Thursday, November 4, 2010

Everything's Rosy

 I've created a romantic collection of beautiful rose, pink and floral items representing a few of the studios taking part in ArtFire Day today. There's something for everyone, including delicate jewelry, hand-knit items, an art quilt postcard, vintage platter, botanical perfume, and an embroidered guitar strap. Collections are one of the many tools on ArtFire that I love. Enjoy!


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

ArtFire Day Is November 4th!

Thursday Nov. 4 is ArtFire Day! Join the fun and discover why we love ArtFire so much. ArtFire.com is the best online marketplace to buy unique gifts, handmade crafts, art, vintage and craft supplies created by some of the most talented artisans in the world. We'll also be highlighting our favorite items and studios. It'll be like an online Open Studios event!

If you love handmade, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and our blogs. We'll be using the #artfire and #artfireday tags. Here's a link to my Twitter list of studios participating, 96 and growing! Come follow along!
http://twitter.com/#!/list/mg_d/artfire-day-2010






Sunday, October 31, 2010

Welcome!

Welcome to the new Marcelle Bijoux blog!

Join me on my journey as I explore new jewelry making skills and techniques along the way to building my business designing and selling handcrafted jewelry. I'll be showing work in progress and new designs I'm working on as well as experiments with new techniques I'm learning. I'll write about my favorite materials to work with and information on the various gemstones I use. I'll also share tips and information I find helpful or interesting for handmade artisans and small businesses. I am always finding wonderful artists whose work I admire and hope to introduce you to some of them as well. Stay tuned for upcoming contests and give-aways I'm planning! Whether you are a jewelry lover, handmade fan or fellow artisan, I hope you'll find something interesting here. Feel free to share your ideas of what you'd like to see here in the comments!