Time to Fly Steampunk Necklace by The Grand Design

I had a fun Friday on Artfire! We had a Crazy Trading Friday. I am so delighted Carol was up for a trade. Here's the beautiful piece I will be receiving shortly:

 Carol creates unique handcrafted items including steampunk and metaphysical healing stone jewelry.

Thank you Carol!

My Latest Addiction - Terrarium Sanctuary in Vial Pendant

I purchased some lucious moss on Etsy to make terrariums for this year's holiday gifts. Well, it became quick addictive making these peaceful sanctuaries and collecting miniature cermaic animals to place inside of my new little worlds.  Then I thought... what if I can take one 'to go'? After running a quick seacrh on Etsy I found some really fun vials and made myself a terrarium sanctuary 'To Go". Next on the list is to locate miniature ceramic animals that will fit into the vials. Any thoughts?

Happy Thanksgiving!

For a while now I have been inquiring with Alex at By the Sea Glass Art to make me a pink bracelet. It's such a difficult color to work with. I am so delighted that she accepted. Thank you Alex!

I love her work! I have collected several colors now. Each one is just as beautiful. I love her attention to detail she and the sturdyness of these bracelets. She makes her very own lampwork beads too. All of the findings are silver.

I wear her work often and I always receive a compliment. She such a talented artist and a wonderful person. Keep her in mind when you are looking for that extra special gift.

Happy Thanskgiving!

Blog Award!

I was tagged by Aik at Friends and Family . Thank you sweetie!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween to all my blog friends!

Congratulations to Aik and Sherry from Malaysia for wining my October Giveaway.  I couldn't decided which blog write up I liked best so I gave them both an altered art charm bracelet.

Selina Fenech Fantasy Mermaid Images - aLtErEd ArT Charm Bracelets

I am delighted to be able to offer a very special line of Mermaid Altered Art Jewelry in my eBay Store. I discovered the fantasy artwork of Selina Fenech and was mesmerized by her talent. Since mermaids are my favorite I am pleased to announce that I have been licensed to use her mermaid artwork.

Here's a sample of the first pieces. There are many more to come. I will be adding altered art domino pendants soon.

Maui Made by Jonara Blu

I had the pleasure of meeting a very talented artist and a truly wonderful and giving person! Jamee makes wonderful Island style jewelry. I fell in love with her wire wrapped rings. We had the opportunity to exchange jewelry with each other and I feel so lucky to have received 2 gorgeous rings.  Here's a sample of what I am talking about...

Mahalo Jamee!

I love all of her jewelry and I bet you will too. Please check out her Etsy Shop. Aloha!

Classical and Floral Vintage Intaglio Necklace

Necklace Details:

A gorgeous light-catching and feminine necklace with a little piece of history. It is comprises a sterling silver festoon chain adorned with a menagerie of clear vintage intaglio glass dangles. The center dangle is old, circa 1920 and depicts a classical goddess, likely Athena, bearing a torch. Goddess imagery was popular during this era and was often used as a symbol of women's suffrage.

 This is the newest addition to my personal collection. I just love it! I recently found Sheridan and her work. Lucky for me! She creates truly inspiring pieces worthy of heirloom status. This gorgeous necklace came in a beautiful tin box, wrapped in colorful tissue paper, with a lovely insert. As an artist myself, packaging is always a concern. I buy lovely gift boxes that fit the size of my pieces but her presentation really impressed me… it made me feel so special. I just had to ask her about how she did all this. For anyone interested in making a packaging statement I recommend checking out her blog article on Packaging and Presentation

As with all my favorite artists I love to share where their work can be found.

The piece pictured above came from her Etsy shop, Bijoux Romantique. In this shop you will find classic and romantic vintage and antique jewelry. It’s filled with true vintage jewelry, rescued vintage jewelry, designs that comprise vintage components, and vintage-inspired pieces.

She has another wonderful shop on Etsy, Joslin Jewels . Here you will find designs from intricate, to whimsical, to simply elegant. I especially like her collection of fine metals and gemstone earrings.


With the holidays on the horizon you can do some fantastic shopping at one of her locations. Even the most discriminating recipients will be pleased with her quality and workmanship.


Joslin Jewels on Artfire
Joslin Jewels on Etsy
Bijoux Romantique
1000 Markets

Enjoy!

A Day of Reflection

Halloween Altered Art Charm Bracelet Giveaway Contest

I am giving away this altered art Halloween charm bracelet to the author of the best blog entry. The contest is open until September 30, 2009. I will announce the winner on my blog. In order to be considered you need to:

Required

• Be a follower.


• Write about this contest (with a link back from your blog to mine) and your favorite item from one of my ArtFire, Etsy, or eBay sites on your blog using a photo of it and a hyperlink to my home page of the store/shop you picked.


• 
  If your blog is in a language other than English there needs to be a translator gadget on your blog that allows for translation into English.


• 
  Send an email with your link to the blog posting, package mailing address, and the size you would like me to adjust the bracelet to. It’s currently 8.5 inches and has a toggle closure.

Optional:

• 
  Feel free to add you contest blog link to the comments of this contest.

How the winner will be picked:

I will choose the winner based on the amount of effort and originality invested into the blog posting. If the decision is a close one I will also consider retweets, and amount of comments on your blog post. If using Twitter to promote your blog post add #BeachCityBeaderContest to your tweet. Thank you for participating!