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say something in another language to your friend and then giggle and walk away while looking them up and down
Good one!
WHAT IS THIS GLORIOUS CREATURE
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Happy Thursday!
So I'm sitting here on the patio with my coffee and I realize that I really need to purchase new beads, but financially it's impossible right now. I have so many ideas for new pieces and my creative juices are flowing, but I've hit a road block. I admit that I've taken apart some necklaces that, upon third or fourth glance, no longer thrill me or make me ask "what was I thinking"?
To me, using beads I've already used is like a promiscuous sex life...once you had them you don't want them anymore and you want to move on to something new. So, I wind up listing the beads in my supply shop. They are gorgeous beads, but as an artist I'm looking to work with other things. My styles have been changing a bit and I'm testing out new designs to see if any of them sell. The last thing I want to be thought of as is a one-trick pony!
I have a fascination with gemstone chips and things that look steam punk. I've been doing some less chunky pieces and have been veering toward more waterfall type necklaces.
For earrings, I am trying to hold off on buying supplies until I can afford all sterling parts, as well as 14k gold filled parts.
Another thing I love working with is copper. That gorgeous shiny orangey coloring mixed with oceanic blues just captivates me.
For Swarovski elements I'm discovering a fondness for padparadscha, dark indigo, blue azore and jonquil combined. To me the three together give off a sort of Middle Eastern flair.
I've recently created pieces with Baltic amber incorporated into them and a friend recently told me about where it comes from. Apparently, the Baltic Sea wasn't always a sea...that it was a river and villages surrounded it, but then with the earth shifting it ended up filling with water. So the amber comes floating to the surface from the trees, as it is tree sap, from the trees that are now under water which were once around the river. Technically, amber isn't a gemstone or mineral, but rather a fossilized sap from prehistoric trees that grew as far back as almost fifty million years ago, primarily in Scandinavia and elsewhere around the Baltic Sea. It is generally accepted that the amber from the Baltic region is the world’s finest.
I've put my handmade cluster rings on clearance, by the way and my spring sale is still happening until the 31st, where you get 15% off all items. Likewise, I'm having a 15% off sale in the supply shop from today through Sunday! The coupon code is shown on the shop banner of both shops, but for those of you on mobile the codes are:
Markalino Jewelry: MJSPRING15
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarkalinoJewelry
Markalino Supplies: MSWS15
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarkalinoSupplies
Well I am going to get ready now as I'm going with mom to a lunch at the Elks Lodge in South SF. Have a great day!
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New Chandelier Earrings at Markalino Jewelry on Etsy
Not Your Granny's Greeting Cards
This morning it's raining out, but I have no complaints since we in California have been in need of rain this year. So, I'm doing the indoors thing as much as possible today until it's time for me to head to the post office to drop off a couple of orders going out (yay!).
I figured that it's a good morning to feature another Etsy artist and so today I've selected Adrian from Paradise, Nova Scotia, Canada, who makes some fantastic and fun greeting cards that are available in his shop, Paradise Papercraft.
Adrian Montfort-Guy describes himself as a "stay-at-home dad, chicken wrangler and curry chef", but it's very obvious that he is also a very talented paper craft artist who thinks outside the box.
Adrian has been cutting card into shapes since the age of seven. He had been given a storybook called The Tale of the One Way Street, by Joan Aiken. It was a storybook of modern European folktales, which was illustrated by Papercut Artist Jan Pieńkowski. Each story was illustrated with a blackwork papercut of exquisite detail, which Adrian has been trying to emulate ever since.
You Give Me a Heart On Papercut Valentine Anatomical Heart Greeting Card $5.56
The hobby waxed and waned according to Adrian's whims and every year he would cut 12 cards to give to family and friends at Yule. Upon the arrival of Facebook a year after he started, he bragged a little about them and started to receive orders.
As Adrian says, "From time to time I get and itch and need to cut an art piece, sometimes I keep them, sometimes I give them away and sometimes I list them for sale."
Paper cut Hobbit Silhouette Greeting Card $6.03
In the summertime, Adrian concentrates on his garden design business, Earthen Pathways Garden Design, as well as selling his cards at local farmer's and craft markets. In the winter, he works on more "indoor" design projects.
