Search for Steampunk on Etsy and you'll find over 215,000 results . . . and 35 million on Google. About two years ago, it was only 70,000 on Etsy and 6.5 million on Google. Wow. Needless to say, Steampunk is not going away anytime soon. But what is Steampunk, anyway? Steampunk gets its name from...
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Search for Steampunk on Etsy and you'll find over 180,000 results . . . and 40 million on Google. A year and a half ago, it was only 70,000 on Etsy and 6.5 million on Google. Wow. Needless to say, Steampunk is not going away anytime soon, and to put this cool trend in perspective, searches for "silver...
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Since I started here at Jewelry Making Daily about a year ago, I've slowly but surely doubled my collection of back issues of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine. Every once in awhile I get a happy email from a coworker that goes something like this: "I found some duplicate issues of LJJA...
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Every time I try to clear out my stash of jewelry-making supplies, it's the same story. I'm too attached, even to ones that I've had for a long time and still not used. I can't give them away just because I don't know what I want to do with them. So instead of de-stashing, I look...
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Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Search for Steampunk on Etsy and you'll find almost 70,000 results . . . and 6.5 million on Google. To help put this cool trend in perspective, searches for "silver jewelry" net a little over 2,800 results on Etsy and 6,440,000 on Google—or...
Tammy Jones is the editor of Jewelry Making Daily. Whew, what a weekend! The turkey was eaten, the tree was decorated, and I shopped 'til I dropped and then some. Now it's time to get serious about jewelry gifts for family and friends. Whether you're shopping for the jewelry maker on your...
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