Giveaway Winner and After Party!

The winner of the signed by both of us copy of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry, PLUS+ 2 of my EARRING KITS to make the earring projects from the pages inside is...

Theresa Fosdick of Thoughtful Notions

Congratulations!

Theresa, I will be contacting you soon to get your mailing address.

Thank you to all who stopped by the blog hop party this passed weekend. I hope you enjoyed all the looks inside the book, the fabulous giveaways, and the thoughtful book reviews by our participants. And speaking of them, I am just floored by their incredible jewelry inspired by the book. I saw some spectacular designs, the creativity in this community is amazing! If you missed any of it this weekend, just go to the Beading Daily blog to see the blog tour list and check out the posts by our party participants. You won't be disappointed.

And, don't forget about the Polyvore Style Challenge! There's still plenty of time to enter. The contest ends on July 13th. Remember, you have a chance to win one of our original necklace designs from the book. PLUS, if you did not win a copy of the book during the weekend, you still have TWO more chances to win with the Polyvore Challenge. The style boards with the most 'likes' and re-pins will win complimentary copies of Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry, so get designing! I want to see more style boards. They are SO fun to create. Here are the two I created one more time, because I love looking at them... 

Bohemian Summer by erinsjewelry featuring printed tank tops

Garden Party by erinsjewelry featuring flower sandals

NOW, how would you style these necklaces? 

Show me what you can do!

And the Winner is...

The winner of the fabric and cotton cord covered beads is...

Martin Caraballo of Haegaerpr Jewelry!

Congratulations, Martin!
Martin, thanks for leaving me your email. I will email you to get your mailing address and I'll get your package right out to you. Thank you and happy creating with your new beads!

Also, thank you to everyone who entered and thanks to Wholeport.com for the giveaway items.

Fun Fabric Necklace and Giveaway

 

Last week I told you about the peace sign pendants I received from WholePort.com. I also got these fun fabric and cotton cord covered beads! I used a big eye needle to string the beads onto some pretty pink silk ribbon from Marsha Neal Studio. I also tied on a crimson glass link from Cindy Gimbrone and a bit of ivory dupioni silk from Ornamentea for more texture. What a fun piece to make...and wear!

    

And now for the giveaway...

I'm giving away these 8 beads as shown above courtesy of WholePort.com.  4 fabric covered beads in a colorful plaid fabric and 4 cotton cord covered beads in pink and white. These beads are light weight and fun to work with. You will love them.

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post by Thursday, July 21st.

Tell me what you would make with these beads if you won them. I will randomly draw one lucky winner on Friday, July 22nd.

Thank you for stopping by and GOOD LUCK!

And the Winner is...

The winner of the "Peace & Love" Giveaway is...

#1 Stefanie of Stefanie's Sammelsurium

Congratulations, Stefanie!
Please email me your mailing address and I'll get your package right out to you. Thank you and happy beading with your new wooden pendants!

Also, thank you to everyone who entered and thanks to Wholeport.com for the giveaway items.
Stay tuned next week for another fun jewelry piece, another giveaway and another chance to win!
Peace out.

A Necklace and the Peace & Love Giveaway

Recently, I received an email from the lovely gal, Jenny over at WholePort.com, inviting me to take a look at her website. I really appreciated the friendly, personal email I got from her. Wholeport is an online craft supply site and I was more than happy to take a look around. While there, I found a few things I liked a lot. The first was this wooden peace sign. Jenny was kind enough to send me some sample pendants to try out, along with a few other items that I will share in another post coming up.

Here's my "Peace on Earth" Necklace I made with my peace sign pendant from WholePort.com. For my necklace, I wanted to give the pendant a worn, vintage look as if the necklace had been around the neck of a flower child from the 60's and 70's. I distressed the wooden pendant with a piece of fine grit sandpaper. I really like the affect. It adds some extra interest and dimension to the focal and the light sanding also smoothed out any rough spots in the wood. My necklace also features handmade ceramic beads by the artists of Sedillo Hill Studio and some copper African trade beads. The beads are simply knotted on some chocolate brown waxed cotton cord and finished off with a loop and large wood bead closure. A perfect Summer necklace.

