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Hannah on Jan 24, 2023
5 out of 5 starsI own a small business, and love supporting other small businesses. This is the best price and value for French hooks I’ve found. Also I have many customers who have allergy issues and these don’t irritate their ears!
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Nancy on Jan 20, 2023
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful copper color on these ear wires. Didn't bother my sensitive ears!
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Jen on Jan 29, 2023
5 out of 5 starsPERFECT DESCRIPTION-PERFECT QUALITY PRODUCT-MET ALL EXPECTATIONS!
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SJ on Jan 28, 2023
5 out of 5 starsOrnate quality slider beads, packed securely in a box and shipped quickly. Very reliable shop.
About LythaStudios
Lytha Studios
It was a confluence of many different events that lead to a little family business called Lytha Studios. It was partly being in the right place at the right time, partly a passion for self employment mixed with commerce, and partly a sweet little lovebird named Lytha.
I was in the right place at the right time - Virginia Tech - 1993 - just as the World Wide Web was being born. There I learned HTML and how to create content for the WWW. In my junior year, I started a little business creating shop websites. Soon, I created a site of my own for my seed bead jewelry. It never sold a single darn thing. Ever.
Eventually, I started making gemstone beaded jewelry, which amazingly did sell. I augmented it with Celtic themed gifts, and my "dot com" was officially alive.
Around this time, I also go married! It was the summer between my junior and senior year, and my best friend and dearest love and I married after a five year courtship. That bearded guy off to the left there - he's been my sweetie since we were sixteen.
Where does Lytha fit in? Everywhere (naturally), which any lovebird will tell you is just as it ought to be. Eric and I bought Lytha about a year before we married. We took her anywhere we went. I wanted to work from home so she would have company all day. She was the queen of the house, worshiped by the humans (again, as it ought to be), and naming the business after her seemed like the most natural thing to do.
By the time I earned my degree, and celebrated my first anniversary, Lytha Studios was turning a profit, and my plans of getting an advanced degree in mathematics morphed into plans to make Lytha Studios the awesomest little shop on the Internet. I was teaching classes on HTML and jewelry making at the local YMCA, and having the time of my life with my hubby, my birds, and my little shop.
And the rest is history! Lytha Studios has changed over time - slowly turning away from being gift oriented and going back to its roots with beads and jewelry supplies. Lytha's place has been inherited by several beloved kitties and one rowdy golden retriever girl (Mattie).
Eric and I have recently celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - and how lucky we are with our son, our furry kids, and our little family business that lets us all be together all the time.
See also - my jewelry shop:
http://OstaraMoonJewelry.Etsy.Com
Shop members
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Erin H. Weik
Owner, Maker, Designer, Curator, Head Honcho - Bead Master In Chief
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Eric Weik
Lackey
Shop policies
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LythaStudios/about
FAQs:
Please scroll down to the "Additional Information" section for detailed and extensive FAQ's about my beads and findings!
CONVOS - I try to be convo friendly, but I get a LOT of convos, and I sometimes miss one. If you haven't heard back from me, please don't be offended, and please do resend! I don't always answer at night, and on weekends, as a girl (this girl anyway) needs a little bit of down time.
HOW DO I MAKE THAT? You're more than welcome to convo me to ask how to recreate any of the examples shown in my shop - the designs pictured are there to encourage and inspire, and I'd love to share the parts lists!
SPLITTING PACKAGES - I generally do not split packages, especially for smaller beads and findings, which are generally prepackaged and not, well, split-able.
DISCOUNTS & COUPONS - My personal philosophy on selling is that I want to make everything available at the same best price to everyone. To that end - I don't offer shop discounts or coupons - when you browse my shop, you're seeing my best price.
SMOKE FREE - Our office is smoke free, as are the people (myself, my husband, my son) who work there. However we are not allergen free - we have several darling birds who live where we work. We are also likely to bring dander or other allergens into work - we keep (are kept by?) dogs and cats at home. Our office also includes candles, soaps, incense and other aromatherapy supplies, stored in the same vicinity as our beads and jewelry making supplies.
BOXES - I get asked where I get my shipping boxes from all the time. They're just the right size for beads and jewelry, and they come from here:
http://www.uline.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?modelnumber=S-15136
Please feel free to contact me, if not via e-mail, then via phone, convo or snail mail.
Lytha Studios
Erin Weik, Owner
Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Request a cancellation: within 1 hour of purchase