Name: Juanita
Web Site: http://www.ninadesigns.com/staff/08Juanita.html
Bio: Three years before I started at Nina Designs I opened a shop called Ollie Mae Mercantile where I sold antique lace, vintage buttons, sequins and lots of other vintage treasures. I still enjoy scouring estate sales and flea markets in search of junk-tique. My path into jewelry making began there. I found old costume jewelry worthy of being torn apart and re-created into something to die for! Before I knew it I fell head over heels in love with beads and jewelry making.
Posts by juanita:
Send your Next Love Letter in a Sterling Silver Envelope Locket!
January 26th, 2012Romance is in the air with the arrival of our NEW sterling silver envelope locket. This is a charming design perfect for Valentine’s Gifts from sweethearts. What’s even better is that the envelope actually opens along a hinge and securely closes with a neat button latch. The tiny dot detailing is the icing on the cake.
Be sure to pick up the matching silver tablet so you can stamp personalized messages, little sweet nothings, or words to uplift, like “courage” and “strength.” This silver tablet fits perfectly inside the envelope! As an alternative, you can also hand write a note on paper, and slip into the envelope.
Wear your envelope on a charm bracelet, on a beaded necklace, or simply thread it onto a romantic silk ribbon!
Say it in silver!
Shop for silver charms on your NEW iPad2 or Kindle Fire!
January 11th, 2012Like Nina Designs on Facebook for a chance to win: an iPad2 (Grand Prize), a Kindle Fire (2nd Prize), and a $100 Shopping Spree at Nina Designs (3rd Prize).
An iPad2 16MB & WiFi is a wonderful tool for jewelry designers to sketch jewelry designs, organize jewelry photos, and shop for silver charms and jewelry findings at Nina Designs. And, with both the iPad and the Kindle Fire you can watch movies, read books & mags, download fun apps, play games, and upload/share photos and videos. After all, even jewelry designers have to rest sometime, and have fun! Tell your friends and family so they can join in the fun.
Reviewing Silver Charms Helps Families in Need
January 4th, 2012Congratulations! By reviewing silver charms and jewelry findings, you’ve given a sheep to a family in need. Every product you reviewed helped a family receive training and a sheep that will help them become self-reliant. All over the world, Heifer partners are raising sheep to advance the cause against hunger and poverty.
Thank you for your gift!
Bronze Jewelry Charms Become Family Keepsakes
December 20th, 2011Sending our Bronze Jewelry Charms out into the world to become family keepsakes is Nina Designs’ dream come true! When we’re pulling orders we often wonder what’s to become of the jewelry charms we’re sending out. And, I remember more than once wishing out loud that this or that jewelry charm would be passed down from mother to daughter as a remembrance of love and friendship. That’s why Erin Prais-Hintz of Treasures Found Blog blew my mind with her latest post.
It’s all about her Nana commissoning Erin to make charm necklaces out of her coveted charm bracelet that chronicled her life’s adventures from Mexico to Germany. Erin made one necklace of each of Nana’s girls using one of Nana’s charms and filling in with Nina Designs bronze jewelry charms. I won’t give anymore away. You really must read it for yourself. Learning about each woman, and how Nana and Erin lovingly tells the story of each through jewelry is so, so special.
Here are some of the sweet charm necklaces. To see more go to Treasures Found. To start telling your story through jewelry, shop Nina Designs.
A charming gift!
For one of Nana's girls
Blog Partners Roundup of Bronze Jewelry Designs
December 17th, 2011Our blog partnership is really heating up with exciting jewelry designs. In this latest bunch we sent the same bronze jewelry charms, earring findings, and leather cord to each blog partner and the resulting jewelry designs are diverse, fun, and unique. It’s wonderful to see all the different ways jewelry designers can showcase the same jewelry parts.
Jean Yates, from Snap Out of It, Jean! There’s Beading to be Done, discovered what fun braiding soft, supple leather cord can be, and how beautiful the result.
Carmi Cimicata, of Resin Crafts and Carmi’s Art Life World, used the bronze butterfly wing pendant as a frame for her resin craft. I love the look, and am so tempted to try this for myself!
And, Gaye Fields, of Gaye Fields Jewelry, paired the same butterfly wing and the same leather cord with handmade ceramic and glass beads with stunning effects, and an entirely different look.
Discover the possibilities of bronze jewelry!
