’m a corporate stooge by day and a jewelry designer by night. I love to create jewelry with sterling, copper and brass wire and then incorporate […]
Today’s featured Etsy shop is PhriendlyK8, a shop featuring art for walls, purses, tote bags, messenger bags, wristlets, dresses, skirts, and tops.
Tell me about yourself.
My name is Katelyn. I recently graduated college with a degree in Art Education. I am looking for an Elementary Art Teaching Position. I like music […]
In addition to my gemstone series, I’ve decided to start a series on various types of metal used in jewelry-making. My hope is that I can help to provide information that will assist my readers in making jewelry-buying decisions. When shopping for jewelry, whether it’s fine diamond jewelry or inexpensive costume jewelry, the type of […]
Lepidolite is an uncommon and beautiful mica mineral. It occurs in white, grey, yellow, and lilac. The lilac variety is popular as a gemstone. Lepidolite forms in pegmatites (very coarse grained granites). It has a hardness of 2.5-3 on Moh’s hardness scale, so it is very soft. Lepidolite is found in the United States and […]
And I created a treasury list of all of the things I’d love to get from Etsy for my birthday. Could someone forward this list to my mom? Seriously…
The Winter Beading Challenge deadline is February 1st, which is about 3 1/2 weeks away..
Many entries have already been posted to our Flickr group.
Contestants are welcome to sell their entry on Etsy at any time. I ask that they use the tag “lavawinter08″ in their listing so I’ll be able to create a treasury […]
