Thank you to junryglems via etsy for featuring a Kasha Designs product the butterfly candy dish : )
here is the treasury and place of feature.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTQyNDk1ODB8NDY2ODExNDIx/the-color-of-royalty-ejart-competition?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share
This is the color of royalty treasury and it has lots of beautiful items from many shops hand picked by jenryglems and I know we all thank you.
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Showing posts with label hobby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hobby. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
New handmade hair clips
http://www.facebook.com/kashadesigns
There I have different folds and I think I have my favorites picked out. Check them out and give me some feedback, please and thank you!!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Another contraption to make jewelry making fun and original.
I have this fun new toy that I have to thank my mom for getting. She found the coiling gizmo at our local goodwill, just like she found my first beading set and that got me into my beading frenzy. THANKS MOM!! : )
Anyways. As you can see my new toy is called the coiling gizmo and what this does , it takes traditional hand wrapping and coiling and makes it so much easier. Easier on the hands and it shortens time in hand wrapping. I hand coiled ring and it took me an hour !! I made one then with the coiling gizmo.... Not even a min to get the band coiled!! I love this contraption.
I have found some through amazon and eBay the newer gizmos come with many more attachments but mine just came with two different size mandrels to wrap your wire, and a metal U shaped bar to assit in coiling. The yellow C clamp I got at walmart for $3
As you can see on the front of the box you can become very creative with this coiling gizmo and it takes atleast half the time down from doing it by hand. I have demonstrated on how you can even make your own beads by using beads!!! How AMAZING!!
I'm doing a patriotic line right now , hence the red, white and blue. GOD BLESS AMERICA. any who, I first count out the beads I want to coil, you don't have to but I'm OCD. : ) I leave my wire on my spool. Then I take the end of the wire and wrap it around the size of mandrel I want to use. I chose the smaller mandrel for these beads. You can either wrap towards you or away from you, which ever you like more.
I then just started to wrap. Depending on the length of the bead will determine how much coil you want to show before you start pushing up your beads.
Then I started to coil my seed beads into the coil bead I'm making making sure not to hold it too taught because the beads will break. After the seed beads are all coiled I coil the same amount on the end as I started with. Snip, tuck and smooth out and ....
Tada you have just coiled your own personal bead !!
My rating for the coiling gizmo is a very good one. I really like so far what I am able to do and I've Seen some great videos of what people have done and I am defiantly going to expand in making beads and coils with the gizmo and I will be offering them for supplies to others so keep a look out for that too.
Krista
Kasha Designs
www.kashadesigns.webs.com
www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
Anyways. As you can see my new toy is called the coiling gizmo and what this does , it takes traditional hand wrapping and coiling and makes it so much easier. Easier on the hands and it shortens time in hand wrapping. I hand coiled ring and it took me an hour !! I made one then with the coiling gizmo.... Not even a min to get the band coiled!! I love this contraption.
I have found some through amazon and eBay the newer gizmos come with many more attachments but mine just came with two different size mandrels to wrap your wire, and a metal U shaped bar to assit in coiling. The yellow C clamp I got at walmart for $3
As you can see on the front of the box you can become very creative with this coiling gizmo and it takes atleast half the time down from doing it by hand. I have demonstrated on how you can even make your own beads by using beads!!! How AMAZING!!
I'm doing a patriotic line right now , hence the red, white and blue. GOD BLESS AMERICA. any who, I first count out the beads I want to coil, you don't have to but I'm OCD. : ) I leave my wire on my spool. Then I take the end of the wire and wrap it around the size of mandrel I want to use. I chose the smaller mandrel for these beads. You can either wrap towards you or away from you, which ever you like more.
I then just started to wrap. Depending on the length of the bead will determine how much coil you want to show before you start pushing up your beads.
Then I started to coil my seed beads into the coil bead I'm making making sure not to hold it too taught because the beads will break. After the seed beads are all coiled I coil the same amount on the end as I started with. Snip, tuck and smooth out and ....
Tada you have just coiled your own personal bead !!
My rating for the coiling gizmo is a very good one. I really like so far what I am able to do and I've Seen some great videos of what people have done and I am defiantly going to expand in making beads and coils with the gizmo and I will be offering them for supplies to others so keep a look out for that too.
Krista
Kasha Designs
www.kashadesigns.webs.com
www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
Monday, May 23, 2011
Let's get patriotic. Show your support
I am through this week and June to July pushing patriotic items. I have a few made and only have tons more to make.
Patriotic accent pieces for your table when you have your memorial day or 4th of July parties.
Earrings with a matching bracelet. I personally hand coiled/wrapped the individual "beads" you see on the earrings and then on the bracelet. So it has even more extra love.
Stay tuned for more patriotic items I will be making to celebrate our independence and support our veterans and those in service still protecting us all.
God Bless America
Krista
Kasha Designs
www.kashadesigns.webs.com
www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
Zibbet vs. Etsy
So finally I looked into this semi new handmade craft selling page similar to Etsy and I'm giving it a try.
Zibbet is the site (www.zibbet.com) just like anywhere you sell it takes time to get a customer base and it takes self promotion and interacting in the groups and forums. This goes for Etsy and Zibbet.
For Zibbet, the good I found, free posting of items to sell, you can link your Etsy account to you Zibbet. That's very nice of them : )
For Zibbet, the not so good I found, if you want to have unlimited amount of items you can post to sell you have to pay for a account. Like a monthly fee, you still get 50 spots to post under a free account but many of us have way more than 50 items. Zibbet isn't as well known but it's in the rising if more of us let the world know about it. If you have more than one item of that one product you can't type in more than one quantity unless you have a paid account. I have just typed in the bottom of the description if I have more.
Now many of us know Etsy and how it works but I'll still go over it.
The good, it has great groups to meet people, learn new tips, self promote and to walk you through dos and don'ts and good etsy selling. Many people have turned etsy into their full time job so you can become successful.
There are a lot of jewelry selling so it can be difficult to gain jewelry sales , you have to pay 20cents per posting wich is not bad but if you are already hard on money that can become difficult. That starts to add up.
As a whole both places have great potential of anyone being successful. It just takes time, patience and you have to work at it just like anything else. I've had my first sell on Etsy after 1 month so I'm okay with that. I'll keep you posted on how Zibbet turns out.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
http://www.zibbet.com/KashaDesigns
Zibbet is the site (www.zibbet.com) just like anywhere you sell it takes time to get a customer base and it takes self promotion and interacting in the groups and forums. This goes for Etsy and Zibbet.
For Zibbet, the good I found, free posting of items to sell, you can link your Etsy account to you Zibbet. That's very nice of them : )
For Zibbet, the not so good I found, if you want to have unlimited amount of items you can post to sell you have to pay for a account. Like a monthly fee, you still get 50 spots to post under a free account but many of us have way more than 50 items. Zibbet isn't as well known but it's in the rising if more of us let the world know about it. If you have more than one item of that one product you can't type in more than one quantity unless you have a paid account. I have just typed in the bottom of the description if I have more.
Now many of us know Etsy and how it works but I'll still go over it.
The good, it has great groups to meet people, learn new tips, self promote and to walk you through dos and don'ts and good etsy selling. Many people have turned etsy into their full time job so you can become successful.
There are a lot of jewelry selling so it can be difficult to gain jewelry sales , you have to pay 20cents per posting wich is not bad but if you are already hard on money that can become difficult. That starts to add up.
As a whole both places have great potential of anyone being successful. It just takes time, patience and you have to work at it just like anything else. I've had my first sell on Etsy after 1 month so I'm okay with that. I'll keep you posted on how Zibbet turns out.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
http://www.zibbet.com/KashaDesigns
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
I've been FEATURED!!!
I would like to thank Corky Crafts on etsy for featuring my purple butterfly candy dish to her shades of purple teeasury.
