Tuesday Trades

Today I want to introduce you to Esther Lee of Eugene, Oregon! Esther is the wonderful lady behind MermaidsGems which is a fantastic Etsy shop full of beads!! My favorite Etsy Bead shop :D Well, Esther and I made a trade over a month ago and we were both extremely pleased! Here is what I got:

I so LOVE these Labradorite drops!!

This is my favorite stone shape - Marquise!

And here is what she got:

Pale Mesa Necklace

That's all for now! Don't forget to enter the Mosaic Jewelry Giveaway from WildTiles!!

Giveaway from WildTiles!!

Hey everyone! We have a winner for the Great Headband Giveaway...you will have to go and see who won!

Now! It is time for a new giveaway! This time I want to introduce you to Candy from WildTiles. Candy is the amazing lady behind a really great Etsy shop. When she was little she always wanted to be an archaeologist! Candy has harnessed this love of ancient things and translated it into great modern mosaic jewelry! Here are a few of her great items:

I LOVE this pendant!!!

This has my name all over it as well!

Soooooo cute!!

Candy is a great artist and has many other fantastic items available in her shop. You can go and take a look at what treasures she has. Candy has also been extremely generous and has offered all of you, dear readers, a coupon for 20% off at her shop! Just use code "BLACKANT " This code will work throughout the month of November and is good on all orders! Isn't she great?!


Now onto the giveaway!! Candy is offering up one pair of mosaic bobby pins and one mosaic brooch to the winner! The winner will have her choice of color! See the possibilities?!?!?!

Here are the brooches! Too adorable!!

She has tons of Bobby pins to choose from!

I love these...so festive for Christmas!

Aren't they the cutest things ever?

So pretty!

These might be my all time favorites :D

Good luck everyone!!! And happy only 40some days till Christmas!!!

What I have been up to!

I realize that lately, I have not said anything about what I have been doing crafty wise!! That is so bad! I am sorry guys!

Okay, so remember how I was playing with black clay back in February? Well, I got the itch again and had to make some more stuff last month. Here are a couple of things I made:

Can you believe it is just black clay?

Cute huh?

Love these!!!

Then I made this necklace...I think it is going to be a Christmas present for someone....

I love necklaces like this!!

Love all the color!

Also, remember my recent post about Gini and her Dorset buttons? Well, I was naturally curious about them and decided to see if my local library had a book about them. I was lucky enough to find a book and have been trying my hand at Dorset buttons:

Don't you dare think these are my first ones. Those were really bad!

                                     

I love them!!!

Gini was right! These little guys are addictive!! Anyone have any thread or bone rings laying around that they would like to get ride of?

I did the center part first and then transferred the colors to Dorset buttons!

Now I need to decide what to do with them. I love just looking at them all together, but I should make them into something....hmmmm........

Well, that is what I have been up to these days! I also made like a million pair of earrings for my Etsy shop...I should probably get those posted...

P.S. Do you think my photography skills are improving? Compared to these?