I’m currently taking one of Seth Godin’s Akimbo Workshops online. The course is for 100 days and I’m in the second week of the course. Three times a week we are provided a prompt and we need to post our response on a collective message board. There are 400 students within this workshop and we […]
Over these past few months of Covid, I have pulled every order that has shipped from the Nunn Design Warehouse. As a result, I have gleaned a precise picture of what is selling within our collection of jewelry findings. The first question that is often asked is, “What are your top sellers?” Over the years […]
We hope you have enjoyed these past three weeks of Nunn Design tutorials. This tutorial is the third in our series. To see the other tutorials in this series, visit our other blog posts! How to Create Sculpted Epoxy Clay with Colorized Resin How to Create Sculpted Epoxy Clay with Gilding Flakes As your skill […]
Earrings shown are Earring Post Ornate Mini Circles As of August 3rd, we will have made the full transition to offering all of our earrings with butterfly clutches – loose within the bulk package. Many of you preferred the butterfly clutches over the bullet clutches. The butterfly clutches are more expensive, but by reducing the […]
New to the Nunn Design Collection are Gold Fill and Sterling Earwires! Shop the new earwires! What does Gold Filled wire mean? Also called gold overlay, gold filled wire is a great option for making precious gold jewelry without the cost of solid gold. Gold fill is created by using heat and pressure to apply a layer of karat gold to a base of less […]
As we prepare for No Minimum Monday August 3rd, let’s celebrate our wholesale customers that we have featured throughout the month of July. The jewelry and the business model behind HorseFeather Gifts was featured on the Nunn Design Blog in April. Chelsea Farmer has her pulse on building a community with her customers. She has […]
As your skill levels start to include some of the foundational classes that we cover here at Nunn Design, your imagination will start to be open to explore the possibilities. In this tutorial, we will be covering: How to make a silicone mold using EasyMold Silicone Putty and a Nunn Design Charm How to mix […]
This technique is a hit maker! It has just the right level of “new,” but yet is “familiar.” The final pendants are the perfect balance of the principle; MAYA (Most Advanced Yet Acceptable). I think it is the familiar look of porcelain that makes these pieces so very likeable. It is a look that people know […]
When it comes to making jewelry that sells – selecting colors that are familiar, yet have an element of surprise – is the principle for success. As jewelry designers, we want to be unique, but the truth of the matters is, humans are hardwired to like things that are familiar. The principle of MAYA, Most […]
More so than ever, our community of makers is being called to commit even deeper to living a creative life. Art brings beauty and balance into not only our own lives, but into the lives of others. Our role, as creative people, is essential. Jessica Long was drawn to the arts from a young age. […]
Designing for people who don’t make jewelry can sometimes be challenging. Non-jewelry makers often don’t know what all goes into making a piece and have little appreciation for the level of detail it takes to create interesting handmade pieces. We at Nunn Design recognize what it takes to build out coherent collections of jewelry, to […]
Thank you for continuing to create using Nunn Design Jewelry Findings. When there are so many options available in the marketplace, we can’t thank you enough for making the choice to design with the Nunn Design Collection. Over the past few weeks we have celebrated several artists on our various Nunn Design social media platforms. […]
After attending college, April Hiler had her sights on becoming an English professor. She had graduated with a degree in English, but it was her minor in art that continued to call to her. “I took a full-time job at the university office and started graduate school to become an English professor, but I hated […]
Making a living doing what you love doesn’t just happen. It is the result of dedication and commitment. In this series of artisan features, we are focusing on what it takes for makers to live a committed creative life. Kari, of Mile High Beads, creative journey was present from childhood, but the form in which […]
My earliest memory of creating with beads takes me back to my childhood in Juneau, Alaska. A city, that even to this day, is accessible only by boat or plane. In the summer we often made the journey south to the lower forty-eight states to visit relatives. The first leg of this journey required several […]
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