December Giveaway Winner!

Bit late announcing this month's winner due to a very intermittent internet connection... but here's the winner:

Anna!


I'll be contacting you for your details.
Thanks so much to everyone who entered! Next month's giveaway will have to be postponed I think til I'm sorted out so I'll see you in February!
Happy Holidays!

December Giveaway!

Well here it is the last giveaway of the year. To keep it seasonal (and it's snowing outside right now!) this month's prize is my Winter Rose Ring in white. Featuring a winter white rose on an adjustable gold filigree band.



To be in with a chance of winning just leave a comment along with your email address (in whichever format you prefer).
I'll give extras - one each for:
Following my blog
Following me on Twitter
Blogging/tweeting about this giveaway.

Giveaway is open from Wed 1-15 December (and is international by the way) and the winner will be announced the following day.
Best of luck to everyone!

November Giveaway Winner!

Time to announce this month's winner of my Swallow Nest Egg Necklace...


Lyudmila


Congratulations to you and I'll be contacting you for your details!
Many thanks to everyone who entered this time. There'll be a new giveaway starting on Dec. 1 - last one of the year! - so please check back then :)

November Giveaway!

Hi everyone! Time for this month's giveaway which is for my Swallow Nest Egg Necklace in antique brass. It features a pair of antique brass swallows swooping down to their nest of bright turquoise eggs and can be found in my Etsy shop



To be in with a chance of winning just leave a comment below.
I'll give extra entries - one each for:
Following my blog
Folowing me on Twitter
Blogging/tweeting about this giveaway

Giveaway is open from Mon. 1-15 November. The winner will be announced the following day and the giveaway is international by the way.
Good Luck!

October Giveaway Winner - And Special Offer!

Time to announce the winner of this month's giveaway. I'm pleased to announce the winner is...


Damla (Sweepstake Lover)


Congratulations to you - I'll be contacting you for your details - and many thanks to everyone who entered this time.

As a thank you and to celebrate my shop's one year anniversary (it's been open a few months longer but I only properly started listing and selling last October!) I'd like to offer free shipping til the end of the month to my blog and twitter followers. Just enter your Twitter ID or GFC name at checkout or send me a message and I'll refund the shipping cost via Paypal.

Check back next month for a new giveaway!

October Giveaway!

It's October already! The year's moving on apace, time methinks for a giveaway.
This month's giveaway is for a pair of my Little Locket Earrings. Featuring tiny, little but functional round brass lockets on long gold kidney wires.



As can be found in my Etsy shop

To enter just leave a comment not forgetting to leave your email address (in whichever format you prefer to avoid spam).
I'll give extras - one each for the following:
Following my blog
Following me on Twitter
Blogging/tweeting about the giveaway.

Giveaway is international and open from Fri 1 - 15 Oct 9am British Summertime. Winner will be announced the following day.
Best of luck to everyone!

September Giveaway Winner!

Time to announce the winner of this month's giveaway. Many thanks as usual to everyone for entering and blogging and tweeting!
The winner is....


Jasmine1485


Congratulations to you and I'll be contacting you for your details.
Check back on Oct. 1 for a new giveaway and I'll see you then!

September Giveaway!

Hi and welcome to my September Giveaway! They come around so quick!
This time up for grabs is my Lilac Rose Cameo Ring which features a cameo of a white rose on a dusty lilac background on an antique brass adjustable filigree band.



As can be found in my etsy shop.
To be in with a chance just leave a comment along with your email address in whichever format you prefer.
I'll give extras, one each for:
Following my blog
Following me on Twitter
Blogging/tweeting about this giveaway

Giveaway is open (internationally) from Wed 1-15 Sept 9am British Summertime and the winner will be announced the following day.
Best of luck!

August Giveaway Winner!

Hello! It's time to announce the winner of my August Giveaway which attracted the most entries so far!
The winner of my Little Bow Locket in gold is....

Shaima812

Congratulations to you and I'll be contacting you to get your details.
A big thank you to everyone who entered this time and just to let you know there's currently a special offer on throughout August for my Twitter followers.

There'll be a new giveaway starting on Sept. 1 so see you then and
the locket is available to purchase in my shop here!

August Giveaway!

