Swarovski color chart!  Here's a nice chart to show the various crystal colors you can request, thank you to Jerry Smith (general link below)

Salon d'Elegance Beautiful, lovely, fun and very, very nice. Jewelry designers need good nail technicians and mine is here!  E-mail me for her name if you live in the area and are looking for a good one.  My massage therapist operates out of here, too.

Simply one of the best photographers around ... Watermelon Photography.  She's does amazing work and deserves to be noticed!  She has "shot" my grandbabies and if you go to her blog, they are in her September 17, 2007 posting ... if you can make it past the adorable puppies! 

This is where I get my design inspirations: Elle.com Home Page.  To your right you will see where you can enter into the world of the designer runway shows for the ready-to-wear market.  I have found this to be a valuable resource!

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My IndiePublic Buddies!

Gallery Juana Juana is a genuine artist!

White Lye Soap Congrats on being sold at Party in Our Pants!  If I'm ever in Ann Arbor I'm definitely checking them out!

Sonnala ... Unique Stuff for Unique People!

Cut Out and Collect ...  Handcrafted handbags.  Check this one out!

Cherry Tree Creations offers lots of indie goodies, including fabric bowls and boxes.  Check them out ... they make great decorator pieces!

The Blue Poodle has all things beautiful!  Check it out.

Christy has all sort of eye-catching things to see!  Check out Scrink.

Hazel Honey has diaper bags and really cool zippered wallets.

Kelly Malouf has wonderful beaded jewelry, clothing and general fun stuff worth checking out.

Check out Bad Cat Jewelry where your purchase beautiful jewelry supports a wonderful cause that is near and dear to many hearts.

Barter Sauce ... what a cool, fascinating and fun idea!

The Grid A must-see for artists and art lovers.  And check out the rest of Corinne's site too.  She does beautiful work!

Sea Glass Things  Marla has a link to her Etsy shop from this site.  I never heard of sea glass being used in anything before joining Etsy.  It's absolutely gorgeous!  Check it out.

Organised Kaos Clothing, based in the UK, offers fun and funky rock clothing.

Also based in the UK, check out Golcar House for some great screen-printed art, clothing, eco bags and lot of other goodies.

Do yourself a HUGE favor and visit  Design Frame and Wheel!

Mineral make-up is one of the all-time most fantastic discoveries/inventions.  I'll use nothing else ever again.  And here's a wonderful place to check out ... PinkQuartzMinerals.

MysticSilks does amazing artwork on silk.  I have my eye on a few things in her Etsy shop.

Marie Cristine is a bona-fide jewelry artist!  Check out her gorgeous pieces.  Also, she offers a couple of indie directories for you to peruse:  Handmade Boutique and Indie Crafters.

Tracie Swartz helps you to pass on a smile with beautiful artwork she creates with gourds!

Shabby Cottage Studio - Gail brings us true down-home southern hospitality in her wonderful eclectic shop of altered art and supplies to inspire the creative muse in you!

Simply Lin Online Bead Center - great stop for both pretty baubles, tutorials and much, much more.  I love the bubbles coming off the pointer!

Check out Sundra's Bubblegum Goods boutique!  Yummy ... almost good enough to eat!

Everything Skwiggle ... what can I say?  Missy supports the starving artists among us and is out best friend on the Web!

Annette Piper is a jewelry artist from "Down Under" who is also a gemologist so she really knows her stuff.  She's a classy lady!

Speaking of starving artists, meet Jessica.  A huge talent who should not starve for long!

Daydream Art Studios ... Corrine's work is amazing! 

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Anyone who has developed a website to sell their beautiful creations knows the angst of getting one's site to rise towards the top of the various search engine heaps.  There is a process called "Search Engine Optimization" (SEO) and it's a long, drawn out, tedious process.  But it needs to be done.

So ... one critical need of all websites is the inbound link.  It is not an easy thing for a commercial site, especially a really small one, to get inbound links.  But there are some wonderful folks out there who understand the need and are willing to give one a link if they would do the same.  It's called a reciprocal link.

Here are those wonderful folks!

Allthewebsites.org Where you can list your site for free, and they offer lots of information and tools.

What the Craft  Really cool!  Thank you!!

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