tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80550317662800977582024-02-07T22:19:34.178-08:00Stamplified LifeHand Stamped Jewelry & Key Rings
Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-2109072190995634602014-07-23T08:00:00.000-07:002014-07-23T08:00:13.078-07:00Custom Orders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Through Etsy, I had a customer from Canada contact me about making personalized necklaces for a girls' weekend. After working the details out, she ordered 15 with a possibility for more at a later date.</div>
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And then Kim came to town and as usual with a visit comes an idea and it's always a good one. I actually had someone already inquire about doing something similar with a lacrosse charm, but with Kim it's usually baseball.</div>
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Sterling Silver Personalized Washer with Sterling Silver Charm or Personalized Inner Disc</div>
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(Baseball Charm included at this price, other charms may increase the price)</div>
<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-45399579848485737022014-05-20T09:08:00.002-07:002014-05-20T09:08:47.809-07:00Teacher Gifts & Commemorate the Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's that time of the year. School is almost out for summer and I have been making a ton of teacher gifts. Thanks to a family friend who asked me to make one last year, I ran with the idea from there and it has been a best seller.</div>
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While I have the standard ones I list on my site, I had a mom contact me because she wanted to reward her son's three teachers and she wanted to tweak the standard idea.</div>
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The "1+1=awesome" is for the math teacher. Pretty clever. She also asked me to put her son's name and the year on the edges of the cuffs. So when the wearer flips her hand to palm side up, she will see the student's name and year. </div>
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A repeat customer form Arizona contacted me yesterday with a picture of a bar necklace she saw somewhere and wanted to know if I could recreate in silver.</div>
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This is another great idea to commemorate a wedding date. I used a thicker 18 inch chain to hang the bar from because she has small children and the regular chain is too delicate to handle the stress of a child yanking on it.</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-67061510850628568832014-05-08T08:47:00.000-07:002014-05-08T08:47:31.171-07:00Adding Aluminum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The majority of my jewelry and key rings have always been sterling silver.</div>
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I recently decided to experiment with aluminum as a second option. Aluminum is a great alternative because it's less expensive, lighter in weight, and will not tarnish like sterling silver.</div>
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I ordered some circle blanks, jump rings, and ball chains from my supplier in New York and must say I am quite impressed. Aluminum is so much easier to stamp on than sterling silver and allows me to still provide a quality looking product, yet make it financially accessible for most customers.</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-46726475062576555602014-05-04T18:00:00.001-07:002014-05-04T18:00:21.287-07:00Special Gifts and Request<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The best part of this business is the ability to personalize items. I can make gifts for friends that are really special and unique and I can fulfill requests for customers I don't even know.</div>
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There is a group of moms from Kendall's old school that get together for breakfast or coffee occasionally and at least 3 times a year to celebrate birthdays. We laugh and enjoy the company of one another. I brought personalized necklaces for two of the women and a bracelet for the third.</div>
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However this was a dream that one of the moms and I had talked about and so I took the birthday gift as an opportunity to finally make it:</div>
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Cheryl's daughter Sami is a cheerleader at Rosary High School. The mascot is the Royals and they use the crown specifically as a symbol. Although the crown is silver-plated it worked out perfectly and has a three-dimensional look to it that I loved. Cheryl was so surprised and happy with how it came out.</div>
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I received a custom cuff request a couple weeks ago and I think it's just perfect:</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-92094163954188680532014-05-04T17:48:00.000-07:002014-05-04T17:48:15.044-07:00Custom Request<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I made the statement piece with the different shaped blanks a couple months ago, Kim immediately was eyeing some of the blanks. They were new shapes she hadn't seen and I also had experimented with gold-filled. So as per the usual, she made a custom request.</div>
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I put her off for awhile because I wanted to experiment with a different chain and the ability to separate the charms versus them overlapping each other on the chain.</div>
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I started with two the square gold-filled blanks, which I stamped with the names of her boys. Then she wanted the circular sterling silver blank with the heart cut-out for her husband.</div>
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I then connected them to the chain and ended up with this:</div>
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It's more of a statement piece and she loves it. I love the fact that is lays perfectly and the blanks don't ever overlap.</div>
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The most expensive part of starting <a href="http://www.stamplifiedlife.com/">Stamplified Life</a> was purchasing the tools. I initially bought a starter set when I was going to try my hand at this trade. Once I realized I could do it and was good at it, then I started wanting more and more tools. </div>
