Jewelry Artists Success Stories - Fire Mountain Gems and Beads

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Fire Mountain Gems and Beads strives to assist designer-artists in reaching their personal and business goals and to make creative dreams a reality.

Be inspired by the current jewelry-artists' success stories, then share your story with us. Use the following questions as a guideline and upload a picture of yourself and your favorite project. Because there are so many fabulous success stories, submissions will be juried and edited for publication.

Name: Email:

Introduce Yourself:

Where do you live?

Describe your artistic style:

What inspires you as a designer-artist?

What materials do you most enjoy working with?

Have you ever entered any of Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' Jewelry-Making Contests? If yes, which ones?

Share Your Background:

When and how did you begin making jewelry/beading?

Who introduced you to beading?

Do you have an artistic background?

How did you discover Fire Mountain Gems and Beads?

Do you belong to any beading societies or beading groups?

What other hobbies do you enjoy?

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What role does jewelry-making play in your life? (How does it affect you day-to-day, emotionally and physically? Is it your full-time or part-time career? Hobby?)

If you use jewelry-making as a way to bring in income, how are you selling yourself and your jewelry? (Do you have a website, attend craft fairs or markets? Do you enter contests? Send out mailings?)

Do you participate in any charity fundraisers? Examples: Make jewelry to support a cause? Any educational programs that use beads/beading to raise awareness?

Any advice for aspiring jewelry-artists?

Attach Your Best Design Photo -
File size should be 1MB or smaller - jpeg, tiff or bmp format:

What is the name of the piece you are submitting to be included in your Success Story? (The image you are attaching.)

What inspired this design?

How did it come together? For example, did you plan it out or did it define itself once you began working?

Attach Your Favorite Photo of Yourself (Optional) -
File size should be 1MB or smaller - jpeg, tiff or bmp format: