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New Orleans. It’s a million miles away from me, down here in the land down under the land down under. But I have always wanted to visit Norleans. Ever since I started reading Anne Rice books. I was a little obsessed by The Vampire Chronicles (meh, to Twilight), but that was before I read about the Mayfair Witches in The Witching Hour.
White Skull Gold Cross Black Key Voodoo Earrings by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry, available on Etsy
I so badly wanted to visit New Orleans and see the mardi gras. I would be in glittery heaven with all those fabulously gaudy beads strewn all over the streets (and around naughty girls necks, I know what those necklaces mean…). But I digress. This post is another mix and match opportunity.
Voodoo is somewhat synonymous with New Orleans in my mind. Voodoo is fascinating as well as being somewhat scary and a recognised religion. I like it for the jewelry connotations. To me, Voodoo can be encapsulated in earrings. It gives me a chance to goth up some little skulls I purchased a while ago. I really should get some more because they’ve proven to be a popular item in my little social media circle. I can’t say that I’ve sold any of my Voodoo-esgue earrings but they are well liked.
Black Noir Chunky Charm Bracelet by Glamour Twinkles Jewelry, available from Etsy
Now, what would sit better with said Voodoo inspired earrings that a jet black chunky charm bracelet. Another favorite item in my jewelry stable, this black beauty is a noir masterpiece. An adjustable sturdy chain festooned with big, black bold glass beads.
I think these two pieces paint a nice dark picture, don’t you?
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How could you resist the lure of the adorable teddy bear? They kept you warm when you were a child, you read about them finding some blond girl in their house eating their porridge and sleeping in their beds, you run away in terror when one turns up during your camping trip in Yellowstone National Park. The humble bear. It brings warmth and terror in equal measures. So naturally I’m thinking “bear attack, jewelry, bracelets.” It’s the conclusion we all draw. Because it just makes perfect sense. Much like this blog post. You’ve come to expect the unexpected with me and I think I’ve outdone myself. Check out my homage to horror with Cutie Pie Milkshake Bracelets, in Blue Bear, Brown Bear and Green Bear (he recycles…because he’s green, and all bears are naturally a “he”).
Black and White Stripey Chunky Charm Bracelet - available from Glamour Twinkles Jewelry on Etsy
These huge glass behemoths are my most favorite item to make. They’ve been around for a while.
Green and Black Chunky Charm Bracelet - Glamour Twinkles Jewelry available on Etsy
They began life as giant glass beads strategically placed on chunky chains. And then I had the idea of tendrils and torn lace. After putting together some corresponding coloured beads on thin gold-plated wire and carefully applied the delicate chains to the giant bracelets I loved them even more.
Black Noir Chunky Charm Bracelet - Glamour Twinkles Jewelry available on Etsy
Unfortunately they aren’t really for working at the office. Just try and use your mouse without clanging around your desk. No, these noisy chandeliers are ready for the Red Carpet.
I'm Going to Miss Picnik
My, how we’ve changed. I used to devour actual magazines with gusto. Not so much now I’m afraid. Well, apart from tattoo magazines but that’s not what this blog is about. No, I’ve been working on my marketing e-course and purchasing the first mags I’ve got in, I don’t remember how long. Sadly, I’ve changed.
To market a product one must know their audience. One should also know a little something about possible promotional options. Thusly, magazines were purchased to that effect. Little hint, I’m not sure what my market is so I decided to purchase only NZ and Australian magazines. I figure if and when I have to send samples out the postage won’t cost the earth. So I went out and purchased:
NOT the magazine for me. Full of very expensive glossy clothes and high-end hair styling products. Weird, I thought it was a fashion mag. Purchased because it’s cover told me it held a “what to wear guide”. Didn’t really gel with this little reader.
The cover of this tome told me it had “summer’s hit list” and it also had a couple of articles on stylists which I’ll probably read later. Much later. Sorry, another no go from me.
(embarrassingly) Cosmopolitan
Cry, sniff, I used to love this magazine. The cover told me it had “fierce fashion, super glam looks….” ‘fraid not. I knew it was full of relationship BS but it used to have great editorials and fashion spreads. I used to find great pics that I would cut out and keep in little scrap books. And I’ve got plenty of these little style books - that’s what I call them. Sadly, this mag had nothing to write home about. Ciao.
See above. Cover had “look lush for less”. Very unlush to me.
My point is that I couldn’t see myself pitching an editorial storyline for any of these magazines to feature my jewelry – well, I mean for them to just look at my jewelry – and I was beginning to despair until I remembered one last magazine that I had forked out for:
At last. Exclamation points abound! Love this magazine. I’ve folded the corners on so may pages and articles that I may even be back next month for my magazine fill. Hurrah!
