Thursday, July 2, 2015

Local Love: Muriel Badinelli Designs


Meet Muriel Badinelli of Muriel Badinelli Designs.



"I have been making and selling jewelry for 5 years. It started as a hobby, making things for me to wear to work or with an outfit, but it evolved into a business when friends and colleagues would ask me where I purchased my jewelry.



I've always been a designer in one field or another so the leap into jewelry design wasn't a large one. After a few years of "stringing" I started to learn bead weaving and that is my current focus now, it is something that I find very relaxing and fun.

I do all kinds of jewelry; necklaces, bracelets, and earrings as well as some specialty items such as headbands, leather wrap bracelets and eyeglass holders. I will make one item as a sample, and often my work is custom. Right now cuff bracelets seem to be at the top of shopper's lists!



The first business challenge was designing and putting up a website. Since then, keeping up with all of the social media PR is a challenge. I do select craft shows and also teach bead-weaving at the Redding Community Center and at Sugarbeads, a bead shop in Ridgefield. I post my shows and classes on my website. as well as my Facebook page.

The next craft show is the Litchfield Jazz Festival Craft Show on August 7-9 at the Goshen Fair Grounds, Goshen CT."



No physical shop, although my jewelry is carried at 
The Jewelry Cafe in Southbury and at The Funky Hippie in Stamford.

Phone: (203) 938-0424


Find Muriel Badinelli Designs on Facebook.


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1 comment:

  1. wow, this is lovely stuff! I don't have the patience for all those little tiny beads!

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