With Valentine's Day fast-approaching, now is the perfect time to order one of his great Valentines, like the shocktastic "You Give Me a Heart On" card, shown above in this post, or the "You Stole My Heart" card, shown below.
You Stole My Heart Card $5.56
Not only does Adrian sell his unique cards on Etsy, but he also has his own website at paradisepapercraft.ca, where you can find out more about him and his work. Be sure to give his Facebook Page a "Like", as well!
Here are some more examples of this brilliant paper artist's work that shouldn't be missed. It ranges from the exquisitely beautiful to the outrageously hilarious! He even does some fantastic cards of famous celebrities, such as Liza Minelli, The Beatles and Audrey Hepburn.
Let's Get Stoned and Go to Walmart Card $5.56
Art Deco Bird Card
$5.56
Breaking Bad Happy Birthday Bitch Card
$5.56
Day of the Dead Card
$5.56
Liza Minelli Card $5.56
Steampunk Tentacles Card $5.56
Adrian's cards shown here is a very small display of the many amazing cards he has available. You can see all of his works in his Etsy shop HERE.
Oh, one more thing, Adrian did this truly beautiful card as a commission to celebrate a civil partnership in the UK, which is one of my absolute favorites. You can request a custom order from Adrian through his Etsy shop HERE.
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Positively Charming Weekend
This weekend I got to spend some time with a friend who I went to high school with and we re-connected at our reunion a couple of years ago. She actually became one of my best custom jewelry clients, too! We took a trip over to Berkeley, where I hadn't been to in several years. She took me to lunch at a fantastic Mexican restaurant called Picante and we had the most amazing vegetarian tameles. I'm not vegetarian, but the butternut squash tamales are to die for! Even their tortilla chips are like nothing I've ever had. Picante uses certified, non-GMO ingredients which makes it even better. You can even order their food online! If you ever have the opportunity, go there!
After lunch, we headed over to Shattuck Avenue to visit Baubles and Beads, which was our primary purpose for heading to Berkeley on Saturday. I honestly have to say that while they have a beautiful selection of beads, semi-precious stones, gemstones and a lot of supplies, they are very pricey compared to the prices at General Bead and Beyond Beads in San Francisco (my two favorite bead shops ever!). I did manage to find some great frosted Czech glass and Sea Glass for a reasonable price. There was so much I wanted to buy there, but with the prices being so high I figured I'd be foolish to spend my money there and get so little. I'm figuring that their high prices are because they're the only game in town and I'm sure the rent in Berkeley isn't cheap. Plus they had about four employees working there on Saturday and they did seem pretty knowledgeable about the business. So I'm not going to badmouth the place and say not to shop there. I actually think it's a great little shop and if you have the funds, more power to you!
Here is an Oceanic Blue and Green Sea Glass and frosted Czech Glass bracelet I just completed from materials which I purchased at Baubles and Beads, which is mixed with Swarovski and Czech crystals. The sea glass is in aqua blue drops and olive green ovals and the frosted Czech glass beads are pyramid-shaped in clear and blue zircon. There are even some beautiful purple jade beads mixed in. I just listed it on Etsy and it's available for $44.23 with free USPS First Class Shipping. Take Me To The Listing After bead shopping, we headed over to Philz Coffee, which is just down the street from the bead shop. Philz is the most wonderful place to order a fresh brewed coffee drink and they brew each cup individually! You can also purchase some of their coffee beans in various weights. What makes it an even greater coffee experience is the very friendly and down-to-earth staff they hire. Nicest people in the coffee biz ever! When Peter and I were living in San Francisco, I used to frequent the Philz on Van Ness quite often and I was sad when I found that there isn't one on the Peninsula. It had been a couple of years since I had the opportunity to visit Philz, so when I saw that there was one in Berkeley, it was a must-do.
Not only did we have a great day just being in Berkeley, but the weather was absolutely beautiful. This was a good thing, since Sunday was rainy - but I'm not complaining about that one bit since we've barely saw any rain in 2013 and so far this year. I know that many will agree that more rain is much needed around here, so bring it! After all, droughts are no fun. In light of having such a great weekend and with everything being so "charming", I've put together an Etsy Treasury this morning called "Positively Charming", which features nothing but beautiful handmade charm bracelets. You can check it out below, or see it on Etsy! Have a great day!!! All the best, Mark
'Positively Charming' by markalinovintage
I love charm bracelets and these beauties are some of my favorite finds.
