tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77267207854965926972012-02-16T11:04:26.478-08:00I'm supposed to be making jewelry all day, or packaging it up, or sending it out... but sometimes that just doesn't happen.Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-64397781347208629252011-11-27T06:40:00.001-08:002011-11-27T07:47:07.589-08:002011-11-27T07:47:07.589-08:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0 I have a few bracelets in my Etsy Store, but not many I do a lot of not making jewelry I write. I play games. I walk. I read. I teach jewelry making. Walking helps keep me young. Writing and teaching jewelry techniques helps pay the bills, so I have a lot of excuses for everything... except for the video games..... Should I give up online video games to make more jewelry? Well I get <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OGB09jC-nPyx636IBBJ9LZLZfsQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OGB09jC-nPyx636IBBJ9LZLZfsQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OGB09jC-nPyx636IBBJ9LZLZfsQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OGB09jC-nPyx636IBBJ9LZLZfsQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/P-dcg6FCZUk" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-thoughts-on-not-not-making-jewelry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-79018842187983104662011-09-02T08:11:00.000-07:002011-09-02T08:11:48.802-07:002011-09-02T08:11:48.802-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0 Okay... it's been a while. You probably figured out already that I wasn't going to make it through the A to Z Blogging Challenge. As a matter of fact I stopped at D. That's not bad for a jewelry maker who can't manage to get any jewelry made. I have been teaching jewelry classes, though. I signed up for a Groupon Class deal and have been sharing my techniques with some wonderful ladies each <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_KONLQ0RGYB3SHrepHu0KtfYV7o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_KONLQ0RGYB3SHrepHu0KtfYV7o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_KONLQ0RGYB3SHrepHu0KtfYV7o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_KONLQ0RGYB3SHrepHu0KtfYV7o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/WZVQJBPL9xU" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/09/busy-but-still-behind.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-50210796476317994162011-04-07T20:51:00.000-07:002011-04-07T20:51:46.389-07:002011-04-07T20:51:46.389-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com7She Loves to Dance Everyone loves her, The  way that girl dances They’re crazy with envy Just look how she prances She flings both her arms Wild and high in the air Then she shimmies And she moves Like she just doesn’t care Her dancing is freedom There’s joy in her prance And everyone loves her That girl, She can dance Written by a Nice Lady <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q53qhYzaKSvUKmb7JmI7uEc6uaU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q53qhYzaKSvUKmb7JmI7uEc6uaU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q53qhYzaKSvUKmb7JmI7uEc6uaU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q53qhYzaKSvUKmb7JmI7uEc6uaU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/D5WZWRhAP78" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/04/to-z-blogging-challenge-dance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-67868066805280402082011-04-03T17:33:00.000-07:002011-04-03T17:40:48.683-07:002011-04-03T17:40:48.683-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com3   I'm doing the A to Z Blogging challenge. I missed yesterday so this is my second entry for today. C is for Crystals. I love the sparkle, the facets, the shimmer when I add them to a bracelet or dangle them form a pair of earrings. Swarovski is my favorite crystal. I don't know what they do to crystals in Austria, but the facets seem crisper and more intricate. the Shimmer of reflected light <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5QRT6nkd_qGiy1OwrqIIZEIrDU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5QRT6nkd_qGiy1OwrqIIZEIrDU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5QRT6nkd_qGiy1OwrqIIZEIrDU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5QRT6nkd_qGiy1OwrqIIZEIrDU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/lrdHNKzuurw" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/04/to-z-blogging-challenge-crystal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-24500261290367412842011-04-03T13:49:00.000-07:002011-04-03T13:49:32.913-07:002011-04-03T13:49:32.913-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0 Yes I am. I'm behind already Of course I'm behind in my jewelry making. That's old news. Now I'm behind in the A to Z Blogging Challenge. I was really busy yesterday, but that is no excuse. I will make it up today and since I am behind already, I will write on the black board 100 times. "I will not get behind in the A to Z challenge." "I will not get behind in the A to Z challenge." "I will <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usPocIIQxzSKK1qMQ1n3EzDFYKA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usPocIIQxzSKK1qMQ1n3EzDFYKA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usPocIIQxzSKK1qMQ1n3EzDFYKA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usPocIIQxzSKK1qMQ1n3EzDFYKA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/4DxldRGi4MQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/04/to-z-blogging-challenge-behind.