Leslie Gidden
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- A Breath Of French Air
- Alison Du Bois
- Allegro Art, Life, and Beer
- Amy Lilley Designs
- Art Bead Scene Blog
- Art to the Extreme by Nicole
- Artists & Crafters Supply Community
- Backyard Beads
- Barbara Lewis : torch-fired enamel
- Beading-Jewelry making
- Beefcake Bakery
- Beth Anderson Pulls the Wool
- Bijouxboutique
- Blooming Lily--Where Style is Always Blooming
- Butterfly Baby Place
- Cathie Filian
- Chelstastic
- Circles, Dots, Rounds, Spheres
- Creating A Headchange
- Denise Yezbak Moore
- designsbyRED3of5
- EmarketingGuru
- Emma's Gems Vintage
- Etsy Gems!
- etsy metal
- Etsy Moms
- Every Heart Crafts
- Fabulous Fun Finds
- FINNY'S FUNNY BLOG
- Fire and Glass
- For the Love of Cute
- Found-Handmade
- HANDMADE BY LORELEI
- heatherknitzdesigns
- Hudson Valley Portrait and Fine Art Photography by Jen Kiaba
- Hullabaloo
- Humblebeads Blog
- I MADE THAT
- Indie Icing
- indietutes
- Infarrantly Creative
- Jellybean Lab
- jesse jane's
- JET Jewelry on Etsy Team
- Jewelry Designs by Dana
- JJ Vann & Co.
- Julie Marie Portraits
- Just Bead It Design
- Just Something I Made
- Kab's Creative Concepts
- Life, craftiness and everything else
- lisa's lovlies... the blog
- Little Daisy Chains
- louloupink
- Maizie.
- Marisa Hopkins: Living the Creative Life
- Mint & Clandy Create
- Missficklemedia.com
- MsBelle ~ Artisan Crafted Jewelry & Fine Art Photography
- notepourri
- Oh Mandie
- Punky N Munky
- Red Books & Chairs
- Salt and Chocolate
- Shabby Blogs
- shiny little things
- SimplySentimental The Blog
- sweet bead studio
- T and Little S Designs, Custom Scrapbooking
- Taming your creative spaces
- The ChainMaille Lady @ Quality Jewelry Designs
- The Emmaline Bride Blog - Handmade Bridal Items by Indie Artists
- The Family McG
- The Impatient Crafter
- The Mama Dramalogues
- The Spotted Sparrow
- The Vintage Pearl
- TheRustedChain - The Blog
- theSIMPLEmoms
- Thimble Design Blog
- Thoughts of a Southern Belle
- Tialey Vintage Clothing
- timothy adam designs
- TKDesigns4u-Nature Inspired
- Una Tia Especial - Handmade Jewelry and Crafts
- Unique Handcrafted Jewelry
- Vintage Map Jewelry and Cufflinks
- We've Got Paper
- Wherever Life Takes Us
- Zoa Art
Gender | Female |
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Industry | Arts |
Occupation | Jewelry Artist & RN |
Introduction | I am a wife, mom, and a registered nurse to the community. I am also a self taught jewelry artist that was inspired to take up jewelry design after my father taught me the 'basics' of bead stringing in 1999. I was HOOKED! After my daughter was born in 2005, I found that jewelry design became a necessity to get us through our first Christmas holiday season by making jewelry as gifts for family and friends! One of those friends worked at our local county health department, and soon the jewelry orders started to fly in. I was then commissioned by the WIC department at the same health department to create a piece of jewelry for their breastfeeding clinic......and a business was born! I found Etsy through a postcard my mother picked up at an art show. I opened my Etsy account in March of 2008, but did not list my first item until September 2, 2008! Cold feet I guess! I also started my blog in March of 2008. This blog is committed to showcasing my work, featuring other artists, promoting Etsy, offering parenting information, and ALL about trying to have fun in the process! |