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I hope everyone is having a great summer!  To help celebrate the rest of the season, I'm having a sale! Shaya Summer Bangles Sale: Buy 3 Bangles and Get the 4th Bangle for Free! Shaya's signature square bangles are some of my best selling designs, especially in the spring and summertime. They come in four finishes: Gold, Rose Gold, Silver and Gunmetal, and four widths: Small, Medium, Large and Extra-Large. The Summer Bangles Sale runs through the month of August -- online and in pers

You saw the before photo when we were setting up the booth what feels like a million years ago.  As promised, here is the "after" photo.  I finally shaved. So here is my holiday market booth!  We can do pretty much whatever we want with our spaces, and I put a lot of time into creating a warm and welcoming feeling and to make it easy for you to see and touch the jewelry.  I use wood blocks, which have a really great texture.  And the metals really come alive against t

A few weeks ago, a customer stopped by the Nolita Market and purchased several pieces of my jewelry.  She was kind and complimentary of my work, and it was a real pleasure to meet her.  She introduced herself as Victoria Nuland, Spokesperson for the US State Department, and she said I should keep an eye out for her wearing my designs in the media.  I thought that was great, and I really have been watching out for her in the news. Last week a friend of mine spotted my work in

New York City is one of my greatest sources of inspiration.  I moved here from Israel in 2000. I had been a paramedic, and I was not happy with what I was doing with my life.  I wanted to see what I could do with my life in a city like this.  And let me tell you, I did a lot of different things.  I got to know the city like the back of my hand. In 2003 I started selling in the streets.  I made jewelry out of vintage buttons, which was cute, but not classy.  I w

To thank you all for your support over the years and going forward, I am doing a Giveaway each week for the next month!  This week’s giveaway is a Large Bangle!  All you have to do is leave a comment below, and I’ll pick a winner randomly on Saturday night, July 30th, 2011 at 11:59 PM! I have customers and friends who come see me in the independent artist markets in New York once a year or so when they visit from across the country or other parts of the world.  And