Crafty Gems

Gem Stone Facts - What a Girl Needs to Know When Choosing Gem Stones

2008-02-10T17:56:00.002Z

I've spent hours, if not days, hopping between websites, trying to collect all the small and bitty facts about various Gem Stones, and have cursed the fact that no one seems to have out all the girlie facts in one place. So, having collected all the information, I thought I might as well be the person to put all these facts in one place, where everyone that wants them can find them.So here we are

Gem Stone Information - The Dictionary

2008-01-24T20:15:00.000Z

As a girlie girl who likes gem stones and semi-precious stones simply because they are sparkly and pretty, I have found in the past that it’s surprisingly difficult to find girlie girl level info on a certain gem, all in the one place.So, as no one else seems to have put birth stone, zodiac stone, anniversary stone, symbols and meanings, energies, planets, and other "proper" info like where they

Craft Fairs PART 3 - Getting Into Craft Fairs and Shows

2008-01-12T18:47:00.000Z

If you've read Finding Craft Fairs.... and Choosing Crafts Fairs.....by now you’ve put together a massive great list of events, shows and fairs, and you’ve worked out how you’re going to choose which ones you want to be at. Now, you’ve got to persuade the organisers that they want you there – a job that can sometimes be slightly harder than it needs to be. Most organisers are lovely and are

Craft Fairs PART 2 - Choosing Craft Fairs and Shows

2008-01-12T18:37:00.000Z

So if you read Finding Craft Fairs.... you’ve made yourself a nice big list of Craft Fairs and Shows, but how do you know which ones are good? Well you don’t. No one can tell you either, as each trader has a different opinion of which shows work for them. What makes a show good depends a lot on luck and whether or not YOUR customers turned up that day. But there are a few hints and tips that can

Craft Fairs PART 1 - Finding Craft Fairs and Shows

2008-01-12T18:28:00.000Z

I’ve been attending Craft Fairs as a trader for some years now and, like all the other traders out there, I have made some truly horrendous mistakes in choosing some of the shows I have attended. The majority of the nightmares occurred when I was new to the Craft Fair Circuit, and had no idea how to work out what shows were good and worth attending, and what ones to avoid. Having gained

Birth Stone Charts

2008-01-08T20:52:00.000Z

Birth Stone or Zodiac Stone? It's such a nice thought to give jewellery or sparkly things as a birthday pressie, and have the right stones in it. But it's surprisingly difficult to find out exactly which stones ARE the birth stones or zodiac stones that you are looking for, when every place you look suggests a completely different stone to the place you looked before.I've spent many hours of my

The Best Place for a Good Idea

2008-01-05T16:52:00.000Z

Why do all your best ideas come to you in the middle of the night? Or on the toilet? You're just sitting (or lying) there, happily minding your own business, dreaming away, when BAM!! You suddenly get a picture in your mind of a really lovely piece of jewellery, something new and fresh that has your signature stamped all over it and that people will want.And you are no where near a piece of