The Valentine's Sale & Giveaway Ends Soon!!!

 

Valentine's Day is coming up quick, and through February 1, everything in my Etsy Shop is 20% OFF.  That's until 12:00 Midnight, Tuesday night. 

Also, you can enter my VALENTINE'S SALE & GIVEAWAY through my blog!  Read the post, click and comment away!  There are multiple ways to enter, and you can enter more than once!

 

Wishing you much love and happiness!!!

Ring A Week No. 3

 Spring is coming, a time for renewal...

 ....a Re(new)ed ring, built of a setting from the past....

...and beauty from the present.

Sterling Silver

Peridot

Patina

Size 6.5 US

In my Etsy Shop!

VALENTINE'S SALE AND GIVEAWAY!!!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays of the year.  Not for the commercialized aspect of it, but for the history.  St. Valentine's Day honors a man who, in a time when men were required to go to war and forbidden from marrying, would marry lovers in secret.  That is the version that I know, anyhow.

In honor of Valentine's Day, I am having a sale and giveaway!  

THE SALE

From Monday, January 24, through Tuesday, February 1, 2011, you can find everything in my Etsy Shop at 20% OFF!!  I will be adding a few new items during that time and they will also be on sale.

THE GIVEAWAY

There are multiple ways you can enter the giveaway, and the winner will be chosen at random.  Here is what you will need to do:

1. Enter a comment telling me about your favorite piece of jewelry (one that you own or wish to own someday).

(1 entry)

2. Post a link to this giveaway on your blog, and leave a comment telling me you did so.  Please provide the link to your blog!

(1 entry)

3. Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with your twitter name.

(1 entry)

4. Post about this giveaway on Facebook, and leave a comment!

(1 entry)

5. Purchase something from my Etsy Shop!

(1 entry)

6. "Like" my Facebook page, and leave a comment on here telling me so!

(1 Entry)

You have 6 possible ways to enter the Giveaway!  Enter via one, two, or all of them!  The winner will win a pair of my Blossom Earrings (pictured above).  I will be announcing the winner on February 2, 2011!

Please be sure to add a separate comment for each entry!

Ring A Week No. 2

She is roughly (ruffly) made, with a slight girlish figure.  A bright blue flash that erupts from the darkness.

Substantial, yet petite, she'll stay with you always.

Protecting you, bringing joy and comfort.

Ring A Week 2/52

In the shop.

Ring A Week No. 1

 

For 2011, I have joined a group called Ring A Week, and will be making.....you guessed it: one ring every week!  

 

Above is my first ring, which I titled "A Catfish For Tom".  Recently, one of my friends passed away after a tough battle with cancer. Right after he passed away, I had a dream about him. He and I were standing in a pool in a river, trying to catch fish, but we had no poles. So, Tom said we had to slap the water in a really fast rhythm with our hands to make the fish come up to the surface. We did so, and a bunch of black catfish started swimming to the surface. We stood there, slapping the water, and then grabbing the fish and throwing them onto the banks. In the end, we had stacks of black catfish! So this one goes to Tom...may his journeys be full of fish.

Each week, I will be posting these rings...some will be for sale in my Etsy shop, and others will remain in my private collection.  Enjoy!

Ocean Treasures...

I was once told by a professor not to make the stone the focal point of a piece of jewelry.  Perhaps that works for small stones, that can be hidden in secret places only to be found by curiosity, but personally, I select stones that want to be seen.  They want to stand out, and be worn with pride.  They deserve to be seen, and fawned at in their beauty.
 

These stones, to me, hold mystery and stories.

What can you see within them?

 Lichen Ring in Green and Gold

This features a gorgeous Ocean Jasper with a variety of colors.  I love how the colors spread through the stone, accented by the spot of yellow among them.

 Oceanic Earrings in Yellow and Grey

These stones are some of my favorites.  I had the Ocean Jasper custom cut, and the feature orbs of white, grey, and yellow throughout.

You can find these, plus many other creations, in my Etsy Shop!  

Resolutions!

This month, I am happily participating in EtsyMetal's Blog Carnival.  What is a blog carnival, you ask?  It is when a group of members from a group, like EtsyMetal, write on a certain topic.

January's topic is "Resolutions: personal or business, share what you are planning for 2011!"

This comes at a pivotal point in my life.  Many big things will be happening this year, which I'm very excited for.  For one, I'll be getting married in August (yay!!), and shortly after, will be ending a 5 year journey as a nanny for a family that I love.  In the midst of all this, I am changing the way I work into a more business-related model, so that I can push my jewelry making from "hobby" to "business".  That means pushing the wholesale side of my jewelry-making a lot more, which I am excited to do.  I know it will be difficult, on top of working 40 hours a week as a nanny and planning a wedding, but as long as I take baby steps, I believe it can be done (and honestly, baby steps may just be the best way for me to do it!).

In other aspects of my life, I have been working on things like relaxation and meditation, as I tend to worry and stress a lot.  Working on my relationship with food and physical activity is an ongoing process, but I definitely want to push towards a much higher level of fitness (not necessarily thinness), as my fiance and I will be backpacking for our honeymoon.

Most of all, what I am planning for this year is to enjoy life, spend more time with friends and doing what I love, and having more adventures.

What does 2011 have in store for you??

If you would like to read what other EtsyMetal members have to say, please have a look!

Inbar Bareket http://www.inbarbareket.net/
Elizabeth Scott http://esdesignsjewelry.com/blog/
Nodeform http://nodeform.blogspot.com/
Hartley Studio http://annhartleystudio.blogspot.com/
  Thomasin Durgin http://metalriot.blogspot.com
  Jenny Baughman http://ridgeschool.blogspot.com/