Monday, December 12, 2011

I made Christmas Jewelry!! (and a Christmas earring giveaway!)

Last weekend I got my beads out and made myself some new Christmas jewelry.

I'm pretty happy with my creations, can't wait to wear them all!

All of the beads I used to make my Christmas jewelry are glass. And all of the findings, clasps and earwires are sterling silver. (yes, I just began a sentence with the word "and"............but I capitalized it!)

Here are a few things I made. Keep in mind that I am really bad at taking pictures! Actually, lighting is my problem, these are the best I could do:

This beaded bauble necklace looks like candy!



A closer look at the candy baubles:




I had an extra bauble, so I put it on a sterling silver chain. Now it's a "piece 'o candy" necklace:



I really love this black and red combo, it turned out better than I thought it would. I can't wait to wear this:



I liked the red/black necklace so much I made 2 pairs of earrings to match it:
Pair 1



And pair 2 (not sure which pair I like more, they're both cute):




Then I just started playing around with earrings, these are a few pairs I came up with:






These look like cracked ice:


a closer look at the cracked glass beads, they look really cool:




I'm excited to get Timmy to take me out so I can wear my new Christmas jewelry!


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And now for my first GIVEAWAY!!! YAY!!!

I would like to give a pair of Christmas earrings to one of my blog readers, and I'll get them to you in time for Christmas!

I made these myself. All of the beads are glass, and the findings and earwires are sterling silver.

If you win, I'll ask you to pick one pair from these 6:


Pair # 1: Red, green and black with a 1 inch drop, not including earwire:
The black faceted bead is 1/2 in. long and 1/2 in. wide.




Pair # 2: Red, green and silver beaded earrings have a 1 inch drop, not including earwire:



Pair # 3: Christmas Angel Wing earrings with red and green beads have a 2 inch drop.
The angel wings are well-made and not too heavy. The wings are not sterling silver.


Pair # 4; Plain Angel Wing earrings. These wings have a 1 3/4 inch drop. Wings are not sterling silver.



Pair # 5: Cracked glass "ice" earrings, with green glass beads. Drop is 1 inch, not including earwire:
The ice bead is 1/2 inch long and 1/2 inch wide.


Pair # 6: Cracked glass "ice" earrings with red glass beads. Drop is 1 inch not including earwire:
The ice bead is 1/2 inch long and 1/2 inch wide.



If you would like a chance to win a pair of earrings, all you have to do is leave me a comment to this post telling me which pair of earrings  (numbers #1-6) you would like to win.

My Giveaway drawing will be held at Midnight on Friday, December 16th, so be sure to leave me a comment before then to be included in the drawing.

I'll announce the winner on Saturday morning December 17th, so come back to see if you won!

I'll pay to ship them to you, and you can have them just in time for Christmas! Oh, and feel free to re-gift these earrings too, you won't hurt my feelings!

They'll be packaged on an earring card like this for you:

So hurry and leave your comment below and let me know which pair of earrings (#1-6) you would choose if you are the winner!


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UPDATE- Giveaway is now closed,
the winner has been announced here.

6 comments:

  1. #4! And by the way..this is Jess

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  2. I think #3 is my favorite. Happy Holidays!

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  3. My favorite is #2! You are so super talented.. is there anything you can't do??

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  4. I like them all, but would take #4 if I won. And I think all you jewelry is pretty (I can start a sentence with 'and' also).

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  5. I like #3!! Your jewelry is always amazing!!!
    :-)

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  6. The cracked ice does look really awesome, i'd like #6 if I won :)

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