Top 10 List, Week Ending 12/17/16

Without further ado....

1. SILVER
2. FLOWER
3. POLYMER (TIED FOR 3RD)
4. STERLING (TIED FOR 3RD)
5. WHITE (TIED FOR 3RD)
6. BLUE (TIED FOR 3RD)
7. UNIQUE (TIED FOR 7TH)
8. GOLD (TIED FOR 7TH)
9. MALECITE (TIED FOR 7TH)
10. WIRE (TIED FOR 7TH)

... and the weirdest word that I did not include was BOOK.

Now go be inspired to make some UNIQUE!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 12/10/16

Ok, I don't know if anyone noticed or not, but it occurred to me today that I totally forgot to do the Top 10 list yesterday.  So, better late than never I guess, here it is:

1. SILVER
2. BLUE
3. CHARM
4. PEARL (TIED FOR 4TH)
5. GREEN (TIED FOR 4TH)
6. GLASS (TIED FOR 4TH)
7. TURQUOISE (TIED FOR 4TH)
8. GOLD (TIED FOR 4TH)
9. FLOWER (TIED FOR 9TH)
10. WHITE (TIED FOR 9TH)
11. BLACK (TIED FOR 9TH)
12. FROG (TIED FOR 9TH)

Noticeably absent this week is "STERLING" which came in at #13.  The weirdest word that I didn't include was "FOOTBALL", which was tied for 4th with all the others.

Now go make some awesome jewelry!

Disclaimer:  My sample involves tweets pertaining to handmade necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings.  So if your jewelry does not fit in to one of those categories, it is not included.

Top 10 List, Week Ending 12/3/16

Drum roll please.......

1. SILVER
2. GIFT
3. PEARL
4. GOLD  (TIED FOR 4TH)
5. LEATHER  (TIED FOR 4TH)
6. STERLING  (TIED FOR 6TH)
7. MOSAIC  (TIED FOR 6TH)
8. COFFEE (TIED FOR 8TH)
9. COPPER (TIED FOR 8TH)
10. JADE (TIED FOR 8TH)
11. GREEN (TIED FOR 8TH)
12. BOHO (TIED FOR 8TH)
13. GLASS (TIED FOR 8TH)

Apparently everyone was busy celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, because there were a lot less tweets, which could be the cause of so many ties.  Bonus:  The weirdest word I came across (in relation to handmade jewelry) was "SOAP", which makes me wonder if the word "coffee" was referring to a color, or to the beverage!

Now go make something!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 11/26/16

Things were so hectic today after traveling out of town for Thanksgiving and getting back late last night, I almost forgot to do the top 10!  Anyway, I remembered just in time (before midnight!)  Here it is:

1. SILVER
2. GEM/GEMSTONE
3. STERLING
4. BLUE
5. NATURAL
6. GLASS
7. FLOWER
8. PINK
9. HEART
10. PEARL

BONUS:  #11 is a tie between CHARM and FROG!  And the weird word that I didn't include was EYE.

Now go make some handmade jewelry!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 11/18/16

Here we go:

1. SILVER
2. GOLD
3. STERLING
4. GLASS
5. BLUE
6. TIED:  ROSE AND CRYSTAL
7. GEM
8. GREEN
9. FLOWER 
10. BLACK

Hope that gives you some inspiration for the week.  

Here's a bonus, maybe I'll do it every week if I have material.  The weirdest word. that I didn't include because I'm not sure it had anything to do with jewelry, was TEA.  Go figure.  Tea bag earrings perhaps?

Next week, instead of ending with Friday, I'm going to end with Saturday.  I have noticed that a lot of handmade jewelry tweets seem to go out on Saturday, so that should make the list slightly more current.

Top 10 List, Week Ending 11/11/16

Drum roll please.....

1. SILVER
2. GLASS
3. BLUE 
4. WHITE
5. MURANO
6. STERLING
7. PEARL
8. FLOWER
9. GOLD
10. GEMSTONE

Now go make some handmade jewelry!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 11/4/16

There were a lot of tweets this week.  Drum roll please......

