Favorites For Friday

This Sunday is the last day all my shops will be open, as I mentioned previously I will be closing for a few months to just take a break. As well as closing my shops I am also taking a break from the EJDSS Team so on that note I thought I would share items from a few of the team members.

VaVaVoom African Inspired Earrings by TikiGiTreasures

Sapphire Blue and Silver Pod Bracelet by Windy River

My Guardian Angel Necklace by Trusk4u

Crystal Chic Necklace by Calio Jewelry

As always, the EJDSS Team is having a great giveaway so make sure you pop over to the team blog and get your entry in. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Favorites For Friday

In honor of the fact that I'm going to see Ireland's best band EVER ... U2 ... tonight, I decided to have my theme of favorites this week be Ireland. I'm hoping we actually can see since we got the cheapest nose-bleed seats but hey, we'll be there. The first time I ever saw U2 I was about 14 years old and went with a family friend. They were playing at the Warfield in San Francisco and the only reason I was allowed to go was because I was with this family friend. Hard to believe that was 27 years ago!! Where does the time go? Enough of that .... enjoy.

Celtic Knot Cross Pendant from 3RexesJewelry



Irish Countryside Photo Print by Photos By S3



Dublin Vintage Map Scrabble Pendant by Hello Brown Eyes



Handpainted Wall Plaque by Draw and Quartered



I Love Ireland Print by Lone Bronx Studio


By the way, I just wanted to remind everyone that the EJDSS Team giveaway for October ends next Friday so if you haven't got your entry in for that beautiful pair of earrings then here is the link to the giveaway.

I Got Nothing!

I'm totally blank at the moment. I woke up this morning, did my roots since red ends with a smattering of brown and a LOT of gray does not look nice and then intended to do a blog post. I really wanted to come up with something good but it's just not there today and I doubt it will be tomorrow either. So, I'll just use this as an opportunity to remind you about the EJDSS Team giveaway here. It ends on Wednesday so you still have some time to get an entry in. The prize is a gorgeous Peyote Stitch bracelet.

Speaking of giveaways (ok so I was the only one speaking about them) there are two others I'd like to tell you about which are really cool too. Carol over at Sand Fibers is having a giveaway for one of her beautiful bead woven cuffs. If you have never seen Carol's work then you have to stop by her blog if only to gaze at this woman's amazing talent! I have been a fan of hers for a long time. Here is the link to her giveaway.

This next one is from Deborah over at Sweetwater Designs who I included in this Favorites For Friday post. She is giving away one of her beautiful lamp worked beads! How cool is that? Check out the post here and get your entry in.

So, in the end I did actually have something.....just not what I wanted to say really. At least now that should keep you busy for a bit.

Enter to Win Business Cards

This is a really cool giveaway over on Broken Teepee's blog. If you know who Pricilla is then you will be aware of the Publicist. Broken Teepee is the Publicist's blog and you should check out both blogs, especially if you like cute goats. Back to this great giveaway. I don't normally take the time to blog about giveaways but this one is really good. Just click the link above and enter to win a set of 500 business cards from Uprinting. To be honest, I'm still swimming in business cards but I wanted to let everyone else know about this great giveaway because as you know, times are tough. I think 500 business cards is a pretty darn good thing to win. All you have to pay is the shipping and I was just over on their site and they have some really nice designs if you don't already have one of your own. What have you got to lose? Get on over and get your entry in before September 9th at 9pm MDT.

EJDSS Team Giveaway

The Etsy Jewelry Design and Supply Shops (EJDSS) Street Team is having our monthly giveaway for August. The prize are these Argentium Silver Chainmaille earrings with a pretty little Swarovski drop in Sapphire AB at the bottom. Oh, and they were made by ME! The rules are very easy, all you have to do is go to the post on our team blog here. Once you get there you also need to stop by my shop on Etsy here and leave a comment with your favorite item. Just make sure you go to our Team blog first.

An Award and a Giveaway

I was actually tagged with this award twice, the One Lovely Blog Award. First by Jerri over at Gems by Jerri and then by Victoria over at Biku Designs. Please make sure you stop by their blogs as they both have some gorgeous jewelry, I can never resist looking at beautiful jewelry...lol. So here are the rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who gave it to you and a link to their blog.

2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered.