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-76658283094026479812011-04-01T16:44:00.000-07:002011-04-01T16:44:49.017-07:002011-04-01T16:44:49.017-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com1I can't believe I agreed to do the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Furthermore, I can't believe it's April already. That means I will blog every day for 30 days ... except Sundays. I suppose I should be grateful that there are only 30 days in the month because I will certainly be crazy by the end.. Each day I will concentrate on a different letter of the alphabet.If you reach my blog and find I'm <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QgE9w9pqSiXkUAaQ1LOgblIhB9U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QgE9w9pqSiXkUAaQ1LOgblIhB9U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QgE9w9pqSiXkUAaQ1LOgblIhB9U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QgE9w9pqSiXkUAaQ1LOgblIhB9U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/p2zUFnuhYBs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/04/to-z-blogging-challenge-april.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-43621204019296689832011-03-27T13:29:00.000-07:002011-03-27T13:29:07.982-07:002011-03-27T13:29:07.982-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0Times have changed You know, I never thought about it until just this minute, but pretty much everything was black and white when I was young: socks, underwear, television, sheets...everything. (That sounds like something an old person would say, doesn't it?) Now even graduates have choices. Thanks to the card artisans (cardisans) like Itsy Bitsy Paper and Gwen Marie Designs at Etsy.com, your <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TQyXJSpXtaKNnspwZt7gkkTQBFg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TQyXJSpXtaKNnspwZt7gkkTQBFg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TQyXJSpXtaKNnspwZt7gkkTQBFg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TQyXJSpXtaKNnspwZt7gkkTQBFg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/6Wpnl8JwrIg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/03/times-have-changed-custom-graduation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-45007387957877733652011-03-14T21:02:00.000-07:002011-03-14T21:02:07.992-07:002011-03-14T21:02:07.992-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0I'm about a year behind on making jewelry. It was about this time last year when I began a slowwwww down that never quite picked up.  I blame it on eBay. It took months for people to find me, but once they did, I worked day and night, creating, photographing, listing, monitoring auctions, packaging and zipping off to the post office to make sure I beat the last pick up. I got really good at it. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRiPtU0OO55riS3k7g4gRFitmSs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRiPtU0OO55riS3k7g4gRFitmSs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRiPtU0OO55riS3k7g4gRFitmSs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RRiPtU0OO55riS3k7g4gRFitmSs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/k6LVe-vfDTU" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/03/year-post-ebay-burn-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-17875810198460465602011-03-04T09:58:00.000-08:002011-03-04T10:07:02.525-08:002011-03-04T10:07:02.525-08:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com1 My mom, Carolyn was my inspiration. Throughout the years of my fairly successful career in the insurance industry, Mom kept insisting I "do something with my art."  About the time I realized how short life was, I finally heard what my mom was trying to say. I quit my corporate job and proceeded to find my artsy self.  That was just about 20 years ago. Since then I have created jewelry, grown <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6pgwDuHWXk9mkYiOn1OJx2zBL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6pgwDuHWXk9mkYiOn1OJx2zBL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6pgwDuHWXk9mkYiOn1OJx2zBL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t6pgwDuHWXk9mkYiOn1OJx2zBL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/TU-Uom09gWo" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-inspiration-lives-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-35779368527485619982010-09-28T16:36:00.000-07:002010-09-29T08:56:20.648-07:002010-09-29T08:56:20.648-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com1Kirpal, my former jewelry student, died recently at age 89. She was a retired teacher getting on in years, yet determined to live life to the fullest. She refused to sit and do nothing; and that's how she wound up in my jewelry class. Kirpal was beautiful, elegantly silver-haired; and like many traditional women of India, she wore beautiful silken pants and tunics and long flowing scarves. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jcb_RMN302GfXGNt0NDy8kKyUa8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jcb_RMN302GfXGNt0NDy8kKyUa8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jcb_RMN302GfXGNt0NDy8kKyUa8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jcb_RMN302GfXGNt0NDy8kKyUa8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/8tSODbTbRSQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/09/jewelry-lovers-in-heaven.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-22658787715227926852010-09-28T16:29:00.000-07:002010-09-28T16:29:31.549-07:002010-09-28T16:29:31.549-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0No eBay This Year It's the middle of the Fall Arts and Craft show season. This time last year I was knee deep in eBay activities. You know the drill: making jewelry, taking pictures of it, writing listings, watching the auctions,  getting the order details right, packing it up, printing the label and getting it to the post office before they shut the door in your face. whew!! No Arts and Craft <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM5pQldkV_Q-5fu28Xa1Sgq_GWE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM5pQldkV_Q-5fu28Xa1Sgq_GWE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM5pQldkV_Q-5fu28Xa1Sgq_GWE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KM5pQldkV_Q-5fu28Xa1Sgq_GWE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/9qtN65JTddc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/09/no-ebay-this-year-handcrafted-karma.