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Giveaway – Violet Petals Earrings

Posted on July 13, 2009 by crystal

Greetings everyone! Thank you so much for all the terrific recipes and great suggestions for summer reading! 🙂

I‘ve made a page with all your summer recipes and you can check it out by clicking here. (Later this month, I’ll try to move the recipes to our main “recipe box”, where I’ll file them by their individual categories, like desserts, salads, etc.)

To make it easy for you to peruse the summer reading recommendations, I’ve compiled them into a complete list! To view it, click here.

Now, on to this week’s giveaway, which is a gorgeous pair of earrings!

These “Violet Petals” earrings feature very special artisan-crafted lampwork glass beads. The beads are decorated with tiny violets, in purple and white on an amethyst background. Notice the trailing green vines!

The lampwork beads are accented with Swarovski amethyst crystals and all of the metal embellishments and findings are sterling silver.

For pierced ears, the earrings measure 1-5/8 inches in length including the sterling silver earwires.

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, you will have up to four (4) chances to enter the weekly giveaway.

You can choose any or all of the following 4 ways to enter:

1st Chance:

Leave a comment answering the first weekly question:

Describe something funny that has happened to you!

2nd Chance:

Leave a comment answering the second weekly question:

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

3rd and 4th Chances:

Come back another day this week and leave a comment any other post on this blog. It can be left on a very recent post or an old post. There are over 180 posts – take a peek at the “Categories” on the right side of the page for choices.

Please note: You do NOT have to tell me that you left a “comment” on another post. The blog program shows me all of the “comments” as they come in – so I do not miss any of them! 🙂

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the name of the winner will be listed here. The winner will also be notified by email. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 07/19/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 07/20/09.

Giveaway Sea Breeze Bracelet

Posted on July 6, 2009 by crystal

Hi there! Thanks for visiting 🙂

Hope you enjoyed your 4th of July weekend!

To celebrate my recent blogiversary, I thought I’d raise the bling factor a little bit this week and offer a bracelet for the giveaway!

~Sea Breeze Bracelet in Teal~

Nothing sparkles like a Swarovski crystal, and this pretty bracelet features 19 of them!

I used both cube-shaped and bicone-shaped crystals in a fabulous shade of TEAL!

Bali silver spacers and silver-lined glass beads serve as lovely accents.

The bracelet closes with an elegant silver-plated toggle clasp with a delicate floral design.

Measurements: 7-3/4″ in length, and 1/4″ wide.

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, you will have up to four (4) chances to enter the weekly giveaway.

You can choose any or all of the following 4 ways to enter:

1st Chance:

Leave a comment answering the first weekly question:

Can you share a recipe for a summer meal? If you can’t think of a summer recipe, then share any recipe that you like!

2nd Chance:

Leave a comment answering the second weekly question:

Can you recommend a good book for summer reading? It can be a book you read a long time ago or a current favorite! By the way, is there any book that you have read more than once?

3rd and 4th Chances:

Come back another day this week and leave a comment any other post on this blog. It can be left on a very recent post or an old post. There are over 170 posts – take a peek at the “Categories” on the right side of the page for choices.

Please note: You do NOT have to tell me that you left a “comment” on another post. The blog program shows me all of the “comments” as they come in – so I do not miss any of them! 🙂

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the name of the winner will be listed here. The winner will also be notified by email. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 07/12/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 07/13/09.

Giveaway – Garden Party Earrings

Posted on June 29, 2009 by crystal

Welcome! 🙂

This week’s giveaway is a whimsical pair of dangle earrings that I’m calling “Garden Party” because they remind me of the little lanterns you might string around your patio in the summer! They’d be the perfect earrings to wear to an outdoor event such as a cookout, a concert, or a . . . garden party! 😉

They’re made with Vintage Moonglow Lucite Beads in a beautiful shade of girly-girl pink. The beads have a soft glow, which gives the impression they’re lit from within, as a lantern would be.

I’ve accented them with textured gold-plated bead caps and Swarovski Crystals in rose pink! The earwires are 14k gold filled.

Measurements: approximately 1-7/8″ long, including the 14k gold-filled earwires.

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, you will have up to four (4) chances to enter the weekly giveaway.

