SHIPPING CUT OFF DATES FOR THE HOLIDAYS ACCORDING TO USPS!

http://www.usps.com/holiday/shippingcalendar.htm

Here are the shipping cut off dates for the holidays this year!

Domestic Mail Class/Product Cut Off Date
First Class Mail Dec-21
Priority Mail Dec-21
Express Mail* Dec-23
Parcel Post Dec-16

International Mail
VIA First-Class Mail®
Africa Dec-4
Asia/Pacific Rim Dec-11
Australia/New Zealand Dec-11
Canada Dec-11
Caribbean Dec-11
Central & South America Dec-4
Mexico Dec-11
Europe Dec-11
Middle East Dec-11

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SALE! FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!

Hello everyone!

It has been almost a year since I started my Etsy shop (www.fizadesigns.etsy.com) and have had a great experience with a lot of support from you guys! I am having a FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE sale from now until Dec 3 (11:59pm) and 20% to 40% off on select items! Shop for holiday gifts for your loved ones! Don't miss this chance. Also, listed a lot of stuff that I had before but stopped making! GRAB THIS OPPORTUNITY!

Visit me at www.fizadesigns.etsy.com for over 100 different designs and styles. Remember, anything can be customized to your liking!!

BLACK FRIDAY SALE! FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!

At http://www.fizadesigns.etsy.com and http://www.fizadesigns.com we are offering FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE! Take advantage of this sale this Black Friday! Also check out the Clearance/Sale section in my etsy shop by going to the following link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FizaDesigns?section_id=6569652

LIMITED QUANTITY Holiday Spirit Necklace - Cosmic Ruby Swarovski and Sterling Silver Snowflake

The holiday season is here! And here is a perfect necklace for yourself, or to be given as gifts to your loved ones! This necklace features a lovely cosmic ruby red swarovski, with a sterling silver snowflake pendant which has little clear cubic zirconia crystals on the ends. All components used in this necklace are sterling silver.

The cosmic shaped swarovski is approximately 14mm. The snowflake is a little over 0.5 inches. The chain can be either 16, 18, or 20 inches in length.

Can be purchased by going to the following link in my shop on ETSY:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33885707

LAST ONE Turkish Maple Leaf Necklace

CAN BE PURCHASED BY GOING HERE: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27867625

LAST ONE! Turkish Maple Leaf Necklace - Real Maple Leaf and Turquoise on Sterling Silver

This maple leaf is designed by taking a hand-picked real leaf and painting the surface with a copper based paint. Once the natural surface is coated with the copper metal, it is dipped in sterling silver. The result is a beautiful handcrafted piece of wearable art. This necklace is composed of one sterling silver maple leaf with an almond turquoise dangling on the side. All components used in this necklace are sterling silver.

The necklace can be either 16, 18, or 20 inches long. The leaf alone is about 2 inches in length. The turquoise is a generous 18mm.

Red Bedazzled Earrings - Red Wine Quartz on Sterling Silver

Red quartz contains the properties of clear quartz, while adding its own properties of cleansing, harmony, clear thinking and decision making. It also helps to increase energy levels, create positive action and assist with memory recall. This is among the most powerful and versatile of crystals. It aides in positive action, and produces an abundance of physical energy, vitality and is excellent for amplification, storage, focusing, transfer, and transformation of energy. It can be used to clear, to heal, to attract, and to protect. These earrings are composed of three red wine quartz wire hung on an sterling silver earwire. All components used in these earrings are 100% sterling silver.

The earrings measure a little over 2.25 inches in length. The red quartz are about 10mm each.

These can be purchased at http://www.fizadesigns.etsy.com/

Fuschia Rose Garden Lariat - Fuschia Crazy Lace Agate and Goldstone on Sterling Silver.

Green Amethyst Lux Necklace - Prasiolite or Green Amethyst on Sterling Silver

Green amethyst, also known as Prasiolite,Vermarine or Lime Citrine is a durable, gemstone, ranging in color from a light sage green to a deep grass green. Like the familiar purple amethyst, it is a member of the Quartz mineral family. Elegant by itself, or paired with sophisticated diamond accents, green amethyst lends an exotic yet understated beauty to fine jewelry fashions. This lovely necklace is composed of a beautiful big green amethyst briolette in the middle with oval green amethyst on each side. All components used in this necklace are sterling silver.

