Giveaway Winner!

The giveaway winner is Jan!  Congratulations.  I will ship your dainty 14k gold necklace with tourmaline cluster with your order this week.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated--such a grand start to my fifth year as an Etsy seller!  Who knew, five years ago, that I would still diligently be at it today: making jewelry, wedding goods, and offering writing services.  It's definitely been a creative (and growth) process, but I am so grateful for everything and everyone who has supported me along the way.  Thank you.

(If you're wondering, I had a graphic to post here, but Blogger has been acting up today, and not allowing me to upload images from my computer.  However, if you're interested, I was able to upload the image onto Instagram here.)

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Today is also Giving Tuesday.  The lovely Diana at Our City Lights wrote a beautiful post about this, which you can read here.  Ample food for thought this post-Black Friday and -Cyber Monday weekday.  My charity of choice is Feeding America--the proceeds from my donation items benefit this nationwide charity.  Now if only they would stop sending me junk mail.

On Anniversaries

So, my third-year shop anniversary quietly paraded by this year, right before the Thanksgiving rush permeated the too-warm-for-autumn air.  In my state of delirium, I forgot about it entirely.  That's okay because I initially remembered a few days post-anniversary, but this was only after I stared at the "opened on" date in my shop for a good few seconds--or minutes.  Then I had a good laugh of the forgetful nature, one of those carefree-yet-guttural deep laughs that resonate from the gut upward and end in a joyful, muffled giggle.  And giggle, I do not do often.  I guess only on anniversaries that I forget, and perhaps when I am slightly uncomfortable.  Most often, I observe.

As autumn begins winding down to winter, I hope to observe everything around me, taking it in and holding it dear.  I think it's appropriate closure for a long-short year.

November Giveaway Winner

I'm happy to announce the winner of my November/shop anniversary giveaway:

Enjoy your pendants!

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And the last minute, runner-up prize goes to:

Your pendant is a surprise.

Congratulations, ladies--

I will be contacting you shortly with your win.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this giveaway!

Anniversary Giveaway Details

Win these!

Hope you all had a wonderful, safe Halloween.  As October gives way to November, I am again reminded of my shop anniversary.  It will be my second.  This year, instead of a coupon code, I've decided to have an anniversary giveaway--given the success of my harvest giveaway a few months ago.

This anniversary giveaway is for a set of three small dangles trios in pink tourmaline, citrine, and peridot.  The gemstones are microfaceted, so when worn, sunlight will gently play across these little stones.  All metal is sterling silver; the jump rings are 6mm in diameter.  Retail price for the set is $25.50.

When the pendants are strung on a chain together, they will look like this:

Pretty, right?

Size-wise, these pendants are well under an inch long (see the image below; clear quartz point is roughly an inch long), so they can be worn together or separately on a delicate necklace without looking too large:

The rules: 
Anniversary giveaway entries are from 11/1-11/30.  As with the previous giveaway, each purchased listing in my Etsy shop equals one entry for this giveaway.  For example, if you purchase two listings from my shop, you will be entered twice.  The winner will be hand drawn on 12/1.  Thank you for your support, and good luck!