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Extensive copper jewelry updates!

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:31:27 -0400

In the last few weeks I've added many different copper jewelry items to the store. I believe the count is up to 24 new copper jewelry items added including a couple of patterns with beaded bracelets for all of you who want the great benefits of handmade copper jewelry but also want a little more than the bland copper color. Soon I'll also be adding a number of copper necklaces too! I've already added one, and next on my agenda is to get every pattern possible of copper jewelry necklaces, then add a splash of color with glass beads!

10 new copper bracelets added!

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:54:17 -0400

I've just finished listing 10 new copper bracelets! They are queens chain pattern with colored beads. The beads allow me to make the chains faster as fewer links are added by me so there is a price drop from the solid copper queens chain bracelets, and they qualify for the 5% off summer sale! So get them while they are hot! Each bracelet has three beads in one of ten colors: Amber, Jet Black, Blue, Clear, Emerald Green, Light Harlequin, Red, Rose, Seafoam Green, and Yellow.

Check them out and see for yourself what a splash of color can do for an already fun bracelet design.

5% off summer sale!

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:57:53 -0400

We're running our summer sale! Now through September 30th you can get 5% off with the coupon code midsum10 We're happy to be able to offer top quality hand made jewelry at a discounted rate, but you've got to act while the deals are still hot!

Mothers Day Sale

Fri, 01 May 2009 06:20:56 -0400

Mothers day is approaching quickly and to celebrate this special occasion we have a great sale for you! Pick up your mom, wife, or that special woman in your life something uniquely beautiful.

With the following coupon codes you can get either 10% off your entire order or $5 off your order whichever works out best for you to get the best deal. (Limit only one per customer)

Coupon code for 10% off:
10moms09

Coupon code for $5 off:
5offmoms09

Happy Birthday to me!

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:13:11 -0500

Muahahahaha!!! It's my Birthday! And because of that I'm giving YOU a present! That's right, for the remainder of today with the promotion code "bday" in the shopping cart you can get a whopping 20% off!!! (Just in time for Valentines Day)

Thanks to all my loyal customers, and others who have helped me keep my small jewelry buisiness afloat for all these years.

Thank you,
Cody Sortore
ArchmailleDesigns.com

Copper Jewelry Galore!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:49:13 -0500

Hey everyone! We've just added a whole bunch of new copper jewelry! Also to the lineup there are a few new items with magnetic clasps for magnetic therapy! So for all of your pain, or repetitive injury relief we've now got you covered!

Archmaille Designs Site Redesign

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:58:26 -0500

Wow, so if you've been to the site before you're seeing a whole new shopping cart in place! It's gonna be pretty amazing, even though it looks pretty drab right now. The template isn't far off from the default template, but that will be changing very soon... and somewhat slowly as I work on putting things in order. Slowly the site will come to life and be ready to make lots o' money! haha, well maybe not lots, but the goal is to make a living from it for a while.

The first thing that I want to talk about is the awesome new feature present in the new shopping cart... and that is (drum roll please) affiliate programs! Anyone who is a registered user of the site can now guide people to the site via the affiliate program link and make 10% of all sales! Seriously, how could you not love that? You can make money from my work, my art, my passion!

Happy Thanksgivings Day!!

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:11:37 -0500

Hey everyone, it’s Thanksgiving, and you know what that means right? Family, food, and lots of reminders of what God has given to us all throughout the year. I have a lot of great things to be thankful for. Especially over the last few months things have been really good. First off after getting sick of working for Viacom I was blessed with the fantastic work in blogging… not great pay, but it covers the bills and is a lot more creative of an endeavor than reviewing websites all day long. Writing over 1,200 words a day gets tiring too… I took a week of light blogging only about 300-400 words a day, and nothing on the weekends. My income dropped drastically but it gave me the rest I needed to get back into things and continue blogging :-P Which is good because a few smaller jobs that I was looking for in the meantime will only be available after January.

Now there is also a little hope on being able to run ArchmailleDesigns and do light blogging to keep up on the bills. The shopping cart that I use for this site has just been redesigned… now it’ll cost me to keep the updates coming, but they allowed everyone who has purchased a copy of it to get the new version for free. There are two features that particularly intrigue me. First off the addition of being able to sell downloadable items. I’d like to create some PDFs on jewelry care and techniques… then some on chainmail creation and sell them super cheap so I can make a couple bucks a day. Couple dollars a day from that, couple dollars a day from advertisement clicks on kclanparty.org, $25 bucks a day from blogging, and then building capital for a few months working at LifeTouch. That should give me the foothold to be able to start listing my products on ClickJunction… let other people sell my products for me :-P The next favorite item on the new shopping cart is the ability to create widgets so I can put things on other peoples sites, blogs, etc. to where they can purchase directly from the other sites! :-D

