Jewelry by Natsuko

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Easy & Pretty Jewelry Box Decoration

I love decorating my jewelry box with masking tape. they are easy and pretty! and there is so many different design of masking tape so I can easily re-design my boxes. and I'm just in love with the new ones I got from PrettyTape! I just have to show it off...

look haw pretty they are! few mix of masking tapes + logo sticker from moo = custom designed gift box.

Happy Crafting:)

Friday, March 1, 2013

Enamel Birthstone Colors

this took me so long! but I'm very very happy with how they turned out. I get a lot request/questions for these hearts in other colors so I though I'd make color wheel. but because enamel has so many wonderful colors and sometime it would sold so I have to make it again... it was seem like never to be end! but one day, I had a request for enamel colors in birthstone color, then it just dawned on me that I should make them in birthstone colors! I couldn't quite just have 12, some colors I couldn't resist...

January; Garnet

February; Amethyst

March; Aquamarine

April; Canary yellow diamond

April; Black diamond

May; Emerald

June; Pearl white

June; Pearl gray

July; Ruby ......

August; Peridot

September; Sapphire

October; Pink opal

November; Citrine

December; London blue topaz

December; Swiss blue topaz

of course you don't have to get the birthstone color, you can simply pick your favorite color but it's just so special to have in birthstone colors... here is some examples;

with June birthstone, Pearl gray new mom necklace

with January birthstone, Garnet personalized infinity charm necklace

Happy Crafting:)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Intention Candles

over the years of working with Zodiac, I made lots of interesting discovery. I became very fund of astrology, get to know physics and acquainted with the law of attraction. and my latest discovery is these "intention candles". in begging of December I picked up "money" for my business and "harmony" & "peace" for my family. I had a great holiday season. great business and even though I was too tire to care for my family, no body got sick! and then, business slow down in January but they was out of money candle. I tried "abundance" but didn't quite work. one time I had to put the candle out because I was making so many mistake and using more supplies than I should. I guess it can translate to "abundance of supply"! so when they finally stock back the money candle, I took it home and burn that evening in my studio. and next day, I received more than $1000 worth orders! so now I'm going to burn money candles on every Monday morning to assure great business for the week and burn "good heath" candle whenever somebody is sick and burning "peace" & "positive energy" daily!

Happy Crafting:)

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

INFINITY Jewelry

I came across thread on Etsy forum couple days ago, Infinity symbol - Is this the next big thing???
it was very interesting! and no, I didn't leave any comment, I'm afraid of Etsy forum... anyway, I didn't know about the tv program or pop artist. I was thinking it is popular but I didn't know why! I don't want that to be trend though because trend comes and go. but hopefully my customers are loving them because it's classic.

my first infinity design

for guys. personalized infinity keychain

necklace

ring

with rough black diamond

wedding bands

to just to name a few! I guess I don't care if it's trend or not. I'm too attach to infinity symbol at this point, I just have to keep making!

Happy Crafting:)

Monday, January 21, 2013

Blog-o-sphere Think Tank; January 2013

January's topic: "What are you hoping to accomplish in 2013?"

2013, I'd like to accomplish to grow my jewelry business. Last holiday season, I kind of felt maximum work load that I can handle by myself. Made me think if I want to grow more business, I might have to hire some help. But a thing is, I enjoy working by myself , making all the decisions and I don’t want to rely on somebody for any task. So I think about long and hard, what can I do, what I enjoy doing… I love making jewelry, I love communicating with customers, love personal connection, I’m good at customer serves and after care, and I love making customized jewelry that tells personal stories. So in conclusion, I want to expand my jewelry line to more individual custom work including wedding bands and engagement rings. I’m not the most skilled jewelry maker but I can make jewelry that reflect personal taste. I want to connect with client that looking for that kind of feeling. But to accomplish, I have to make lots of investment no time to fool around. i actually made a plan so we'll see!