Happy Holidays From YOUnique Designs - Holiday Savings

Avoid the crowds and shop online at http://www.youniquedesignsjewels.com/. You will find unique, one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry in all styles at affordable prices. You can save 10% on your entire purchase of jewelry at YOUnique Designs when you spend $100 or more!  Gift certificates are available to purchase anytime of the year as well. Don't wait until the holiday rush!!

Classy Art Glass

I am wild about Classy's Art Glass!  The pieces are unique, richly formed and are high-quality with alot of integrity and love mixed in there.  If you love to utilize art glass in your designs, please shop this website    http://www.artfire.com/users/ClassyArtGlass.  There are pages of glass pieces to choose from and all of the pieces are unique in shape and size.  I feel that the prices are very reasonable for the great quality you get. The artists, Mary and Jack Shafer are great people and I love doing business with them and I know you will too! 

Jewelry Inspection, Insurance & Appraisal

Don't forget to have your jewelry inspected from time to time. Settings can become loose with wear and it is easier to lose stones. Have a jeweler check the setting and have the piece cleaned.  If you have homeowners or renters insurance, your jewelry is already covered up to a certain amount. You may have to buy additional jewelry insurance depending upon the total value of the pieces to insure against any loss, damage or theft. You should have your jewelry appraised prior to buying insurance which will give you the written document of the value of your jewelry.

Necklaces for the Fall

Fall is coming (jewelry designers start putting together pieces in mid-summer) and I am now inspired by more bronzy type metal elements, asian and african motifs, wood, stone & heavy-looking glass with my signature pendants. The glass is not heavy when you wear it in a design as I don't like my clients having to wear designs that are too heavy. Long necklaces and chains are still in and will be for the upcoming holidays. 

Hand-wired necklace

I am working on a hand-wired necklace which can take all day. Sometimes it is better to keep working on the design so you don't lose momentum.  The necklace incorporate elements from the sea and ruin glass.

Diva Clothes Xchange & Ladies Network

A portion of the proceeds from the exchange go to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial Foundation towards the funding of a new Cancer Insitute and any remaining items goes to Harvest Time International.

Jewelry Tags

I was trying to find a website that would give me a idea on how to create new and sophisticated jewelry tags for my design pieces. I ended up using card stock paper with embossed designs and using my website logo and attaching with raffia.