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-49500889941387703352010-08-13T12:42:00.000-07:002010-08-13T12:50:33.024-07:002010-08-13T12:50:33.024-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0   If you are new to wire jewelry making you need beginner's instructions, but  there just doesn't seem to be enough information out there. I'm guilty too. My jewelry making articles talk about twisting and turning and weaving wire. I do things for the beginner, but not the real wire jewelry novice. My recent How-to guide on Helium has simple step-by-step information for making very <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JQvWXkCo9G4APRa4u10waA-kgk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JQvWXkCo9G4APRa4u10waA-kgk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JQvWXkCo9G4APRa4u10waA-kgk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9JQvWXkCo9G4APRa4u10waA-kgk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/1TcO81todc0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-make-basic-wire-jewelry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-43847450037463573612010-07-13T08:03:00.000-07:002010-07-13T08:03:28.538-07:002010-07-13T08:03:28.538-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0 I'm Quite Crafty! Did I ever mention that I write crafts articles for Associated Content.com , Helium.com and a few other sites; but my work with AC.... now a part of the Yahoo! network, is the most challenging these days. At AC I have an actual title: Featured Crafts... or is it Crafting Contributor. Yes, I'm one of a few AC Featured Crafting Contributors. That means I write at least 3 new <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PBknBErFPsVDhiuB46JmDJFxd00/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PBknBErFPsVDhiuB46JmDJFxd00/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PBknBErFPsVDhiuB46JmDJFxd00/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PBknBErFPsVDhiuB46JmDJFxd00/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/AU3Wm-5sy7Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-quite-crafty-writer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-54319096108932464532010-06-26T06:25:00.000-07:002010-06-26T06:25:36.039-07:002010-06-26T06:25:36.039-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0I Will Not Complain! From this day forward, I will not whine nor will I utter a word of complaint when I run out of sterling silver or copper or even beads when I'm making jewelry. I will not get sad when I've broken my last jeweler's saw blade. I will not complain at all. Why, you ask? I just read a CNN.COM article and saw a slideshow about a teenager in Ghana who makes jewelry out of bullets. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eCu7Hx3gfw3RwhU9zewRm0twnSs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eCu7Hx3gfw3RwhU9zewRm0twnSs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eCu7Hx3gfw3RwhU9zewRm0twnSs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eCu7Hx3gfw3RwhU9zewRm0twnSs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/nVahHSKIRz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/06/from-bullets-to-jewelry-ultimate-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-32931922463771604932010-06-26T06:06:00.000-07:002010-06-26T06:09:13.073-07:002010-06-26T06:09:13.073-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0Got Plastic! Have you ever really looked at a plastic shampoo bottle? The colors are so deep and rich, so pretty it's hard to throw them away or even recycle them. You don't have to if you make them into jewelry... Click the link for the rest of the story...Create a Handcrafted Bracelet With Quirky Colorful "Green" Style <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pJ_GL3FSTt0P28W2MZvRUkPUVAg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pJ_GL3FSTt0P28W2MZvRUkPUVAg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pJ_GL3FSTt0P28W2MZvRUkPUVAg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pJ_GL3FSTt0P28W2MZvRUkPUVAg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/dqGDgdk4t5Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/06/upcycled-jewelry-create-bracelet-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-3328481295012542422010-06-18T06:42:00.000-07:002010-06-18T06:48:33.280-07:002010-06-18T06:48:33.280-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0I haven't blogged in a while... I would like to say it's because I have been hard at work, fashioning wire and metal and beads into beautiful jewelry creations, but I haven't. I've done a bit of that, mind you, just not as much as I should... Inspiration comes when it comes... and mine doesn't come as often as it used to.. which means the money I get from selling my jewelry comes when it feels <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kHQhq0Udix-XBsCx3Frm4hk_8ic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kHQhq0Udix-XBsCx3Frm4hk_8ic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kHQhq0Udix-XBsCx3Frm4hk_8ic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kHQhq0Udix-XBsCx3Frm4hk_8ic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/vuQ9PTg0Ja0" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-havent-blogged-in-while.