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INFORMATION RE SOCIAL NETWORK - LATEST UPDATES
TO ALL MEMBERS:
Please consider this your INFORMATION BOX in the future. I don't have time to send individual e-mails everytime something changes, and I will also send out ALERTS to all members when we have an issue of some sort.
Please check this box often as there could be something you have missed and need to know!
When you post a photo, even if you don't do a complete description, please post your name on there somewhere, so people will know where to look under members for your website. This will help you get the credit for your beautiful and unique creations in the long run.
We need to limit photographs. So, I am giving you the opportunity to choose 20 photos (as long as we are under 200 members) to feature and the rest need to be taken off. It slows down the server, it clogs up the server, whatever. I would love for all of us to display everything we want to, but it is not fair to other members to use more than your allotted number of photos. You are welcome to delete photos at the beginning of the week and add 20 new ones. Whatever works for you. Please do try to fill in some info with each photo, especially your name on your page, as someone may want to know where the item is and maybe because they want to buy it. We want them to know exactly which member's site the article is from, so that they do not get frustrated and you lose a sale. We are like a large store open to the public for viewing.
Also, if we don't cut down on photos it will limit our membership. Don't want to do that. We are still growing. So, please understand I am going to have to make my own decisions to delete some things I don't want to either. We always have our website addresses up, so people can wander over into that area to browse until you add your next group of pictures. b>
If you have an idea for a "group" please send it to me and let's get it set up. We have several different groups of artisans now, so if we want to set up groups, such as "Jewelry Design", Suppliers, Vintage, etc. and someone wants to take charge of their group please let me know.
We are now listed in the Ning directory. And you can add Artisans/Jewelry Designers, Ltd. as a group you belong to under the Ning directory. {this is correct address http://artisanjewelrydesigners.ning.com/profile/your name] Every promotional ad we have can only further our efforts to be recognized individually! Remember to get the badge on your websites, Facebook, blogs, etc.
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PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE THE RULES TO INVITING NEW MEMBERS TO OUR SITE: To determine who you can invite, their abilities in design have to meet the criteria of having a webpage or a blog on-line somewhere they sell their items, and it can be anything handmade from jewelry designers, vintage jewelry, quilters, anyone who does sewn items, candle makers, soap makers, etc. but remember it has to be handmade, or it has to be something that a supplier would sell to someone on our page or to people who make handmade items.
Each of us have reached out to someone on-line to buy something we don't know how to make from time to time, so if you were pleased with the handmade item invitie them to join. Check blogs that you run across in your travels. If the blog owner has no problem with you inviting their guest artists, invite them to join our page.
Have a wonderful day and God Bless!
Sharon Hightower/Site Owner, Organizer, Manager
P.S. If you have a question about someone or their qualifications to be on this page, just e-mail me directly sharon_hightower@hotmail.com Thank you for your cooperation!
Please consider this your INFORMATION BOX in the future. I don't have time to send individual e-mails everytime something changes, and I will also send out ALERTS to all members when we have an issue of some sort.
Please check this box often as there could be something you have missed and need to know!
When you post a photo, even if you don't do a complete description, please post your name on there somewhere, so people will know where to look under members for your website. This will help you get the credit for your beautiful and unique creations in the long run.
We need to limit photographs. So, I am giving you the opportunity to choose 20 photos (as long as we are under 200 members) to feature and the rest need to be taken off. It slows down the server, it clogs up the server, whatever. I would love for all of us to display everything we want to, but it is not fair to other members to use more than your allotted number of photos. You are welcome to delete photos at the beginning of the week and add 20 new ones. Whatever works for you. Please do try to fill in some info with each photo, especially your name on your page, as someone may want to know where the item is and maybe because they want to buy it. We want them to know exactly which member's site the article is from, so that they do not get frustrated and you lose a sale. We are like a large store open to the public for viewing.
Also, if we don't cut down on photos it will limit our membership. Don't want to do that. We are still growing. So, please understand I am going to have to make my own decisions to delete some things I don't want to either. We always have our website addresses up, so people can wander over into that area to browse until you add your next group of pictures. b>
If you have an idea for a "group" please send it to me and let's get it set up. We have several different groups of artisans now, so if we want to set up groups, such as "Jewelry Design", Suppliers, Vintage, etc. and someone wants to take charge of their group please let me know.
We are now listed in the Ning directory. And you can add Artisans/Jewelry Designers, Ltd. as a group you belong to under the Ning directory. {this is correct address http://artisanjewelrydesigners.ning.com/profile/your name] Every promotional ad we have can only further our efforts to be recognized individually! Remember to get the badge on your websites, Facebook, blogs, etc.
!
PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE THE RULES TO INVITING NEW MEMBERS TO OUR SITE: To determine who you can invite, their abilities in design have to meet the criteria of having a webpage or a blog on-line somewhere they sell their items, and it can be anything handmade from jewelry designers, vintage jewelry, quilters, anyone who does sewn items, candle makers, soap makers, etc. but remember it has to be handmade, or it has to be something that a supplier would sell to someone on our page or to people who make handmade items.
