Adagio Bead Crafters

Adagio - Slowly and Gracefully with great skill

It is my pleasure to introduce you to my friend and eSmarts team mate Adagio Beadcrafters.



Elegant and sophisticated.

Timeless beauty and superior design.



Visit Adagio Beadcrafters at her Etsy shop and select Craft and Art shows in her native Florida. Follow A Beaders Blog for terrific information on the beady life of a compulsive beader.

While your at Etsy stop by and visit A Beaded Affair and indulge your inner beader. Hand selected and individually photographed so you get exactly what you see in the pictures. No guessing. All bead prices reduced for our Recession Buster Sale.

Colors of Spring - Carnelian Carnival Necklace

Just in time for Carnival! Spread the joy of the season with the rich colors of spring.

Generously wrapped in sterling silver this carnelian, lemon quartz, citrine, lemon topaz and Bali Silver necklace will grace your neckline. Sterling toggle to make it easy to put on and take off.

At 22 inches this is designed for everyone but if you need more or less length I can adjust it for you.

One of a kind, Carnelian Carnival is currently only available directly from me for $79.00. After March 1 I will put this in my Etsy shop at $95.00, so contact me right away at Lois@abeadedaffair.com for free shipping and a discounted price.

Have a favorite stone you would love to wear? Let me wrapped it in sterling silver. Contact me and we will design the perfect one of a kind piece, just for you.
Make your own jewelry? Never settle for less than the best for your creations. Visit A Beaded Affair for hand selected, individually photographed beads and findings.


Proud member of Esmarts Team on Etsy.

Always Wired Bead Lady

It's only natural for me to be atttacted to the work and art of the Always Wired Bead Lady. Joella combines all of my favorite materials in glorious combinations of color, texture and shape. She creates wonderful hand made chain maille bracelets like this copper byzantine chain and Kambaba Jasper and offers it in a variety of other stones and crystals too.










The Romanov is a popular chain maille weave sporting swarovski crystals in the center of copper byzantine chain which has been oxidized to give it an antique look.

Comprised entirely of sparkling sterling the hand cut rings and lazer cut beads in this dazzler will brighten any outfit.





Never settle for costume jewelry when you are searching for accessories to go with your carefully chosen outfit, stop by and select a piece of hand made art to wear.

You can find the Always Wired Bead Lady at Etsy and stop by her blog Always Wired Bead Lady to see the new pieces she is working on too.

Just a few updates

I am participating in the One World One Heart Blog Give Away and have a lovely pair of earrings up but you can't register here......please go to my other Blog A Beaded Affair to comment for a chance at the earrings. I have had such a wonderful response I am going to add more earrings and have more winners,....just 'cause it's fun.

Oh2122 posted on her blog today an update on the CPSIA debacle. Check it out. Finally some good news.

Jamie over at Creations by Jae is really ready for spring. She just listed a choker on Etsy that just chears me up and shakes out the winter doldrums. Check it out here Creations by Jae.




Wilma of Whilma's Whimsey has been selected to be featured in an Esty treasury today. Check out her Swirling Seas Lampwork beads on the treasury and all the other wonderful items in her shop.






Our very own Auggie Queen-Parker, mia from our Etsy social marketing group Esmarts while she makes a major move had her first sale in her shop over the weekend. I've seen Auggie's work and that's one smart buyer. Visit Auggies shop at The Queen's Jewels.







Get rid of the winter blues, there's new work from the elegant studio's of Ga'Hooletree Designs and they are just in time for the perfect Valentine's Day Gift for your favorite gal. Visit Ga'Hooletree Designs on Etsy for elite gemstone jewelry.




Don't forget to visit A Beaded Affair for high end, hand selected, individually photographed beads and 1/2 round and copper wire for all your jewelry designing needs.

Jewelry Elegance by Jill

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary defines elegance as that "state or quality of being elegant; beauty... resulting from choice qualities...; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc."... and might I add jewelry? Grace, polish and refinement are the hallmarks of Jewelry Elegance by Jill .

