Rusteam member treasury was on Etsy Front Page

Rusteam member treasury was on Etsy Front Page! This gorgeous treasury named "Inusual gifts" and made by Nastya from BlueberryCream. It contained 9 of our Team's members. What is great and unique collection of gifts! Congrats Nastya and the featured :)
Today we will make new treasuries with increase forces with hope to see it again on Etsy Front Page.



Featured russian artists:
daimblond, CityCrochet, Arctida, HappyfrogfromAlaska, beautyspot, katrinshine, TomBjornDesigns, AleksandraRoo, FineEmbroidery

Wonderful things Wednesday - Fashionable Youth Jewelry

There are some rules for youth jewelry. It has to be:

* Affordable * Colorful * Unique * Fashionable *

Please feel free to add something to this list :)
Thousands of jewelry designers are working on new projects in this area and you can see their new lovely seasonal collections in their stores. Thousand of artists creating new masterpieces and are selling them online or through the wonderful little shops on main streets in charming little cities everywhere... aaahh, you know.

So many young people are very talented and often creating really wonderful pieces of jewelry for themselves and their friends to wear. Like this 14 years boy: Don’t you think he is doing a wonderful work?

So keep your eye on your own child, she or he might be a talented growing artist!

Here is some affordable, colorful, unique & fashionable jewelry creations from the Russian team – enjoy!



1. White Leather Flower Ring by Justlena
2. Red poppy fabric flower snap hair clip by Lightkeeping
3. iPhone / iPod touch Crocheted Cozy Cover - Green Apple by CuffeShop
4. Black hemp jewelry dangle earrings by GiftsUnder10




1. Blue Petals Pendant by AroundBeads
2. Thin Scarf by Bumblestore
3. Crochet flower ponytail cotton purple green set of 2 by FlowersbyIrene
4. Earrings Star's light by Vikulya



1. Earrings wood energy by Beautyland
2. Yellow gentle flower brooch pin by Cushyadornments
3. Red felted Bracelet by JuliaFelt
4. Raising money Mandala wooden necklace amulet by ArtHarmony

Christmas in July

It is happening to us every year – as soon as we are saying goodbye to a red and yellow leaves and pumpkins we are thinking Christmas! Friends and family, business partners, teachers – we are looking for a perfect gift for someone special in our lives! The hunting for gifts is a pleasant chore. Do you remember the long lines at the post office last year? Or a traffic to get to the shopping mall? Last-minute purchases?

We do, that’s why we like to shop early!

July is a perfect time to start shopping for the ones you love. You will avoid the pre Holiday rush and have more time for yourself during the best time of the year!

The holidays will be here before you know it, so why not get the best deals around today?

The Christmas in July sale is taking place from July 15th through July 25th and many stores are offering free shipping, great sales and store discounts. So check this out:

Sale! Sale! Sale!

10% to 30% discounts on selected items, please browse through our in-store SALE sections:

Allmadewithlove

Arctida

AroundBeadsFineEmbroideryFunEmbroideryEverything in a store is 15% off, please see store for details:

LanadeargFree worldwide shipping - please see store for details on this offer:

BeautyspotRosemaryManufactureSocksandmittensFree worldwide shipping on purchases over $10:

AgShop

Have fun shopping!

Bright colors of spring and summer

It's mid-spring and all the trees and shrubs are in bloom. These vibrant and intense colors, I'm sure, inspire a lot of artists and craftsmen to create unique and amazing handmade art pieces. All of us, members of Etsy Russian Team, are feeling the same drive. I'm using this opportunity to introduce bright and colorful spring and summer items created by members of our team and inspired by nature.

People have been fascinated by vast oceans and deep seas for thousands of years. Be it deep blue and turquoise waters of the Bahamas


or calm grey waters or northern seas, we always dream of owning a piece of it. Here is Sky Blue Necklace by TonyaUtkina

Mysterious deep water creatures or aquarium gold fishes, they are equally amazing when captured on a light and durable summer felted handbag by Galafilc.

Exotic flora and fauna of the equatorial lands offer us a wide variety of shapes, colors and forms to admire

and we transform our ideas and positive energy into unique felted, wire wrapped, crocheted, knitted and beaded items for everyone to own and enjoy. Look at this Spring Flower felted necklace by Beautyland

Forget about exotic! What about this familiar apple tree next door? It is in full bloom covered with lightly scented white and pink tender flowers. To preserve and remember this beauty we create items to stay with us for years to come like Apple tree blossom brooch by Jezek

Nature inspires us as it inspires our fellow artists and craftsman all over the world. We buy these amazing art pieces, get them as presents, exchange them for something of less value to us. We collect and admire them and it makes our life a bit happier.

Written by TonyaUtkina

Designing with wire & beads

If you ever thought about making jewelery but did not know where to start, think no further, take a class!