White Skull - Voodoo Earrings by Glamour Twinkles - available soon
I’m now back at my Girl Friday job in the big city and this past week has been rather distracting with new Twitter followers beeping my phone, blogs to read and pesky office work interrupting my dreams of featuring in print. But then, my job keeps me in the lifestyle I am accustomed to so I’m getting my head back in the work game. And as such I’ll really need to come up with a work plan if I want to keep up with all the Glamour Twinkly things I need to do to get my “bling” out there. Quite unlikely if I ever again refer to my jewelry line as “bling” argh!
This weekend has seen me in full photo shoot mode with the new items I’ve made these last two weeks (too many sunny days do not a good photo shoot make). Oh, and last night I got the shocking email from Picnik telling me they were closing. You know that moment when you read something so unbelievable that you must read it a couple of time before it sinks in? That was me last night as I prepped my dindins. I read the email and (being the habitual paranormal/hoax footage skeptic I am) I was waiting for the punch line. No, Picnik will be gone and Google+ will “take over many of their awesome features”. It all happens on 19 April 2012. As you can probably tell I really love using Picnik. It is an awesome photo editing system. But the show must go on. Thank goodness I always saved my edits to my PC and not on their servers. There must be some frantic saving going on in cyber space right now. So that’s been my past week.
Orange Bear French Fries - Cutie Pie Milkshake bracelet - photoshoot results
Welcome to another quickie post. I’ve been a very busy bee this past weekend. I’ve been working on my Etsy shop, getting witty quips into my newest listings which are all waiting to be loaded for your perusal and/or purchase (no pressure). I’m still working on all the darn photos I shot a couple of weeks ago and I’ve somehow managed to enter 12 new items into my Draft Listings list. All they need are their respective photographs and they will be sent on their cyberpath way. I plan to load something every day.
I thought it only fitting to post this via my iPhone and associated WordPress app, since Steve Jobs has slipped this mortal coil. I remember using my very first Apple Mac over 20 years ago. I loved that pc so much. Years later I would purchase my first iPod. Unfortunately I didn’t own any CDs and had to wait until the next day to get a bunch of library CDs to load on my latest gadget.
These photos are courtesy of the Pixlromatic photo app. I figured some revamped photos of my jewelry are the perfect accompaniment to this post.
It’s been another busy week for Glamour Twinkles International Gemtacular Industries Unlimited. I’ve continued updating my Etsy shoppe to get me some SEO lovin’ and I’ve been added to a few more Circles. I sold my fabulous Blue Chunky Charm Bracelet on Trade Me. It’s only one sale, but it’s one more than I had last week. Let’s see the glass as half full, shall we?
In other news, I’ve reworked a couple of pieces in my collection. I’ve zinged up the design for Lil Gangster Necklaces. You’ll have to wait and see what I’ve done when I upload them, but here’s a sneaky peek to whet your appetite:
Lil Gangster Version 2 - Sneaky Peek
I’ve also upped the Glamour Twinkles on a pair of Heart of Gold Earrings. Originally they looked like this:
Gold Emblem Earring by Glamour Twinkles
but they were a little bit too ordinary for me. I’ve ignore my own instincts that tell me not to mix silver and gold. I’ve thrown caution to the wind and put together something a little bit naughty:
Heart of Gold Earrings - New Look, New Name
I’mstill doing my business thang, as well as working on another e-course. So it’s onwards and upwards here at casa de Twinke.
This week’s lessons concerned appropriate tag utilization, co-efficient Twitter application … and writing all corporate-like (quirk point alert).
I’ve been merrily updating listings all over my shop, armed with my newly acquired SEO knowledge. Those little search engine spiders are welcome to crawl all over Glamour Twinkles, thank you very much.
I’ve learned that it’s far more effective to Tweet links to shop sections instead of tweeting an individual items. I now know that tweeting the full link to photos enables that picture to show up in the Twitter feed (or is that stream?). That is something I did not know.
And the last two business booky-wooks arrived this past week: Craft Inc. Business Planner – which is full of “actionable items”!! Note sarcastic tone. But seriously, folks – I’ll do stuff I promise. It’s just that the How to make Money on Etsy book is just so great!
And, The Handmade Marketplace arrived packed full of more great tips and information. Looking forward to reading through that little baby!
Incey-wincey Necklaces
A long while ago, my sister wore a silver necklace that had a tiny, little apple charm on it. I. Was. In. Love. If you’ve ever checked out Glamour Twinkles on Facebook or Etsy, you’ll know that I’m rather partial to the hugey-woogey sized jewelry but in the back of my mind I kind of wanted an incey wincey necklace. And now I have a bunch of them. I’m going to test drive these tiny bad boys this week and see if they sit properly throughout the day. Why, you ask? Well, the charm is virtually weightless and the clasp is more weighty so the necklace will probably move around eventually bringing the clasp to the front. Not good. I’ll see if my assumption is correct and then work on my little necklaces to stop them from doing “the necklace twist”. I’ll report back to you next Sunday.
Have a merry Xmas everyone…(quirk humour alert – like you needed one)…
Incey Wincey Necklaces by Glamour Twinkles
Incey Wincey II Necklaces by Glamour Twinkles
