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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 8:14pm

Some of my neighbors' custom designs.


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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 7:34pm

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I was, back in the late 70s and early 80s, a jeweler. I lived in Santa Fe at that time, working in a storefront jewelery shop in which I had my bench. I did custom order jewelery, specializing in filligree. I would hand-draw the gold wires, sometimes as thin as a hair, roping them, forming delicate curvatures, adding miniscule beads of gold drops. Fine gems were my main stones I'd set. This necklace is peridot set in 14k gold. No shameless plugs here, as I no longer have a bench set up, though I have no problem with techer2 seeking to promote his wife's creations.

 

WOW, I'm not surprised, but terribly disappointed that this has been unacknowledged. You're obviously an accomplished (and excellent) designer . . . great work!!!!


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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:47pm

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I've been using "etsy" as a storefront with my website for sometime now....
(using website as more of a portfolio, having items ready for purchase listed on the Etsy)

however do not share the same success... maybe need to go to yaks for art direction

 
RPeeple! Go to glassbuteo's site! Purchase beautiful things!
 
Thank you.

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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:21pm

 glassbuteo wrote:
I've been using "etsy" as a storefront with my website for sometime now....
(using website as more of a portfolio, having items ready for purchase listed on the Etsy)

however do not share the same success... maybe need to go to yaks for art direction

 
She leveraged her etsy exposure to gain a deal with Urban Outfitters, which is undoubtedly a huge boon to her pocket.

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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:15pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

so sell your virgin yak scarves for $250. apparently, there is a market out there.
 
Where'd I put that virgin yak anyway?

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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:13pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Time to rethink, I guess.
 
If only. She's riding a bubble. There's a multitude of talented designers who I could never compare my work to. I'm not the fatalistic type, but... arghhhh, to quote Justine's war cry of this week.


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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:09pm

 zipper wrote:

Holy crap! Her creations are priced at astronomical amounts, especially for mostly freaking acrylic. I don't mean to say that her time isn't valuable because I know how much goes into it, but I cannot imagine charging someone a hundred ninety bucks for a scarf that isn't made from the hair of a virgin yak that's been blessed by the Dalai Lama.

 
so sell your virgin yak scarves for $250. apparently, there is a market out there.

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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:07pm

 zipper wrote:

Holy crap! Her creations are priced at astronomical amounts, especially for mostly freaking acrylic. I don't mean to say that her time isn't valuable because I know how much goes into it, but I cannot imagine charging someone a hundred ninety bucks for a scarf that isn't made from the hair of a virgin yak that's been blessed by the Dalai Lama.

 
Time to rethink, I guess.

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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 3:05pm

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Quit your day job? Etsy on NYTimes
 

To some craft enthusiasts that is just the name of a popular blog on Etsy, the fast-growing Web site that serves as a marketplace for crafts and vintage goods.

But to Yokoo Gibran, it was an epiphany.

Ms. Gibran, who is in her 30s, had been selling her hand-knit scarves and accessories on the site for less than a year when she decided last November to quit her day job at a copy center in Atlanta. Thirteen months later, she would seem to be living the Etsy dream: running a one-woman knitwear operation, Yokoo, from her home and earning more than $140,000 a year, more than many law associates.


 
Holy crap! Her creations are priced at astronomical amounts, especially for mostly freaking acrylic. I don't mean to say that her time isn't valuable because I know how much goes into it, but I cannot imagine charging someone a hundred ninety bucks for a scarf that isn't made from the hair of a virgin yak that's been blessed by the Dalai Lama.


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Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 2:40pm

Quit your day job? Etsy on NYTimes
 

To some craft enthusiasts that is just the name of a popular blog on Etsy, the fast-growing Web site that serves as a marketplace for crafts and vintage goods.

But to Yokoo Gibran, it was an epiphany.

Ms. Gibran, who is in her 30s, had been selling her hand-knit scarves and accessories on the site for less than a year when she decided last November to quit her day job at a copy center in Atlanta. Thirteen months later, she would seem to be living the Etsy dream: running a one-woman knitwear operation, Yokoo, from her home and earning more than $140,000 a year, more than many law associates.



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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 2:36pm

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power take off
 
PTO....now there's a band name.
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 12:31pm

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we're both originally from NM.  i grew up mostly in Abq, and my wife grew up in espanola.  that stone setting is beautiful work.  what do you do these days?

 
Now, as then, a Shaman of Lineage.

Española... I lived in Chimayo for a couple of years, back in 98-99-00. Santa Fe, as I said, much earlier. And in Alb as well, 1200 block of Candelaria. Way earlier, early 70s I lived a'horseback in the Pecos Wilderness and on up the spine of the Sangre de Cristos. I love NM. These days I reside in Sedona, Az.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 12:20pm

 jadewahoo wrote:
I was, back in the late 70s and early 80s, a jeweler. I lived in Santa Fe at that time, working in a storefront jewelery shop in which I had my bench. I did custom order jewelery, specializing in filligree. I would hand-draw the gold wires, sometimes as thin as a hair, roping them, forming delicate curvatures, adding miniscule beads of gold drops. Fine gems were my main stones I'd set. This necklace is peridot set in 14k gold. No shameless plugs here, as I no longer have a bench set up, though I have no problem with techer2 seeking to promote his wife's creations.

 
we're both originally from NM.  i grew up mostly in Abq, and my wife grew up in espanola.  that stone setting is beautiful work.  what do you do these days?
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 10:13am

I was, back in the late 70s and early 80s, a jeweler. I lived in Santa Fe at that time, working in a storefront jewelery shop in which I had my bench. I did custom order jewelery, specializing in filligree. I would hand-draw the gold wires, sometimes as thin as a hair, roping them, forming delicate curvatures, adding miniscule beads of gold drops. Fine gems were my main stones I'd set. This necklace is peridot set in 14k gold. No shameless plugs here, as I no longer have a bench set up, though I have no problem with techer2 seeking to promote his wife's creations.




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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 9:43am

 techer2 wrote:

true, true.  i figured i waste enough time at work on RP.  getting addicted to the forums would be seriously bad for business.

 
I have no idea what you mean...

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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 9:37am

 techer2 wrote:

and that would be???

 

power take off
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 9:36am

 oldviolin wrote:
There you go with the tractor logic again...

 
and that would be???
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 8:45am

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Gorgeous stuff! Wish I could afford something. I'll pass the website on to friends.
 
Awesome!  that's the kind of RP love i was hoping for.
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 - 8:44am

 cc_rider wrote:

Band name.

But yeah, I think he gets a pass here. He's been here a few years, and admits it's a shameless plug. AND it's handmade artisan stuff. I'm okay with it. What confuses me is, there ARE threads for economic woes, right? We have plenty of places to share our triumphs and tribulations: if he'd been posting all along, it might not have seemed so spammy.

Peace,

c.
 
true, true.  i figured i waste enough time at work on RP.  getting addicted to the forums would be seriously bad for business.
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