We're on Etsy!

Karla Elena Designs is happy to announce that our Etsy store is now up and you can order directly from Etsy!  You can still continue to contact me directly to request items, but Etsy will make the transactions that much easier. 

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if you have a custom order that you want to discuss!


If you want to start selling your items on Etsy, click this link http://etsy.me/1t13Wio and you and I will both receive 40 free listings from Etsy!!

Visit our shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarlaElenaDesigns

New Beads for Cascading Necklaces

While I have been really busy with learning to work with metals in a little more depth, I have still had some time to create some jewelry for all of you! After going to the Tucson Bead Show, I picked up some new beads that I just love and couldn't wait to use in my designs.  The beads are saucer shaped with the hole drilled at the top of the bead.  This allows for the bead to hang down and lay flat against other beads.  I am loving these beads and the way they look in the light!

Visit our shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarlaElenaDesigns

Bead organization!

Things are coming along.  I have my office organized and about half of my beads hung up (pictures below), just returned from the Tucson Bead shows and am in week 3 of my fabrication class.  So far in my class I have only managed to hand saw a warped circle, but now that I'm using the die cutter, my circles are virtually perfect!!! Working with metal is so different than beading and I am actually loving it!!

Today's the day

I have finally started to organize my jewelry room. I am about half way done with the room but it is already coming together.  I'm hoping that the new organization will allow me to see my beads more easily in order to get some inspiration from the various colors and sizes displayed right in front of me. It's still messy but it is getting there.

The start of the jewelry room

I also signed up for a jewelry fabrication course at the Mesa Arts Center.  I'm excited to learn more about the fabrication side of jewelry as I've mostly focused on the pretty colors and making jewelry that I would wear. The class starts the end of January and I can't wait!