"Gemini Sky"-Handcrafted Jewelry Making From the Soul"
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Gemini Sky-"Jewelry Creations from the Soul"
Gemini Sky Jewelry
This lens is about jewelry that I create and sell but will also contain information about how to market your jewelry, how to get started making jewelry and how to be inspired to make jewelry.
I will also promote some of my favorite jewelry supply vendors for they are so awesome and always deliver great products at great prices.
10% of my sales will by going to my local church
Lifesong Church which is a great "Life Giving" Bible-based Charismatic Church. They have a great "Contemporary Christian Worship Band" which I am happy to be a part of and just want to give back to the community which is exactly what this church does.
Also...check out my store Gemini Sky Jewelry
I would really like to create jewelry 24 hours a day but I may have to get a regular job once my kids go back to school.
This lens is about jewelry that I create and sell but will also contain information about how to market your jewelry, how to get started making jewelry and how to be inspired to make jewelry.
I will also promote some of my favorite jewelry supply vendors for they are so awesome and always deliver great products at great prices.
10% of my sales will by going to my local church
Lifesong Church which is a great "Life Giving" Bible-based Charismatic Church. They have a great "Contemporary Christian Worship Band" which I am happy to be a part of and just want to give back to the community which is exactly what this church does.
Also...check out my store Gemini Sky Jewelry
I would really like to create jewelry 24 hours a day but I may have to get a regular job once my kids go back to school.
New Table of Contents
- Advice for those wanting to start selling their jewelry
- Did you buy your Mother something for Mother's Day yet?...visit www.rubylane.com/shops/geminiskyjewelry and get it soon!
- My New Spring Ring Creation! A sneak peak...it's not up in my store yet!
- Addicted to Squidoo!
- An Addictive Bead Store
- A new piece of jewelry! Silver Spring Bracelet
- Flicker Photos of my Jewelry
- Finding Inspiration to Design
- Jewelry Design Books
- Ribbon Beading Jewelry Making!
- Jewelry Making Youtube Videos
- Reader Feedback
- New Guestbook
- Jewelry Blogs
- Great Products at CafePress!
- Moving in a month or so!
- I'm closing down my Ruby Lane store Gemini Sky Jewelry
- My daughter wants me to help her set up a bead studio in her room!
- The Real Bling
Advice for those wanting to start selling their jewelry
Start with low cost sites
When I first started selling my jewelry...I started on Ebay. It was fairly easy to set up and the fees aren't that bad although they do change frequently.
The good thing about it is that you can sell something very quickly which will encourage you.
The bad thing about it is that you may end up selling a nice bracelet for $2.00 if you put it up as an auction item. That has happened to me several times but at least I sold something and it motivated me to keep going. Some people are willing to pay higher prices for handcrafted jewelry but I have found that on Ebay you have to start at a lower price and then start increasing the prices as people trust you.
The exciting part about Ebay is checking on it to see if anybody bid on your items. It can be addictive but at least unlike betting...you are gaining money and not losing it.
Another great site is www.geminisky.etsy.com
Here is my store on Etsy.com...Gemini Sky.
This site is great! It's easy to set up. It's only 30 cents per listing and you can set up different categories just like a storefront!
The technology is great on this site! People can search by color,region,newness of posting,just sold,shops that have never sold anything etc.
I would start off here. It's less expensive than Ebay although Ebay is a great site...if you want to start up with a little bit of money...Etsy is the way to go.
The good thing about it is that you can sell something very quickly which will encourage you.
The bad thing about it is that you may end up selling a nice bracelet for $2.00 if you put it up as an auction item. That has happened to me several times but at least I sold something and it motivated me to keep going. Some people are willing to pay higher prices for handcrafted jewelry but I have found that on Ebay you have to start at a lower price and then start increasing the prices as people trust you.
The exciting part about Ebay is checking on it to see if anybody bid on your items. It can be addictive but at least unlike betting...you are gaining money and not losing it.
Another great site is www.geminisky.etsy.com
Here is my store on Etsy.com...Gemini Sky.
This site is great! It's easy to set up. It's only 30 cents per listing and you can set up different categories just like a storefront!
The technology is great on this site! People can search by color,region,newness of posting,just sold,shops that have never sold anything etc.
I would start off here. It's less expensive than Ebay although Ebay is a great site...if you want to start up with a little bit of money...Etsy is the way to go.
Did you buy your Mother something for Mother's Day yet?...visit www.rubylane.com/shops/geminiskyjewelry and get it soon!