The necklace measures about 16 inches in length with a 2 inch extender in the end. The middle briolette is about 15mm and the oval green amethyst are 12mm x 10mm each.

To purchase, please go to www.fizadesigns.etsy.com

Great bridal necklace!

FW Pearl and Carnelian Bridal Bracelet

July 4th Necklace, Blue Chalcedony, Red Wine Quartz, and Moonstone on Oxidized Sterling Silver

Jewelry Show at SmithHaven Mall, Lake Grove, NY

Here are the pictures from my jewelry show last weekend in SmithHaven Mall. Thank you to all of my customers who visited me!
Enjoy!

Smoky Mountain Earrings - Smoky Quartz on Sterling Silver

Smoky quartz is a variety of the Quartz. Smoky Quartz is said to alleviate stress and transform fear, anger and other negative emotions into positive energies, thus having a comforting and calming effect. It is also said to provide clarity of thought, improve intuition and enhance survival instincts, and to stimulate higher awareness in meditative states. These dainty little earrings are composed of a single high quality shiny faceted smoky quartz, wire wrapped in sterling silver wire and hung on a sterling silver earwire.

This can be a great bridesmaids earrings!

Want a custom bridal order? Email me at fizadesigns@hotmail.com and I promise you will not be disappointed!

London Blue Topaz Sterling Silver Ring

This is a ring I made recently with a rectangular faceted London Blue Topaz. The ring is sterling Silver. Please comment and let me know how it looks!

My New Pretties all put together in a Slide Show

The French Lily - Fleur de lis Charm and Labradorite on Sterling Silver

I am so excited about listing this new necklace here on my blog. I couldn't wait to tell you guys all about it. I have this beautiful new necklace listed in my shop. You can click on this url to see it in my shop:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25229369

It has a beautiful Fleur de Lis charm with a labradorite dangling on the side. I usually don't admire my work so much but I am loving this piece!

I would love your comments and feedback on this! Let me know what you think!

Shiny Leaf Earring - Ruby and Blue Topaz on Sterling Silver

Ooo I made these new lovelies that I am very proud of. These earrings have a lovely little leaf charm dangling from a chain and two strands on the side. One strand has 3 blue topaz stones and the other has a ruby. They dangle beautifully and look gorgeous! Simple yet graceful! I will be putting more editions of this necklace later on at my website. Here have a look:

My Little Angel - Blue Topaz with Sterling Silver Angel Charm

This is the cutest necklace ever. It has a beautiful Angel Sterling Silver charm with a little blue topaz dangling. Topaz is the birthstone of December. It can be a beautiful gift of an adult of a little girl. It is so cute and dainty. I was also thinking about launching a new Garnet Edition of this necklace. Keep an eye out in my store for that!

My Flashy Heart - Labradorite on Sterling Silver Heart Charm

Here is one of my favorites. I love this necklace.

It is composed of a single faceted labradorite briolette attached in front of a Sterling Silver Heart on a sterling silver chain.

Here is a picture for you guys. You can also check it out at the following url

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25041710

Gemstone, Tree of Life Lariat, and more!

Hello everyone,

I finally managed to go and visit this gemstone place. It was a huge warehouse!!! They had these beautiful gemstones that I went all Goo Goo Gaa Gaa over! I spent so much money and now I can't wait to start working on my new projects.

My hubby is the sweetest ever. He is always organizing my beads and my jewelry for me. I have a wonderful working area now! He does not let me touch anything until he's done tagging and labeling everything.

Gemstones need to put nicely in seperate bags so that they don't get scratched up. So, now I bought tons of those little baggies to put each stone individually in.

I also have pictures from my jewelry shop. I listed this beautiful Tree of Life Lariat the other day. Here is a picture!

I will be posting more pictures of my new jewelry so keep visiting!

FEATURED SELLER THIS MAY IS ANNA WHITE, AKA AIRPORTLOVESTORY

Starting this month, May 2009, I have decided picking a really talented and hardworking ETSYian who deserves some credit for their work, as a Featured Seller on my BLOG.

This month's Featured Seller is Anna White, also known to some as airportlovestory. You can visit Anna's lovely shop at http://www.airportlovestory.etsy.com/ where she has everything, from jewelry to supplies, and even gifts. What made me want to interview her were her 'Red Reds Earrings' which I adore and now own! Here is a picture:

When I had a little chit chat with Anna here is what she had to say.

Tell us a bit about yourself - name, location, affiliations, personal stuff.