Here is the link so you can see mine and all of the great other products by crafters. Thank you again Corky Crafts
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dc3fa0bf0896d91457b046e/shades-of-purple
Krista
Kasha Designs
www.kashadesigns.webs.com
www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
Monday, May 9, 2011
Double your fun.
When making a craft that you plan on selling and making a business out of it is a good idea to make at least two of that one product. Now I would personally stop at making three because if you make 15 of one product then find out that it is not a hit you are out of money and stuck with all 15 of them. But if you make one and others are asking for them you may end up working even harder trying to keep up with orders.
There are some things you buy that come in packs of two or more like pendents in jewelry making take those and make two and see how those go. Or make two different variations of that one product.
The ending note is don't just offer your customers first come first serve unless that is all you have left or all you could get your hands on from the store.
Just a little something to keep in mind to keep customers happy when you have a product that is in demand.
There are some things you buy that come in packs of two or more like pendents in jewelry making take those and make two and see how those go. Or make two different variations of that one product.
The ending note is don't just offer your customers first come first serve unless that is all you have left or all you could get your hands on from the store.
Just a little something to keep in mind to keep customers happy when you have a product that is in demand.
Krista
Kasha Designs
www.kashadesigns.webs.com
www.kashadsgns.etsy.com
Monday, May 2, 2011
Chain Sta
It has finally arrived!! My Chain Sta from http://www.artbeads.com/ it did take a while to ship but I'm sure I'll be happy with it I'm the end. It's very easy to put together and can be used instantly.
Once you get the Chain Sta together you can see I've already got my bracelet ready to go. You can use necklaces on here as well. It makes adding charms way easier.
Once you get the Chain Sta together you can see I've already got my bracelet ready to go. You can use necklaces on here as well. It makes adding charms way easier.
I am very OCD and have to have things even so I am more into counting my links rather than measuring them out. I feel ten time better that way. So I wanted to had cross charms, I counted the links to where I wanted then and with my Chain Sta got them on my bracelet with ease!! : )
Now that all my designated charms are placed, I did that first because I know how I get. I would have forgotten by the time I got to that spot and the bracelet wouldn't Of had crosses at all lol, I continued to add my brown beads and my shells beads in the order that I wanted them. : )
Now that all my designated charms are placed, I did that first because I know how I get. I would have forgotten by the time I got to that spot and the bracelet wouldn't Of had crosses at all lol, I continued to add my brown beads and my shells beads in the order that I wanted them. : )
And tada!! Here we have my bracelet I made with the Chain Sta. I feel like I went faster in making the bracelet by having that extra hand. Out of 10 stars I will give it a 8,( no 9 it took a long time to ship, no 10 because nothing is perfect)
(This bracelet if for sale at http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/)
Again I bought this from http://www.artbeads.com/free shipping in the U.S. With orders over $10.
They have great products at great prices and there always seems to be a coupon available right from the site.
Happy Monday.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Friday, April 29, 2011
What's your worth? Price your items right the 1st time.
Kasha Designs is my baby, so to speak. I love what I do and coming up with new and fun ideas. I want to give my items to new homes and have the customer love and enjoy them as much as I do. But I want them to love the quality and love the price. I do not want to make items too high but I also need to think about how much time I took making the item and difficulty if any.
When it comes to pricing many struggle and it's fully understandable. Some people look at their items and say what would I pay for it? Well that is okay to a certain extent, but not everyone will pay $20 for an okay necklace. Then there are the groups that take how much the product costs and then adds $2-$5 to make as their profit and does not take in anything else.
So here is my method of pricing my items. Everything I buy I keep my reciept and log the price of items into an excel spread sheet and I take into account how many beads, pendents or what have you is on they strand. I price items per bead. So if there are 75 beads on a strand for $2 I take $2 and divide it by 75, and the solution I would round to .02 scents per bead. That sounds crazy but it really works.
Well after getting a price per bead I have to take into account how long it took me to make the item and how much I am worth. Every artists takes time to make an item and we are all worth something by taking time out of our days to make these wonderful pieces. Are you worth $1 an hour? or $3 hour it's all up to your skill, quality, and devotion. Each person will determine his/her worth.