My New Spring Ring Creation! A sneak peak...it's not up in my store yet!
Addicted to Squidoo!
I need to create more jewelry!
Addicted to SquidooHi, my name is Jennifer and I am a Squidholic. I don't create jewelry I only write about doing it.
JUST KIDDING! Well...I can get away with typing while my children are drawing or watching TV.
BUT!...Once I start getting my beads out...forget it!
They say "I want to make something" and then I get involved in helping them make something while. My daughter always wants to use my newest or my most favorite beads and gemstones.
I will create...I will create...I will create...
An Addictive Bead Store
An Addictive Bead Store
For those of you who like gambling or auctions you will love my new bead store find!
www.limabeads.com
They have "THE BIG GREEN BEAD MACHINE!" which has a counter that drops prices every five minutes on a select set of beads on that page.
So Exciting! A Stay At Home Mom's safe kind of gambling.
What a great idea!!
I wish I could show you the counter but I believe you have to login first.
Well...my daughter is home with a 102 fever so no beading but I can write.
Ciao for now!
A new piece of jewelry! Silver Spring Bracelet
I created a new bracelet about a week ago but am just getting to post it up to my site today.I think I may just start staying up half the night to create jewelry because nobody wants me to make it here!
Sorry...just a little frustrated!
Silver Spring Bracelet
You can click the link above to view it and my other pieces on Etsy.
Flicker Photos of my Jewelry
Purple Bling Ring available at
available at www.geminis...
available at www.geminis...
available at www.geminis...
available at www.geminis...
Finding Inspiration to Design
If you get stuck...
InspirationFor me...my inspiration comes from many places. The changes of the seasons inspire me to want to work with different colors, textures and charms. In the springtime I love to work with pinks, purples, blues, fuchsia...well...I love to use those colors all of the time! But...in the Fall to Winter seasons I like to experiment with the darker stones like smoky quartz,Onyx,Black AB crystals etc.
Also, just looking through my existing beads and then mixing and matches some older beads with newer ones that I never thought of.
Of course I love looking at "BeadStyle" and all of the different magazines for inspiration but I never copy the designs. I usually take what I've seen and make it my own.
I love to look in Kohls and other department stores to see what is up and coming in the costume jewelry department and fine jewelry and draw ideas from these.
I always say...I could do that! But...they sell so many things for such a cheap price but they also use cheaper findings.
The best inspirations come from me sitting outside in the sun with a cup of coffee, the birds chirping, my bead tray and all of the beads I can fit in my portable bead carrier. I often close my eyes look toward the sun and let inspirations from above move through me and out of my hands.
If you look around you will find inspiration everywhere!
Jewelry Design Books
Profiting by Design: A Jewelry Maker's Guide to Business Success
Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 07/12/2009) 
The Design and Creation of Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts)
Amazon Price: (as of 07/12/2009)
Wire Style: 50 Unique Jewelry Designs
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 07/12/2009)
Jewelry Making and Design
Amazon Price: $11.01 (as of 07/12/2009)
100 Beaded Jewelry Designs: Easy-to-Bead Necklaces, Bracelets, Brooches, and More
Amazon Price: $17.12 (as of 07/12/2009)
Ribbon Beading Jewelry Making!
I'm so Excited!
I went to Michael's and saw this special ribbon used to bead with and I just had to buy it and try it!
Well, here I am in the parking lot of my son's pre-school pulling the ribbon out of the bag and opening beads bags tyring to quickly create something in ten minutes!
It's so easy!!!
Here's my quick and easy tutorial.
1. Buy special beading ribbon that has a wire attached to it on the end.
My son is saying "hug,hug" meaning get off of the computer so...I'll be right back...
And I'm back after coloring left over White Easter Eggs.
2. Just pick some beads with large holes in them. I picked 2 packets one with white irridescent beads and one of pink beads in all different shapes and sizes.
3. Then just poke the wire edge through the bead and pull it down. Make sure you pull it all the way down the thread so that you still have enough room on one side for the necklace and leave enough room on the other side.
4. After you have created a pattern of using one or more pieces of ribbon...you can close the piece with a ribbon crimp clasp which I did not find near the ribbon or the beads but I didn't have much time to look either. I will find some online.
5. Just crimp them with a crimper of a flat nose plier and voila! you have a nice ribbon beaded necklace!
This is a great idea for the spring and summer!
Light and Lofty!
When I get a chance to actually make a whole necklace...I will post a picture up here.
Thanks for dropping by!