Each of us have reached out to someone on-line to buy something we don't know how to make from time to time, so if you were pleased with the handmade item invitie them to join. Check blogs that you run across in your travels. If the blog owner has no problem with you inviting their guest artists, invite them to join our page.
Have a wonderful day and God Bless!
Sharon Hightower/Site Owner, Organizer, Manager
P.S. If you have a question about someone or their qualifications to be on this page, just e-mail me directly sharon_hightower@hotmail.com Thank you for your cooperation!
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FEBRUARY 1 - 14, 2010 - FEATURED MEMBER - CRYSTAL KNELLER - KIZZ DESIGNS
Name: CRYSTAL KNELLER
Business Name: KIZZ DESIGNS
Website: (all places you can be found including blog) http://www.facebook.com/kizzdesigns http://www.kizzdesigns.blogspot.com http://www.kizzdesigns.artfire.com
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http://www.kizzdesigns.com http://www.artisanjewelrydesigners.ning.com/profile/CrystalKnellerKIZZ http://thegiftshophandmade.com/thegiftshop.htmlhttp://www.ustrendy.com/kizz-designs-inc
Home: I grew up in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Got married and moved to New Sarepta, Alberta. There we had a cattle farm & feedlot. We started our family and had 3 boys...who are now all entering teenage years..yikes! I have always wanted to live in the Okanagan in British Columbia and I finally convinced my husband to make the move in 2007. At the same time the move was happening, I was diagnosed with breast Cancer. We moved anyway and we got through it. I am celebrating my 3 year mark of being cancer free this year! Today, I am quite involved with fundraising for Breast Cancer in Canada. I have designed my own Awareness Ribbon and now design bracelets and necklaces for Cancer Awareness. Every design I sell I contribute $5 to the Canadian Cancer Society. That is the positive that came out of battling breast cancer. I believe that I was picked to have breast cancer because I am a strong person and that I could ³take one for the team² ... so to speak. Through it all I have met many awesome people and have been given opportunities to personally contribute to the fight! I am lucky.
What is it that you design and create?
Presently I create with metals, chains, beads and semiprecious stones. Combining all those mediums creates unique and interesting pieces. I am in the process of learning Metal Work...oh another interest.....and my goal is to have all chains and findings made by me, in my designs.
What is your favorite part of the design process?!
Hhmmm.... Well shopping for the goods , of course! Hahaha... Luv looking at materials....that is where my inspiration comes from. The Materials themselves. Sometimes there is not enough room in my head to take it all in.....Finally its finishing a piece and someone luvin it. That¹s a great feeling.
How did you come up with your business name?
KIZZ is a nickname of mine from wayyyy.....back....in school. Remember when home perms were the ³thing²? Well I got them. When school would start in September and I would come to school with my new ³do² and my tan from the summer....i was called ³KIZZY². You know from the mini series...²Roots² hahahaha now many of my close friends and family call me KIZZ.
When and how did it all begin?
I started designing jewelry when my boys were babies. (between working on the farm). I am a social worker by profession, but chose to stay home with my family. So it started....a few beads here with some stretch cord...then onto gems,,,,then on to metal.....its the same process as an addiction. Hahahah...It is a full blown addiction!
Who or what inspires you?
The materials themselves are what really inspire me, but as I have become involved with the world of ³Handmade² on the web...its been 1 year now....there is so much that inspires me. Other designers and their shops, causes and people.
What advice would you give other independent artists who are just starting> out?
Hhmmm... Do it cause you luv it. Don¹t do it to become rich..hahahahahaha no really. Yes do it because you live it but keep at it....especially on the web. It is a huge world on the web and you need to be seen. Be patient..and don¹t let your husband¹s nagging about how much time you spend on your work interfere....hahahahaha. Have fun. Its been a great year of designing and meeting great new people....like Sharon for instance.... 8)
What kind of music do you like?
Hahahaha...Music! It is something that I have to listen to everyday. I do luv all kinds of music, but my heart is really in classic rock. Its what I grew up with and still listen too. Led Zep, Skid Row, The Rolling Stones...oh so many....that is the music my boys have grown up with too. Ahhh must admit, Rap, well is definitly..hhmmmm well....but also luvin music of today. A ride in my Jeep, entails you having to listen to loud music ...and me singing...hahaha
What TV show are you hooked on?
Grey¹s Anatomy, The Practice, Lost (still very lost on Lost), American & Canadian Idol, So you Think you can dance. And some new sit coms...that I haven¹t caught the names of....oh yah...luv Anderson Cooper.
What was the last movie you saw?
I think it was one with my kids....Terminator..the new one. I don¹t have time for movies or much TV....I¹m always on my computer! hahaha
What is your favorite food?
A good old Steak....and you can add a lobster tail to that. 8) I am Ukrainian, so the list of foods I like is endless....
What is your favorite candy or treat?
Chips & dip...mmmmmmm and white chocolate.....don¹t eat much of either...cause well you know....your body just ain¹t the same after 40....hhmmmm
Coffee or Tea?
Both. Coffee in the morning and Green Tea at nite.
What store could you walk around in for hours and be happy?