So pricing my items I take bead/charm/material per cost, time, and worth and that is how I come up with my prices now. I have done this with items and I have gone down some $2-4 dollars because I was really over pricing it. I'm not saying I am not worth that much but what I put my worth at I am still making a profit, a profit to take Kasha Designs to the extreme that I want it to go. Some people raise prices to really make a killing, but I want to make money but I enjoy having happy customers and being happy myself. It's not about the money that I have started my own business its the joy I get in crafting and meeting other who enjoy and respect my work and networking with so many people in the same field. Hopefully the ones that are reading this now. Many people may shake their head but I've done the calculations yes I'm still making money and I have great customer service, without customers there is no business.
But now since I've had a sentimental moment lol here is an ebook (FREE) on pricing and value called an Artists guide to Pricing by blogger Brandi Girl. This is free so please download it and reference to it until you get comfortable pricing your items.
http://www.brandigirlblog.com/2011/03/artists-guide-to-pricing.html
I hope to service you soon with Kasha Designs products we always have stock and plenty more in the works. Have a great weekend!!
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
When it comes to pricing many struggle and it's fully understandable. Some people look at their items and say what would I pay for it? Well that is okay to a certain extent, but not everyone will pay $20 for an okay necklace. Then there are the groups that take how much the product costs and then adds $2-$5 to make as their profit and does not take in anything else.
So here is my method of pricing my items. Everything I buy I keep my reciept and log the price of items into an excel spread sheet and I take into account how many beads, pendents or what have you is on they strand. I price items per bead. So if there are 75 beads on a strand for $2 I take $2 and divide it by 75, and the solution I would round to .02 scents per bead. That sounds crazy but it really works.
Well after getting a price per bead I have to take into account how long it took me to make the item and how much I am worth. Every artists takes time to make an item and we are all worth something by taking time out of our days to make these wonderful pieces. Are you worth $1 an hour? or $3 hour it's all up to your skill, quality, and devotion. Each person will determine his/her worth.
So pricing my items I take bead/charm/material per cost, time, and worth and that is how I come up with my prices now. I have done this with items and I have gone down some $2-4 dollars because I was really over pricing it. I'm not saying I am not worth that much but what I put my worth at I am still making a profit, a profit to take Kasha Designs to the extreme that I want it to go. Some people raise prices to really make a killing, but I want to make money but I enjoy having happy customers and being happy myself. It's not about the money that I have started my own business its the joy I get in crafting and meeting other who enjoy and respect my work and networking with so many people in the same field. Hopefully the ones that are reading this now. Many people may shake their head but I've done the calculations yes I'm still making money and I have great customer service, without customers there is no business.
But now since I've had a sentimental moment lol here is an ebook (FREE) on pricing and value called an Artists guide to Pricing by blogger Brandi Girl. This is free so please download it and reference to it until you get comfortable pricing your items.
http://www.brandigirlblog.com/2011/03/artists-guide-to-pricing.html
I hope to service you soon with Kasha Designs products we always have stock and plenty more in the works. Have a great weekend!!
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Centerpieces anyone?
So I've been really going crazy with crafts... in a good sense. I love creating new things and offering them to a lovely home. So I started making some home decor items, vases/centerpieces. I have a few made up on the website so check those out. These can really be used for table centerpieces, accent pieces around the house and they can hold just about anything from pens and pencils, craft supplies, potpourri and the list can go on and on...
I would love to be able to do some center pieces maybe for a wedding or some type of celebration. I think they could be great pieces for guests to really enjoy looking at. I just wanted to share my craft that I was doing last night and like I said more are up on the website and are ready to go to new homes.
(4th of July centerpiece vase)
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Monday, April 25, 2011
Web referral program
THIS JUST IN KASHA DESIGNS IS HAVING A WEB REFERRAL PROGRAM!!!