I consider myself fortunate to have met Jill a few months ago when we both joined the Esmarts Team on Etsy, the number one online marketing venue for hand crafted art. Esmarts Team members are dedicated to promoting our shops and each other through social marketing. Jill is a strong member and brings style and grace to the team.

Eclectic...

Creative....

Delicate....

Dedicated to perfection...

At Jewelry Elegance by Jill you will find only the finest in gems, swarovski crystal, czech glass, sterling silver and natural copper

A California transplant in Georgia, it's easy to see West Coast freedom mixed with Southern Charm in all Jill's work. A quick trip through her blog, Jewelry Elegance by Jill , reveals a little about her life and loves. Devoted wife and mother of 3, who apparently aren't reading her blog, shame on you guys, Jill is also Momma to fur and feather babies that she adores. You must read Meet the Talker about Nika, an African Gray that keeps the family, apparently including the fur babies, entertained on a regular basis.

It has been my disticnt privilege to introduce you Jewelry Elegance by Jill and I hope you will stop by her shop and have a look around at her extraordinary offerings. You can also find Jill's work at Jewelry Elegance at 1000 Markets and This, This and That also at 1000 Markets.

Interested in selling on Etsy and learning the skills to sell successfully through Social Marketing? Visit the Esmarts Team Blog or Esmarts Team Profile to find out more.

While at Etsy, take a stroll through my shop, A Beaded Affair for top of the line, hand selected beads, findings and copper wire in hard to find 1/2 round and square.

...and the Winner is....

Courtesy of www.Random.org (my very smart daughter told me 'bout this one) we have a winner. Your entries were time dated and entered into the list and Random.org selected our winner, Lizzie. See list as generated by Random below.


"RANDOM.ORG
True Random Number ServiceList Randomizer
There were 13 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Lizzie
Eileen
BobbiannCook
Lindsay
Kim Ries
Lindsay E
Annette Piper
Gemlover
Dreamshadow Designs
LaSara
Jessica
Mod Farm Girl
Adagio Bead Crafters
Timestamp: 2009-01-11 04:33:11 UTC

So, Lizzie, I will be sending you an email momentarily and Twittering that you are the winner. Thanks to all who played with Esmarts Team.

A special thanks to all the members of Esmarts Team. This special group donated fabulous items to our shop and then worked throughout the day to help promote the event. This is truely a special and unique group and I consider myself very fortunate to be associated with them. Please check here Etsy for all the team shops when you get a chance.


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Friday Gift Cert Grab - 1/9

The Esmarts Team Shop at Etsy was created in the spirit of "PAYING IT FORWARD". The Team has jumped on board and loaded it with scrumptious new listings for you to peruse. In that spirit we'd like to give a bit back to all of our readers and buyers by running a contest on Twitter and our blogs. All you have to do to enter the contest is leave a comment mentioning the contest here on A Beaded Affair, the Esmarts Team Blog or Direct Message @abeadedaffair on Twitter and you might win the $10.00 Gift Certificate in the drawing on Saturday which you can use in the Esmarts Team Shop . Gift Cert donated by A Beaded Affair at Etsy. Take a chance, have some fun, enter our contest and win $10.00.Just a few of the new items donated by the talented members of EsmartsContest runs from Noon Friday January 9 (that's tomorrow folks) til Midnight.On Saturday we will announce the winner here!!!This weeks donations by Creations by Jae, dgdesignstx, SandTCreations, The World of Wezz, Chic Hats and More, Gahooletree, Studio618 and Wilma's Whimseys. Visit these Etsy shops for more exciting hand crafted goodies.

When you snooze you lose. If you didn't check out the Esmarts Team Store on Tuesday you missed donations by M5 Creative Corners which sold right away.

One more note, Coastal Artist has reduced the price on 3 of his prints to $20.00 just for the contest. Don't wait, leave a comment and check out all the fabulous items at Esmarts Team Store and win the Gift Certificate.

Are you on Twitter? Share the love and Tweet about the contest for us. The more the merrier.

Cheers