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The comic, inspiring and always fashionable adventures of this "mad designer" as she navigates the reality of pursuing her dream...living the artisan lifestyle of a jewelry designer.

Phoenix Design, Artisan Jewelry is a one woman shop powered by zany energy, midnight inspirations and the support of my friends.

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Phoenix Artisan Jewelry; A Mad Designer's Journey as a full time artisan.: Buy Handmade » Buying Handmade

Phoenix Artisan Jewelry; A Mad Designer's Journey as a full time artisan.: Buy Handmade » Buying Handmade

Buy Handmade » Buying Handmade


Buying Handmade


  • 04.01.09
    Despite ‘Regret,’ U.S. to Pour money into Etsy shops Buying Handmade, Handmade World | (0)
    Reposted from the {New New} blog: WASHINGTON - The government put itself four-square into the country’s online handmade retail business Tuesday, resorting to what President Obama conceded was the unwelcome choice of massive government investments in Etsy shops in order to continue to make good design, clever non-mass-market goods, and really nice smelling soaps available on a wide scale. The president said the decision to pour money into the nation’s Etsy shops— a kind of federal intervention not seen since the Depression era — was “not intended to take over the free market for handmade goods." Said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: “We regret ...

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Another Steam Punk Gem! 

Imperfect Beauty -

Imperfect Beauty 

I just found this posting on another jewelry designer's blog and fell in love with her doll parts series! Defiantly worth checking out!!

Monday, April 12, 2010

Thumbelina Chain Fringed Pendant, Turquoise & Vintage Swarovski Crystal Necklace

When the story opens, a tiny girl emerges from a flower. She is named Thumbelina and is carried off by a toad. She escapes the toad and drifts on a lily pad until becoming the captive of a beetle. Eventually, she is given shelter by a field mouse who suggests she marry her neighbor, a mole. Thumbelina finds the prospect of being married to a mole unattractive and escapes the situation by fleeing to a far land with a swallow she nursed back to health during a severe winter. In a field of flowers, Thumbelina meets a fairy prince just her size and they wed. Thumbelina receives a pair of wings to accompany her husband on his travels from flower to flower. - Hans Christian Andersen



All designs handcrafted and One-Of-A-Kind!
 
Soon to be available in my Etsy Shop & Artfire Studio
See "Shopping Links" for current retail location links, thank you for viewing!!
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New Necklace Addition for Summer!

  
Versatile Necklace of Floating Spheres on a Solid Brass Chain
...glowing like the last ray of the setting summer sun.

 
This design may be worn layered as pictured above, as a single choker
or as one long flowing strand.

Perfect jewelry on a warm summer day at the beach or pool! 



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ROCK ON! by Phoenix Design Jewelry