New Retailor in London Ontario

Curiosities Gift Shoppe is a little shop full of great treasures located in London, Ontario (Canada). Sleepy Moon jewellery is now one of those great treasures that you can find there.

It is located on 174 1/2 Wortley Rd so if you are in London you should definitely check this shop out!

Also here is a little sneak peek of what Sleepy Moon jewellery you can find there.

30 Essential Vancouver Jewellery Designers

Early February I got an email from one of my favourite Vancouver jewellery designers (Jacqui Kerr of Refine Jewellery Design) saying that she was featured on the blog VancouverMom.ca as one of the 30 essential jewellery designers in Vancouver. Low and behold at the end of February I got a tweet from Vancouver mom saying that she wanted to feature me as one of the 30 essential jewellery designers!! Yay!

So as of March 5th I am have been featured on the Vancouver Mom blog. And I am so grateful and excited to be up there along side all of these fabulous Vancouver jewellery designers. There are so many of us in Vancouver and so many different styles. It is really interesting to browse through all of the articles, learn about how they got started and see all the different styles.

Please take a look at all of the fabulous jewellery designers in Vancouver here>>.
And of course read my interview here>>.

A Girl Can...

A girl can never have to many earrings! ♥

Necklaces

I thought I would share this cool picture I took.

Sleepy Moon Product Review and Giveaway!

Check out the product review on my pink tourmaline cluster lariat done by Bridgette, the Experimental mommy! You can go to the Not So Blog to read it!

Just A Simple Photo

Just a cool photo that I took. Share

Me Making a Heart Necklace

I am all about the hearts this winter, so I thought I would share some cool pictures that show a bit of the process of making a brushed sterling silver heart necklace.

First I cut my wire and chain to the right sizes. Then I wrap the wire around a ring sizer.

Once I form a heart shape using the ring sizer and pliers I have to hammer the sterling silver flat.

After brushing the sterling silver I clean and polish it. Now all there is left to do is put it all together.

You can expect many different heart themed items in my shop throughout January and February, and now you know a bit about what goes into making one.

Two Similar Necklaces

Two new necklaces that are very similar, each one has a beautiful faceted amethyst stone delicately wire wrapped in shiny sterling silver wire. The second necklace has a wire wrapped loop that the amethyst briolette hangs off of. The loop almost looks like it is a continuation of the chain.

Slide Show

Find more photos like this on Etsy Canada

Designing in Style!

I am now rocking my new work space with my newly purchased Ikea headboard as a table! Check it out!...
I bought the headboard from the as-is department for 10 bucks and the legs were each 5. The table is way bigger than my old one! Ok exactly 6ft instead of 4ft!

I am excited to get working on some new designs. I think that my head and my table will be clearer and I will be more able to concentrate! I also want to decorate the room with all the cool things I can find at craft fairs and on Etsy! I love to have art and creativity all around me. It helps with inspiration too!

So...What are your studios like?

Winter Giveaway

5 prizes to be won and 3 lucky winners!!
Blog readers come enter my winter giveaway on my facebook page!!

The prizes:
+3 $15 digital gift cards
+Green skin jasper necklace
+November earrings

How to enter:
+ Become a fan of my face book page here.
+ Then go here and leave a comment to enter the contest.
+ For an extra entry promote the giveaway on twitter, facebook or your blog then leave a comment here.

My Christmas Donation

I have been away from the computer this past week, but that doesn't mean that I have not been busy! I have been working on some necklaces that I will be donating as Christmas presents to the women in Bethany house. Bethany house is a young women's shelter for women who are pregnant or have new babies. It is located in Saskatoon Saskatchewan which is where I am from.
This is what the necklaces look like. The black stone is glass and makes this necklace a great statement piece! The chain is a silver plated ball chain that is 16" long but can be extended to 20"s. The chain was graciously donated to me by a supplier on Etsy called ImJewellee
Here are the necklaces all packaged up! I hope all the girls love their gifts this year!

This is my studio...with little junior jewellery maker, my son!
With his most sneaky look on his face.

This is what he sees mommy doing.
I think it's so cute how he has the little beads divided up between trucks.
When I woke up this morning I knew he had been in there because I could not find the piece of chain that I had cut for a new necklace I am making.
It is still missing!

Here is my main source of storage!

Here is wear I hang my necklaces so I know to take pictures of them so I can post them to Etsy.
I have a lot to do!

Fall Designs

Eggs

I oxidize all my jewellery with eggs... yes I said eggs!
I believe that this is a great way to oxidize because it is all natural, doesn't use any chemicals and is also pretty cheap! Read this article on how to do it...here.
If you are just starting out and do not know how to handle some of the chemicals used in oxidizing this is great for seeing if you like the oxidized effect! I don't see any reason to move on to other ways of doing it thought!

Oh yes... my jewellery does not smell like eggs after!!

New Necklace

New Necklace

Here is a new necklace I made recently... and now it is on Etsy! I love the greens in this piece! I think it is a perfect necklace for a fall day. Don't you?
click the picture to view the necklace

Just A Reminder

A beautiful Sapphire Necklace for September

Here is just a little reminder that my store is having a birthday sale! I am turning 19 on the 16th of September and I thought I would throw a huge sale in my store from the 1st to the day after my birthday, the 17th!

SALE

I am throwing a HUGE SEPTEMBER SALE in my Etsy shop. Everything will be discounted 15% from now until September 17th!!

SALE

New Jewellery In Stalk

Fall Clusters Earrings
The colours of fall sing when you see these earrings. Beautiful clusters of Smokey quartz, Lemon Quartz and Citrine make these earrings to die for.

Lemon Quartz, The Diamond Shape Earrings
These earrings are very classy and sophisticated. The lemony yellow gemstones have an out standing sparkle and are lusciously faceted beauties.

Pink Lady Earrings

These pink lady earrings are chic and feminine. You can dress them up or wear them as a classy every day earrings.

All jewellery is 15% off until September 17th!
Get some great deals while they last!

Get great deals here!

September's HUGE Sale

These are some September earrings!

September is my favorite time of year!
First of all it is my birth month and second of all I love the weather. I just find it such a relaxing time of year. The extra moolah I get for my birthday doesn't hurt either! HeHe

SALE

So for my birthday I am throwing a HUGE SEPTEMBER SALE in my Etsy shop. Everything will be discounted 15% from now until September 17th!!

SALE


I also just moved to a different apartment and finally got my internet back. So I apologize for not blogging for a whole week. We got the cable/internet guy over to hook up internet and cable the day we moved in, which was Monday. After he left we tried to turn on the TV and hooked up the computer, but they both were not working. He couldn't come back until today, Thursday. Well it turns out that all the problem was, was a switch on the back of the box that had been turned off. So I went four days with out the computer for nothing.
Oh well I guess it was like a holiday!

Give Away's

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Please feel free to enter one of my give aways and win some awesome free jewellery!