June Giveaway from These Precious Things

Our team giveaway for the month of June has been created by the very talented Jama Watts of These Precious Things.

"Ear buds" Valued at $20

Earrings feature dangles of small lucite flowers in light pink, hot pink and baby blue with centers in various colors. Threaded on silver-plate headpins, each with a wrapped loop for extra security. Flowers dangle off sterling chain and hand-made sterling earwires. Full length of earrings is 1.75".

Visit our Ky etsy team blog for details on how to enter! (click the box on the right side of the blog for info on the giveaway)

The contest ends on June 30!

Etsy Yart Sale!!

Q. What is a Yart Sale?
A. An Artistic Slant to a traditional Yard Sale: Yard + Art = YART

I will be participating in the etsy wide Yart Sale sponsored by Team ESST.

Come visit my Creative Eye etsy shop for some very affordable jewelry.
Free shipping is being offered in my shop from June 10-14!

You can search throughout esty for other Yart Sale items while you're there. Just type in "Yart" in the search box.

Check it out! Just don't show up on my driveway at 5 am, okay?

New Jewelry Creations

Here are a few of my latest creations!


I just created this hematite chip necklace last night with a mother of pearl shell flower pendant. The second necklace features cherry quartz nuggets, sterling silver mirror ball beads and Swarovski crystal bicones. It was a special order for a customer that bought the bracelet and wanted a necklace to match.


My mom has a bracelet that I made with funky black and white striped furnace glass. She wanted a necklace to match, so I gave this to her for Mother's Day. The pendant is Swarovski crystal with a sterling silver bail. Mom wears a lot of black so this necklace will go with lots of outfits. I wish I had one too!


Here are a few pair of earrings. The unakite earrings are earthy in autumn colors. I sold these at my etsy shop pretty quick. The second pair features harmony jasper or peace jade with Swarovski crystal. Finally there are some pink and green dotted earrings with lampwork beads and a green and white dotted version. Fun for spring or summer! Saving the best for last is my latest creation with one of my favorite stones, rhyolite accented with olive Swarovski crystal!

Your Blog Makes Us Smile Award

Andrea with Andrea's Paper Boutique presented me with this blog award. Please check out Andrea's blog here. Her whimsical shop has some wonderful art with really great designs. I just love the pretty faces and the text Andrea incorporates in her art.

Here are the rules for the blog award: pass on to eight blogs, who can then choose eight more. Choose blogs that are charming, happy, whimsical. These are the kind of bloggers who aim to find and become friends. They are blogs that make us smile!

Here are 8 blogs that I enjoy following. I hope you will enjoy them too!

Aurora's Garden

PurrPrints

The Pink Needle

Expressions by Devin

The Savvy Stitcher

3 Magpies

Kellibeans

Spool of Plenty

A Birthday Surprise

I took a day off from work for my birthday recently. I decided to spend the afternoon with my mom, having lunch, shopping, whatever we felt like doing.

Mom and I went to a great place for lunch called the Butterfly Garden which has a location inside Dolfingers (also one on Bardstown Road). If you get a chance to eat there, the food is really great. As we looked around the store while waiting for our table, I picked up an etched dragonfly glass that was really cool. I was saving my money for Frankfort Avenue shopping so I didn't buy it. Several days later we met my parents for dinner and mom presented me with a beautifully packaged gift, which confused me as she had already given me my birthday gift. Inside the beautiful box was a set of four of the etched dragonfly glasses. I stuck the ribbon inside so you can see the etching more clearly.

What a great surprise! To think my mom went back to get these was so special.
I love these!


Here is a cool Gallapalooza horse we saw when we were shopping on Frankfort Avenue. I love spotting these horses all over town. Someday I'd like to make one myself.

Wordless Wednesday

Flowering Tea

My friend and coworker Cathy, gave me this great gift for Christmas. And since I am a little busy these days, it has taken me awhile to play with this great gift. (hangs head)

How cool is this? The tea is compressed into a little ball and it blooms in hot water. There are several different versions included in the set that she gave me. Can't wait to play with the others.



This is so much better than the Sea Monkeys I had as a kid!




The flavor is green jasmine tea. Ahhh!