Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals!

Is everyone pumped about the biggest shopping deals of the season?  Of course the one year I finish my Christmas shopping early all the local stores here decide to start their black Friday deals at midnight instead of 5am!  Oh well, I don't need a new big screen or camera so I guess it doesn't matter anyway!

My Esty Shop will be having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale too!  Use coupon code SHIP4FREE (all caps) to get free shipping on your entire order!  This offer ends Monday November 28th at 11pm EST.

Red Poppies Scrabble Pendants

Please do mention to me in a convo or message to seller if you would like me to ship someplace other than the address provided to me by PayPal.  If you're sending a gift I can include a little gift tag made of pretty scrap booking paper with a sentiment to include with your gift at no charge.  Again, just convo or put in the message to seller what you'd like it to say!

Hand Stamped Gift Boxes

If you're ordering from my shop don't forget about my super cute hand stamped gift boxes to put your jewelry in!  They make your gift extra special with that handmade touch and did I mention they're super cute?  They're available in three sizes and if you need help determining which size would be best, just send me a quick convo on Etsy and I'll help you out!

Swirly Birdie

Also new in my shop, Swirly Birdie Necklace!  this adorable little bird has been hand shaped and wrapped with little swirlies for a cute touch!  The entire pendant has been oxidized and shined for a lovely antique finish!  It hangs on an 18' 2.4mm copper plated ball chain.  A very cute gift for the bird lover!

Autumn Glitter

I have a new bracelet in my shop that I'm hoping finds a happy home!  Autumn Glitter is alive with sparkling goldstone and beautiful white magnesite wire wrapped by hand using solid copper wire!  A beautifully carved gold stone leaf and genuine Swarovski crystal grace the middle of this unique piece that looks gorgeous all year round!  Earthy and rustic, this would be perfect for that down to earth gal in your life!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family!  Also here's a treasury I made and a couple treasuries I've been featured in, check them out!

Chirstmas Shopping, New Merch and Upcoming!

SOLD and re-listed!

Isn't this jewelry box SUPER cute!

Galeaz Glass on Etsy makes them!

I'm very happy my sales have been picking up a bit more with the biggest shopping season of the year looming over us.  The stores are getting crazy and thankfully I'm nearly done with my Christmas shopping list!  Jealous?  All I have left is to buy something for my father-in-law tell my husband ideas for the hardest person on our list-me!  I have my eyes set on a GORGEOUS handmade glass jewelry box made by Galeaz Glass on Etsy and a new pouch with cute owls on it for the new Droid I'll be getting the end of December (I sooo HATE my BlackBerry, I think I see a sledgehammer in its future), I'm still deciding which Etsy shop to buy from though, there's so many!

Autumn Sunrise

I recently listed two brand new items in my shop.  The first is Autumn Sunrise, a new pair of wire wrapped copper earrings featuring some oh so lovely autumn jasper beads!  I've wire wrapped these beauties by hand using sold copper wire which I've oxidized and shined for a rustic and vintage touch.  They also hang from hand forged earring hooks made of copper wire.

Cobalt Coral

Next up is Cobalt Coral, I had bought these wonderful blue genuine coral beads some time ago but had no real plans for them till now!  They were too pretty to pass up and had such a wonderful texture!  This necklace features the lovely 14mm coral bead as a focal surrounded with ornate bead caps and beads with lots of dainty brass chain fringe dangling below!

Coming Soon!

I also wanted to give everyone a sneak peek of two items I just finished doing photo edits on!  they'll be listed in my shop before Thanksgiving and (if they don't sell before then) they'll be with me at my next craft show Decemeber 3rd at the Rapid River American Legion from 9-4pm!  If I missed you at my last show, I hope to see you there!

Coming Soon!

In case you haven't seen them yet, I now have a new gifting option that I mentioned was coming soon!  I now offer super cute hand stamped kraft boxes that you can purchase as an upgrade from the organza bag when you purchase jewelry from my shop!  They're only a few bucks each, come tied with a cute little twine bow and you have several stamps to choose from!  All I ask is that you please purchase your upgrade and jewelry together to save you shipping as there's no extra shipping charge for the box if you purchase it with jewelry from my shop!