1. SILVER
2. STERLING
3. GOLD
4. GIFT
5. BLUE
6. PEARL
7. GLASS
8. WHITE
9. PINK
10. ROSE-TURQUOISE-CRYSTAL (3 WAY TIE)

NOW GO BE INSPIRED!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 10/28/16

Here we go:

1. SILVER
2. STERLING
3. GOLD
4. BEAD
5. BLUE
6. FLOWER 
7. COPPER 
8. PEARL
9. MARBLE
10. SENSITIVE

Be inspired!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 10/21/16

Following are the top ten terms used on twitter for last week:

1. SILVER
2. GLASS
3. STERLING
4. BLUE
5. CHARM
6. CHRISTMAS
7. PINK
8. MURANO
9. PURPLE
10. HEART

Hope this gives you some inspiration!

Top 10 List, Week Ending 10/14/16

 Here are the top terms for last week:

1. SILVER
2. BLUE
3. GOLD
4. FLOWER
5. BEAD
6. GIFT
7. GLASS
8. PHOTOGRAPHY
9. WHITE
10. CRYSTAL

Be inspired!

Top 10, Week Ending 9/30/16

Here we go:

1. SILVER
2. ART
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
4. STERLING
5. GOLD
6. BLUE
7. GIFT
8. BEAD
9. PINK
10. BLACK

Hope this inspires you to make some new jewelry!

Top 10, Week Ending 9/16/16

Oops!  I got distracted yesterday and forgot to post this.  Sorry about that.  Anyway, here it is:

1. SILVER
2. ART
3. PINK
4. BLUE
5. BEAD
6. GOLD
7. GLASS
8. PHOTOGRAPHY
9. WHITE
10. FLOWER

Now go make some inspired jewelry!

Top 10, Week Ending 9/9/16

Well, it's Monday, so here we go.  Top 10 trending words in handmade jewelry on twitter for last week:

1. SILVER
2. QUARTZ
3. ONYX
4. GREEN
5. BLUE
6. BLACK
7. GOLD 
8. TURQUOISE
9. GLASS
10. PINK

As always, this is not scientific.  

Now go, be inspired!

Top 10, Week Ending 9/2/16

You may have been wondering where my top 10 list was on Friday.  I was getting ready for a show, but I also decided it would be a good idea to switch this to Monday.  (Tuesday this week because of the holiday.)  That way when I have info for the week ending on Friday, I can get all of the Friday info included.  
If you have been following these, you know that I am still refining my data collection process.  This week I have greatly expanded the data, and in doing so, I believe I have just the handmade.  Hopefully it will get us more meaningful results.

Here goes:

TOP 10 HANDMADE JEWELRY TERMS ON TWITTER FOR THE WEEK ENDING 9/2/2016

1. SILVER
2. STERLING
3. QUARTZ
4. BLUE
5. GREEN 
6. PINK
7. TURQUOISE
8. JEWEL
9. GOLD
10. BEAD

Here are the usual disclaimers:  This is not scientific, and it is overwhelmingly handmade with a little bit of vintage. Happy creating!  

Top 10, Week Ending 8/19/16

I'm starting to get this down to a weekly routine.  This week I deleted necklace, earrings, bracelet, ring because they would always take four of the top ten spots.  It's starting to get interesting:

1. BLUE
2. TREE (A THREE-WAY TIE FOR #2)
3. BEAD (TIED FOR #2)
4. STEAMPUNK (TIED FOR #2)
5. MEN  (A FOUR WAY TIE FOR #5)
6. PAPER (TIED FOR #5)
7. LEATHER (TIED FOR #5)
8. MURANO (TIED FOR #5)
9. GEMSTONE
10. SEASIDE

This weights handmade more than vintage, and is not an exact science.  

Weekly Jewelry Trends 7/29/16

Today I am going to try something new.  I have picked (according to my calculations) the top ten trends this week for handmade and vintage jewelry on Twitter.  These are based on tweets.  We'll have to wait and see if this is successful, or if I come up with the same thing each week.  Success would be not coming up with the same ten items each week!

Anyway, drum roll please.....    Here they are:

• Bracelet
• Pearl
• Blue
• Necklace
• Sterling Silver
• Gold
• Agate
• Jasper
• Gift Ideas
• Gemstone

These are not necessarily in exact order, although the ones at the top were definitely mentioned more than the ones at the bottom.  It's not an exact science.

I hope these give all the jewelry makers out there some inspiration for the week ahead!  Next week maybe I'll even have a graphic!