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Is anyone else overwhelmed by all the new social networks? I could barely keep up back when I was just on myspace and indiepublic...

I have some jewelry making tutorials up on my main blog:
http://www.michondesign.com/jewelry-blog/

Learn to make your own components for handmade earrings. More tutorials in the works! Please let me know if there is something you'd like to learn, and if I know how, I'll write about it.

I'm starting a new social network on ning, called A Healthier Life. I had a baby recently and I'm trying to get back in shape now, so I thought it would be great to have a site where anyone else who is working toward a health goal could chat and we could encourage each other to make progress and not get discouraged. Join us, if you are trying to lose weight, quit smoking, or have any other goal to get healthier.

I'm a member of several teams on etsy now:

Jewelry on Etsy Team (JETT)
Designing Swanky Moms (DSM) and
San Francisco Etsy (sfetsy)

To find work by members of these teams, use the abbreviations above to search on etsy.com.

Also - there is a JETT holiday sale going on right now, with many JETT members offering free shipping or other discounts and special offers during the holidays. Search for jett or jhs to find shops by members who might be participating in th… Continue

A Charmed Life is up for auction on ebay!

Last year, I was invited to make a charm for a collaborative necklace with several other jewelry makers across the US. Each of us submitted our charms to Cyndi Lavin, the project coordinator, and she combined them into a beautiful and truly unique necklace we titled A Charmed Life.

We all agreed that we would like the sale of the necklace to benefit breas… Continue