If you shop at Kasha Designs website tell your friends/family and you can get 10% off of your order. If you tell three people and they shop online you will get 3 10% off transactions. * One per transaction* Make sure they tell me your name so I know you are a returning customer.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
If you shop at Kasha Designs website tell your friends/family and you can get 10% off of your order. If you tell three people and they shop online you will get 3 10% off transactions. * One per transaction* Make sure they tell me your name so I know you are a returning customer.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Versatile baby/toddler blanket (boy)
Versitile baby/toddler blanket (boy) - Kasha Designs- handmade accessories
(CLICK ON THE LINK)
This is the versatile baby/toddler blanket I have made. This one is for a boy, but you dont have to get it for a boy; girls like blue too. It is 27" x 36" with a checkered print of stripes, white, puppy dogs and polka dots with green, brown and blue on the various squares. I have trimmed it with brown blanket bindind and on the back side of the blanket it is a navy blue finish.
I will be making the one for girls this week so it will be up soon. I have a few new projects I have been working on. Some home decor items, hand panting and decorating vases to use for flowers, decorations, or a holder to hold pens, scissors or your ring mandrel it's versatile too.
You can find this blanket on the website along with many other items and many more are coming soon.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
(CLICK ON THE LINK)
This is the versatile baby/toddler blanket I have made. This one is for a boy, but you dont have to get it for a boy; girls like blue too. It is 27" x 36" with a checkered print of stripes, white, puppy dogs and polka dots with green, brown and blue on the various squares. I have trimmed it with brown blanket bindind and on the back side of the blanket it is a navy blue finish.
I will be making the one for girls this week so it will be up soon. I have a few new projects I have been working on. Some home decor items, hand panting and decorating vases to use for flowers, decorations, or a holder to hold pens, scissors or your ring mandrel it's versatile too.
You can find this blanket on the website along with many other items and many more are coming soon.
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Elegant Chandelier earrings
I was at home and I had some free time before bed and I added an extra hour of designing. I try and keep a good schedule of daily life and work(designing). Making a personal schedule like book keeping on certain days for 1-2 hours, designing on certain days 1-2 hours and then everyday activities... I'm sure you get the idea but it's a schedule that works for me. Well back to the point, I just wanted to share how I manage my time to make the items I get to make.
I came up with what I call the Elegant Chandelier earrings. I'm sure you have seen a basis of this type of earring but something about this one stuck out for me and I'd like to show you ; )
I had the following.....
Pick your style of beads you will need one good size main bead, I picked blue, and a hand full of other beads, in a smaller size and color of your choice as well as style. I went with a clear crystal/rock style bead. ( I got a long necklace from the Goodwill) I love recycling old jewelry from thrift stores. I did not count how many beads I put on each earring. I think it makes it more original; not every earring will be a like but by all means count yours if you would like.. continuing you will need a head pin to stick in your larger bead (my blue bead you see I have mine inserted that I closed with an eye) a medium jump ring and your metal earring.
You will also need a hand full of eye pins to attach to the eye of the head pin and the jump ring after you attach all three as follows.
When your earring looks like the above picture you can start adding your other beads. Using your head pins to insert through the bead color of your choice (my clear beads) start off by adding beads to the eye of the head pin and then go up to the jump ring and to the eye of the earring.
Keep going until you have a look that you like....
And here is mine : ) I hope you like it and go a head and try it out yourself. If you don't make jewelry these will be for sale on the Kasha Designs website. Happy Easter!!!
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
I came up with what I call the Elegant Chandelier earrings. I'm sure you have seen a basis of this type of earring but something about this one stuck out for me and I'd like to show you ; )
I had the following.....
Pick your style of beads you will need one good size main bead, I picked blue, and a hand full of other beads, in a smaller size and color of your choice as well as style. I went with a clear crystal/rock style bead. ( I got a long necklace from the Goodwill) I love recycling old jewelry from thrift stores. I did not count how many beads I put on each earring. I think it makes it more original; not every earring will be a like but by all means count yours if you would like.. continuing you will need a head pin to stick in your larger bead (my blue bead you see I have mine inserted that I closed with an eye) a medium jump ring and your metal earring.