Time for another giveaway...this time it's for a locket necklace - my Little Bow Locket in gold. Featuring a round floral locket measuring 21mm/ 3/4" and accented with a golden bow it hangs on an 18"/45cm gold plated chain.



For a chance to win it leave a comment below.
I'll give extra entries for:
Following my blog
Following me on Twitter
Blogging/tweeting about this giveaway.

Don't forget to leave your email address in whichever format you prefer so I can contact you if you win.
Giveaway is open from Sun 1-15 Aug 9am BST (British Summertime) and the giveaway is international. The winner will be announced the following day.
Oh and Good Luck!

July Giveaway Winner!

Here we are middle of July and time for the winner of my July Giveaway to be announced!
This month's winner is...

Wendy13

Congratulations to Wendy13 and a big thankyou to everyone who entered this time.
There'll be another giveaway starting on Aug. 1 so check back then!

July Giveaway!

Oooh well into summer now, roses in bloom, Wimbledon in full swing and time for this month's giveaway!
This month's giveaway is for a pair of my Little Pearl And Bow Earrings Pink And Silver which comprise pink glass pearls accented with silver bows and hang from silver plated leverback earwires.
These earrings in white were the prize in my May Giveaway and I thought I'd offer the pink ones this time!



To enter leave a comment below
I'll give extras for:
Following my blog
Following on Twitter
Blogging/Tweeting about this giveaway

PLEASE leave your email address (in whatever format to avoid spam email) so I can contact you if you win.
Giveaway is open from Thurs. 1-15 July (closes 9am BST - British Summertime) and the winner will be announced the following day.

Earrings are available in my shop to purchase here
Good Luck!

June Giveaway Winner!

I'm a bit late posting this...it's been a bit of a busy day!
This month's winner is...

Nós!

Congratulations and your prize is already on its way to you!

A big, big thank you to everyone who entered this time. It was the most popular so far!
Please check back on July 1 for the next giveaway...don't know what it'll be yet myself :)

June Giveaway!

Time certainly flies...June is here and it's time for this month's giveaway!
This time for a ring - my Duck Egg Blue Rose Cameo Ring.
Featuring a cameo of a cream rose on a duck egg blue background. On an antique brass adjustable filigree band.



To enter leave a comment below.
Extras given for:
Following my blog
Following on Twitter
Tweeting/blogging about this giveaway.

The giveaway is open from Tues 1 - Tues 15 Jun (9am BST - British Summertime)
Winner will be announced the following day.
The ring is available to purchase here
Good Luck!

May Giveaway Winner

We have a winner for this month's giveaway....

Wendy (Wendy 87)

(Though that last tweet didn't count - I'd already picked the winner!)
Congratulations to you and I'll be contacting you for your details.
A big thank you to everyone who entered - there'll be another giveaway starting 1st of June so check back then.
Hope everyone's enjoying the spring weather!

May Giveaway!

Well here it is... May already and time for another giveaway! This time it's earrings again - my Little Bow And Pearl Earrings in white and silver. These earrings are classic-looking, retro and dinky all at the same time! They comprise white glass pearls accented with silver bows and hang from silver plated leverback earwires.



To be in with a chance of winning these just leave a comment on my blog.
I'll give extra entries...
If you follow my blog
If you follow me on Twitter
If you tweet/retweet or mention on your blog.

The giveaway is open from Sat May 1-15 (9am BST - British Summer Time that is!) and the winner will be announced the next day.
PLEASE put your email address (in the (@!) format if you like to avoid spam email) or your etsy username so I can contact you if you win!

The earrings are available to purchase in my Etsy shop and Good Luck!

Tree Of Life Pendants

I've just been having a go at making these for the first time and below are my first two attempts - one in a full-leaf green and the other a bit like a cherry tree in bloom though I like to think of it as a bubblegum tree as it's in a bold shade of pink!
There are many tutorials on the web about making these and of course slightly different techniques/ ways of making them, so obviously best to try a few and find the one that works best for you. I was happier with my second effort - the pink one - and that follows (more or less) the technique described here.





I tried these with silver plated wire as opposed to sterling as I didn't want to make any expensive mistakes and used glass chips but of course these can be made with any small beads (around 4mm) or semi-precious gemstone chips and the wire doesn't have to be silver either.