*Update...I did finish the necklace but I couldn't get a great picture of it. I need to wait for a sunny day fot that is when I take my best shots...with natural sunlight.
I also think I need to experiment with the ribbon necklace. The beads that I had to buy to fit with the ribbon were a bit chunky and not exactly my style.
Well, here I am in the parking lot of my son's pre-school pulling the ribbon out of the bag and opening beads bags tyring to quickly create something in ten minutes!
It's so easy!!!
Here's my quick and easy tutorial.
1. Buy special beading ribbon that has a wire attached to it on the end.
My son is saying "hug,hug" meaning get off of the computer so...I'll be right back...
And I'm back after coloring left over White Easter Eggs.
2. Just pick some beads with large holes in them. I picked 2 packets one with white irridescent beads and one of pink beads in all different shapes and sizes.
3. Then just poke the wire edge through the bead and pull it down. Make sure you pull it all the way down the thread so that you still have enough room on one side for the necklace and leave enough room on the other side.
4. After you have created a pattern of using one or more pieces of ribbon...you can close the piece with a ribbon crimp clasp which I did not find near the ribbon or the beads but I didn't have much time to look either. I will find some online.
5. Just crimp them with a crimper of a flat nose plier and voila! you have a nice ribbon beaded necklace!
This is a great idea for the spring and summer!
Light and Lofty!
When I get a chance to actually make a whole necklace...I will post a picture up here.
Thanks for dropping by!
*Update...I did finish the necklace but I couldn't get a great picture of it. I need to wait for a sunny day fot that is when I take my best shots...with natural sunlight.
I also think I need to experiment with the ribbon necklace. The beads that I had to buy to fit with the ribbon were a bit chunky and not exactly my style.
Jewelry Making Youtube Videos
For Now I am just letting YouTube pull various videos but when I get a chance I will hand pick them myself.
Reader Feedback
beadsoul wrote...
Great lens! I am a squid newbie and am pretty intimidated; but someday I hope to do a lens as good as yours! May God bless all of your endeavors!
Posted January 15, 2009
GeminiSky wrote...
Thanks everyone for your input! I need some encouragement for my creating time is limited to the middle of the night! Insomnia is a good thing!
Posted April 16, 2008
flowski wrote...
Your handmade jewelery is absolutely beautiful. Your an inspiration GeminiSky!
Posted April 15, 2008
d-artist wrote...
Very nice jewelery! don't let anyone discourage you...do it it for God, He gave you the gift of creativity...
Posted April 04, 2008
New Guestbook
bdkz wrote...
This is a really nice lens! Great job, I gave you 5 Stars and a Squid Angel Blessing!
Posted April 19, 2008
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Moving in a month or so!
Little time to create!
We are moving back to our old home that didn't sell so I will be very busy trying to paint and makeover our home so that it will seem like we are moving into a new house!
I will be setting up a real jewelry studio at home so that I can create much more frequently and more easily so...please be patient and come back soon!
I will be setting up a real jewelry studio at home so that I can create much more frequently and more easily so...please be patient and come back soon!
I'm closing down my Ruby Lane store Gemini Sky Jewelry
Everything is 50% off!
Hello everyone!Due to the lack of time to create...and the need to focus on other things at least until September when the kids go back to school...I have to shut down one of my online stores Gemini Sky Jewelry
I love the Ruby Lane Storefront but unless you can put up something new everyday you won't get much visibility without paying a lot of money for advertising and pay per clicks. This will be my second time shutting down my site on Rubylane. I came back in the hopes that I could create more but It seems like I have less and less time. My children will let me type though so I guess I will just create lenses in the meantime.
Check out my store please!
Thanks!
Jennifer
My daughter wants me to help her set up a bead studio in her room!
We just moved back into our old house that didn't sell when it was on the market and I've been trying to figure out where to set up my beading studio so I can start to create more often and my daughter wants me to set her up one too!
Maybe she can be one of my production artists but I doubt it because she is too creative and won't want to replicate my ideas!
IKEA...here I come!!!
Maybe she can be one of my production artists but I doubt it because she is too creative and won't want to replicate my ideas!
IKEA...here I come!!!
The Real Bling
Here's a new bling Ring that I made out of Swarovski Crystal and Silver Artisan wire.
It is approximately a size 8.
You can purchase it at my store Gemini Sky
by GeminiSky
My name is Jennifer and I am the Gemini behind "Gemini Sky." I have a very part time Jewelry business online and am trying to make this my full time j... (more)