The "Peace & Love" Giveaway

Okay, now for the giveaway part!!! Jenny at Wholeport also sent me some extra items to host a giveaway on my blog. This will be the first of two giveaways. The second giveaway will be in a separate post coming up next week. The first giveaway package is this collection of wooden cut-out pendants I am calling the "Peace & Love" Giveaway:

You will receive the the item shown above: Two large cut-out heart pendants and three wood peace signs that are a good size for either a pendant or charm for a bracelet or even earrings, too.

If you would like to enter my "Peace & Love" giveaway, you can do one of the following:

"LIKE" WholePort on Face Book: www.facebook.com/wholeport

OR

"FOLLOW" WholePort on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wholeport
OR
If you don't have Facebook or Twitter, you can just visit the website: www.wholeport.com

Then, leave me a comment letting me know you want to enter.  

Leave a comment on this post by Thursday, July 14th. Then, I will randomly select a winner from the comments on Friday, July 15th.

Even if you're not interested in the giveaway, please feel free to comment without mentioning the giveaway in your comment.

Also, in addition to this giveaway, Jenny is happy to spread the love even more by offering 10% off all items at www.wholeport.com with coupon code: CRAFTFUN10 that's good until July 31st, 2011.

Good Luck on the Giveaway!

and 

happy shopping at WholePort.com for new beading or craft supplies.

Also, stay tuned for the second giveaway coming up next week.

Peace & Love, Baby!

Don't Miss This Giveaway!

I'm giving away a sample pack of Irish Waxed Linen Cord over on A Jewelry Accord! The giveaway package includes 3 yards each in 12 different colors! If you've ever wanted to give this material a try, this is a great opportunity to take advantage of. It's great stuff and once you give it a try, you'll be hooked!

And the Winners are....

1ST PRIZE goes to DOREEN of Back Yard Beads!

Congratulations, Doreen! 

You've won a copy of the July issue of Bead Trends Magazine, along with 1 Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendant and 2 matching Stoneware Sand Dollar Charms!

2ND PRIZE goes to MOONLIT FANTASEAS!

Congratulations!

You've won 1 Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendant!

3RD PRIZE goes to TERESA of Hispirations Jewelry!

Congratulations, Teresa!

You've also won 1 Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendant!

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 3 WINNERS!!!

 Winners, please email your address to erinsjewelry10@yahoo.com, so that I can get your prize out to you!

A big THANK YOU to everyone that entered my giveaway!

Bead Trends and A Giveaway!

In the July issue of Bead Trends Magazine, you will find my second published Necklace! This piece called, Aqua Terra Beach, features one of my handmade Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendants! To celebrate this and my new blog, I'm having a Giveaway!

1st Prize - One lucky winner will receive the following: A copy of the July issue of Bead Trends Magazine, 1 handmade Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendant and 2 matching Stoneware Sand Dollar Charms!

2nd and 3rd Prizes - Each winner will receive 1 handmade Stoneware Sand Dollar Pendant each!

3 prizes, 3 winners!

Yes, that's right! You get three chances to win something!

Here's how to Enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post for 1 Entry to win.

2. Follow this blog for 2 Entries to win. If you already follow, you will automatically be entered two times, BUT everyone must leave me a comment, so I know you want to be entered in the giveaway! So, that's 3 Entries total, if you leave a comment and follow.

  

3. Tell your friends about this giveaway on your own blog with a link back here, for 5 Entries to win. You can either leave a comment here that you posted or you can e-mail me a link to your post.

The winners will be announced on July 10th!

Please come back to this blog on that day to see if you won or leave me a way to contact you! Thank you!

GOOD LUCK! :)