This is the sort of thing where you learn what works as you go along and you don't know til you try. One thing I would like is to be able to make them a bit smaller as they're (to me anyway) a bit reminiscent of the fashion for wearing VW badges in the 80s!! Quite big and blinging!! I'd like them a fraction more subtle. I think the pink one would actually look rather nice just hanging up in my bedroom rather like a dreamcatcher.

April Giveaway Winner!

Well I have to say my first giveaway has gone pretty well...71 entries! A big thankyou to everyone who entered (and blogged, tweeted, followed and so on!) Using the wondrous random number generator the winner is...*drumroll*...

Va!
I'll be contacting you to get your details.

There'll be another giveaway starting May 1 so please check back then.
Meanwhile this giveaway's earrings are up for sale in my shop here.

Just A Ramble

This is just as the title says a little ramble. Was browsing on Ebay and put in a search for silver polish expecting to find..well, the obvious silver polish but the first result was this..






...and these are Silver Laced Polish Bantam Chickens or rather their eggs for hatching/incubating! Wow, they really look the shy and retiring type!
We used to keep chickens - bantams actually, just not quite as spectactularly feathered - when we had a bit more space. I know you don't need acres of room to keep them but we are a little too confined and urban here.

Here's a little article on these particular birds.
Take a look at the hairdos on these!

Happy Easter!

Above are examples of my attempts at homemade Easter eggs this year! A bit rustic, not quite at the master chocolatier stage, but quite edible I hope! One for my Mum who likes white chocolate and one for myself of course :)
As mentioned in a previous post I attempted one for the dog too using special dog choc drops. It didn't turn out amazingly well...obviously chocolate for human consumption has a consistency that it is probably better for this sort of thing. The dog variety has a more crumbly texture and didn't want to melt - maybe because the drops were a few months old or maybe a different brand would work better. Anyway I have to say aesthetics and crumbliness were of no concern to my dog and he was quite happy to wolf down half of his egg! Will save the rest for later.

April Giveaway!

So here's my first giveaway and it's for a pair of earrings - specifically my Weekend In Paris Earrings. Featuring little 3-dimensional Eiffel Tower charms in gold and accented with vintage pearly pink roses they hang from gold plated earwires.



How to enter:
Just visit my Etsy shop here, return here and leave a comment about your favourite item. One entry per person but I'll give extras -
one extra entry if you follow my blog
one extra entry if you follow me on Twitter
one extra entry if you tweet/retweet about it.

The giveaway is open from Thurs April 1st til Thurs 15th (closes 9am BST - British Summer Time which is 1 hour on from GMT).

PLEASE leave your name and Etsy username/email address (in the (@!) format if you're worried about spam email) so I can contact you if you win.
Winner will be announced the next day.

One more thing...Good Luck!

P.S. They're available for purchase in my shop here.

Treasuries and more

Well in the last week or so one of my items was featured in a Treasury West, a regular Treasury (first time for each!) and I've just been reading the new UK blog in Etsy's Storque section which features lots of lovely Easter goodies when I noticed one of my items in the Related Items area!

Worth a look at here.

On a sidenote I'll be trying out my first giveaway starting tomorrow and which will last 2 weeks. Need to recruit more followers though!

Doggy Easter Eggs!

Here's a fabulous little feature for Easter - Easter eggs for dogs!




We regularly read this magazine and I suppose it should be an obvious thing seeing as you can get doggy choc drops but it never occurred to me that you could melt them and transform them into a treat for your four-legged friend!
So here's the magazine feature.

We're going to give it a go this year.

Easter On Etsy!

A selection of Easter goodies on Etsy.
Clockwise from the top.
1. Sparrow's Bird Nest Necklace - Antique Brass Nest with Pearls by RhondasTreasures
2. Bunny Rabbit Bracelet (2) by CarolsJewelry
3. Chocolate Easter Bunny Soap - NEW by sunbasilgarden
4. SALE Blush Magnolia Wreath by bloomingcouture

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my new blog to accompany my Etsy shop.
I'm hoping to do monthly giveaways starting from April.
One item from my shop will be up for grabs and all you have to do is visit my Etsy shop, return here and leave a comment about your favourite item in my shop.
The giveaway will be open for 2 weeks from the 1st April til 15th (9am GMT to be precise!) and the winner will be announced the following day.