3. Contact the bloggers you award to let them know that they were chosen.

Now the fun part, choosing 15 blogs:

1. Beadacious1221
2. Beltran Studios
3. The Maaaaa of Priscilla
4. Tora Jewelry Blog
5. Stroll Through Storyland
6. WillOaks Studio
7. Stunned by Stone
8. Art in the Wax
9. Cen's Loft
10. As The Crackerhead Crumbles
11. Busy Little Elf
12. Nfall2rt Design Studio
13. Venetia Jewelry
14. Sweet Bead Studio
15. Contrariwise Ramblings

Some are not completely new as far as me discovering them but I had to include them since they are some of my favorites. Now to go tag everyone! Oh and don't worry if you don't want to play along as I will not be offended.


Now, to the giveaway. The Etsy Jewelry Design and Supply Shops Team is having a great giveaway on our team blog http://ejdssteam.blogspot.com. The two pendants in the photo are going to be given away at the end of July so you have plenty of time to get your entry in. Oh and if you win then I want the pink one!!! Really stinks being a team member and I can't enter since those pendants are gorgeous. I joke of course. Now get over there and get your entry in. xta6spwz7i

And The Winner Is.....

Stephanie, she was number 39, she has an email waiting for her requesting shipping info. I want to thank each and every one of you for participating in my first ever blog giveaway. Hopefully, you will all enjoy following me and keep stopping by to check out what new creations I have to share and my occasional rants.

Yart Sale

Yes, Yart which means Yard + Art = Yart! I'm joining in for the 2nd Annual Yart Sale which is sponsored by Team ESST. I have a special Yart Section where items are priced at least 20% off! This sale runs from June 10-14. Don't forget my blog giveaway ends on the 13th too, so get your entry in!

Blog Giveaway!

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I decided it was high time I give something away on my blog so here you go! Plus, I'm just in the mood to give something away. At stake are these lovely little earrings I made. They are sterling silver rings woven in Byzantine chainmaille weave. I hooked the ends together and added a Swarovski crystal that is actually black with an Aurora Borealis coating. Yes, I realize there are some people who are NOT jewelry designers who read my blog and have no clue what all that means so all you need to do is look at the pretty photo and follow the rules below. By the way, these are actually a small earring, they dangle a whole 3/4"/2cms.

So how is this giveaway going to work you ask? Well, I decided to make it real simple and here are the "rules":

1. Become a Follower, leave a comment that you are a follower and a way to contact you.
2. If you are already a Follower, leave a comment that you are and a way to contact you.
3. An extra entry by stopping by my Etsy shop, find something you like or think is cool and come back and leave a comment and a way to contact you. Here is the link to my shop Theresa's Treasures.

This giveaway is going to end on June 13th at midnight West Coast USA time and is open to everyone no matter where you are. I will be doing the draw on June 14th which is Flag Day over here in the States and it's also my birthday. I'll use Random.org for the number. Please make sure you have left a way to contact you, I'd hate for someone to lose out because I can't contact you.

Good luck to all!

Blog Re-Design Giveaway

I was doing my Entrecard drops the other day and was fortunate to find Punky Monkeys blog. Of course the best thing about finding her blog is this great giveaway she is having here. The giveaway is for a complete blog re-design by Subjective Beauty who also has a great blog and has some cool blog designs which you can check out here. Sara at Subjective Beauty just did the design on Punky Monkeys blog and it is perfect. There are so many ways to enter and they are all very easy. Stop by and leave a comment on the post or follow her blog, follow Subjective Beauty's blog, follow both on Twitter and of course, write a blog post about it.

I have to say that would be so cool since I really am not very impressed with Blogger's free templates and I know if I attempt to change anything than it will all go up in smoke. This is what comes in the winning package:

Custom Template (2 or 3 columns)Custom Header (the sky is the limit)Custom backgroundNavigation image (umlimited links)Unlimited sidebar imagesSocial buttons (Twitter, Facebook, BlogHer, Feed, etc.)Hosting space via my serverButton for linking (150x150)Post signatureEmail imagePost dividerFavicon (bookmark icon)Flash animated greeting messageInstallation*Rollover effects per request.

Not too shabby eh? That would all normally cost $60! What is even better is even if you don't win the full package just for doing everything to enter you will get 50% off a blog design, that is only $30 for all that and I have to say some of those designs that Sara at Subjective Beauty has done are amazing. So what are you waiting for, get those entries in!