Hhmmm any bead store. When I travelled to Spokane in September...I think I spent 4-5 hours in Rings and Things....In Edmonton, Alberta, my bead store is Bedrock Supply. Oh, the hours I have spent in there! Now in the Okanagan...there isn¹t really any place to shop for goods....so I browse on line.
Any pets?
I have my Simon. My black cat who is 17 years old. He thinks he is a dog and he listens well...like a dog. We have another cat, Shy, who is about 5-6 years. She thinks she is very pretty and I think Simon does too.. It has taken him until this year to even want her around. Kittens and young cats are annoying to him.
Favorite place to visit or would like to visit?
I like sitting on the beach....Fiji. Have never been. Someday. Africa..oh anywhere would be good.
If you were a shoe what shoe would you be?
A KEEN sandle. Or a pair of brown leather boots.
What is something no one knows that you would like to do??
Get hair extensions...hahahahaaha
Favorite piece of clothing?
Levis, white tanks, shoes/boots/sandles. Oh yah...don¹t forget belts. And my Roots purse.
Do you speak any languages or want to learn one?
Can speak and understand some French.....funny you ask... I have met 2 friends on the web. One speaks english too, but the other only Spanish.....so we have lots of fun with google translate....but I would like to learn Spanish.
Plans for yourself/business?>
hhmmm.. Well to keep going. Continue with my shops and blog on the web. Continue my involvement with Cancer Awareness and design enough jewelry for my shows in the summer & fall 2010. And to get through raising teenage boys who live to Dirt Bike. Hahahah and sell jewelry to keep my husband quiet.....8)
AND YOU CAN KNOW YOU ARE GETTING A KIZZ DESIGN BY LOOKING AT HER TAGS! I PERSONALLY LOVE THIS IDEA! IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE
WE NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE!
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CHECK OUT MORE OF CRYSTAL'S "KIZZ DESIGNS" ON OUR AJD BLOG. SEE TAB AT TOP OF PAGE! HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS MONTH'S FEATURED MEMBER,
I KNOW I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HER AND LOVE THESE KINDS OF RESPONSES!
CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!
1ST Place - KP DESIGNS
2ND Place - MOMMY TYME
3RD Place - KIZZ DESIGNS
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PLEASE READ THIS ANNOUNCEMENT!
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You may or may not have seen comments that ADJ, Ltd. has created its own blogpage to add more space to our page and to take over some promotion by YOU the member of your own blogs and use to post contests and results. This page is open to members to share with us various information or interests. These little snippets of interests regarding your own blogs (and how we can find them) plus, more contests and prizes, as we try to promote this page, will be rewarded by the person who draws the most people to our blog and our social networking page by 2 weeks of advertising on the blog/and on our front page of the AJD site. If you are interested in participating and adding your blog name to our list, we would like you to post your blog information to share with the world. We will be LinkedIn on this page hoping more traffic gets directed our way.
As a member, if you are interested in using space to promote a "featured artist" please feel free to contact me at my e-mail address: sharon_hightower@hotmail.com. You will hear from me as to whether you information can be posted. I will be moderating this for the first few months until everyone gets use to what can and can't be put on the blog.
Please promote our social networking page on your blogs. And add blog names of people whose blogs you support. We are really jazzed by this new addition. All blog members who participate will be given the sign in information for our page. Just be sure to ask for it. Then you have access to the page. Please NO INAPPROPRIATE REMARKS OR PROFANITY, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE AN EMBARRASEMENT TO OUR PAGE. So you are sworn by a sacred covenant with me that you will not share this info with the outside world!
THE BLOG IS OPEN AND CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WHICH IS A DIRECT LINK.
Sharon Hightower
Site Owner, Organizer
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What a great story - and how wonderful to have such talent no matter what the issue! I have seen her stuff on "On Fire for Handmade" and truly have to appreciate the talents we are given no matter what our circumstances. God bless! What an inspirati…
I recently came across a wonderful shop that I have featured on my blog.
London owns the "Outta Sight" jewelry shop on Etsy. Read more about London and see some of the gorgeous jewelry that she has created all the while being legally blind!!!
I…
I recently came across a wonderful shop that I have featured on my blog.
London owns the "Outta Sight" jewelry shop on Etsy. Read more about London and see some of the gorgeous jewelry that she has created all the while being legally blind!!!
I…
I love the one I have Jeannie made that is a rectangle and the picture is the Effiel Tower! I am making myself some with that one!! Mine doesn't have an edge either. I just have to stick to things I can figure out with my little pea brain right now,…
More of that "talent" - I tweeted this!
Card is 4.25" x 5.5", blank on the inside, and comes with envelope.
these are great! I tweeted them!
From Appealing To You:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Appealingtou
From Appealing To You:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Appealingtou
Card is 4.25" x 5.5", blank on the inside, and comes with envelope.
Thank, but only the round pendant has edges, the rectangular ones DO NOT.
awesome!! i'm working with resins too ... mine just drips off the sides cos i have no edges like your bird ones. and i have to babysit them for hours before they get just hard enough not to drip anymore! you did a really neat job on these!
so pretty jeannie :)
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