Chou! 8bit-To-Go

Hi everyone!

I'm not sure if you all know, but my brother also runs a business! I recently took some pictures of his products and thought you guys might like to see. He mainly makes gamer themed T-shirts but he also makes these super cute 8-bit magnets! Yeah, they're magnets! So cute, huh?

Aren't they awesome? ^___^

These are just a few of his creations. If you wanna see more, you can find them on his website:
http://www.choustore.com/

Or take a peek at his blog:
http://www.choustore.blogspot.com/

<3Carolyn

I was featured on Craft Gawker!

Hey everyone, I have great news!

I just learned today that my Purple Frost necklace was featured on Craft Gawker!

Check it out!!

This is so exciting for me!

Craft Gawker is just like "Food Gawker," a site that I personally love (check out Food Gawker, btw, it will make you so hungry....http://foodgawker.com) I just learned of it the other day and decided to submit a photo of my Purple Frost necklace. It's a website that basically features large photos of good lookin' crafts! And I linked the photo to my blog, so hopefully it will be bringing me some new views~ Also, Craft Gawker exclusively chooses who to accept. They won't accept any mediocre crafts or any shabby photos, so I feel pretty lucky to be featured!

Just wanted to share my good news with you all!

And while you're at it, take a look at Craft Gawker~! (My necklace is currently on the 2nd page ^___^)

http://craftgawker.com/page/2/ 

There truly are some awe-worthy crafts on here. They have anything and everything handmade, not only jewelry. And I'm definitely now following some great blogs that I found through it!

<3 Carolyn

My Jewelry Making Supplies

Hey Hermosa Girls!

So I decided to take some pictures of my bead box so that you guys could see what I use to create my jewelry!

This little box right here is where all my earrings are made from.

It's double sided, which is so convenient; all I have to do is flip it over to get my metal findings or metal beads! And I got it at on sale at Jo-Ann Fabrics for only 4 bucks! Such a great deal. And yes, it IS really small! Since I just started, I don't have much inventory or beads at all. I can't wait until I outgrow this box and need to get a bigger one because I just really love collecting beads.

Here's the bead side of it:

 I have a bunch of stuff in here. Lots of Swarovski Crystals and pearls

mainly. But on the bottom right compartment, I have some gorgeous

pear-shaped Swarovski Crystal pendants. They are so beautiful and I

cannot wait to use them! I plan on using them for a pair of earrings I'm

making, but I'm still missing some key components. I plan on using the

pear pendants with the small tan round crystals in the bottom center

compartment. Ok, well I won't say too much, I'll keep you guys guessing!

And here is the other side of the box:

This part contains most of my metal findings in addition to some metal

beads I have, like the antique gold bows. As you can see, I have a bunch

of antique copper bracelet clasps, but I haven't made any bracelets yet!

I bought them with a set of other antique copper findings that I needed at 

the time so that's why I have them. But they are tempting me, and I might

try to incorporate them into a necklace or maybe a new bracelet.

My little bead box all stored away.

Ok, so I don't know about you, but I just love the beads themselves! Yeah, they make great jewelry but they're so much fun to just look at sometimes. Haha.

Well, now you know a bit more behind my jewelry making process~

<3 Carolyn

Earrings

In this post, I want to introduce my signature Hermosa Jewelry earrings! These are all designed and handmade by me.

Also, these are currently on my Etsy! 

Eye Candy time!!!

The Pearl Cascade earrings:

When I first started making these beautiful earrings

it took me around 3 hours to finish them! Now that

I've gotten the hang of it, it doesn't take me as long.

However, it is still a very tedious and intricate process.

Each Swarovski Crystal pearl is looped by hand onto

the silver chain. At the end of a chain is a clear AB

Swarovski Crystal bicone. I feel like the tail makes it

even more elegant. What do you think? <3

Me holding them. In this close up photo, you can see more of the 

intricate detail. These babies are my pride and joy!

All tucked away in a white box. Ready to give away!

The Antique Brass earrings:

 These antique brass earrings feature gorgeous, ornate Antique Brass

filigrees with lavender Swarovski Crystal beads attached to them.

They are classy and extremely versatile. I own my own pair and

where them all the time! Many people have purchased them as gifts,

so they really make a great gift at only $15 bucks!

 

 You can see them hung here.

 I also have them available in two other colors, sand and pink!

Here's the sand pair~

 

 Here's all three. You can see the Pink on the right. Those are very feminine and classy, too.

 

 The Raspberry Drop earrings

 

 These are one of the first earrings I made! I think that

they're very playful, cute, and flirty. I called them

Raspberry Drops because they remind me of fruit!

The beads are hand-fired Czech-fired glass beads that are

imported from the Czech Republic

 

Closer up version.

These are some of my first creations made for Hermosa Jewelry! I hope you enjoyed viewing them as much as I loved creating them ^__~

<3 Carolyn

My First Post!

Hi everyone! It's me Carolyn~~

Thanks for checking out this blog! I decided to create a blog to give people updates on my jewelry and just to let you guys know its general process. I'll also talk about my life and stuff like that, but it's mainly to show my new designs =)

And if you don't know by now, I have an etsy account! Give it a look when you can <3:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/carolgirl00

So I recently learned that I could look through IL Secretary of State business database and check if my name was taken. Well it's not, lol, so that's why I settled on "Hermosa Jewelry"! What do you think of it? I think its unique. There's actually quite a few "Hermosa" names here in Illinois, like travel agencies and stuff, but luckily no one had my exact name. I guess names are registered state by state. So someone in CA could have my name but I guess it doesn't matter? I'm not really sure. I'm SO new to all of this!

Anyways, let's get to the main point of this post. I recently took pictures of my two latest jewelry designs! The good thing about making a blog is that you can post bigger photos of your stuff. On Etsy the photos are so small and you can't see the detail so much. Eat your hearts out!

Eye Candy Time!
(Click on pictures to make them bigger!)

My brand new Purple Swarovski Crystal Heart necklace.

It features two Swarovski Crystal heart pendants, attached

to two leaf bails. The chain is genuine Sterling Silver. Very durable!

And sparkly! (you can't really tell in the photos.)

Me wearing the necklace!

 These are my 14 karat gold bow drop earrings.

The pearls are genuine Swarovski Crystal Pearls

and the ear wires (where the little hearts are)

are 14kt gold. Cute, huh?

The pearl bow drop earrings along with another design! 

These are pink bow earrings. Really cutesy!

Well that's all for now! Thanks for checking out my first post! And please check back in the future!

<3 Carolyn