Jean Yates
Gaye Fields
Carmi Cimicata
Winner of $150 Shopping Spree for Jewelry Supplies
December 15th, 2011Congratulations to Tracy Statler. You are the randomly selected winner of our $150 Shopping Spree. Contact juanita@ninadesigns.com to claim your prize. Liking Nina Designs on Facebook has many rewards – like hearing of new styles first, learning innovative jewelry techniques, and winning fun prizes!
We have new design challenges and exciting contests planned for Facebook this upcoming year. We will be giving away many valuable prizes, so stay tuned!
Bronze Jewelry Charms Make a Splash in Lorelei’s Jewelry
December 9th, 2011My job here at Nina Designs has lots of perks, but sharing a love of jewelry and jewelry design with those around me is definitely what I appreciate most. That’s why I got a tingle up my spine when Lorelei of Lorelei Eurto Jewelry, one of our blog partners, emailed to say her post featuring our bronze jewelry charms was published. I couldn’t wait to see. But, I purposely saved it as my treat for finishing my to-do list.
And, it was worth the wait! Lorelei’s Blog is as delightful as her handmade jewelry designs. It is filled with beautiful photos, fun bead swaps, and informative interviews with other creatives. From the very first post you get a sense that Lorelei is obsessed with crafting jewelry & collecting beads. (It’s good to know we are not alone). And, her love shines through her jewelry. Every piece has a loving intention – every color choice, every found object, every art bead was selected with great care.
And, the necklace she made with bronze bird charms and leaf charms is a celebration of color and shapes. While the pattern of beads is random you get a sense that each one has purpose – and, seriously – what bead doesn’t want to be on display? She also designed a gorgeous leather necklace and a pair of earrings that are simply – to die for!
Lorelei's Sweet Necklace
Lorelei Eurto Jewelry
Nina Designs New Bronze Earring Hooks
Easy Techniques for Finishing Wide Leather Cords with Silver Clasps
December 6th, 2011Learn easy techniques for finishing wide leather cords with silver clasps in our FREE classroom and jewelry how-to’s. Making leather jewelry has never been easier with step-by-step instructions and photos by Marcy Kentz. Marcy works here at Nina Designs as a customer service rep you have most likely talked to on the phone. What you may not know about her is that she makes extraordinary leather jewelry. As you can imagine, we were thrilled when she offered to share her inventive techniques in our FREE online classroom.
Currently she is rolling out a lesson a week for finishing wide leather cord. You’d be surprised how easy they are, and you might kick yourself for not thinking of them yourself. I did. And, you don’t need to buy specialized tools for working with leather. As you’ll see, besides the jewelry supplies, in many of the techniques Marcy just uses a hammer, thumbtacks, scissors and glue! The lessons on finishing leather cords will start out easy and become more sophisticated as we go. After offering all the ways she can think of for finishing wide leather cord, Marcy plans to offer new design ideas for the front of wide leather necklaces and bracelets, so stay tuned.
Currently in our classroom, find lessons for finishing leather cords with a toggle bar, an S-clasp, and a silver box clasp. You can also find a three strand pearl and leather necklace and an imaginative steampunk leather bracelet. Enjoy!
Beautiful Leather Cord Necklace by Marcy
Finishing Leather Cord with Box Clasps
Finishing Leather Cord with Toggle Bars
Win $150 Shopping Spree & Buy All the Silver Charms on your Wish List
December 2nd, 2011On December 15th, Nina Designs will randomly select one person who likes us on Facebook to win $150 gift certificate. With $150 you could try most of the silver charms, earring findings, and silver beads on your wish list. The drawing will be held on December 15, 2011. We will announce the winner that day right here on our blog. Good luck to you all and thank you so much for your support and your business. We hope you have the best holiday season ever!
Do you like us on Facebook? Then you could win $150 Gift Certificate
Give to Heifer International with every Jewelry Finding you Review at Nina Designs
November 30th, 2011To celebrate this season of giving, for every Nina Design jewelry finding you review in December we will give Heifer International $2.00. Every product you review will help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant. Just a little of your time can make a big impact. To give an extra $1.00 to Heifer, share your review on Facebook!
You can find this window in the description of every product
To review a product, go to www.ninadesigns.com:
1) Find the product you want to review. Use the “add a comment” link.
2) Rate the product using the star system.
3) Write what you like or dislike about the product.
4) Share your review on Facebook.
Review our Products to give a gift of hope to families in need