Rustic elegance on the front page of Etsy

I'm happy to share with you that treasury made by Russian Artists team member was featured on Etsy front page yesterday evening at 7:00 PM EST. "Rustic elegance" is a beautiful collection in yellow & grey colors created by Nastya BlueberryCream. It's so earthy and organic! The colors and wonderful items are really go together well!

Congrats Nastya and all included artists!

Posted by Katrin (Katrinshine)

Freebies on Monday - Tutorial: Wrapped Rectangular Pendant

This tutorial from our team member Albina from AroundBeads shows how to make a wrapped rectangular pendant.

Materials for one pendant:
* 1 rectangular shaped gem bead, approx. 1 ¼”x 1 ¼”
* 22ga round soft wire
* with 1 foot of wire you can make 3 wraps around 1 ¼”x 1 ¼” bead.

Tools needed:
* Flush cutter
* Round nose pliers
* Flat nose pliers

Step 1:
Cut a piece of 22ga wire Make a 90˚ bend 1” from one end of the wire. Make a simple loop. DO NOT CUT the wire!

Step 2:
Bend short end at angle of 90 ˚ so both wire ends are parallel.

Step 3: Insert both ends** into bead’s hole, leaving 2 mm “neck” between the loop and the bead. **If the bead’s hole is not big enough for two ends of wire, make a wrapped loop instead of simple loop, trim the short tail, and insert the wire into bead’s hole.

Step 4: Bend the wire on the back of the bead

Step 5: On the distance of about ¼ of the bead, make a bend at the angle of 90?.

Step 6: Wrap once around the bead…



Step 7: On the back side, insert the wire end into “loop”.

Step 8: Tighten carefully.



Step 9: In the middle of the bead, make another bend at the angle of 90˚, wrap around the bead…

Step 10: Insert the wire end into “loop” like in step 7.


Step 11: Continue “stitching” in the same manner until the last stitch.


Step 12: Tighten carefully the wire after finishing the last stitch. Bring the wire to the top of the bead…

Step13: … and wrap 2-3 times around the “neck”.



Step 14: Trim the wire.

This is how your wrapped stone will look like from the front and the back.

If you like straight wires on a front, your pendant is done :) …

Front Back

Step 15:
… Or, you can make “waves”. Using your flat nose pliers, grab the wire and slightly twist.

Step 16: Final
Do the same with the rest wires twisting them in the same direction as the first one. You are done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Please do not distribute, lend or copy. Do not mass produce.

Copyrights 2009 Albina Manning
AroundBeads

Etsy Front Page yet again!

Today, TWO of our teammates treasuries made it to the Front page on Etsy! The first one was created by Tanya from Socksandmittens. The second one was created by Ksenia from Kpersonboutique ! Congrats Tanya, Ksenia and the featured :)

Curator: Socksandmittens

Featured artists from Etsy Russian Team: daimblond, yevgenia, AleciaV, RosemaryManufacture, bumblestore, BlueberryCream, YuliaKazansky, Avistudio, SweetNumber, IrinaPhotography

Curator: Kpersonboutique

Featured artists from Etsy Russian Team: StudioElenus,TomBjornDesigns, allmadewithlove, lightkeeping, Arctida, FunEmbroidery, lanadearg, MyWayToSay, daimblond

Your summer essentials for less!

Summer is here and we have a lot of sales going on right now at the Russian Etsy Team stores. Take a look and have fun shopping!

Cozy hand knit socks, gloves and market totes at socksandmittens!

Cute jewelery and felted accessories at daimblond shop!

10% off on lovely jewelery at beautyspot - conditions apply to get a
discount - see store for details!

20% off on everything in a store at katrinshine shop - conditions
apply to get a discount, see store for details - gorgeous dresses,
corsets and quilted bags!

Jewelry for any occasion at Mywaytosay - free shipping on every purchase!

Colorful summer jewelry at Beautyland - free shipping on every purchase for USA customers until August 31, 2010!

Clearance sale on selected pieces at Arctida's store - fabulous jewelry!