Hi! My name is Anna, and I live in Omaha, NE with my boyfriend Jake in an inspiring old house partitioned into apartments. I spend most of my free time on Etsy.com, working on improving and maintain my online handmade shop, http://airportlovestory.etsy.com/. I work for a wonderful business called Teddy Bear Connnection, a local stuff-your-own-animal store, with cars and race track, to boot! I hope to be the manager come Christmas, and I think I can make it happen, the owners really like me - knock on wood! ;)
As for personal stuff, well, I’m eccentric, neurotic, and generally weird. I have lots of fun mood swings, hate doing the dishes (I simply refuse), and love shopping. I don’t even have to buy anything, I just have to be in a store for an hour or two or 14, and see what’s on sale and look at eeeeeverything! I end up doing this alone, of course, haha, but it’s good to see all the fashions and trends out there, and incorporate it into my creations.

Apart from creating things, what do you do?

Honestly, creating things is EVERYTHING I do! I write songs and play guitar/sing around town, and the most rewarding part of that is when the music and lyrics come together with a crowd full of smiling, bobbing heads. I also sometimes cook dishes that I make up in my head and never get the recipe for (it usually doesn’t turn out so great or edible!) I make jewelry, of course, and bead mixes. Sometimes, I make bad decisions, or start a new project I can’t seem to finish. All that aside, I always create love. And spread it all over like the world’s a big piece of toast! (I also create jokes in my head that come out as non-jokes!)
OH- And I opened up a new Etsy shop, http://beadsinflight.etsy.com/ – where I sell supplies, including beads and charms for my fellow jewelry makers. It helps sustain my PayPal balance and since supplies sell quicker than jewelry, it’s keeping me busy on slow days! J

What handmade possession do you most cherish?

I made a necklace awhile ago, when I first opened my Etsy shop in April ’08… that has a foam bird, antique key, a rhinestone charm on it, that represents my boyfriend and I’s relationship. I used the tiny foam bird to cheer him up when he was the saddest I’ve ever seen him (poked him in the nose with the tiny beak, screaming “Cheep! Cheep! Cheep cheep!”) … the rhinestone is the very first thing I left/lost at his house when it fell off a necklace and showed up a week later, making him smile and call me right away… and the key is from eBay, but obviously represents the key to his heart - I KNOW! Nauseating, right? Plus, I just got a tiny aluminum charm with a J stamped into it, for Jake, my lovie. J

How do you promote your work?

I network with other Etsyians in chat rooms (especially Featured Seller), I talk to strangers on the street about my work, I go shopping with friends who see jewelry they like and I smile coyly and say, “I can make that for $5 less, and in a color you’d like better.” And I work with other Etsyians, giving away free jewelry in turn for distributing my business cards with their orders. I’ve been thinking about some other ways to promote, including bumper stickers, referral program, and frequent buyer cards, but I’m still working out the kinks in those.

In ten years I'd like to be…

My long-term career goal is to own and run a business along a main shopping/dining strip in a nice city (think the San Antonio Riverwalk, downtown Seattle, Kansas City Court, NYC’s 5th Ave, etc.). My building and business with be two suites and two-fold. One suite will be a handmade boutique, more or less taking other artist’s talents and putting them into an offline Etsy-type shop. The other suite will have fine art and a stage for local artists and small name fame to perform… pretty cool idea, huh? I also can’t wait to be the proud mama of a beautiful baby, when that time comes. I want to travel and learn and grow and experience things in not-so-typical ways.

Thank you for reading more about me! I invite you to visit my shops, http://airportlovestory.etsy.com/ & http://beadsinflight.etsy.com/, and my music, at http://myspace.com/airportlovestory. Hope to see you soon!

Hello Hi everyone,
Some of you might have seen my new jewelry collection. Now I only offer Sterling Silver and Gemstone Jewelry in my FizaDesigns ETSY shop. http://www.fizadesigns.etsy.com !
I have about 17 items in my shop currently out of which 15 are necklaces and 2 are earrings. I have a lot of stuff to make and not enough time. I am also trying to add a lot of new stuff in my bead shop at http://www.fizadesignsbeadshop.etsy.com ... really cool new things for all jewelry makers ... beads start at 99cents!
Oh been so busy lately with everything. I will add new pictures later on tonite so don't forget to check out my blog later.
Bye for now!

