Spring Inspired Jewellery

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day. I went for a walk with my camera and found so many beautiful plants growing everywhere I looked. Among these plants were these vibrant red flowers. I ended up taking this picture of them.
Many of the pictures I took inspired me to create some springy jewellery, but the red flowers and blue sky spoke to me the most!!
I decided to make a multi gemstone cluster necklace that features genuine red ruby and a blue chalcedony gemstone all wire wrapped in sterling silver. The ruby is abosolutely gorgeous just like the red flowers and the blue hold the same moody contrast that the sky has in the photo.

Sleepy Moon Design at Portobello West

I am very excited to say that I will be selling at the April 25th Portobello West market!! This will be my first time at this market so I am so curious to see how it turns out! I have been planning a new booth set up for about two months now. hehe So it better work out on the day.. right!? I am still trying to work out how I am getting there being carless and all... Excursions to crafts shows are usually quite funny. One time I had to bring my own table to a show on main st and the buses were not running because it was car free day. So I carried the table and all my display stuff from Kingsway and Main to I think it was 16th and main!! eek! Well I can say I am glad I am not bringing a table to Portobello on the 25th! :) Anyways I hope to see some of the Vancouverites that I know out at the show!! I will have plenty of new designs that are not listed on Etsy yet. So come down and check them out before anyone else steels them away!

Date:	Sunday, April 25, 2010
Time:	12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:	Rocky Mountaineer Station
Street:	1755 Cottrell St
City/Town:	Vancouver, BC

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Silver Dipped Leaf Jewelry

New designs are added to my Etsy shop every day and one of the newest collections are the silver dipped leaf necklaces. I loved these leaves as soon as I found them. Their details are so intricate and eye catching and the silver grey tone looks amazing with any and every colour imaginable! I knew they had to be part of my spring and summer collection.

See the whole collection here: Silver Dipped Leaf Collection

Mother's Day

I know it is a bit early to be thinking about this, but in order to receive your mother's day orders before Mother's Day, orders must be placed by April 30th. Here are some suggestions for mother's day gifts, but I am sure anything in my shop would be loved by a mother somewhere!

Etsy Finds: Early Bird or Night Owl?

I was doing my daily routine this Saturday, list some items on Etsy, make a new bracelet and renew a couple of things when I start to get a whole pile of sales!! I thought, well hey maybe everyone just got their tax returns. Cool! Then I happened to look at the who hearts this shop page and I see that I got over 100 new hearts today!!! That is when I found out that I was featured in ones of the Etsy Finds post on the Etsy Blog. And of course closely followed was a happy dance! :)

The feature was called "Early Bird or Night Owl?" there were early bird items on the left and night owl items on the right. My Midnight Moon necklace was one of the night owl items!!! It sold right away which is very exciting.

If I were to choose early bird or night owl I would have to choose night owl. I always seem to be way more creative and I love the peacefulness of the night. There is something about the cool crisp air on a summer night that is so energizing. Which one are you early bird or night owl?

NOTE: I am all out of this necklace, but I will be getting some more mystic quartz soon.