Blog Giveaway! April 21st to April 25th

That’s right, more free stuff this week!

JLC Studio is sponsoring this week’s giveaway, and I’m sure you’ll love the prizes!

Enter on this blog (see end of post) every day between April 21st and April 25th. (One entry per person, per day) Drawing will be held on Saturday the 26th, and results will be posted Monday the 28th.

One lucky winner will receive these Giallo Sun Earrings:



These warm and modern drop earrings are made from amber-colored sea-glass beads with iridescent faceted glass rondelle beads. The beads are suspended from gunmetal ear wires and findings, which complement the color of the glass beautifully. Overall drop of 1 ½”. Includes free US shipping (small fee for international shipping)

ALL of my readers qualify for a 20% discount at JLC Studio’s Etsy store – be sure to mention “TexasTesla blog giveaway” in the notes to seller to get your discount! (Discount good until April 30th)

To enter, check out JLC Studio – then leave a comment here about your favorite item in her shop. PLEASE be sure to leave either an email or website URL where I can reach you when you win!

BLOG GIVEAWAY - Just 2 days left to enter!

Win your choice of:
1. Stud Pink Flower earrings
2. Dangle amethyst earrings
3. Original "Cubical Art" piece (take your pick - will be matted and ready to hang on the fabric wall of your choice. More drawings coming today and tomorrow - lots of conference calls in my future!)

Good news - we've reached 30 unique entries, so we now have a consolation prize!
2nd name drawn gets $5 or 10% (whichever is better) off any item in my Etsy store!!!

Enter today (the 15th) AND tomorrow (the 16th) - just leave a comment here. Let me know which piece you like best from my Etsy store, and that's all you need to enter. One entry per day, per person...unless you link to this giveaway, then you get an extra!

Blog Contest! Enter now!

Just an update for everyone...

We have 19 entries so far - just 11 more to get a consolation prize added!

After much though, I've decided to offer the winner his/her choice of earrings as well as the option of original artwork. Your prize options are:

1. Stud Pink Spring Blossoms

2. Amethyst Makes it Better dangles

3. Choice of Cubical Art, matted and ready to hang on the fabric-covered wall of your office! (See one offering at the bottom of this post)

Don't forget - mention this giveaway on your blog, and get an EXTRA entry!

Giveaway!!

Life in the Cube
Originally uploaded by texastesla

Starting today - enter to win your choice of earrings from my store (which one...come back tomorrow to find out!) or one of my "Cubical Art" original drawings - like this one!

Visit my Etsy store, and leave a comment on this blog about your favorite item. Make sure to leave a webpage or email address too, so I can contact my winner. You can enter ONCE per DAY.

See the post below for more details and ways to earn extra entries! Drawing will be held Thursday 4/17.

It's Been a Busy Weekend

And not just because of all the Easter festivities.

Saturday, I met a fellow Etsy jewelry maker - Rachel of Oak Moon Designs. We had a fun hour and some talking and bead shopping in downtown Hillsboro. We even hit an antique store and browsed the cases...and I found a vintage necklace I can't wait to repurpose! Great chance for us both to spend kidless time on a gorgeous Saturday - and I hope we can do it again soon.

This was also a weekend of finishing projects. I finally got the pearl toggle attached on my embroidered cuff. I won't be selling it- it's not quite perfect, but was a lot of fun to make. I can't decide if it's worth it to perfect my skills on this kind of cuff...it sure was a LOT of work! Still, I like it enough to keep for myself - it's kinda cute, if slightly imperfect!

I also completed a set of dangly earrings and a peridot pendant I've been thinking about for some time now. Pictures of both are posted here, and both are available for sale in my Etsy store.

Tomorrow will be busy in another way. I have several items to list in my ebay store (including some great Coach sunglasses), and I need to finish writing the Monday feature. Makes me tired just thinking about it - guess I'll head for bed!

My BOGO FREE earrings

I made these lovely stud earrings as the FREE "get one" part of the PDX ETSY sale this weekend. I think they're lovely...

But since I don't have that many of the pressed-glass flowers, I decided I'd better make another version, so I came up with these...

Here's to a successful BOGO sale! :-)

Nah nah...this one's all mine!

I've yielded to the temptation (see my previous post) and am keeping this creation! The colors are just so wonderful together! Plus...when the ultra-supportive hubby says "I think that's your best piece yet" without prompting, it needs to go in MY jewelry box!

The good news for Etsy shoppers (and all other jewelry fans) - I have just enough of that lovely deep blue chrysocholla left to make another pair! YES! I can have my cake AND eat it too! It will take me another day or so to make the "sell" pair...so in the meantime, enjoy my latest listing - "Celtic Dream" bracelet.

Did you watch the eclipse last night?

By some miracle, the clouds actually left our Oregon sky last night! We were able to take the kids out and watch the eclipse. Our eldest - 10 - was very impressed, and stay with me talking about what was happening and why. (Got to encourage science whenever I can!) The other three thought it was neat, but got rather cold quickly and lost interest in spurts. Then again - can you blame them? It's a rather slow process after all.

Once we were all warm, and the kids were tucked into bed, I settled into my latest project. Yesterday I made a "flower" - 7mm pearl with amethyst chips in a circle around it. My original idea was a pendant, but the result seemed a bit small for that. So last night I hung it on an earhook, and decided it would be a great earring - which meant I needed to make a second one!

This might sound like no big deal...but amethyst chips are difficult to get in uniform sizes, and can have some color variation too! I had to sort through 40 or so, to get 8 that were close enough to the original. Still, I think the result is worth it. The earrings are now done, and ready for pictures and listing.

I still want to do a pendant with this style, but I'm thinking I might need 2 rows of amethyst 'petals' to get it to the right size. Could be a challenge!