I am very lucky to live in the same city with jewelery instructor & my fellow etsian Albina Manning. So I thought about it, called some friends who'd like to learn it too. We picked a day & time for the Girls Night In Party and got together last Saturday night and hired her as an instructor.

I have to say, the class was amazing! We are beginners, and Albina spent a lot of time with each of us, helping to understand the basics better. The result of a 2 hour class was great. I made cute earrings & matching bracelet. My friends left with newly made gorgeous Swarovski crystals earrings they made that night. I also bought a book Albina wrote with other talented artists and I am hoping to make at least a couple of beaded necklaces I found there!

Albina is a professional teacher and jewelry making instructor. She enjoys teaching at the Bead Museum in Glendale, AZ. She also does classes at the Beaderie in Chandler, AZ and at the J.O.G.S Gem & Jewelry Show which is occuring every year in February in Tuscon, AZ. The photos of her beaded tree Bonsai Shakkan has been used by Fire Mountain Gems (Beading & Jewelery Supplies Company) both as a back cover advertisement and inside their catalog. In 2009 Albina won 1st Place, the Gold Medal award with Inca’s Gold Necklace in FMG’s wirework category. She has been published in the Art Bead Circle Magazine, as well as the book Mixed Media Jewelry Techniques.

You can visit Albina's web-site www.around-beads.info and her store www.aroundbeads.etsy.com

With kind regards -
Tanya at socksandmittens

Introducing Lightkeeping and Lampwork

Wouldn't it be nice to find out more and see the faces behind the amazing work of Etsy Russian Team members? Now I do not attempt to claim that my creations are half as amazing as the art created by other members, but I would love to humbly set an example of introducing ourselves.

My name is Anastasija (or Anna for short and for easier pronunciation) aka Lightkeeping. I am originally from Lithuania, however, I come from a Russian family and have a very strong Russian identity. And recently I also chose to be an immigrant of love by coming to Ireland. A couple of years ago I was studying arts in Cork and met this guy with hair like a raven, cheecks like blood and body like snow straight from "The Exile of the Sons of Uisliu", one of the most stunning sagas ever written in Irish. So after finishing my studies in literature back at home and quitting my day job in the media, I flew back to Ireland on the love wings of Airlingus.

As long as I can remember myself I was crafting something all the time. It used to be sawing outfits for dolls first, then I moved on to knitting for myself and family members. I was always very disappointed that I cannot draw as visual arts are a passion of mine, I just love visiting galleries and exhibitions as well as taking art history courses and was delighted to discover the media of lampwork as it fully satisfies my hunger for color, texture and form.

Lampworking is a type of glasswork that uses a gas fueled torch to melt rods and tubes of clear and colored glass. Once in a molten state, the glass is formed by blowing and shaping with a variety of tools and hand movements. Lampwork beads can be very colorful and highly detailed and they are an instant mood lifter. I just love working with them: matching them with Czech glass beads, colored jade, pearls, Swarovski and other beads to make bracelets, necklaces and earrings.

My next step will be learning to make my own lampwork beads and I am looking very much forward to being able to afford learning lampworking and getting all the equipment. Meanwhile, I want to show you the work of another member of the Russian team - Nina, who runs an Etsy shop Britanika. She makes gorgeous lampwork beads in her home studio in Israel. All her beads are cleaned and annealed in digitally controlled kiln for added strength and durability. If you love color and unusual form you should definitely visit her shop.

Here are a couple of examples of the lampwork beads that are currently for sale in her shop.

Aquamarine - the stone of March

According to legend it has it’s origin in the treasure chest of the mermaids and has for ages been reputed to be a lucky stone for sailors. That is why it's a very good stone to take on vacations and cruise because it'll be a kind of your talisman. If you need to focus on success, aquamarine will give you strength you need to take responsibility for yourself. The stone will keep you on track, assisting you in maintaining a persistent path towards your goals, and helping in gaining your success.

Aquamarine is the modern March birthstone. It is suggested as a gem to give on 16-th and 19-th anniversaries.

Look at the great ideas with aquamarine!

Check out other creations in Aquamarine colors from members of our team!

Hello everybody!

Hi there!

Well.. Let me start. It's always difficult to start. There are so many things to write about. And I don't know what should be first. Anyway...

I would like to share our treasuries in this first post. Yeh... our team members make a lot of treasuries. :) We love it... So let me share a couple of them which are most cute in my opinion...

Look at the gorgeous Sunny country treasury by HealthyJewelry ! It gives energy and a piece of sun in this gloomy day. Well at least it's gloomy where I live :)


One more treasury that I really like is The Color Teal by BlueberryCream. Look at this! It's very tender and fresh... like tender spring breeze. :)


I hope you'll enjoy the treasuries as I do. :)