Bond of Love Mothers Day Necklace, Aquamarine Quartz and Moonstone

Hey all,

I am so excited because I just started a brand new line of jewelry, which I had been waiting to start for a while. I am going to start making real gemstone and sterling silver or Gold jewelry. I am still trying to find the right supplies and everything but today I listed my first gemstone necklace. I am so happy with the way it came out. It is inspired by my very beautiful mother who has always taught me to love. It would be a great Mothers Day gift for any mother or woman who means a lot to you.It is beautifully composed of a beautiful aquamarine quartz and a moonstone embellished on a sterling silver chain.The length of the chain is 16" but can be altered to your size requirements.

Here is the link so that you can take a look yourself:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23934548

Here are the pictures! Please feel free to pass any comments!

I will see you all later!

Holiday Inn Art Show - April 19th, 2009

Hello ALL

I have been so busy planning and getting ready for the Art Show tomorrow. If you guys are in town that do please do stop by. Here are the details:

April 19th, 2009
10am - 5pm

Holiday Inn of Plainview, Long Island
215 Sunnyside Boulevard
Plainview, New York 11803

Please do come and visit. I have my jewelry stall together with my mom's art stall. Prices are going to be very reasonable! I will have all earrings for $5! I also have beautiful costume necklace which are not even listed in my ETSY shop yet (www.fizadesigns.etsy.com)! You will find great deals that you will love! I also have group discounts available. If you get 5 or more things you get 10% off! Don't miss it! I am trying to sell all my jewelry so that I can start a new line in my ETSY shop.

So I guess I will see you all Sunday in Plainview!

Bye for now, I have to get all my stuff ready! =)

Hello folks,

What is everyone upto today? I went to a party this past weekend and I just thought I'd post a picture of Fiza here in her yellow dress. Check it it out:




Please feel free to comment. I am going to bed. See you all soon.
Buh-Bye and nite nite!

Hey everyone,
It has been a really long time since I came in here. What can I say. I got so busy with managing two shops. The new one, the bead shop has been keeping me extra busy! I get a couple of orders in that shop in a day. Promoting and selling is not the only hard part, packing them up and going to the post office every single day is pretty tough too! Sometimes I think I should skip a day between going to post office. I just have so much to do sometimes.
My bead shop has 88 sales now within 2 weeks and that makes me so proud. I mean I did have to do alot of hard work and spend a lot of time on it but in the end it was all worth it!
I need to go to sleep. I am so dizzy from sitting in front of the laptop all day.
Nite nite all and sweet dreams,
Lots of Love,
Momina

My new Bead Shop

I had a lot of extra beads lying around which I never used. So, I thought why not share those beads with everyone else. I just opened a new bead shop on etsy with really cool beads. The link is http://www.fizadesignsbeadshop.etsy.com/

You really must check it out. I have everything here for $0.99 at the moment. Shipping is also only $1.50 and $0.15 for each additional item you purchase. I am very excited about this new shop. I do need lots of visitors and hearts as those are what make my day and encourage me to do more.

Also, I made some new pieces for my jewelry shop. I just didn't have time to list them yet. I have this pair of earrings which go very well with my Luck of the Irish Green Heart Necklace. Here is a picture but its not that great so I will try to take more nice pictures and list it as soon as possible on my etsy.

Check it out. I will be back with more news later this week. Bye Bye!

Happy Thursday!

Here are all my new creations. I have not posted anything the past couple of days so I will show you all that I have been upto here. I have been busy chatting on etsy and getting to know new people. I have even made a couple of friends.

I have also made a couple of changes to my my etsy page. Go check it out at http://www.fizadesigns.etsy.com/

I changed the shop info, added FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE, and I also edited most of my pictures. Still working on the pictures though.

Here is my new stuff ... check it out:

Please do comment and let me know how you like my new stuff, and also my shops new layout and the way my pictures are now. I would really appreciate it!

Also, you can check me out on twitter at www.twitter.com/fizadesigns

I'll see you all later!

