Hello! My name is Tracy Smith & I’m a new IndieSmiles columnist writing about all things Folksy!

I’m a UK based jewellery designer living in Eastbourne, on the South East coast of England. Eastbourne is a busy seaside town, situated on the edge of the beautiful South Downs. It’s also famous for the cliffs at Beachy Head ~ a notorious suicide spot!

Browsing the internet looking for earrings one day five years ago is how my jewellery making adventure started. I found lots of handmade earrings & thought to myself ~ I could do that! Armed with a book & the internet I bought the tools & beads I needed & started making basic glass bead & Sterling Silver earrings. I discovered a whole new world of beautiful beads & findings via the internet ~ Lampwork, Semi~Precious, Swarovski, Freshwater Pearls……… I became addicted! I taught myself new techniques & started stringing bracelets as well. I decided to start selling, mainly to justify buying more beads!

Three years ago I was given Sharilyn Miller’s book Bead On A Wire & that was it ~ I was hooked on wirework!

I love the freedom working with wire allows, and the fact that you are only limited by your imagination. My favourite metal has always been Sterling Silver but I’ve recently discovered the beauty of oxidised Copper ~ previously only used as my “practise” wire.

Making jewellery is a kind of therapy for me. I get out my bead boxes, tools & wire, become totally engrossed & completely forget about everything else ~ lunch is forgotten, endless cups of tea are left to go cold & before I know it the day has gone & it’s dark outside! I’m always looking at new techniques to learn in order to progress my skills & designs ~ there’s so much more I want to do!

When I’m not letting cups of tea go cold I also enjoy reading crime novels, swimming, horse~riding, visting family on the Northumberland coast (where I picked up the pebbles I use in my photos) & checking out beautiful beads on the internet!

I love my family, my cats & chocolate (not always in that order!)

I hate rude people & parsnips.

I currently sell my wirework jewellery on Folksy & Etsy. Folksy is a UK based website allowing UK designers & crafters to sell their creations. Although much smaller than Etsy, Folksy is growing & developing everyday. Find out more about Folksy from my articles!

I sell under the name Cinnamon Jewellery & can be found on Folksy ~ http://www.folksy.com/shops/cinnamonjewellery

and on Etsy ~ http://www.etsy.com/shop/cinnamonjewellery

My blog, not surprisingly, is about Wirework jewellery, great stuff going on on Folksy, oh, and I may mention chocolate occasionally! You can check out my blog here ~ http://www.cinnamonjewellery.blogspot.com

I’m also one of the Team Leaders for Indiesmiles, I’m responsible for the both the fantastic Folksy and Artfire columnists!

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Feel free to contact Tracy at:
spiralchick@gmail.com

Articles published by Cinnamon Jewellry:
What’s Folksy

Behind the counter!

We all are a wee bit nosey!

Sweet Inspirations

Look at me!

Clever Sew and Sew

Tags: Bead on a wire, beads, cinnamon jewellery, craft business, etsy, folksy, sterling silver, team leader, wire wrapped, wirewrapped jewellry, wirewrapped jewelry

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