You will also need a hand full of eye pins to attach to the eye of the head pin and the jump ring after you attach all three as follows.
When your earring looks like the above picture you can start adding your other beads. Using your head pins to insert through the bead color of your choice (my clear beads) start off by adding beads to the eye of the head pin and then go up to the jump ring and to the eye of the earring.
Keep going until you have a look that you like....
And here is mine : ) I hope you like it and go a head and try it out yourself. If you don't make jewelry these will be for sale on the Kasha Designs website. Happy Easter!!!
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Thursday, April 21, 2011
New Product COMING SOON!!
I am so excited to share this amazing website I found today. It is www.artbeads.com, this is next to Hobby Lobby the mother of art stores, well for me at least ; ) I have come to announce that I have some new items coming in that I want to show and then when they come in, trust me you will hear all about it: ) I PROMISE.
Well first off I am getting from artbeads.com a Chain Stä,
As you can see from the picture it holds chain links for you. May it be bracelets or necklaces when you are trying to add charms with head pins, eye pins, loops etc I always seem to wish I had a third hand and with the Chain Stä I can have that third hand. While the chain is hung on the stand I can add charms and pendents straight to the chain link and even do wraps way easier.
(www.artbeads.com Chain Stä $12.07 it will be free shipping over $10 :) )
Then I have bought some watch faces that support breast cancer with the pink ribbon in the middle. I'm really excited to get those made because I have been running a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and % of proceeds each month have been going to them. My brother is running for them in the Chicago Marathon so wish him luck!!!
(Martell in the Chicago Marathon 10-10-10 twitter @MartellCBolden)
While I am trying with all of my might to hold my containment I am going to go make some baby/toddler blanket sets I have been dreaming about for days See you later in the blog.
p.s. If you shop at artbeads.com I was given this code to get 10% to share with my friends so have fun. ZZ-FRIEND10
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Well first off I am getting from artbeads.com a Chain Stä,
As you can see from the picture it holds chain links for you. May it be bracelets or necklaces when you are trying to add charms with head pins, eye pins, loops etc I always seem to wish I had a third hand and with the Chain Stä I can have that third hand. While the chain is hung on the stand I can add charms and pendents straight to the chain link and even do wraps way easier.
Then I have bought some watch faces that support breast cancer with the pink ribbon in the middle. I'm really excited to get those made because I have been running a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and % of proceeds each month have been going to them. My brother is running for them in the Chicago Marathon so wish him luck!!!
While I am trying with all of my might to hold my containment I am going to go make some baby/toddler blanket sets I have been dreaming about for days See you later in the blog.
p.s. If you shop at artbeads.com I was given this code to get 10% to share with my friends so have fun. ZZ-FRIEND10
Krista
Kasha Designs
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Read up on your craft
Anyone can make crafts, if you are self taught or went to school or took classes. Most crafts are really simple to catch up on but I would always reccommend that you read up on your craft. There are many things that you can teach yourself and be taught but there are even more things out there that can be learned and so many books that I have learned new techniques from that I did not know about. Do not think that you know everything there is to know because everyday someone could be coming up with something new.
Check out the amazon link to books and search for your craft and always feed your mind to keep your customers happy and your art unique.
Kasha Designs website
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Check out the amazon link to books and search for your craft and always feed your mind to keep your customers happy and your art unique.
Kasha Designs website
http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
http://www.kashadsgns.etsy.com/
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Recycle & reuse
When falling in love you can sometimes see that you find yourself spending more to keep up with your love... I'm talking about crafts of course.
I got into fashion design, jewelry making sewing and many other crafts and after time trying to get a good stock started to buyers, you can find your pockets getting lighter and lighter. So the solution, recycle and reuse. I have so many extra pieces of jewelry I will never wear again, those pair of pants that got a whole in the butt from when I was having a really good time to my favorite song so what do I do? I throw them all into my reuse pile. I take something old and create something entirely new.
