Save on Silver Charms, Silver Pendents and Silver Jewelry Findings! On Friday Oct. 28 at 5pm we lowered our silver prices 13% in response to the recent decrease in global silver prices. This effectively rolls back the 15% price increase we had in August.
As a result of our 6-8 week production schedule, we have not actually received any inventory at the lower prices. We decided to lower prices anyway because we understand that in this difficult economic climate every cent counts. We hope these lower prices help you launch a fabulous holiday season!
New Tree of Life Pendant
New Leaf Charm
New Puzzle Piece Charm
Queen Bee Necklace
Bronze jewelry charms fit right into Alison Kelley’s jewelry aesthetic. Her designs are modern with a bit of whimsy, and complimented with a soothing color palette. We are thrilled to have her as a blog partner. We sent her a goodie bag filled with bronze charms and pendants and she really knocked it out of the park!
Be sure to go to Alison’s blog to see all her creations. The gemstone combo she paired with the bronze peacock feather is just lovely; and the gold filled chain is a perfect match! Her whimsical combination of tiny bronze charms with hand-stamped messages are super sweet too. I personally feel that all moms everywhere should be rewarded with one of Alison’s Queen Bee necklaces!
Follow Alison’s blog for a chance to win her fabulous Tree of Life necklace. Shop Alison’s jewelry on her Etsy shop.
The San Francisco Business Times recently rated the Top 100 Largest Women Owned Bay Area Businesses and Nina Designs earned 87th place. They held a fancy dinner on the top floor of the Westin St. Francis Hotel. It was a great opportunity to connect with other fascinating business women. I loved the Biochemical Engineer who ran in late because she was trying to buy another company! The women owned diverse companies from IT, to staffing, to fashion. While acknowledging the challenges of the current economy, most of the women were optimistic that 2012 would be a great year. They stressed resilience, determination and value as key elements for success.
Nina with Publisher Mary Huss
Tasty Treats!
Tesori Trovati Jewelry
Tesori Trovati is one of our latest blog partners and a wonderful jewelry designer who created a stunning necklace with our new bronze feather pendant. She very expertly combined art beads with pearls, silk ribbons and bronze pendants resulting in an opulent necklace with a warm berry palette. Her use of color is masterful. Get a closer look on her Treasures Found blog, and pick up her creations in her Etsy shop, Tesori Trovati Jewelry. Make sure to check out her “simple truths” charms. They’re adorable handmade charms with simple affirmations and a paired image on the other side.
If you make jewelry and blog about it, then consider joining in the fun. To become a blog partner, email juanita(at)ninadesigns(dot)com.
Silver Pendants and Silicon Valley might not appear to have much in common but as I sat listening to Sheryl Sandberg at the annual Professional Business Women’s Conference it was easy to relate to her story. Sandberg is Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, formerly of Google and a one time protege of Larry Summers at the World Bank. Sandberg is a powerful speaker with strong opinions. I particularly resonated with belief that it is important to bring your authentic self to work. Tony Hsieh of Zappos voices the same opinion in his book, Delivering Happiness. The desire to be authentic at work was one of the main reasons I built my own company so hearing Sandberg advocate this position from within a large corporation caught my attention.
Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook
Sandberg feels that women need to “lean in” to career opportunities. She notes that women often underestimate themselves or even feel like frauds. She thinks it is wiser for women to grab opportunities to advance as high as they can before they have children, rather than holding back and settling for less demanding positions. Whether or not you agree with her, she makes a powerful argument. While she does acknowledge that there is often a tradeoff between likeability and success for women her overall message is clear: Have Confidence!
You can read more about Sheryl Sandberg in The New Yorker
or watch her talk on TED.
We are all big fans of Halloween at Nina Designs and our spooky jewelry charms will have everyone spellbound! Discover spirited silver charms in the Happy Halloween Collection. We have otherworldly owls, beguiling bats, scowling skulls, and sparkling stars. Find yourself spirited away to a world of nostalgia with these fun and frightening silver charms. Here they have all congregated against the full moon to strike fright and fancy into our hearts. Use them alone or combined to captivate viewers and customers alike. Get spirited this season and experiment with fun themed collections! Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
I am thrilled to introduce our new blog partners and share what they are doing with our bronze jewelry findings. It’s exciting to get our bronze charms and pendants into the hands of amazing jewelry designers to see what they make next. I especially love seeing how they mix Nina Designs jewelry findings with beads from their own stash. It’s unpredictable and fun, fun, fun!
Gorgeous necklace created by Jeannie's Blog. See what else she whipped up!
It’s going to be a blast. Check out what the first of our blog partners are doing. Many are hosting giveaways, so join the fun!
Bella Vita Handmade Jewelry Blog has scheduled giveaways for every Friday this month.
Alison Kelley Designs will also be making jewelry and hosting fun giveaways.
And Jeannie designed amazing necklaces with lots of texture. Stay tuned for her giveaways too!
Just so you know . . . each month we select a few bloggers and send them goodie bags. In exchange, all we ask is that you blog about your goodie bag and link back to us. Get creative! Craft a piece of jewelry, write a review, use them in design challenges, give them out as prizes in a give-away – what you do with them is up to you. Then, we link to you from our blog, Facebook and Tweet about what you’ve made. If interested I can send you more details; email juanita(at)ninadesigns(dot)com.