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-21243610939312404252010-05-18T09:52:00.000-07:002010-05-18T09:55:51.857-07:002010-05-18T09:55:51.857-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0Today I'm wearing the hats of both writer and jewelry creator or should I say the brains? My day's task is indeed a ticklish juggle, an uncomfortable mix of right brain creativity and left brain analytical skills; but that's what happens when I'm writing a jewelry how-to. I create a piece and write about it as I'm doing it..... and then I take pictures.... It's a miracle I ever finish an article <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trIf2T5GuasFCe_72GNPjSZneI4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trIf2T5GuasFCe_72GNPjSZneI4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trIf2T5GuasFCe_72GNPjSZneI4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/trIf2T5GuasFCe_72GNPjSZneI4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/pBwuWmelvJc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/05/im-using-both-sides-of-my-brain-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-7746358043062832912010-05-14T06:20:00.000-07:002010-05-14T06:20:09.772-07:002010-05-14T06:20:09.772-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0Who Needs Long Nails? Not Me! These past few months my nails have been long, well not exactly long but long.... er.... than they've been in years. Now they're all broken, which is not exactly a bad thing. In fact I celebrate my broken nails! Broken fingernails means I'm cutting metal, and bending, swirling and twirling wire again with artistic abandon! I got inspired last week, it jump-started <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ9Hr9LIKvE0FqJk7onY_KwiAbc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ9Hr9LIKvE0FqJk7onY_KwiAbc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ9Hr9LIKvE0FqJk7onY_KwiAbc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ9Hr9LIKvE0FqJk7onY_KwiAbc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/ycPw3zYEfLc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/05/celebrating-my-broken-fingernails.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-24375784234684534442010-05-08T09:10:00.000-07:002010-05-08T09:10:10.476-07:002010-05-08T09:10:10.476-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0I Should be Making Jewelry, But.... I'm so excited! I was the third person to sign up to follow the Gladys Knight Jewelry Collection Blog. That's what I mean when I say I'm ahead of you. (I bet you didn't know she had a blog!) Well at least I'm ahead on something. For instance, I am supposed to be making jewelry right now.... but I'm blogging. I hadn't thought of Gladys Knight in a while... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hdlz53aKnkQ41nSTH_Sy5gtNLKY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hdlz53aKnkQ41nSTH_Sy5gtNLKY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hdlz53aKnkQ41nSTH_Sy5gtNLKY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hdlz53aKnkQ41nSTH_Sy5gtNLKY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/lwo_v7biBIU" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/05/behind-in-my-jewelry-making-but-ahead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-84583932814960990482010-05-07T10:04:00.000-07:002010-05-07T10:07:30.115-07:002010-05-07T10:07:30.115-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com1If you didn't know, let me be the first to tell you. Gladys Knight... you know, "Midnight Train to Georgia."..... that Gladys Knight, has a jewelry line. It's handcrafted, but no, she doesn't make it herself. It's created with semi precious stones and handcrafted beads created by West African artisans. Gladys Knight Jewelry is so new, it's not even available yet. It will make it's debut at the <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XeGDCAVb0asQbySaS7KxBtGEOG4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XeGDCAVb0asQbySaS7KxBtGEOG4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XeGDCAVb0asQbySaS7KxBtGEOG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XeGDCAVb0asQbySaS7KxBtGEOG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/ZouN_eRozUA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/05/gladys-knight-has-jewelry-line.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-73472362916525032052010-05-03T10:10:00.000-07:002010-05-03T10:11:52.609-07:002010-05-03T10:11:52.609-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0As a jewelry artist, you never stop creating. Even if your fingers aren't twisting and bending metal or fooling around with pretty beads, your head is drifting off to the next thing. So with my head still on the job, I don't feel so bad because I haven't created jewelry for nearly two weeks now.I write as well; and that's where my fingers have been these days... banging on the keyboard like <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xq1aSsUUN7Z68wqdP2BNn7mM2A4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xq1aSsUUN7Z68wqdP2BNn7mM2A4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xq1aSsUUN7Z68wqdP2BNn7mM2A4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xq1aSsUUN7Z68wqdP2BNn7mM2A4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/Oee-9XDr3NI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/04/creative-hiatus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-35406066790274292402010-03-15T07:37:00.001-07:002010-03-15T07:37:55.021-07:002010-03-15T07:37:55.021-07:00Carol Rucker, The Nice Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13066731307592043565noreply@blogger.com0For those of you "doing eBay," you may know that listing your handcrafted jewelry, as much time and effort as that takes, is only the beginning. You must first get those thousands of eBay surfers to notice your jewelry (easier said than done) then hope they place bids on your lovely jewelry, you are on the clock indeed.You must follow the auction, check back to see if any customer has a question. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hzLLSCPwW2j3yZNLaza6RfDpeF8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hzLLSCPwW2j3yZNLaza6RfDpeF8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hzLLSCPwW2j3yZNLaza6RfDpeF8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hzLLSCPwW2j3yZNLaza6RfDpeF8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CraftingJewelryWithTheNiceLady/~4/9OVml7bPQPI" height="1" width="1"/>http://thenicelady.blogspot.com/2010/01/ebay-monday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726720785496592697.post-56376486007894067992010-01-07T19:28:00.001-08:002010-01-07T19:28:56.874-08:002010-01-07T19:28:56.874-08:00