Thursday, March 26, 2009

Simply Sweet Home is Giving Away Earrings from Lavender Cottage

Do you love jewelry? Do you love jewelry that has a special meaning? I was "linking away" (going from blog to blog and found this one, Simply Sweet Home. It's a wonderful blog, I ended up spending WAY too much time there and at the etsy shop Lavender Cottage. Anyway, I'm jumping ahead of myself. Simply Sweet Home is sponsoring a giveaway from the Lavender Cottage collection. They are offering a choice of earrings - both are beautiful! You'll have a hard time choosing if you're the lucky winner.

In my humble opinion, this jewelry artist puts her heart and soul into her jewelry. Each piece, speaks to me of a meaning, a memory, a wise adage, a bit of fun! Check out her etsy shop, but I'm warning you, set aside some time.....it's hard to click away.

A bit about Lavender Cottage from the etsy profile: "A little bit about me....
I've always been addicted to jewelry, especially earrings and rings. My journey as a jewelry artist began almost 20 years ago when I was given a gift of handmade earrings from a friend. I was amazed that she had made them herself - I bought some beads that very week, and I've never looked back. My style has evolved over the years, and I am focusing more and more on metalsmithing. I love the techniques involved, and learn more each year.

Each one of the pieces in my shop is completely handmade. I make all of my own findings for earrings and bracelets unless noted (I sometimes use Hill Tribe silver toggle clasps, and small chains may have commercial springring or lobster clasps). Metal pieces are fabricated by hand using a jeweler's saw, multiple hammers (you can never have too many hammers) and my wonderful acetylene torch. I use mostly fine silver (99.99 pure, and less subject to tarnishing, but softer than sterling), sterling silver, copper and brass, and sometimes gold, whenever the price goes down. The stones and minerals in my pieces are usually natural and not heat-treated unless noted in the description. It is amazing the beauty that comes out of this earth! Like hammers, you can never have too many beads, either!"

CLICK HERE TO GO TO LAVENDER COTTAGE http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5395283

CLICK HERE TO READ INTERESTING, TOUCHING POSTS AND ENTER THE GIVEAWAY AT SIMPLY, SWEET HOME http://simplysweethome.blogspot.com/2009/03/lavender-cottage-jewelry-giveaway.html


I gotta go.......there's some copper earrings with my name on 'em.

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