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One of the wholesale companies I have been doing business with is <a href="http://www.halsteadbead.com/">Halstead Bead</a> in Prescott, Arizona. They are family owned and operated and are a pleasure to work with. Halstead Bead has a blog and they offer grants and giveaways. I have never entered a giveaway, but I did this month. They simply wanted to know what my "go to" tool is, you know the tool you can't live without. This was simple for me, boring yes, but simple. It's my bench block:</div>
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This is a dapping set and block. This will allow me to take round/circle blanks and make them either concave or convex. This is where all those blanks I damaged with mistakes early on will come in handy so that I can perfect this craft.</div>
<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-31848946840607594602014-03-20T11:52:00.000-07:002014-03-20T11:52:13.443-07:00Love Adds UpThis is one of my new favorite ideas that came from my friend, Laura. She was looking for a gold bar necklace with the names of her two boys on it.<br />
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I have not ventured into cutting my own bars yet, therefore I am limited to approximately 7 characters, based on the font style that is used. Laura wanted to give me the business, so she came up with this clever idea:<br />
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She even decided to add her husband's initial. We left this one as is, instead of blackening it and I really like how it turned out.</div>
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I am not a movie watcher and I think the majority of the latest Disney movies I have seen bits and pieces of, if I've seen them at all. Frozen is one of the movies I have not seen. The girls have seen it and loved it and Chris even said it's probably one of the best Disney movies to be released in awhile. </div>
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Which leads to this morning. Amy, my friend from high school, contacted me via Etsy this morning. She found an item on another Etsy shop that her high school aged daughter wanted to give to her friend for her birthday this month. You know how children love to find the perfect item and then give you minimal lead time to secure said item. Well Amy was in a pinch and wanted to give me the business first if she could.</div>
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I did do a test blank first to make sure I could fit all the lettering. Kendall has already claimed the test blank. Oh the perks of being my child.</div>
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Thanks Amy for thinking of me and I hope your daughter's friend loves it!</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-48370635544026380902014-02-21T10:49:00.003-08:002014-02-21T10:49:31.540-08:00A Little Marketing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Next Wednesday, I am part of the committee who puts on the OCADA Women In Sports Conference. This is a conference that celebrates the place of women in athletics and is attended by close to 1200 female athletes from high schools in Orange County and San Gabriel Valley, California. It's an inspirational and motivational type of day with guest speakers who share their amazing stories with the female athletes.</div>
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We usually have raffle give-a-ways and I always try to bring some gift cards for The Beachcomber for the supervisors, who attend with their athletes. This year I decided to offer some of my jewelry pieces as well, as a means to market my product.</div>
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Two of the cuffs are stamped with "She believed she could so she did" and this is the third cuff:</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-55422821018240588052014-02-15T09:07:00.000-08:002014-02-15T09:07:23.672-08:00For The Matriarch <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last weekend I went to a baby shower. I sat at a table with a bunch of girls who were seniors at Orange High the year I started working there. It's so fun to see them and be able to call them friends. One of the girls had me create a bar necklace for her and when we started discussing the necklace at the table, the girls were shocked to learn it was I, who had made it.</div>
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Not only did the table conversation create some business, but Sheryl also decided to announce while opening my gift that I hand stamp and what my website is. While Sheryl is simple and opted for a round sterling silver circle with just the letter "T," another one of her friends at the shower went for something I have never done.</div>
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Gina just married the love of her life and her in-laws are making their first trip to California from London this weekend. It is her mother-in-law's birthday and Gina wanted something special for her. She told me that she wanted a necklace with the husband, all the kids, and the grand kids on it. Now I am not a fan of the overlapping necklaces where all the blanks are singular and then strung on the same chain. I know it's a popular look, but I've never shown it on my site because it's not my preference. This project has made me think differently.</div>
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Gina tells me that there are 14 names that need to be represented and she wants the necklace to be a mix of charm shapes and colors and for it to look "chunky." After some back and forth via text, I got to work. I will admit this was a really fun order for me.</div>
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I decided to pair the married couples onto blanks to eliminate 2 extra blanks and keep the cost down for her. The husband is on the large circle with the cut-out heart. I then used a mix of 14k gold-filled and sterling silver circle, square, long rectangle, and heart charms. The square charms I decided to turn so they became diamonds. I was originally going to use flowers until Gina informed me that flowers are not her mother-in-law; she's edgier than that :) Pablo is a grandchild that died before birth and so she asked for a cut-out heart for him and I think it's unique and helps him have a special charm that will stand out for those who understand.</div>