Hand Stamped Kraft Boxes!

Lastly, I'd like to show you all some sweet treasuries I've had the honor of being featured in, check them out!

It's That Christmas Craft Show Time of Year Again!

Oh my it's been a reeeally long time since I've posted in here!  Lots of crazy things have been going on and I guess I kind of put this on the back burner!  Hubby got a new job at Schwan's as a Route Sales Rep and he just loves it!  I'm very happy for him for landing this job, especially with how young of a family we are.  No more job hopping!  I've been busy with Kaylie's preschooling since she didn't get into the early preschool class I wanted her in this year.  She's only 3 so it's ok, there's always next year but with all the requirements for schooling now I want to make sure she's well prepared!

Sasha

We also added a new furry addition to our house.  In no way did I want to have four cats in our house, three was more than plenty but my mom mentioned to me that she saw a cat at the pound that looked just like our cat, Sasha, we had to give away when Kaylie was a baby.  For whatever reason after we moved into our new house and Kaylie was just starting to walk Sasha decided to pee on everything Kaylie owned.  We tried everything in the book to correct this bad behavior but nothing worked so we were forced to take her to the shelter.  Now I explicitly told the shelter she should be placed in a home without young children.  Long story short, she ended up back in that same shelter because she doesn't get along with children.  Ugh, how can people be so dumb!  I felt sooooo bad for poor Sasha and went to visit her to see if it really was her.  She had no tail, lime green eyes, and a brown patch by her ear, yup this was indeed Sasha!  Sushi, as the shelter had named her (seriously? Sushi?) remembered me and the lady said I was the first person she saw "Sushi" come out from under her blanket for.  How could I leave her there right?  So I brought her home and crossed my fingers that the peeing would not happen again.  It's been about a month and she's actually been perfectly fine to my amazement.  Kaylie is older now so she does listen when I tell her to leave Sasha alone so Sasha isn't stressed out like she was when Kaylie was too little to know better.  I never wanted to give her up in the first place but we're happy to have our Sashie Bear back :)

Wire wrapped tree branches

Cute little dress form necklace displays I made

I knew that old crate would come in handy

Well now for what I came here to write about!  It's that busy time of year again for Christmas shopping and craft shows!  I just had my first Christmas craft show on Saturday at the local high school and it was great!  I was really reserved about it at first since I seemed to have a string of bad luck for the past few private shows and a horrible craft show that wasn't even advertised this past spring that I did.  But, I got very close to my sales goal for the day and had a great time meeting tons of new people!  I got tons and tons of compliments on my jewelry and my displays!  A few people even wanted to buy some of my handmade displays!  I was really hoping to sell out of some clearance items and to sell some more mini paintings but oh well, I still have another show coming up in a few weeks!  As I expected my Scrabble pendants were quite a hit!  I'm super stoked that I made enough to pay myself back for the folding banquet tables I bought (those are sooooo nice to have) and to replace all my black velvet displays with oak, natural hemp and cream leatherette displays.  They were a bit pricy but I think the new displays will look so much better on my tables than the black ones!  Now I get to take a little break between shows and get a chance to list some new items.  I've got one more show on December 3rd at the American Legion in Rapid River from 9-3pm!

One of four tables, this one with Scrabble pendants and earrings

I also wanted to point out recent treasuries I was featured in for the NNNTeam and Etsy Hearts Beads Team!  Take a peek!

New Briolette Necklaces and Cute Owl Pendants!

Honey Drop

I finally got to use some gemstone briolettes I purchased what seems like forever ago.  I don't know why I just stuck these little sparkly gems away in my beading box to never again see the sunlight for several months, especially since I knew what I wanted to do when I bought them.  However late is better than never right?

Nightfall

I have a few more briolettes in misty green chalcedony, icy blue quartz, and some chalk turquoise waiting to made into necklaces but I wanted to test the waters if you will with the first four I have available in my shop now.  Each briolette has been wire warpped in copper wire with a little swirl design and oxidized, shined and sealed with Renaissance Wax to preserve the finish.  Along with the briolette are pretty Czech glass beaded charms for added detail.  The sparkly pendants are each on 22" brass plated chains with lobster clasp closures.