Wicked Witch of the West Cha...
baublesbeadsnc...
$37.88
Valentine Bracelet "Can...
bluecrystaldes...
$43
Disney Aladdin Inspired Purp...
TreasuresByKL
$14
Breaking Bad inspired charm ...
twilightwonder...
$25
Dr. Seuss Book Cover Charm ...
Murals4U
$24.99
Charm Bracelet (Blue Eagle H...
CissyPixie
$16
Divergent Charm Bracelet
alohabluedolph...
$20
Ladybug Charm Bracelet - Dou...
jewelryrow
$43
Starbucks Charm Bracelet
KarinaMadeThis
$17.5
Pagan Charm Bracelet with 32...
MercianForest
$13.99
Personalized Mommy/Grandma P...
StonesofRememb...
$46
The Infernal Devices Inspire...
ANovelXperienc...
$45
Multi-Coloured Loaded Kawaii...
KooKeeJeweller...
$44.99
Pretty Little Liars Charm Br...
Creatorofmanyt...
$25
Handmade Silver Goddaughter ...
MarkalinoJewel...
$29.99
Charm Bracelet Fifty Shades ...
CharmStories
$12.99
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Custom Made Awareness Bracelets for All Types
I like to be flexible in my creativity and in what I offer at Markalino Jewelry on Etsy. So, I am now accepting orders for two types of Custom Awareness Bracelets for any type of awareness you choose! What's more is that 40% of the proceeds from the sale of these bracelets will be donated to the charity of the customer's choosing and a receipt of donation will be emailed to the customer in pdf format. One is a Single-Strand Awareness Bracelet featuring Swarovski Crystal elements separated by silver and/or antique silver spacer beads and a .925 Sterling Silver Awareness Charm. These were the original awareness bracelets I was creating back in 2007 to 2008 after we found that my father had Stage 4 Lung and Kidney cancer. I raised a good amount of money, mostly for the American Cancer Society. They were a huge hit and so I am now offering them once again for $30.00 with a 40% donation to the charity of the customer's choice. You can click on any image to go to that bracelet's listing. Further down is the second type of bracelet that can be custom-ordered.
The second awareness bracelet I am offering is a Charm Style Awareness Bracelet which features a mix of Swarovski and Preciosa crystal elements ranging from 6mm to 10mm in size. Preciosa crystals are a less expensive alternative to Swarovski and look just as beautiful and it keeps the cost down a bit. Some still must be Swarovski elements, as some colors are exclusively that of Swarovski. Swarovski pearls are also included in these bracelets, ranging from 6mm to 8mm in size. Two .925 Sterling Silver awareness charms are included in this bracelet. These I am offering at $52.00 with a 40% donation to be made to the charity of the customer's choice.

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Win one of these 8 handmade pendants by Markalino Jewelry on Etsy! Winners will be announced February 1st.
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Off to See the Wizard...An Etsy Treasury
'Off to See the Wizard' by markalinovintage
One of my favorite movies of all time is the Wizard of Oz, so today I decided to create a Treasury List based on just that.
Print 8x10" - Toto I ha...
chuckhodi
$10
Tin Man - 8x11 The Wizard of...
roagui
$22
Don't Make Me Get My Fly...
2ChicksAndABas...
$12.45
Custom Styled Shoes Inspired...
AllenGale
$95
Wicked Witch of the West Bar...
VOODOODOLLIES
$25
Wizard Of Oz Trading Card # ...
GreetingsFromM...
$1.99
Cairn Terrier Card - Toto Do...
KatyDidsCards
$2.99
Vintage Auntie Em - Wizard o...
PastDays
$25
Ruby Slippers Wizard of Oz i...
ggspinupcoutur...
$110
Wicked Witch of the West Cus...
NeverbugCreati...
$800
Glinda the Good Witch Ring
AdornedWithLov...
$14
WIZARD of OZ Whimsical Party...
kutekardz
$20.5
Wizard of Oz Necklace - Ruby...
LittleGemGirl
$30
Dorothy and Toto Searched by...
HotMonkeyGraph...
$18
Wizard of Oz Recycled Book P...
