New Gift Pouches For Purchases $20 and Up

by Karen on November 7, 2009

Thanks to Nuvonova for these great handmade gift pouches! We just love them and our customers are too! We have already reordered more! We are including them free on all of purchases over $20! They are suitable for both gifting as safe storage!

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Half Price Really Cool Earrings Oct 17 & 18th

by Karen on October 17, 2009

P9250055Unkamengifts is having a sale in their Etsy Shop October 17 & 18th! We are marking all of our REALLY COOL EARRINGS 1/2 price! For our 1/2 off clearance earrings, that means 75% off! We will be refunding the discount through paypal or contacting our customers who pay by check with a revised invoice total.

We are celebrating our 2 years on Etsy and have had this REALLY COOL EARRINGS section from the start!

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New Rainbow Wave At Favmoongirl

October 16, 2009

Leah has created a wonderful new chainamaille bracelet! She  loves rainbows with their subtle color transitions! This handmade chainmaille bracelet has very subtle color transitions also, but the overall look is anything but subtle!
She has created this from hundreds of individual jump rings that she  has woven into this variation of a Japanese 12-into-2 pattern [...]

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New Ear Wires Added to Unkamensupplies

October 16, 2009

Ralph has created several new styles of ear wires~thanks to some great new looping pliers! I think they look great and I can’t wait to see some new dangles hanging from them!
We has used Vintage Bronze and Gold Colored wires and then added Swarovski Crystals to make them extra special! He offers quantity discounts and [...]

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Quicky Tips To Improve Your Etsy Shop

October 10, 2009

Most everyone would like to know what to do to make their Etsy shop more successful. Even more than that, Shopkeepers would like to know what they can do fast, right now, asap to improve things. While I am not an expert, I can tell you my thoughts about what would quickly, and relatively easily [...]

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10 Things I Did Not Buy This Year

October 10, 2009

I am not wishing the economic roller coaster that many of us have experience this year on anyone…..but I do believe that there is good to be gleaned from any situation. As Albert Einsten said, ” In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”.
Whether you have or haven’t made it to the middle yet, here are [...]

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Life In The Country

September 22, 2009

We have been back in our Missouri home just over and week…and while we all over it here, there are some challenges to living here. Since we have been home we have evicted 2 mice(one we were able to catch alive), 3 ring neck snakes(harmless),  a nest of bees and a colony of ants from [...]

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Hiking In Glacier National Park…It Rocks!

August 28, 2009

Ok…so today, we started out at the St Mary’s Travel Center and caught a bus to the Sun Point Trail head. From there it was-”Natural Splendor on the left, Natural Splendor on the right!” and on and on and on! The Sun Point nature trail traces it’s way along the side of St Mary’s lake [...]

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A Potential Customer Asks Some Good Questions About Colored Jump Rings

August 6, 2009

Question: I have read that enameled copper is soft. I’m wondering if using them for an entire bracelet is strong enough. Should I incorporate some argentium with the enameled copper? Also, how do your enameled copper rings compare to those from your competitors, who charge less for them? I do love the brilliant colors you [...]

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Bike Week at Wall Drug, South Dakota

August 4, 2009

We have been seeing them for several days now: motorcycles in full force all heading North by North West. Of course, it’s Bike Week in Sturgis, South Dakota! Funny thing is that we have also seen bikes going  away from Sturgis. It seems that the poor economy’s effect on Sturgis hasn’t been to keep bikers [...]

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