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Now the necklace will not lay like this when worn. Thanks to my friend Brittney, who offered to give it a try so I could see it, she and I immediately fell in love once it was put on. The charms do come together, but if you were viewing from a distance you would think its one of those popular statement costume jewelry pieces that are so popular right now. Yet when you get closer, you realize it's a very personal and special piece.</div>
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I think the best thing about this business/hobby is when a friend contacts me and says, "can you do this?" </div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-12422143311262515602014-01-19T19:54:00.001-08:002014-01-19T19:54:54.878-08:00Hand Stamped, Personalized 14kt Gold-Filled Bar Necklace <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These seem to be all the rage right now and I think they are really cute.</div>
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This all started when a past high school student inquired about a necklace. I had never made a bar necklace before, but decided it was worth the experiment, even after I suggested she just use the Etsy shop she originally saw the item at.</div>
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Once again, Kim scored. She was coming out this weekend for a visit, so I asked what she wanted on the necklace and then hers became my tester.</div>
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The top one is Kim's. It is hammered with her husband's initials and a heart and then blackened. The one below it is Sam's. It is just stamped. She decided she preferred it that way.</div>
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14kt Gold-Filled Bar Necklace personalized with up to 8 characters/designs attached to a 16-inch chain. (I will eventually have an option for an 18-inch chain)</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-22259981551789052762013-12-24T15:54:00.001-08:002013-12-24T15:54:21.199-08:00"All You Need Is Love" ~ Sterling Silver Necklace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Probably close to a year ago, Kim text me a custom request from Arizona. The person wanted 4 names as well as the family name included on the necklace.</div>
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Since I had done nothing like that before I immediately went to Etsy and started searching.</div>
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From that search, came this creation:</div>
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Which led to a few weeks ago when Kim tells me that she wants a necklace like Veronica's necklace. She's just not sure what she would put on it yet. Kim is famous for having great ideas, yet they aren't always so easy to create. This is where a friendship like ours becomes favorable for her, because she knows I will attempt to do it no matter how difficult.</div>
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This morning I was bored and had not much to do, so I decided to start on the design she wanted. </div>
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This is how all the jewelry starts:</div>
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It comes pre-cut, without holes, and then I go to work stamping letter by letter.</div>
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The finished product:</div>
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Sterling Silver "All You Need Is Love" Necklace</div>
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And this is when I acknowledge why our friendship is one in a million and why it has lasted so long. It's a friendship that is mutual on every level. In this case, she gets her idea created and she gives me an awesome idea to list in my store!</div>
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Thankfully the holiday shopping season is winding down.</div>
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At least the orders for me to fill have all but stopped. I did get one more request this morning and kindly shipped to NY via Priority Mail so it would hopefully arrive on time.</div>
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I have been busy. My Etsy shop has been crazy. I'm not complaining, but it's nice to have it slow down especially with the kids now home on winter vacation.</div>
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My friend Cheryl text me late one night last week. She needed a favor. This is usually in most cases followed by a picture from another Etsy shop that someone found and wants me to recreate.</div>
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Cheryl's first of four daughters was going to be getting engaged and she wanted a cute little necklace to commemorate the event.</div>
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This sterling silver circular disc is between the size of a nickel and a dime (19mm) so it's not so big and states the idea she came up with simply. Includes an 18-inch sterling silver chain.</div>
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Then I had some down time and have had some charms that I have been wanting to experiment with. Kim's boys are no longer playing on the same baseball team so I decided to use that to finally test these cute baseball/softball charms.</div>
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A small sterling silver circular disc (19mm) is paired with a sterling silver charm featuring a glove, bat, and ball. Includes an 18 inch sterling silver necklace (not pictured).</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-85553341008124562482013-12-09T19:23:00.002-08:002013-12-09T19:23:54.203-08:00Honoring the Friendship That Is Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-12358929034408399452013-11-28T10:37:00.005-08:002013-11-28T10:37:59.441-08:00Truly Thankful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This morning I woke up to an Etsy order. This customer has been looking for a bracelet that had a specific saying for a long time and was not able to find it.</div>