A hold shirt can become a new popular hand bag and that old necklace may become a new bracelet with some added beads from an other old piece of jewelry and well you should get the point. It helps when you are light on money but your creative mind will not seem to stop. I also find myself going to my local Goodwill or Salvation Army and going through their jewelry and finding some great items to add to my collection. I only pick those that are in good condition and can easily be cleaned.
So when in doubt if you find your start up is costing more than you are making just take a step back and I'm sure you can find items to recycle and reuse and if you have to go through your mom or friends stuff, I already have friends telling me to come over and take their stuff and I am more than glad to.
DONT FORGET CHECK OUT KASHA DESIGNS WEBSITE AT http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
I got into fashion design, jewelry making sewing and many other crafts and after time trying to get a good stock started to buyers, you can find your pockets getting lighter and lighter. So the solution, recycle and reuse. I have so many extra pieces of jewelry I will never wear again, those pair of pants that got a whole in the butt from when I was having a really good time to my favorite song so what do I do? I throw them all into my reuse pile. I take something old and create something entirely new.
A hold shirt can become a new popular hand bag and that old necklace may become a new bracelet with some added beads from an other old piece of jewelry and well you should get the point. It helps when you are light on money but your creative mind will not seem to stop. I also find myself going to my local Goodwill or Salvation Army and going through their jewelry and finding some great items to add to my collection. I only pick those that are in good condition and can easily be cleaned.
So when in doubt if you find your start up is costing more than you are making just take a step back and I'm sure you can find items to recycle and reuse and if you have to go through your mom or friends stuff, I already have friends telling me to come over and take their stuff and I am more than glad to.
DONT FORGET CHECK OUT KASHA DESIGNS WEBSITE AT http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
Friday, April 8, 2011
It's more than just making jewelry.
How many people do you know who make jewelry? For a hobby or for business? You can ask any of them they do it because you can never find the same piece of jewelry anywhere, it's relaxing and rewarding. I know someone who makes jewelry and in the small cornfield town we live in, it's true we are surrounded by cornfields lol, but we have bought the same beads and what she came up with for them was something completely different from what I came up with. It's really amazing, I try and think, okay how many other people have access to the exact same product and what have they made out of it? I would love to find some to see their art, because in turn it is an art, a creative art. Singing isn't for everyone, playing the guitar is not for everyone as well as a sport or fixing cars but those of us who can take much pride in it. Never get upset or discouraged if you get a few people who do not like what you make. There is a style out there for everyone. Some people make elegant jewelry, some people make costume jewelry, some make big and flashy jewelry. Everyone needs a piece of jewelry for that one occassion. Keep shining and keep beading.
DONT FORGET CHECK OUT KASHA DESIGNS WEBSITE AT http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
DONT FORGET CHECK OUT KASHA DESIGNS WEBSITE AT http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/
Monday, April 4, 2011
Welcome note.
I am very excited to finally address my business Kasha designs to the world. I have kept it quiet for some time so I could get everything in order but now i'm ready to shine.
Kasha Designs is a business that I started sometime after I started making my own fashion designs. It offically got a name after I asked my best friend Tasha to join me in making purses, necklaces, bracelts and etc. It's where the name Kasha came from adding our names together, (Krista and Tasha)
Like I said I had started making my own designs but I work full time, have a 2 yearold and I am a full time college student. It became difficult and nerver racking putting due dates on outfits and not getting them done. I admire people who can handle it withe a schedule like mine or eve worse but I wasn't cutting it.
I had already thought about branching out in accessories but after pondering I knew that starting with accessories would be best for me and so far it has been great. Kasha Designs has a web site at www.kashadesigns.webs.com I host parties at my house for people to come in and learn more about me and what I do and of course buy what they love and I take request if needed.
There is plenty more to come with Kasha Designs, keep a look out on our website http://www.kashadesigns.webs.com/ and video blogging at www.youtube.com/model4yourlife
Happy designing,
Krista
Founder of Kasha Designs.
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