Jewelry Designer Blog » time management http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog Where Beautiful Jewelry Begins Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My Wishlist for Beading Supplies at Nina Designs http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/21/my-wishlist-for-beading-supplies-at-nina-designs/ http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/21/my-wishlist-for-beading-supplies-at-nina-designs/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:55:57 +0000 juanita http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/?p=1249 It’s easy to shop for jewelry findings from Nina Designs using your Wishlist and Past Order Tools. Sign in to your account and access these tools by clicking on “My Account” at the top of every Nina Designs page. Then you’ll see four tabs. From the one titled “Past Orders,” you can see an image and the item codes of all the things you’ve ever ordered, and a list of all your previous invoices (great for accounting purposes). The other tab you’ll see is “Wishlist.” Here you can securely house your list of favorite Nina Designs jewelry findings that you’d like to buy, but not right now.

With your Wishlist once you’re ready to buy something, all you have to do is click “Add to Cart.” Adding an item to your cart won’t remove it from your Wishlist, so you can always keep it there as a favorite item you’ll want to refer to again and again. I love that feature because once I find something I like I don’t have to find it again. It’s great. I just transfer My Wishlist items to my shopping cart once I’m ready to buy them.

I’ve had this silver link with granulation detailing on my Wishlist forever. It is so beautifully made. I finally bought two of them and made a pair of chandelier earrings with red rice beads. They are the perfect dangles for my earrings and also look stunning with our vermeil style gold plate charms. I’m planning to make a little charm bracelet. I’ll need to add a few other charms from my Wishlist to finish that design idea.

My Wishlist also has all of our Pure Lotus print items listed. I love them all, and have design ideas for each of them. For today, I’ll add the largest round Pure Lotus to my cart from My Wishlist and make a triple strand necklace with a clean, fresh look. I picked up the wirewrapped peridot chain months ago and blackened it. I finally get to use it! As an impulse buy, I also decided to pick up a strand a black fairy ribbon to pair with rough cut quartz crystals with black inclusions. I’m planning a dark, moody necklace that’s gonna rock.

This is just a portion of what I bought on my last order. I really just wanted to share how I do my shopping at Nina Designs. I find this method really works for me, and I hope it helps you shop our site more easily.

Pure Lotus necklace

Pure Lotus necklace

Wishlist items becoming jewelry

Wishlist items becoming jewelry

Rockin' necklace idea

Rockin' necklace idea

]]> http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/2009/10/21/my-wishlist-for-beading-supplies-at-nina-designs/feed/ 0 Jewelry Design, How to Find the Time? http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/2009/09/21/jewelry-design-how-to-find-the-time/ http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/2009/09/21/jewelry-design-how-to-find-the-time/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:16:16 +0000 nina http://www.ninadesigns.com/blog/?p=172 At the same time that we enjoy the benefits of flexibility, Designing Moms face many challenges. When your office is at home, it can be difficult to draw a line between work and household chores. Sometimes kids resent our work and compare us unfavorably to Moms who don’t juggle careers. Sometimes, we can’t stop judging ourselves. Sometimes, when we finally do sit down to work, it is hard to turn off the voice in our heads reciting a list of all the things we need to remember: “Pick Tali up at 4:00, Drop Lyra at dance class at 4:30, figure out what to make for dinner, Remind Tom to ask about the insurance, thank my Mom for watching the kids on Saturday……………….”

I would love to hear your tips for balancing family and work. All the little tricks that help you stay organized and buy you time at the design table. Here are two of my tips: 1. Don’t feel guilty saying no. I try to get into the classroom a few times a year but I don’t try to keep up with Mom’s who don’t work. I am grateful for their contribution and clear about my limitations. 2. Laundry isn’t rocket science, my kids do their own wash. Well.,OK, my six year old only folds hers but she is on a fast track to laundry independence. Anyone else?

Tali Helps QC Beads in 2003

Tali Helps QC Beads in 2003

Baby Lyra Models

Baby Lyra Models 1995

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