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She ordered the personalized cuff and asked if I could stamp "The bond between a mother and daughter begins and ends with love." Immediately, I started counting letters and spacing and was worried that I, too, would not be able to do this for her. I messaged her and asked if I could use the "&" sign instead of the word "and." (This would allow me to save spacing and give me a better chance of being able to fulfill the order.) The customer messaged back that she would really like "and" spelled out, but would be okay with the "&" sign if that was the only way I could fit it.</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-40389116219976818282013-11-22T19:37:00.001-08:002013-11-22T19:37:03.854-08:00A Little Humor<br /><br /><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=13/11/22/1575.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/13/11/22/s_1575.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='200' align='left' style='margin:5px'></a><br /><br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-44990977786626126302013-11-07T14:21:00.002-08:002013-11-07T14:21:43.519-08:00Retitling My Listings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This business venture started because I saw necklaces for moms on Etsy and thought, "why are they so expensive, that can't be that hard to do, can it?"</div>
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A fellow shop owner on Etsy contacted me wondering if I could take my "Mom" necklace and make a necklace for one of her employees. This led me to rethink my listing titles, because ultimately I am selling a personalized necklace and it doesn't have to be mom specific.</div>
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Thanks to Cyprianne at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/speckledfrogcrochet">Speckled Frog Crochet</a> for your business and the order, which led me to retitle some of my offerings.</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-85962966469114095992013-11-07T10:45:00.000-08:002013-11-07T10:45:00.080-08:00"Overcome" Bracelet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The beauty about Etsy is that potential customers can contact you and make customized requests. This happens to me on a monthly basis. The majority of the time, I am able to accommodate the requests.</div>
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A couple of days ago, a prospective buyer contacted me and had a specific idea that she wanted to bring to life. While I am not sure of the reasoning behind this idea, the buyer had a specific date she needed it by, so I have a feeling it is a gift to symbolize an important moment in someone's life.</div>
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"Overcome" is centered on the bracelet and on one end she requested I stamp the heart with the cross inside. On the opposite end I stamped the bible verse "John 16:33"</div>
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-41180348531615493902013-11-03T09:05:00.004-08:002013-11-03T09:05:56.672-08:00FREE SHIPPING<div style="text-align: center;">
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-82919194973061192762013-10-31T16:32:00.002-07:002013-10-31T16:32:38.344-07:00Teacher Appreciation Sterling Silver Cuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Kade was not the easy student during his first few weeks at preschool, however he was truly blessed with a great teacher. After the adjustment period and the teacher and I having discussions so she understood Kade's personality, it has been smooth sailing and Kade loves to go to school.</div>
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Since he attends a Christian preschool and his teacher is very religious, I decided to separate the three words with the heart symbol with the cross in the middle. I needed a sample to put on my site before the holidays and I wanted to make sure she knows we are appreciative of the job she has done and continues to do with Kade. So tomorrow this little gem will be hers.<br />
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Sterling Silver Teacher Appreciation Cuff</div>
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My cousin, on my Dad's side lives in Missouri.</div>
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Her oldest boy plays ice hockey. I'm sure the younger brother will pick it up at some point as well.</div>
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She contacted me about a necklace to support her son.</div>
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Unlike my typical sport necklaces, this one required the use of the "guitar pick" style blank. With the hockey charm being a little longer the circle wasn't going to allow any room for personalization.</div>
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Sterling Silver Ice Hockey Personalized Necklace</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531223652076991523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8055031766280097758.post-49082614687881412812013-10-09T17:43:00.002-07:002013-10-09T17:43:35.734-07:00Sterling Silver Hand Stamped Lacrosse Necklace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Since I get asked all the time, I do not wear any of my necklace creations. I'm not a jewelry swapper. I have certain pieces that I wear every day (honestly, most of my jewelry I never remove). Of my creations, I wear a ring personalized with my three children's names and a charm bracelet personalized with the first initial of each child.</div>
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Luckily, I have a best friend that loves to swap out her jewelry and is always looking for something new. Kim and I have known each other for 22 years and we laugh when we think that had I learned to hand stamp in college, I would either be broke or have had some fun money to spend.</div>
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Now although Kim and her family are HUGE baseball people, her boys have taken a liking to lacrosse. So the other day, she asked if I could make a lacrosse necklace similar to the baseball one she has. This proposed a slight problem because my two main suppliers do not carry a lacrosse charm. This led me to Google and a new supplier that not only carried a great lacrosse charm, but also had an unbelievable inventory of various other charms that will come in handy for other creations.</div>
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From Kim's request, came this:</div>
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I think the best part of this business is that by allowing people to personalize an item, they often come up with great ideas that I can use for other orders in the future.</div>
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A Gamma Phi Beta alumnae contacted me to purchase a bracelet as an initiation gift for her daughter.</div>
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The sorority motto became even more personal when the mother asked to add a name and the initiation year on the ends of the cuff. </div>
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