A few long necklaces that I sold recently

1930s-40s in Color, a wonderful photo collection

Some jewelry display ideas

Here are some jewelry displays that I made. The necklace and bracelet post with branches, was made with the help of my cabinet-maker neighbour, and the other ones by myself.

Two large scale illustrations

These are graphic surfaces for an exhibition in Shawinigan, Québec.

A few more sold pieces

Revamping my illustration site

I'm presently working on my illustration site.
I will most likely use SimpleViewer to show my different portfolios. It's clean looking and quite easy to configure. I just have to resize all my images first, and that's a lot of work!

At last, an Etsy sale!

After over a month without an Etsy sale, I opened up my Yahoo this morning, and surprise! A sale!
And one of my most expensive sets, sterling silver and chrysoprase!
It sure makes my day!

Sold or given lately

Bad news

Just got my answer from a juried arts and crafts show for which I had high hopes...
Too many jewelry makers, the letter said.
I guess it's not the time to quit my day job.
Luckily, I love that day job of mine!

Another Etsy treasury

Thanks vsilcoxdesigns for having me in.

Monique Phaneuf Normandin 1922-2009

An absolutely amazing animation!

I'm on an Etsy treasury for the third time now!

Thanks Eclectibles!

Some more sold jewelry

A new jewelry and art boutique

A few days ago, I registered to a new venue called Zibbet. They are still at their beta stage. They promote art and crafts, and most importantly, handmade over all. Their categories are: painting, photography, drawings, mixed media art, digital, prints, jewelry, ceramics and pottery, glass art, sculptures and other handmade items. One of the most interesting aspects of this site is that it's free until you make a sale, at which point, a decent 7.5% fee is demanded.

I have started to list some jewelry, and I'm planning to also list paintings and drawings, and see what happens.

I have been a seller at Etsy for over a year now, and with only 20 sales, I am somewhat desillusioned with it. I suppose that for the first 1000 or so sellers on Etsy, it has been and probably remains a great venue, but - and this is probably true mostly in jewelry - for newcomers, to be noticed in zillions of shops, with almost no chance of ever being on the first page unless you spend your life in forums, trying to figure out how to ever make it there if you're not an Etsy star...
I am now picking up nice Etsy bills every month, religiously relisting my jewelry with little effect, much to the glee of Etsy owners, laughing all the way to the bank!
Actually, that's what I'd like to be today, an Etsy partner!