For the 12 Days of Holiday Deals, I’m offering one item on my site at a discount of 30% – 50% off the original price of the item. You only have until midnight EST to make your purchase on my limited edition pieces the day I post them on my blog. So if you want this item, don’t delay. Tomorrow, this deal will be gone!

And as a little extra to everyone who stops by during my 12 Days of Holiday Deals, for each item purchased or each comment left (1 each a day), you’ll get entered to win a $50 gift certificate to my shop! That’s 24 chances to win over the course of 12 days!

The Peach Holiday Garland Earrings…Bursting with a cluster of peach keishe pearls and deep pink rhodolite garnets, these disco cut smoky quartz balls are just to die for. Topped by a smaller smoky quartz faceted round, these earrings are festive for any occasion.

The earrings hang approximately 1 1/2″ (3.81 cm) from the top of the ball post. All metal is 14kt gold-filled or vermeil (22kt gold heavily plated over a sterling silver core.)

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For the 12 Days of Holiday Deals, I’m offering one item on my site at a discount of 30% – 50% off the original price of the item. You only have until midnight EST to make your purchase on my limited edition pieces the day I post them on my blog. So if you want this item, don’t delay. Tomorrow, this deal will be gone!

And as a little extra to everyone who stops by during my 12 Days of Holiday Deals, for each item purchased or each comment left (1 each a day), you’ll get entered to win a $50 gift certificate to my shop! That’s 24 chances to win over the course of 12 days!

The Green Holiday Garland Earrings…Bursting with a cluster of green keishe pearls and deep pink rhodolite garnets, these disco cut smoky quartz balls are just to die for. Topped by a smaller smoky quartz faceted round, these earrings are festive for any occasion.

The earrings hang approximately 1 1/2″ (3.81 cm) from the top of the ball post. All metal is 14kt gold-filled or vermeil (22kt gold heavily plated over a sterling silver core.)

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What I realized is that I truly miss making jewelry. Sitting there in-between customers, I had the chance to work on a new piece and it was a great. Wrapping the wire around the frame I hammered into submission, selecting stones to match and putting it all together. It was as if I was still making jewelry on an everyday basis. It was as if all the creativity I thought I had lost was still right there.

Should I make this a necklace or earrings?

So I’ve decided that I’m just going to have to make time weekly to create. Now, just to add two more hours to the day…Everyone’s up for 26 hour days, right?

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For the 12 Days of Holiday Deals, I’m offering one item on my site at a discount of 30% – 50% off the original price of the item. You only have until midnight EST to make your purchase on my limited edition pieces the day I post them on my blog. So if you want this item, don’t delay. Tomorrow, this deal will be gone!

And as a little extra to everyone who stops by during my 12 Days of Holiday Deals, for each item purchased or each comment left (1 each a day), you’ll get entered to win a $25 gift certificate to my shop! That’s 24 chances to win over the course of 12 days!

The Climbing the Vine Earrings – Keishe Pearls, Smoky Quartz & Vermeil…The green of winter is deep and rich, just like the keishe pearls climbing these earrings. Set in a stack, the pearls are complimented by a perfectly faceted smoky quartz coin accented with the vermeil components. These are exquisite earrings with a lovely swing.

The earrings hang approximately 2 3/8″ (6.03 cm) from the top of the earwire. All metal is vermeil (24kt gold heavily plated over a sterling silver core.)

Sorry! The day has passed and this Holiday Deal is done. Go check out the latest Holiday Deal in the series!

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The group was started back in June with some fantastic theme’s to play around with. To kick off the challenge group, June’s theme was “La Dolce Vita”, which I previously blogged about. This was the piece I made for the challenge:

La Dolce Vita – $180

This necklace, made with quartz, keishe pearls and watermelon tourmaline, was a hit with the group. I think what they liked the most was its flexibility. Being wearable as one long 36″ necklace or doubled into an 18″ focal piece, really extends its life and usability.

For July, our theme was “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!” and here is my take on the theme:

This was another hit with the group. The blackened sterling silver really set off the colors of the prehnite, carnelian and apatite stones I selected. The only thing was that we couldn’t decide if I should have used peridot instead of the prehnite. I’m actually still on the fence about that! I haven’t posted these for sale, but I’ll make sure they go up next week.

With my birthday and preparations for Dragon*Con, I wasn’t able to get around to making an August “Art-Inspired Piece” theme piece, but one of the great things about this group is that we can catch up on our own time. So I have the materials set out…some beautiful rutilated quartz and imperial jasper pendants that I can’t wait to make into their own little piece of art. My September “Cocktail-Inspired Pieces” theme piece will follow shortly, I’m sure.

There are other groups I participate in that have challenges, but I’m always looking for more to help me expand my creativity. If you like challenges, one of the topics of this week’s EtsyBlogger’s Street Team Carnival is challenges or contests. Reading the the carnival would be a great way to see what other events are out there for participating.

I’ve been thinking about posing a challenge myself. It’s time to use up some supplies! What does everyone think about that?

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1st picture: cloisonne beads
2nd picture: crystal, rutilated quartz, mixed stone rondelles, fire cherry quartz

1st picture: moss agate, lemon quartz, green dyed chalcedony
2nd picture: keishe pearls, crystal quartz, tourmaline, hessonite, labradorite

1st picture: pink dyed chalcedony, amethyst, labradorite, prasiolite
2st picture: aquamarine, tourmalinated quartz, green tourmalinated quartz, rutilated quartz

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Keep an eye out for new jewelry using these lovelies!

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So I just have two things for you…

A new necklace made for Glitz Lounge’s May Themed Challenge. (I’ll be posting this lovely for sale on the site later this week.) I had such a hard time designing this piece. I even started with a different focal! In the end, I kept thinking of plants and berries and how everything needs water to live and grow. So my quartz is the big pool of water from which the leaves (pearls) and berries (watermelon tourmaline) grew and blossomed a lovely flower (prasiolite.) Hence, La Dolce Vita!

The necklace is a total length of 36″, which makes it great for matching with other necklaces, or doubling up as a focal layering piece. I took great care to space the little clusters of berries and leaves so they would somewhat line up when the necklace was doubled to its 18″ length.

And…

More gemstone goodness! Can’t beat that for eyecandy. Now, off to get a quick nap…

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However, the other day I got a message from Shannon at Anodyne Design that was just pure delight:

She featured my Garden Cluster Bangle on her blog! So, thank you Shannon! (And if you are familiar with Shannon, you can get to know her more through her blog Anodyne Design or at her Etsy shop anodynedesign.etsy.com.

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The first gift in her care package are fish magnets from TV Tray Art. (Thanks Susan! You always make the best things!):

Also, since her favorite color is purple, I made here a charm necklace:

And finally, I had my hubby pick her up the Glory Revealed album, because I think it will speak a lot to her, her husband and what they are going through.

You’re in my prayers. :)

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Since we can’t compete with anything as fantastic as a laptop, I decided to make her a special bracelet/bangle – fancier than anything else I’ve ever sent her:

Let’s hope she likes it!

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