Gypsy Moon Designs

I have been having so much fun watching copper and brass take on a rustic look with patina.

It takes many days to achieve the look and is addicting! I find myself looking at everything and thinking can that be patinaed?

Click the photo to drop into my online shop to see more!

I am having a blast with this new style of earring I am making!

I hand shape and hammer copper wire into funky shapes. My favorite shape is the paisley or leaf. Then...and this is my favorite part...I get the propane torch out and solder the wire closed. I thought that the torch would intimated me. I discovered I love playing with fire!!

After the frame is made I give them an antiqued finish. Now they are ready for there design. I find funky paper and inset it and give it a glaze front and back.

These Boho Chic earrings are incredibly light in weight.

Gypsy Moon Designs newest designs for spring/summer of 2010 are mutli strand necklaces with a bohemian flare.
On hot, humid days it is hard to even want to put on clothes. With that in mind I have created necklaces that are longer and looser.

The shortest strand will hang around 18 inches with pretty freshwater pearls or lightweight copper disks. Some will have my newest hand forged copper pendants with pretty paper pictures inserted.

The longer strands will have a variety of stones, glass and pearls with a casual, romantic feel.

To see more images of this necklace click on the photo.

Stop by often to see my newest multi strand necklaces in my shop

I was honored on the
Top Etsy Shops Blog as the month of April winner! It is so exciting! I was working in my studio and had my netbook on watching all these views and hearts coming in. My first thought was am I on the coveted front page of Etsy? Nope, hmmm...what is up?

After checking my email I discovered that I had won the drawing on the FaceBook group Top Etsy Shops.

What a wonderful way to start April!! Thanks Top Etsy Shops for the feature!
Gypsy Moon Designs

I already have a website on Etsy.com,which is a handcraft website. I am new to the world of online and discovered how spoiled I am by the ease of Etsy.

I decided to branch out and get my own website. I first started by getting my domain name. I went toGo Daddy for that and I am very pleased with their great customer service. Being new to this I had not a clue of what I was doing. So, I had the domain name forwarded to my Etsy shop while I searched out a place to host my website.

I chose Big Cartell. They are a shopping cart and use Pay Pal. That made it easy because I already use pay Pal for my Etsy shop.

Once I signed up with them I went back over to GoDaddy.com and forwarded and masked my domain name to my Big Cartel shop.

I am discovering that it would be easier if I understood HTML better with the Big cartel site. Part of me wishes I would have tried Homestead.com. I am finding it difficult to make my shop look unique on Big Cartel, but, it does force me to learn about CSS and HTML. But, I like the idea of templates at Homestead.

Through the forums on Etsy I gain a ton of information. I put my domain name into the Add your URL to Google. The bots or spiders have not crawled my shop yet, so I don't see my shop when I Google it. I hope to soon!

One doesn't have to be a member of Etsy to read the forums there. You can search forum titles and find some useful information.

My new shop is at GypsyMoonDesigns.com . It is still in the making and I eagerly await my first sale.

I hope you found some helpful information here for beginners (like me)!

This genuine chunky turquoise is drop dead gorgeous! The vivid blue color is natural Nacozari turquoise. The design is contemporary and sophisticate.

Nacozari Turquoise is from Sonora, Mexico and rivals in it's beauty with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise.

American/Mexican Turquoise is just becoming rarer and should raise in value over time.

This chunky strand is graduated in size from 22mm wide to 12 mm wide. Total carat weight is 515.

You can visit my Etsy shop to see more photos and other jewelry designs.

The summer craft season has ended and now it is time to get the online store shelves stocked for the holidays.

This fall/winter season chunky beaded necklaces are the rage. As a chunky jewelry designer that really makes me
happy!

This season I am designing with these yummy large copper hoops. It is great selling all summer at craft shows, it allows me to get the public's reactions to my designs.

These three designs went like hot cakes! I have them available at my shop Gypsy Moon Designs,

I have been online with my designs for a year now. Wow, is there a ton of stuff to learn. How to write in html, google page ranking, google data base and analysis.

I started a blog too! I would love you to come visit at Gypsy Moon Designs