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Who do you vote for? Rings & Things' Halloween costume contest

October 29, 2010

Rings & Things’ employees are having a costume contest today. Who would you vote as “best in show”?

Rings & Things' Cindy

↑ Cindy – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
Melissa – Candy Corn ↓

Rings & Things' Melissa

Rings & Things' Lindsey

↑ Lindsey – Bat Girl (on left) + “Eddie Munster” (on right)

Nate – Sven the Tennis Pro ↓

Rings & Things' Nate
Rings & Things' Chris

↑ Chris – Dr. Steve Brule
Polly – Dragon Sorceress ↓

Rings & Things' Polly

Rings & Things' Kayla

↑ Kayla – Mob Wife
Laurel – Steam Punk Princess Peach ↓

Rings & Things' Laurel

Rings & Things' Claudia

↑ Claudia – Major Flirt
Dao – Spartan Chilean Miner ↓

Rings & Things' Dao

Rings & Things' Amanda

↑ Amanda – Tavern Wench

“Vote” in a comment below 🙂

PS: In-house voting made Chris the winner, with Melissa & “Eddie Munster” co-second place!

Bead? What bead?

October 25, 2010

Can you spot the bead?

Here’s a Rings & Things logo painted by Noryan on one of our loading dock doors:

Rings & Things Noryan logo Bay 3

Bead? What bead?

Leave a comment if you know what I’m asking about! 🙂

If you can read this…

September 12, 2010

…you’re too close to a computer! 🙂

Rings & Things customer feedback--you don't need a computer!

Rings & Things loves your heartfelt feedback, whatever the format. (Nice to see someone still has a typewriter that they haven’t cannibalized for steampunk jewelry components!!)

–Dave at Rings & Things

It's not just free shipping!

July 29, 2010

It’s not just free shipping – –

It’s shipping in one business day or less – –

And it’s insured!

Get Rings & Things’ free shipping special for 3 more days – – it ends when July ends!

Case study: A customer just called us, very happy that she placed her order Tuesday, got free shipping, and received it in 2 days. (YMMV, but a delightful surprise 🙂 )

(Who gets “freedom from freight“? US orders over $100. Ask your sales person for more details, or order online!)

Notify Me!

July 27, 2010

Notify me?

Have you ever found exactly the component you wanted for making your jewelry…and it was out of stock?

Ever backordered an out-of-stock item…then forgot about it?

Rings & Things has found a better way. Next to any item in our store that’s out of stock, just click ‘Notify Me’:

We’ll email you as soon as it’s back in stock. You’ll be able to order it instantly!

Want to suggest improvements to our online store? Put them in a comment, I’ll pass them to the right person here!

Bike to Work kudos…and cautions

June 11, 2010

Here’s a tip of the hat to the 6 members of the winning Bike to Work Week team at our company…

Team “Rings & Things – GIRLS” whipped the boys with a superior turnout and participation this year, showing enviable esprit de corps and laudable community consciousness. Kudos!

PS: One of the above team members unfortunately got hit by a car today while biking to work; we’re anxiously awaiting further word and hoping for the best. As we’ve mentioned in this blog before, there may be quite a ways to go before car drivers are fully aware that they’re sharing the streets with cyclists and cross-walking pedestrians…

Drilled river rocks!

May 27, 2010

Drilled river rock rocks!

Our latest special find (May 2010) is drilled river rock beads. (Riverstone. Beach rock. River rock. Beach stone…)

We noticed what enthusiastic reactions this stone was getting…because it makes really cute, teeny little beads:

…and we loved the feel of donut beads with organically irregular, water-smoothed edges:

…plus the fact that drilled river rock taps into a fashion tip going back to the Stone Age:

…you can’t go wrong with petite tip-drilled pendants!

I made a necklace with these and showed it off at our bead shows, to nice reactions…

Go with the flow, check out beautiful riverstone beads made in the USA (by Mother Nature). They’re a limited-stock find!

Extra bonus: enjoy R&T’s Bead Shapes Glossary page, where you’ll learn the difference between tip-drilled and corner-drilled, nibblets and tiles, rings and donuts.

What they’re saying about R&T bead shows

May 24, 2010

A real-time report on R&T bead shows. BeadTour blurbs from bead lovers like you!

Photo courtesy of Armored Hearts Maille

From our Louisville, KY bead show, @_chelseaj tweeted an evocative stream of updates:

● Rummaging around at the Louisville @rings_things show! It’s like heaven in here.

● @rings_things Found tons of great beads today – thanks!!!

● Bag stuffed full of new beads and ELO on the radio… Yes! Life’s good.

Photo courtesy of Armored Hearts Maille

Frann of Armored Hearts Maille blogged about a fun trip to the Grand Rapids bead show:

“When we entered we were greeting by a very friendly young guy…he was patient with the three of us Bead Show Virgins and sent us on our way.

It was all a shiny, sparkly heaven…I loved how each type of item was separated, so you knew that if you were at findings table you’d find every type of finding possible. No meandering around in a maze like confusion. Cori kept me on track…she was quick to point out some styles and colors we had been discussing for the last week in anticipation for this event.

The set up was wonderful, there was room enough for most people to wind in and around the tables…the selection of merchandise was vast.”

And Anita Ghaemi updated on Facebook with this about our Chicago bead show:

“…my spirits are over the top…I rushed in headed for the beads”!

Two great inspirations

April 13, 2010

Two great inspirations! You may have seen these in recent magazines…

Here’s a pair of creations by R&T jewelry designer Mollie Valente and graphic designer Selina Shehan:

Click for fullsize version!

Click for fullsize version!

The ad above features a necklace called (click the title to view a guide to making one) Cross my Heart.  Below is another of Mollie’s necklaces, As the Crow Flies.

Click to see the big version

Click to see the big version

Did you know?  Rings & Things ads often feature jewelry from our Design Gallery, where you can learn how to make each design — and shop for the components “with a click”.