Lady Jinx's Jewelry - Hiatus

...yes, again.

I'm so sorry to all of you who follow, buy, look, windows shop and are curious about my pretties I create. But ... I have to put Lady Jinx's Jewelry on a hiatus, and it will be for awhile. I've put the Etsy shop on Vacation Mode. There's a few reasons;

- The Etsy bill has become so high, (it's probably $30 due to late charges, last I checked, it might be lower) I can barely keep up with the payments since my budget is very low. I haven't had the funds to buy new wire or even crimps.

- I haven't done any designing in months, but I will sketch designs and get ready for when the shop does return.

I don't want to end up closing down my business, well this isn't a business, this is a hobby, I just enjoy selling my pretties to make people feel happy and beautiful. I just feel discouraged, with everything else going on lately .. college situation, still no job (it'll be a year coming this October that I've been without a job for two years, that is, if I'm still unemployed. God I hope not) and bird expenses.

I'll still post, update the facebook fanpage and group, twitter followers, myspace friends and every where else Lady Jinx's Jewelry is located. This is a pity post, and it may seem like it. It's just letting you all know my jewelry designing budget is pretty low ... almost on empty, and I need the funds for more important purchases.

I still continue to make customs and personal pieces for myself and family. Customs will have to go through another way. Possibly just messaging me via Etsy conversation or through e-mail if someone wants a custom. A

At least on vacation mode, the bill won't keep climbing as I won't have anything active, right? Or.. maybe not? Sigh...

I hope to return soon. Once I have a stable job, I will return.

I am not giving up Lady Jinx's Jewelry.

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Lady Jinx's Jewelry
Dawn N.
http://ladyjinxjewelry.etsy.com/
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My first Treasury appearance!

Yep, me! I've been featured in someone's treasury over at Etsy. It's my first Treasury appearance. The piece that is featured is Oddly Delicious, a Glass and Fire Polish Glass Bracelet.


The Treasury is here; http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=68230# and was created by RozzyToz; http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5035837 ....

Thank you for featuring me! I'm honored!

Join Lady Jinx's Jewelry's fanpage and facebook group!

Just a quick update! I've finally got a chance to figure out how to make a facebook fanpage, and here it is:

http://www.facebook.com/ladyjinx?ref=name#/pages/Lady-Jinxs-Jewelry/93376954397?ref=mf

And join the facebook group!

http://www.facebook.com/ladyjinx#/group.php?gid=81819601520

Thanks!

Shipping Prices have gone up!

I know I haven't blogged in so long..

But I'm blogging this to let everyone know that my shipping prices are officially going up as of tonight and through the next few days as I update everything on Etsy.

My shipping prices were originally $4 to $5 (destash and keychains were $4 and handmade pieces were $5) .. well now everything is going to be at least $5 or $5.50! Flat Rate Shipping is now $4.95 and since I mail my orders through the main post office (you know, where all the planes are, yay, planes!) it costs me gas and time and I also buy organza bags, boxes, and wrap everything up before they go out.

I boy nice white boxes and wrap pieces in tissue paper, tie my little "Handmade With Love" tags on the handmade piece, and tie the box with ribbon and sometimes if it requires, buying bubble mailers, but usually post office boxes are usually cheap or nothing at all.

I could leave it at $5, but the $5.50 covers the cost of gas and time being eaten by the distance I have to drive to the post office to post these orders. Not that time is a big thing with me, I love delivering orders, it makes me feel proud and accomplished of making a sale.

Sorry, if anyone is disappointed in this.

I'll keep you all posted on the shipping prices.

Dawn Newell
Lady Jinx's Jewelry
Owner/Designer

I've learned to make wrapped earrings with sterling silver headpins!

I'm very excited. If you watched the flickr or deviantART account of my jewelry designing, you should have noticed the new earrings "New Jade Earrings" .. they are made with sterling silver headpins.

Now, I think they're called wrapped earrings because the top part of the headpin is wrapped around the rest of the headpin? But I'm not sure, whatever they call it, I've been excited. From that earlier custom I did, I made a good profit from it and I decided to make a good investment and got myself some sterling silver headpins and sterling silver French style ear wires.

YES, these are my first pair, so yes, one earring top is a bit longer than the other. Practice makes perfect, right?

Another note, I've re-organized my ENTIRE bead stock and stash. I've re-organized my findings box, my gemstone box, I've put all my glass beads in one bed box with rainbow color co-ordinate (which is even more a pain, I need another box, I have too many colors).

In that beaders bag I take to classes, I used the little boxes for special beads; one box for "Lampwork, Murano, Furnace, Millefiory and Polymer Clay", one box for "Glass Pearls, Freshwater Pearls, and Swavorski Crystals", one box for "Seed Beads, Delicas, etc.", and the las one for all my beading tools. Plus, I've gotten more storage containers, you know those little glad were plastic things, I've used them for my lucite mahong beads and wood beads temporarily. My big bead box is no longer being used, mainly for storage now.

News from the Lady Jinx "Jewelry Hospital"

Just blogging to let you all know that certain pieces were taken down from the Etsy shop a week or two ago ... about 4 to 5 pieces. And for good reasons.

I had a niece who got very angry and jealous at me and went through ALL my finished pieces that were in a special black showcase I got for Christmas, that kept all the Etsy shop pieces safe, she went through them with obviously oily hands from all the acne on her face (seriously, it's bad) and all the toggles got ruined somehow The sterling silver findings survived, but the silver plated toggles and lobster clasps were getting ruined ... it was so bad, I decided to put them in my special Lady Jinx "Jewelry Hospital" and repair them.

They are now in good health and returning, most had returned with silver plated clasps that are better quality than the ones I had, which is strangely odd for them to ruin so fast.

Everything is good now, you'll be seeing them being added over the few days to a week.

I'm sorry for the inconvience.

Dawn Newell
Lady Jinx's Jewelry
Owner/Designer

New Supplies 3/2/09

Don't you just love cashing in pennies and coins you've said for months at the bank or a coin casher? I do... especially during the time of my situation of no money, and barely enough to keep my Etsy bill low enough so I can pay ... even though I'm always three months late due to no money. But anyways... cashing those coins got me around $18 something dollars and I decided to treat myself.... at Debbie's shop.

As to the left, I brought back some fine sterling silver goodies... along with some rather unique beads...

4MM Fire Polish Beads

Millefiori Chip Beads

3MM Sterling Silver Spacer Beads

Sterling Silver Headpins

Sterling Silver French Ear Wires

Lampwork Beads

I decided to try and learn to use sterling silver ear findings.... since I forgot my ears can't tolerate base metal earrings at all. And I'm just tired of thise lead freak we have now. So my findings are slowly switching to sterling silver and silver plated.

Oh, by the way, if you saw one my earlier twitter tweets, you'll notice I said I bought something off of Etsy... well to the right is what I bought. 25 of these little hang tags that are handmade... and say "Handmade With Love" stamped on them. I thought they would be a nice addition to my future sales.