Simply Shiny Life

When I was a child, my mother always kept dozens of african violets on an antique plant stand near our front door. They cheerfully greeted the sun and any visitors to our house. I had lots of ideas for Earth Day, but somehow I couldn’t get my Mother’s violets far from my thoughts. Unfortunately, I didn’t inherit my Mother’s green thumb. And earthy has never been a title bestown on me. Here’s to hoping my ode to some happy violet memories will elicit a smile and your own happy memories this earth day. And maybe, if I’m lucky, the green thumb gene that skipped me will land squarely on my son.

I really like how these shiny dangly earrings turned out. These artisan wire wrapped earrings owe their purple and green colors to some fantastic iolite and prehnite briolettes, as well as some green shaded tourmaline. All are wrapped up in many many feet of sterling silver wire.

Each earring measures about 2 inches (5 1/2 cm) long, not including the hand made sterling silver ear wire.

In honor of earth day, they are listed in the Wire Artisans Guild Team shop on etsy

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE FOR ALL MY EARRINGS AND RINGS (except Custom) !! I’ll send a corrected invoice once you check out. So DON’T PAY right away. To receive the discount you MUST put BOGO in the notes to seller in my etsy outlet shop when you check out. PLUS, IF YOU PURCHASE ANY 3 ITEMS IN MY SHOP, you’ll get free shipping too. What a deal! PUT BOGO FREE SHIP in notes to seller.

Lots more styles available in my ShinyAdornments Outlet Shop

Etsy published its brand spanking new version of Alchemy, a giant electronic wish list of sorts for all things, or at least mostly all things, hand made. 

We, the lowly shopper, proclaim our need to the etsy world, and then etsy artists ‘bid’ to fulfill that need. For instance, I REALLY want some new super cool hoop earrings. I want some pretty particular designs and components and posted my request. Within hours I had at least a dozen custom hoop earring possibilities to choose from. Fabulous hand made hand crafted possibilities, all within my price range. Awesome. 

Etsy is still working out the kinks, as I saw a listing requesting used tshirts and another for sheet metal. So its not perfect, yet, but oh the possibilities.

I’ll post pictures of my fabulous custom designs as soon as I receive them. The anticipation….. 

Join the Jewelry on Etsy Team for our next treasure hunt, set to begin on Friday 3/14 at noon Etsy time!! You’ll hunt through member shops, find the clues to lead you to the next shop, and eventually get to the pot ‘o gold! Submit your URLs, and all correct submitters will be able to participate in a GIANT ONE DAY SHOPPING SPREE in participating JET member shops!

Also: The first 20 correct submissions (US residents only, sorry) will receive a lovely handcrafted pair of earrings from one of our JET members! We will also have some instant winners as well, so you’ll have to check back in the thread to find the announcement of these! Here are the ready for easter ones I am donating:

Be sure to check the Promotions forum at noon tomorrow for the detailed announcement of the Hunt. This is going to be a blast, and we hope you join us in the fun! Click here for the Promo forum link.

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE FOR ALL MY EARRINGS AND RINGS (except Custom) !! I’ll refund via Paypal after you check out. To receive the discount you MUST put BOGO in the notes to seller in my etsy outlet shop when you check out.

Lots more styles available in my ShinyAdornments Outlet Shop