Shamelessly promoting my own store =(

Hi everyone,
I'm back, after a couple of days. I was just on etsy chat and you had to buy something from someone in order to become the featured seller. I bought something but when I was the featured seller I didn't sell anything. I got all dishearted. I have twitter, a blog here, flickr, and facebook too but its like almost impossible to sell nowadays. I am also on google base now, trying to promote my shop. I love making jewelry and I wish somehow I can make it on etsy. It seems like I get no traffic in my shop. I have a very low number of views everyday, and some days I have no views. It is quiet depressing. But anyways, how are you all doing?
I made a couple of new necklaces that I have to list. I will take their pictures tomorrow, hopefully, and list them within a couple of days. Fiza makes listing everyday on etsy almost impossible for me.
I spent a lot of time in the forums and in the chatrooms today. I hope it helps in the future. I have done a lot of promoting. Now its about time I get some traffic in my store.
Thanks to all my blogs followers. I really appreciate your support, and if I make it big one day I will NOT forget you.
Anyways, it is quiet late which is probably why I am writting all this rubbish so good night people. Sleep tight!!
Love to all,
Momina

Hey everyone,

How are you all doing? I made a really cool new necklace and I couldn't wait to show it off on my blog. It is called the Three Circles of Faith and is composed of three sterling silver O's hung on a 16" chain. Here check it out on http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22408971

Also, here is the picture, if you don't have time to go to the site.

I will talk to you all later. Bye bye!

Hellow fellows,
How are you all today? I have been very lazy lately and hadn't really added anything on etsy but today finally I listed 2 new necklaces. I have a doctor's appointment in about 40 mins so I need to go get ready so I better be going.
Also, I wanted to mention I have taken part in an art and crafts show here in Long Island, NY. I will list the details later but its in a Hilton on April 19th. I would love to see you all there. This is my first show so just for the moral boost, that is if you live in the area.
Anyways, I'll get going.
Take care everyone ... cya!

Hey everyone,

I had been really sick the past couple of days and then my daughter Fiza got sick from me so I'm sorry I didn't update much. I did make some new pieces though and I have their pictures which I will put in the end.

Life has been so hectic ever since I came back from VA. We got back Monday night and then Tuesday I was feeling a little iffy all day and then in the evening I had a fever and couldn't get out of bed. Then the next couple of days I was just lying here and there, too lazy to move. On Friday, I went out with my mom and Fiza to do some shopping for Fiza but couldn't really find what I was looking for. Saturdays, as usual my busiest day because my husband is home and I try to spend most of my time with him in our room watching new movies that we get from netflix. Tomorrow, Sunday, we were thinking about heading out to Queens and just hanging out there on 78th st in Jackson Heights.

I also have a lot of new necklace ideas that will eventually be put in actual form. I just need a little time to get my thoughts together, especially because Fiza has been extra hyper lately.

Anyways guys, I'll be leaving now because it is pretty late.

Here are the pictures of my new stuff, as I promised. Check them out:

Goodnight people!

This is what I made today and I love the way it came out!

Good mornin' everyone,

I am back in NY ... sure feels good to be back home. And my little Fiza wasn't that bad on the way back. I'll post a picture of her here in the end.

My mom just went out of the country and she got me lots of new beads .... I am so excited ... I can't wait to start working on my new projects.

Anyways, hope you all are doing great ... I'll put more pictures up soon! Bye bye for now.

Hello everyone,

I am on vacation in South Virginia which is about 9 hours drive from my place in New York. This weekend was so nice and warm here! It was 77 degrees today!!! Can't wait for summer in NY. Anyways, I just noticed that I didn't put my website here on the blog so here it is:

www.fizadesigns.etsy.com

Please do visit! It would be great for me to see new people!

I am leaving for NY tomorrow morning and it is going to be a  nightmare because Fiza hates her car seat! But hopefully it would be a little better this time since the weather is nice and we can take her out of the car once in a while.

I forgot to ask how have you all been doing? Hope everyone had a great sunny weekend!

I'll see you all later! I have to go for now so bye bye!

My Greetings to all of you! INTRO

This is my first entry in my blog and I am still trying to figure out how to use this thing. 

My formal introduction:

Hello everyone. My name is Momina and I am the designer and the creater of Fiza Designs. I live with a very loving husband who supports me in all my crazy endeavors, and a beautiful 1 year old daughter named Fiza, hence my shops name, Fiza Designs. 

Jewelry has always been something that has made me curious and I started making it myself about 2 years ago. I am a self taught artist.

I belong to an artist family. My grandmother makes beautiful fabric and silk paintings and scarves. My mother is an artist also. She did her masters in Fine Arts and makes oil and water color paintings. Both my sisters are Graphic Designers. So, I had to do something to fit in the family I was born into, right?

Anyways, enough said for today, my duties are calling me!  

Bye bye for now,

Love,

Momina