NovelCreations
$45
The Cowardly Lion
DawnS
$20
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Markalino Jewelry's Great Pendant Giveaway! 8 Winners will win one of these handmade gemstone pendants! Winners announced Saturday February 1st. For details and to try for a chance to win, visit the contest page on my blog at http://markalino.blogspot.com/p/pendant-giveaway.html
Our Favorite Aphrodisiac
'Our Favorite Aphrodisiac' by markalinovintage
You can thank my husband Peter for this treasury, since I asked him as he was leaving for work "Babe, what should my treasury be about this morning?" and he looked at the brownie he was eating and said "Chocolate".
100% Chocolate Skulls, Anato...
BlackChocolate...
$68
Truffle Tardis and Dalek Cho...
NikkisTreats
$12
Rich Chocolate Fudge
Simplysweetuk
$2.5
1 DOZEN Chocolate Covered Or...
hitsthespot
$13
Chocolate Covered Bacon (1/2...
SlipsCreativeS...
$18
Chocolate Truffle with Real ...
Heavenstreats
$7.75
1 dozen chocolate covered or...
ColorMeSweetLI...
$14
Hot Chocolate and Homemade M...
EpicEdibles
$14
Hawaiian Sea Salt Dark Choco...
Chakralates
$28
Chocolate Heart Boxes - Choc...
YUMMIZ
$6.2
Hand-made Belgian chocolate ...
chocsUK
$8.5
HONEY CHOCOLATE: Raw Superfo...
WildOmen
$16
Star Wars Millennium Falcon ...
CynfulSweets
$6
Chanel Pastel Pink Chocolate...
hauteandcool
$9
Chocomels - Soft chocolate &...
FrenchTwistSwe...
$12
Goat Milk Fudge -Delicious L...
udderlywonderf...
$7.5
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Crazy Day But Surviving
Today has just been a crazy day. One of those days where everything seemed to go wrong, but somehow I've muddled through it and here I am sitting and relaxing for a while before it's time to make dinner. Tonight is fish sticks with tater tots covered in a cheese sauce. We're kinda down to the bare bones food-wise, but tomorrow I should receive my royalty check from Zazzle, so I can finally do some grocery shopping! The whole week so far has been pretty hectic as my mom came down with that nasty flu bug that's going around and so I've been taking care of her and running some errands for her. Today, she seemed to be doing much better and was even up out of bed. This is a good sign. . Speaking of Zazzle...have you checked out my Zazzle shops? There's San Francisco Glitterati which has all sorts of interesting and fun items; Pride & More which is my all LGBT shop, You're So Strange which has various oddities and then there's my most recent shop, Markalino Invitations which has invitations for most any occasion and you can customize all of them! Meanwhile, I've decided to make everything in my ArtFire studio during its last remaining days (until January 26th) 35% off with no coupon code needed. Please have a look and see if there is anything you like! I've also listed some new items in my Etsy shop, such as this Chrysocolla bracelet which also has Chrysoprase and Swarovski Crystal elements in beautiful colors. This is a nice chunky statement bracelet and it has hearts which is perfect since Valentine's Day is coming up! It's only $43.99 which is not bad considering the stones, crystals and workmanship that have all gone into making this unique bracelet. If you would like to see more of this bracelet, CLICK HERE.
There's also this Black Onyx and White Agate Bib Necklace which I made and 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the charity of the customer's choice!
There are more items to check out in my Etsy shop which you can check out HERE.
You know, I have to say that a TON of work goes into selling online and trying to succeed. From the craft itself to doing the listings, taking photos, promoting, social networking, accounting, inventorying and whatever else I've not mentioned, this kind of business has had me busier than when I was working for an employer! I do miss working in an office, however, but my health is telling me "Sorry, you can't do that anymore." The difference between when I was working as an Admin Assistant and what I'm doing now, is that I can work at my own pace and schedule. I'm still hoping that something part-time that I'm able to do comes up, because selling online isn't very lucrative...at least not at this stage of the game. But I keep on truckin'! Oh....did that sound cheesy?