Handmade Sterling Silver Jewelry

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:50:33 -0400

Hey guys! I'm doing my best to get the store updated. If you've noticed the flash banner has replaced the old image. I would like it to be a little more spiffy, but that's going to take time and it's one thing at a time for right now. Those of you who have been here before may have noticed that I added images to the front page with samples of jewelry pieces from each category so that you can better navigate the site.\r\nNow you're probably wondering why the title of this entry is Handmade sterling silver jewelry huh? Well that's simple, because that is going to be my focus for a little while around here. Unfortunately it takes a GREAT deal of silver to make the Japanese Chainmail jewelry pieces and I've used most of my silver stock up trying to get all the Japanese jewelry pieces made that I could. I'm going to do my best to get everything that I currently have in stock on the site so that you have a variety to choose from, It's up to you to purchase those items so that I can create more unique pieces, as well as fill up my existing line of products.

Lacking online stock

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:38:09 -0400

Those of you who were at the St. Louis Renaissance Festival and are now here looking for it I'm sorry if I do not have what you are looking for. If you know what it was you were looking for feel free to email me and yell at me for not having it on the site. If you don't remember please be patient with me. Even though I do part time webpage design along with this business, updating the catalog on here is one of the most tedious things that I have to do, and honestly hate it. I would much rather be actually working on creating new jewelry than to sit here uploading new products, it's a very slow tedious process that drives me crazy. I know, strange huh? Coming from me who can sit for hours on end linking together minuscule rings to create the most intricate patterns, yes there are things that annoy me and just plain drive me crazy to have to sit and do, this happens to be one of them. Tiana has agreed to help me with jewelry descriptions, so that will also help speed along the process.

As far as custom work goes it will be another couple of weeks before I can get back to all of that. Heading up to St. Louis on Friday we got into a car accident... luckily all of the displays and jewelry were fine, some other stuff that was in the trunk however such as my pliers and other tools I have were annihilated. I am working to put in an order with the jewelry company that I purchase from to get a new set along with more silver wire and some other things that I've run out of. Until this order comes in I'm kind of stuck, but soon I will gladly be able to get back to custom work.

St. Louis Ren. Faire

Mon, 28 May 2007 06:11:27 -0400

I will be bringing Archmaille Designs to the St. Louis Renaissance Faire here for the next two weekends. I was invited by another chainmail artisan who didn't have enough inventory to fill up their booth so for the next couple of weeks (June 2-4 and June 9-11) if you would like to see my work in person, and this is closer to you this is your chance!

Back from Jamaica

Mon, 28 May 2007 06:07:57 -0400

Thanks to all those who graciously supported me in going to Jamaica! The missions trip was amazing, you can see a number of pictures and those stories on the first set of hopefully many other Jamaica Blog Entries. Thanks for your continued support since I do plan on returning next year, and the years to follow for as long as I am able.

Jamaica Missions

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:36:25 -0500

Well I have been blessed enough to have the opportunity to go on a Jamaica Missions trip with my church in May of 2007. As part of that 90% of all profits from here will be going towards that! Any kind of support is helpful, monetary support through purchases is greatly appreciated, but I also ask for prayers. Prayers for success of the trip, and the well being of all those going is the most important thing any of you could do for us.

Thank you to all my wonderful costumers!
Cody Sortore

Price Changes

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:21:21 -0400

I've been running this business selling silver jewelry now for four years. In those four years I've never had any price changes. Simply put, I've had no reason for it. Now looking at sales being low, and the economy finally taking swing back up I'm looking into making some price changes. One of the things that prompted this was I just recently visited a jewelry store, which I used to be competitive with on their charm bracelets. I figured that they couldn't have changed much in price being that charm bracelets aren't nearly as popular as they used to be. Obviously I was wrong, they are now selling charm bracelets for nearly $200 each. I don't plan on going up with my prices that high, but I do need to find a way to help pay for some of the new equipment for the business, as well as hopefully increase sales. One thing is I don't want people to see cheap machine made jewelry at more than double my prices and automatically believe that it is higher quality.

New Site Launch

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:38:02 -0400

Well we've reached that time. The site is at a point to where it could be launched for all of you to use. I've not found any bugs or errors in it, but if you do please notify me so that I can get them fixed. Several of the items don't have descriptions, but hopefully the images speak for themselves. I've payed someone to do a professional write up on the entire site so that you all don't have to read my boring ramblings all the time.

New Site About Ready

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:53:38 -0400

Well, this is the new site for Archmaille Designs! Designed on the premise of a better shopping experience for our customers. I can now accept more than just Paypal! This shopping cart software allows me to accept eGold, Moneybookers, Paypal, and soon to come directly accept credit cards! Of course with all this I've also implemented a 128bit SSL for your privacy and security. Most everything is running smoothly and I just finished the template so hopefully you enjoy your shopping experience with Archmaille Designs!