Another innovation from Artfire

Artfire has rolled out live another innovative, fabulous new feature-the Curated Collections. These are similar to the treasuries that etsy has, but better becauses they are much easier to create. There is no copying and pasting involved at all. The hardest part is choosing from all the wonderful goodies what to add to your collection. Pro studios can create an unlimited number of collections, basic studios, one per day.

All you have to do, is open the collections tab in "My Collections", then as you look for things to add, there is an "Add to collection" button on the items. All you have to do is click that button and viola', the item has been added.

Here is a link to the main page of the  Curated Collections .  Scroll through and see all the lovlies.

The Artfire Crazy Train Rider is..

A super cool studio is http://www.artfire.com/users/danglesbydiane Not only is there great jewlery in this studio, but some absolutely adorable children's clothing, too. Here are a couple of pictures, then you can click the link and go see for yourself.

Riding the crazy train today is....

Designsbypatriciahall http://www.artfire.com/users/designsbypatriciahall She uses lampwork beads, natural stones and shell beads in her jewelry. It is beautiful, too. Here are a couple of pictures of my favorties fro her studio. Click the link and see what you can find for a favorite.

Beautiful artwork on the crazy train today

Today, we have a stop at Angela's Adornments. http://www.artfire.com/users/Angelas_Adornments

Her shop is full of beautiful jewelry and some wonderful watercolors she has done. I love the watercolor paintings because they remind me vintage botanical prints for some reason.

Here are some pictures of a couple of them, then you can click the link and go see the rest of the cool goodies in her studio.

A gorgeous stop on the artfire crazy train today

Besides being addicted to seed beads, I am also addicted to all things glass. I love glass whether it's beads, vases or stained glass windows. Our stop today is the wonderful glass work studio of DerondaDesigns.

It's improtant to know when buying lampwork beads that they have been kiln annealed. This process keeps the beads from cooling too quickly which makes them vulnerable to breaking easily. DerondaDesigns kiln anneals her beautiful beads.
After looking at all the great beads she has in her studio, I decided that these beads are my favorites. I love the translucency of etched glass and these beads fill the bill.

So, if you love lampwork, and fused glass pretties, be sure to stop in at DerondaDesigns on artfire.

Stopping in today at a haven

A Creative Haven Studio that is. There is a very eclectic range of handmade jewelry in this studio of my fellow Georgian. blue-aholic that I am, I love this Royal Blue Cat's Eye Necklace.

This picture jasper necklace is beautiful!! That's a piece that would work well iwth casual jeans or a little black dress.

Our stop today...

We now come to a great shop called AlisunsToo. http://www.artfire.com/users/AlisunsToo

One of the deals in this shop is "Always Two for Won" shipping. If you buy a second item at equal value and it weighs less than 13 oz., it will ship for free. This won't be hard in this shop, because it is Alisuns destash store and the place where things go to live when they won't fir into her other shop-alisuns Custom Crafted jewelry Studio.

Things like this beautiful Crocheted Heart that was crocheted with one strand of embroidery floss. It's wonderful!! I've crocheted and embroidered, so I know how slender one strand of floss is. It shows in the details in this heart.


Go on, go check out this great artfire studio-before beautiful goodlies like this one are gone.

The Artfire crazy train rolls on

Our stop for today is Jewelry by Janzia http://www.artfire.com/users/JewelrybyJanzia


There are some luscious pieces of handmade jewelry in this studio.





My absolute favorite is the Autumn Sunset Necklace. The color is so rich in this, it's absolutely beautiful. This would really dress up any outfit.

There is a wonderful bracelet to match, but you will have to go to her shop to see it.

There are all sorts of gem treasures here. Wonderful things like necklaces of snowflake obsidian, rainbow flourite, and more. So what are you waiting for-go check out her studio!!!!