Narrowing It Down: Goodbye to ArtFire and Wix
ArtFire (A Sad Farewell) Sadly, I've had to make the hard decision of whether or not to stay with ArtFire. I've been on there for a couple of years and while I absolutely love their tools and layout, the sales just haven't been there. I'm not saying that just because ArtFire hasn't worked out for me that it won't for you. Some people have much success there! The people in the forums are very nice and have helped me with many things. However, over the two-year course, I only made about 13 sales and after re-joining Etsy late in October 2013, I've had over 7 sales. I just need to go where I'm going to generate some sort of income. It's not to say I won't re-join ArtFire at some point, but the $12.95 can go toward other expenses for now. Since I made an announcement in their forums, I have received numerous very kind and sincere messages from fellow artists wishing me the best and hoping for my success. This has meant the world to me and now I hate to leave, but I have to stick to this decision for the time being. By the way, my ArtFire Studio closes on January 26, 2013 and until then, each item there is marked at 25% off, no coupon code needed! Go there and see what great items are on sale! Markalino Jewelry Website (Bye For Now) You may notice that the links to markalinojewelry.com are gone and that is because I've decided to just sell my jewelry through Etsy. The reason I shut down the website is because I didn't make the right choice when it came to a web hosting service. I was using Wix and I admit that I was dazzled by their templates and also by the ease of use. I hadn't created a website for quite a few years when I was making websites for a living using Microsoft FrontPage and I've fallen a bit behind in that department. I'm also not someone who can afford to pour a ton of money into it, but I figured I'd spend $19.90 a month for the service. That turned out to be $19.90 a month down the old drainpipe. What I should have researched more with Wix was what I could and could not do using their service. After building the website starting with a template and then making it my own, I thought "How great this is and it's so easy to do!" Then I got into the online store part of it and that is where I found things that weren't too keen. It's no wonder when you sign up as a premium member paying month-to-month how they start urging you to sign up for a year and pay it all in-full. Granted, they offer a bit of a discount for this, but they really want full-year sign ups because they know their service sucks so they want to suck you in before you find out how awful it is. First of all, you are not able to designate a tax rate for one state only. For instance, I'm in California so I would want to designate that purchases made by customers in California be charged tax. Nope, if you want to set a tax rate, it has to be for the entire country. Not good. Next, I learned that you couldn't charge for shipping based on a specific weight, it has to be a weight range. There was also no option to add insurance to specific items, or other shipping-specific costs. If you wanted to create a coupon code for your shop, you could do so, but it had to be toward anything in my online shop, not toward a specific item or a specific category of items. Plus you had to turn off the coupon code manually, or else it would still be online and usable past the expiration date. Not only were these features bad in the online store part of the site, but I could not verify through Google Webmaster Tools that I owned the site, because there is no way to properly add the code into the site's home page. Not to mention if you want Wix to give you a report using SEO Tools, you're only going to get SEO information for your home page. If you try to do it for the whole site, you are re-directed to an error page which says that the function could not be performed. Uh....in this day and age why would a website hosting service not be able to give full SEO information? You can connect your website with Google Analytics using the "UI" number, but good luck in getting decent statistics of how your Wix site is doing, because thanks to Wix and the inability to fully connect your site to Google Analytics, it gives you a minuscule report with very little information. What little information I was able to obtain through Google Analytics was that there was very very very little traffic going to it. In four months, I had about 28 visitors and that was primarily by people that I knew or from the link I provided on my Facebook page and Twitter feed! Another thing which annoyed me was the fact that while Wix will swear up and down that they can see the mobile version of your Wix site and say that it "looks great", I would not be able to tell because when I went to the mobile version of my website, all I would get is the web browser version. Granted, I have an Android-based SmartPhone, but Wix says that it should show up perfectly as the mobile version on my Android phone. No, it did not and when I went to seek help on this, I got their generic answer based on them looking online in a web browser how the mobile version looks, not by verifying it by checking it on an actual SmartPhone. All they did was provide a screen shot image of the mobile version from inside Wix, the same version I saw when I was building the site. Saldy, while I was able to see my Wix website just fine on my computer and in my browser (Google chrome), friends told me that it was slow-loading, which was not what I was hoping to hear. And their computers aren't old, my website's pages just loaded slowly on their browsers. So, that's my bit on Wix and my recommendation is to not use it!!! I'd love to hear from someone who might know of a better hosting service to use where there aren't such limitations. You can email me at [email protected] if you know of one!