And the winner is....!

The winner of my Giveaway is...

Selena!! 

Congratulations - these will be on their way to you as soon as I have your address :)

Thank you to everyone who entered - all your likes, shares, and lovely comments are much appreciated - and I hope I see you next time.

Lesley x

Giveaway!!

So, it's Giveaway time again!

Why?

Well, if I need a reason, the rain has finally stopped, the sun has been shining and the spring flowers are flowering :)

The prize is this pair of handmade earrings in spring colours, made with Czech glass beads and sterling silver hooks:

Here you can see the lovely hooks better - they were handmade by Rebecca Anderson of The Curious Bead Shop.

To enter, you can do any of the following:

- like my facebook page if you are a newcomer :)
- share my giveaway on facebook
- favourite my Etsy shop
- follow my blog
- or anything else you can think of!

You may enter up to 3 times - PLEASE leave a comment here for each entry and a way for me to contact you if you win.

You have till 8pm GMT on Wednesday 19 March to enter. The draw will take place shortly after that. If I have not heard back from the winner by Friday 21 March, I will do a second draw.

Thank you for entering and good luck!!

Lesley

Latest additions to my Etsy shop

Well, in addition to the new teardrop earrings I showed you here, I have been steadily adding some new designs to my shop. 

It had been a while since I made any bracelets or necklaces, so I spent a couple of days focusing on these: 

Orange flower necklace

                                             

                     flower charm by Menagerie Studio

Black & Green Knot Necklace

Millefiori bracelet

Orange knotted leather bracelet

Then of course there were more earrings too:

Green agate earrings

Royal blue enamel earrings

including two pairs with gorgeous handmade ceramic beads by Bo Hulley :

Turquoise honey earrings

Blue polka dot earrings

And finally, a bit of fun: I'm not Irish, so I don't celebrate St. Patrick's day, but I just couldn't resist these beads!

Shamrock earrings

x

New earrings in my Etsy shop

I spent the afternoon making and photographing these earrings, and couldn't resist taking a picture of them all together. Not quite a rainbow, but lots of pretty pink and blue and some new colours too. 

Somehow I managed to take over 200 photos for the 10 pairs I made.... (the wonders of digital cameras, not like the old days!)

It's going to take a while to edit all the photos and do the listings, but eventually they are all destined for my Etsy shop.

These are the ones I've listed this evening (click on the links to go to my shop).

Berry pink earrings

                                    Baby pink earrings

Olive green earrings

It feels like a marathon session and it's only 3 pairs! The rest will have to wait till tomorrow ...

New Year's Resolutions, and it's only December 29th :)

So Christmas is over for this year. It was lovely spending time with family and getting the house decorated for the festivities...

Pressie-wise we were quite restrained this year, but I was lucky enough to receive these:

Venus Beadery, Etsy

They are wire-wrapped amber, and absolutely stunning. I'd like to learn how to wire-wrap like this in 2013, but don't know if I have the patience!

However, I do know what I shall be trying, very very hard, to do next year. It all starts here:

I know from chatting to other jewellery makers that this is quite a common sight... 

Certainly I frequently end up like this, with beads and various projects scattered arranged everywhere, until I am literally working on the very edge of the table. Not helpful!

So I used the upcoming festivities as an excuse to spend quality time sorting it all out.

Much better!

The thing is, since doing this (on Christmas Eve!), I've been far more productive (well yes, I know it's the holidays too ;)

I've made lots of earrings, which I'll be listing shortly...

 


And some bracelets too...

So my New Year's Resolution? A nice tidy table at all times. I'm sticking to it so far ;-o

What are your Resolutions for 2013?

And the winner is ...!

Thanks to everyone who shared my blog giveway details, and especially thank you to the seven entrants for leaving such lovely comments!


Last night I assigned each of you a number in the order you posted, and put the numbers on little pieces of paper in an envelope. Then I asked my OH to pick a piece of paper out, and this is the result!

So - Congratulations Catriona - you are the winner!!!


You can either leave me your email address here - or, if you prefer, you can email it to me at phoebedreamsjewellery@gmail.com.


Your earrings will be winging their way to you very soon :O

Facebook Fan Giveaway!

*** To celebrate reaching 700 fans on facebook, I am having a little giveaway! ***

The prize is this pair of earrings, faceted sparkly coated Czech crystal beauties, presented in an organza bag and ready to send to the winner!

If you would like a chance to win, all you need to do is leave a comment here on my blog by 6pm Friday 3rd Feb and I will enter your name into the draw (which will take place on Friday evening). 


My hubbie will serve as the 'random number generator' by picking a name out of the hat! I will publish the result here and on facebook, so you will need to check back  so I can contact you to ask for your address. Simples!


Good luck everyone :)

Projects for today

Well, it's a glorious day here - the sun is shining and it's lovely and still.


Here's what I'm going to be up to later.


As usual, I have several things on the go at the moment, so I'd like to finish them. Two bracelets and some earrings which are nearly done, as you can see here: 

In the top right you can see my first ever experimentation with memory wire, which I'm quite pleased with so far. For some reason I had thought that it would be a lot trickier than it is, but unless finishing off the ends is really difficult, this hasn't proved to be the case. The beads thread on really easily, and it's actually quite fun to do!

Then I have some gorgeous new beads which arrived yesterday to put away. I placed the order mainly to have some more of the rhinestone hearts, as they make lovely pendants, but I couldn't resist popping a few 'extras' in my basket at the same time!

And not forgetting to admire these fabulous tulips. I bought them earlier in the week and they have lasted really well, but I can see they haven't got long to go now - they're at the stage where you know the petals will be dropping off soon, but still time to enjoy them!

So I'd best get started then!!

New earrings

These earrings I made a little while ago, but have only just got round to listing them on Etsy. I like the vintagey feel, with layers of little orange and peach flower beads and little bead caps.
The flower beads are Czech glass, which come in such a pretty range of colours and styles, I'm a bit addicted to them at the moment!

To view the earrings on Etsy, click here

New today

This necklace is new in my shop today. Pretty freshwater pearls with a soft coppery sheen and a cute fairy charm.

Go to Etsy

I also have these art nouveau style fairy earrings, also with pearls:

Go to Etsy

Yes, I admit it: I am a fairweather gardener!

Saturday - loads of possibilities ....... However, sadly, the garden isn't one of them today. Last week we had some glorious sunshine, and I made the most of it by doing this:

Today I did venture out, just briefly, tempted by this lovely sight of hellebores and honeysuckle doing their winter stuff :

I freely admit though, with no shame, that when it's grey, windy or raining, I mostly stay firmly indoors. The next sunny day will come along soon enough! In the meantime I have this little beauty to admire (and smell!) right in front of me :

And to bring a touch of much needed sunshine at this time of year, these yellow earrings: