by Cindy on December 16, 2009
Hello friends!
How are the holidays treating you? I hope full of fun and anticipation. One big bright spot in all of the business has been a Secret Santa jewelry exchange hosted by Molly Alexander of Beautifully Broken Me. It seems like a while ago now that she invited me to participate along with 11 amazing artists, some familiar and some were new to me – an altogether impressive group of ladies. We were given names drawn by random and were to create a necklace based on a few questions that we answered in the beginning. This week was the deadline (and it seemed so far off back then!). My Secret Santa has been revealed…. I received a wonderful surprise from Beth Brickner of Vintage Sweets.
I was completely over the moon with my gorgeous necklace….I don’t know how Beth could have designed anything more perfect for me…it’s got the classic colors I love – sparkly Swarovski crystals mixed with a bit of rustic hand-stamped silver. And look at those perfect fused fine silver rings! How did she know how much I love charms…and long necklaces? I especially love how she incorporated the word {sweet} from both of our blog names. She even created earrings to match. Thank you dear Santa!!!
I’ll post some pictures soon of the necklace I created for my exchange recipient. Just want to make sure she’s surprised too! I’ll admit I’ve been hopping around the participant’s blogs trying to get a peek of the exchange necklaces….they are just starting to pop up. Molly will be posting a compilation on her blog soon, I believe.
As always, I thank you for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your week!
by Cindy on December 12, 2009
It’s time to sing the praises of some of my jewelry designing friends! I picked up the latest issues of two wonderful publications yesterday and was thrilled to see the work of my online friends gracing the pages. Many of you stopping by are familiar with these incredible artists and would surely agree a big CONGRATULATIONS is in order!
The Winter issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry is really packed cover to cover with breathtaking designs. You’ll see gorgeous work by Barbara Lewis, Deryn Mentock and Diane Cook in this issue, as well as several other familiar and new (to me) artists.
The second annual issue of Bead Star is also full of amazing jewelry….I am especially impressed by the winners in this issue as the publication states that over 2,000 entries were recieved. WOW! I’d like to send a well-deserved CONGRATS to Erin Prais-Hintz, Lorelei Eurto (who featured art beads by Christine Damm), and my old friend Kerry Bogart. You’ll want to pick up this issue if you have not already, and be prepared to be amazed by all of the creativity!
Have a nice weekend, and as always, thank you for stopping by!
by Cindy on December 8, 2009
The winner of the $25.00 Artbeads gift certificate is Mary S.!!!
Congratulations to you!
I randomly picked 2 extra winners (for the sterling silver bead goodies):
Mary K. and Juliette!
I’ll be contacting you ladies…..please get out your treasured cookbooks because I’ll be asking you for those yummy recipes!
Thank you to everyone who played along!
***To all the other participants, if you’re so inclined and have a moment to email me the recipes you mentioned in the give away comments, I’d truly appreciate it (because boy did they all sound WONDERFUL!). I’ll compile the ones I receive and share if anyone is interested.***
Stay tuned for the winner’s recipes in an upcoming post!
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