Olivine

Almond Coffee

I have Honey Drop, a warm honey yellow citrine briolette perfect for showing off nature's fiery autumn colors.  Next up is my personal favorite, Olivine, a gorgeous earthy olive colored quartz briolette that reminds me of long walks in the mossy woods as a kid.  Almond Coffee is a coffee quartz briolette with swirls of mocha just like your favorite coffee house latte on a brisk morning.  Nightfall is a jet black onyx briolette just as dark as a moonless night for an ultra chic look for just about any occasion!

Boy Meets Girl

Hoot at the Moon

Whoo

Last but not least are the four new owl pendants in my shop!  I'm pretty excited about these little guys and they're just so darn cute!   My favorite of the four is Boy Meets Girl, it was love at first sight when little green boy owl met pretty in purple girl owl!  Adorable for Halloween is Hoot at the Moon with a little brown owl with golden eyes looking up at the moon in a star filled sky.  Whoo is up close and personal with a sweet little owl in a warm sienna color peeking at you with a sliver of retro teal behind him.  Lastly, he may be a little nerdy but he's oh so loveable as Smarty Owl with his little glasses on sitting on a branch with a red background.  Who can say no to that?  :)

Smarty Owl

 Coming soon I'll be offering a great new gift option for my jewelry with the holidays coming up right around the corner!  I'll be making custom hand stamped jewelry kraft boxes tied with natural twine cord!  They're eco-freindly, sturdy, inexpensive, reusable, time saving and did I mention that they're CUTE?  I'm keeping my general theme of "nature inspired" just like most of my jewelry using flowers, leaves, birds, dragonflies, etc for stamping options.  I should have the listings up and ready soon, keep an eye out and I'll also announce them on my blog and my Facebook Page!

Hand stamped kraft boxes, will be available in 3 sizes!

New Copper Wire Wrapped Designs

Enchanted Dragonfly Necklace

Fall is right around the corner with lots of warm color, cool breezes and time to harvest the season's bounty in the garden.  As much as I hate to see sweet summer fade away I do appreciate the cooler weather and the inspiration it gives me for new designs!  I recently listed a few new pieces that I wanted to share with you all as well!

Copper Leaf Earrings

Copper Leaf Necklace

I promised to get some new autumn designs and here's two just in time!  Copper Leaf Necklace and Copper Leaf  Earrings are just as pretty as the falling leaves that inspire them.  I shaped and wire wrapped each leaf and coil by hand to perfection.  I wanted to try something different in addition to the oxidation and since I sometimes use a patina solution on my copper leafing in my artwork I thought I'd try it on copper wire and look how lovely it turned out!  I gave each piece a light verdigris patina and then shined them up a little before sealing them with a special preservative wax to protect the finish.  The green patina is a genuine finish and not painted on using a special procedure that speeds up the natural chemical process.  The necklace is 22" long on a beautiful copper mother and son chain and the earrings hang from my very own hand forged copper French hooks.

Enchanted Dragonfly

Dragonfly Wing

Next up are my Enchanted Dragonfly Necklace and Dragonfly Wing Earrings.  I must admit  they aren't exactly "fall designs", but I am very pleased with how these turned out!  I designed the entire dragonfly pendant with solid copper wire and recreated the delicate webbing in the wings with a smaller gauge copper.  I added little swirls on the head and body for extra detail and it turned out just wonderful!  The entire idea started from a little damselfly, a smaller cousin to the dragonfly, that liked to hang around my water garden over the summer.  One day I did a quick sketch of the dainty little creature and thought it would be wonderful to turn into a full sized project!  I recreated the delicate structure of the wings in teh wings using a small gauge copper wire and hammered the tear drop frames for extra rigidity.  Little coil charms hang with the wings from my own hand forged copper French hooks.  I oxidized and shined up each piece to create stunning right-from-nature designs!

That's it for right now, but I have many more ideas for the upcoming autumn season!  I have some gorgeous honey colored citrine briolettes and goldstone beads that are calling my name!  Also, take a peek at the sale section in my shop, I have lots of new items I've recently put in there at awesome discounts to make room for new items!