Sunday Spotlight: Twisted Designs Jewelry

Welcome to our new Sunday feature article, Sunday Spotlight, where we'll be showcasing a new Etsy artisan every week! 

This week's featured artist is Lindsay, owner of the Etsy store TwistedDesigns. Lindsay creates beautiful handcrafted sterling silver jewelry, and she was kind enough to answer some interview questions for me!

Wire Knot Silver Stud Earrings by TwistedDesigns on Etsy

Tell us a little about your craft, and how you got started: Like most people, when I decided I needed a hobby I went straight to my local craft store and picked out a how-to book on jewelry making and a few supplies.  My first few attempts were hideous, but my family happily supported my habit by wearing my creations.  Over the years I have learned more and more and I am happy I have been able to replace some of those first eclectic creations.  My family still happily accepts any of my new creations.
 
What inspires you every day?  The metals themselves inspire me.  They are shiny, strong, natural, malleable and downright amazing.
 
What else do you enjoy in your spare time? I spend just about every minute that I am not working with my 3 children.  We cook, play Play-Doh, do puzzles and basically have fun all day long!

Sterling Silver Moon Necklace by TwistedDesigns on Etsy

What is YOUR favorite item that you’ve made? For mothers day this year I made both my mom and my mother-in-law a necklace with a heart that I designed, on the back of the heart I put the initials of each of their grandchildren.

Give your words of wisdom to other artisans and crafters: Find your niche.  Figure out what is selling in your shop and make different sizes, colors and variations of that to build a whole line.  Customers like to have a big inventory to choose from.  For my shop, I started out with a variety of jewelry but I found that my Silver Stud Earrings were selling so I started building inventory from there.

Sterling Silver Twisted Studs by TwistedDesigns on Etsy

 I love Lindsay's shop, and stunning silver work! I was immediately drawn to the knot earrings, pictured above - somehow they just completely spoke to me and tied in her shop name as well. She has generously offered FREE SHIPPING to all of our readers - use coupon code "BUNNIES" at checkout. You can find TwistedDesigns on Etsy.

Make sure to stop by her Facebook page and give her some love as well!