You can choose any or all of the following 4 ways to enter:

1st Chance:

Leave a comment answering the first weekly question:

What is you favorite season and why do you like it best?

2nd Chance:

Leave a comment answering the second weekly question:

What makes you nervous?

(You can see my answers to the weekly questions in the comments section!) 🙂

3rd Chance:

Join my mailing list! Just mention “mailing list” in your comment. By doing so you will receive 3-4 emails per year with coupons and special offers for items in my Bead Happily Ever After web store!

4th Chance:

Come back another day this week and leave a comment on any other post on this blog. It can be left on a recent post or an old post. There are over 170 posts – take a peek at the “Categories” on the right side of the page for choices.

Please note: You do NOT have to tell me that you left a “comment” on another post. The blog program shows me all of the “comments” as they come in – so I do not miss any of them! 🙂

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the name of the winner will be listed here. The winner will also be notified by email. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 07/05/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 07/06/09.

Giveaway – Misty Lilac Earrings

Posted on June 22, 2009 by crystal

Hi there!

I’m so glad you stopped by. 🙂

Talk about fun and interesting comments! Last week’s answers to which 5 items you would want if you were stranded on a desert island were terrific! There was such a wide range of ideas – some incredibly clever and some absolutely hilarious! Thank you so much for participating!

(If you are new to this blog, you can always find the winner of the previous week’s giveaway by clicking the “Giveaway Info” button located on the right side of this page)

This week’s giveaway is a pair of dangle earrings that are not only fun, but have a touch of glamour, too!

They’d be the perfect earrings to pack for a vacation because they could be worn either for a day of sightseeing or an evening on the town!

These “Misty Lilac” Earrings feature beautiful diamond-shaped Czech glass beads with a graceful twist. The beads have a transparent watercolor effect in glorious shades of teal and violet. I’ve accented them with Silver Bali beads and Swarovski Crystals in coordinating colors!

Measurements: approximately 2″ long, including the sterling silver earwires.

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, you will have up to four (4) chances to enter the weekly giveaway.

You can choose any or all of the following 4 ways to enter:

1st Chance:

Leave a comment answering the first weekly question: What item do you have sitting in your closet that is collecting dust… but you simply CAN’T get rid of it? Why do you keep it?

2nd Chance:

Leave a comment answering the second weekly question: What are your three favorite fruits?

3rd Chance:

Join my mailing list! Just mention “mailing list” in your comment. By doing so you will receive 3-4 emails per year with coupons and special offers for items in my Bead Happily Ever After web store!

4th Chance:

Come back another day this week and leave a comment on any other post on this blog. It can be left on a recent post or an old post. There are over 160 posts – take a peek at the “Categories” on the right side of the page for choices.

Please note: You do NOT have to tell me that you left a “comment” on another post. The blog program shows me all of the “comments” as they come in – so I do not miss any of them! 🙂

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the name of the winner will be listed here. The winner will also be notified by email. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 06/28/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 06/29/09.

Crazy for Clay . . . Beads!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by crystal

With a website called Bead Happily Ever After, it’s probably pretty obvious that I LOVE beads! 🙂

I‘ve been collecting and designing jewelry with both vintage and contemporary beads for years now. More recently, I’ve begun to sell beads on my website and also on etsy.

My specialty is vintage beads, but I am crazy about all kinds of beads including those created by bead artisans – both in glass and polymer clay. There is such joy in making something special with beautiful beads!

Here’s a set I’m working on that incorporates some fabulous clay beads. Notice the lovely layering of shapes on the pendant.

(Click photos to enlarge.)

Aren’t the coordinating diamond-shaped clay beads pretty, too?

For accents, I’m using genuine amethysts (the rectangles), and Swarovski crystals (rounds and bicones).

As you can see by the tape on the ends, I’m still pondering the style of clasp I want. The little ziplock bag on the left holds the exact beads that I’ll use to make matching earrings. Gathering those “earring beads” in a bag is a tip I learned the hard way. It’s so much easier to do it when designing the necklace – in case there will be a delay between finishing the necklace and actually making the earrings. Trying to find exactly what you need later can be difficult, especially if you’ve cleaned up the worktable in the meantime. 😉