Interwoving stones into my designs

For some time I've been "fighting" suggestions form people that do care for me and for my deigns to integrate semi-precious/pearls/swarowski into my designs.
Its not that I dont like it, at least I could say that pearls and stones I defiantly do like, though I have a lot to learn about it yet, swarowski on the other hand I'm not yet sure what is it that makes half the world crazy about it....

Why I've been fighting it? I think because I'm trying to maintain my unique "bare" look, or maybe because I conceder it as decorations and would like to think the structure itself is interesting enough and does not require decorations. Maybe because decorations are considered in my design world and language as "needing to cover up for boring design".

So you see it is not as simple as it seems, not the technical side of course but the conceptual one.

Nevertheless I decided to keep it in mind and explore it, I started by adding a single pearl just hanging there casually saying, I'm hear but I'm not really part..... I just poped by.
But then about a week ago, by chance or maybe not, a very dear client asked me if I could integrated into my wide band silver ring some turquoise beads.....
I felt it was like a sign for me, that it was time.
I suddenly was inspired and it felt so right, you can see for your self, at the moment there are 3 designs, the sporadic, the graphic and the graphic with chips I hope you'll like it too.

Thank you Stephanie :)

and the lucky winner is......

Hi all,
The weekend have passed and it was time to throw the dice to see who won the pears step by step tutorial, I prepared 21 scraps of paper and marked each one with no 1 to 21.
Put it all in box (sorry, didn't have a hat...)and asked my hubby to pull one out,
the no. that came out was no. 5 meaning the winner is Aik, it is such a good feeling to announce a winner maybe i should look for an opening in the lottery....

Anyway - A BIG Thank you to Stefa, BittersweetPunkin, I bijoux dello Stregatto, Colors Of Joy, Aik, Ayala Levinger, Debbie, AG Ambroult, FashionTouch, Tanya (indigomuse), Spacejams Vintage, Roberta, Kim, Shanti, Clare, ♥ Mommy ♥ to R & R, yarnabees, tractorgirl,fleurfatale, missknits, Rosalinda for participating :)

Great giveaway for the coming holidays

The holidays are almost here and hunting for Christmas gifts is on its way, for those of you who love to give presents they made with their own hands I offer to try and win this fab tutorial for making my exquisite Provençal pears.
A pear or several will make almost any adult appreciate the time and effort you took in making them a present and will probably also be happy to put it on display :)

How to participate? brows my shop and pick your favorite item, post it here and by the beginning of next week I'll draw a number out of a hat and let you know who is the lucky winner.....

Thank you for participating :)

YooLa at Gallerina

Hi all,
I often get asked where can my items be seen other then on the net....
I admit I don't often do craft shows and don't direct my marketing efforts towards representation in galleries.
So for those of you that are interested , my current collection is on display and also for sale in "Gallerina" , a charming rustic gallery positioned in Bat-Shlomo in the north of Israel.
Its a great place to meet for a cup of coffee and a cake, the scenery is fab and there are always great items to see in the gallery.
Opening hours are a bit tricky, note its open Thursday & Friday 9:30 to 16:00 pm and Saturday 9:30 to 17:00.
My designs will be on display during November and December.

My first Youtube video presentation

I'm very new at this so every advise is welcome...

As many things publishing videos on YouTube sounded like the most complicated thing i can put myself into, but this week thanks to the advise of bouji and nouna and the help of lilyja I decided to make the jump and try it.
I admit it wasn't that bad, although I still have a LOT to learn :)
you are welcome to have a look :)

enjoy :)

The figures behind my 750 sales

I remember how as a newbe on etsy I was walking in the dark trying to understand what are the good days in a week, what were the good days in a month....and so on.

I tried finding info in the forums and the blogosphere but came up with not much.... This made me start accumulating my own figures, I built some excell files in which I put my sales figures, with the details that interest me to follow.

So - now that I feel my shop is running long enough , and doing pretty well (knock on wood), I want to put mu penny for all the great info I did find on the forums and on etsyiens blogs and share my personal statistics. it may help some of you to decide what times are best to renew , good days for show cases etc...

SO- week days statistic show all days are approx the same.... , the exceptions are Thursday and Friday that are 3 % higher and Saturday that is 2-3% lower


days in a month : pick days are around the 3-5th, 14-17, and 26th.


My clients origin pie looks like this : 66% USA, 21% Europe, 8% Canada and 5% far east and Australia.


My hours stats looks like this just don't forget I'm in GMT +2 time zone so you need to convert the hors to match yours. :

I hope this helps someone to better plan their renewing, listing of new items and just hanging around in the right hours...... :)

Funky Filigree - featured on Boticca.com

Read what Meieli from Boticca magazine wrote about my designs in specific and about the filigree touch/look for the coming autumn and winter.