Best of the Best Around Town in El Paso- Vote for Sparkle by Monica I am so excited!! My handmade jewelry business has been put on the voting ballot in three (3) categories for What’s Up? Best of the Best Around Town in El Paso. Vote for A Touch of Sparkle by Monica in these… Read More
I am so excited!! My handmade jewelry business has been accepted for nomination in three (3) categories for What’s Up? Best of the Best Around Town in El Paso. A Touch of Sparkle by Monica is shown in these 3 categories: “Best Place to Buy Jewelry” “Best Local Website” “Best New Business” Your sparkly nomination(s)… Read More
A fun floral DIY card and handmade jewelry gifts for mom this Mother’s Day with video tutorials.
I just loved making these pretty rose themed dangle earrings, but my favorite part was creating a themed and functional flower vase earring card holder for this gift. I got to finally use some long lost card making supplies to create an earring card holder in a floral theme to mimic the earrings. I learned… Read More
After taking a beading class several years ago, I wanted to share the sparkles about this little gem of a gift. A now dear friend of mine who taught the class, gave me a bead tin and even included a little pair of scissors with a darling bead dangle on it. I still use that… Read More
So…as usual…I’m late to the technical guru partay, but I have now officially tried my hand at iMovie via my lovely Rose Gold Apple iPhone 6S Plus. I must say that I think this little sparkly fairytale a.k.a. sparkletale turned out to be pretty cute. I included a mix of current projects and past designs with… Read More
UPDATE: Sadly, I didn’t have much participation in this contest. The few entries received did not use both hashtags for the contest. So….maybe next time? Sniffles. Gotta get more sparkly peeps engaged in my giveaways. I’ll try another one soon. Thanks to the two gals who tried. I appreciated your response in the survey, too! I’ve… Read More
It’s official. Etsy is public and stock is doing well, but how well are the handmade artisans going to do in the future?
Last year I ran a social media contest for my handmade jewelry business A Touch of Sparkle by Monica. The winner of last year’s contest won a delightful wire wrapped ring design using a heart shaped button. I would like to try this again, so get ready! If you would like a chance to win… Read More
Please visit my YouTube channel for a new jewelry tutorial called Recycled Jewelry: How to Make a Soda Pop Tab Flower. This one shows you how to snag those tabs off of your aluminum soda can drinks and make them into new pieces of wearable art. See how to paint and glue together the pop… Read More
