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On the 7th day of Christmas, Amanda of Seashore Glass gave to me……
A mix of Studio Songs on CD! How creative and look how cute she made the front of the CD! How the heck did she do that! I haven’t listened to it yet but will be today!
She also sent along this cute lampwork glass and brass tag keychain/pendant. I love the color of the bead, and the Breathe sentiment is perfect for bringing in the new 2012 year!
Thank you Amanda for such a thoughtful and unique gift!
Happy New Year, ya’all!!
And the second pair features some really great enameled beads and glass on enameled headpins. Such a pretty color palette. This could just about be an everyday earring for me! Love them. Thanks Katie!
On the 5th day of Christmas, my Amy Freeland gave to me……….. some really cool lampwork and scrolly connector earrings!! The glass is gorgeous and the photo does not even do it justice! Love them Amy! THANK YOU!
A sweet lampwork lentil bead, and handmade keychain with some hemp and beads along with a sweet little handmade note pad. Thank you Jodie!!
Lark Books have sent me an extra set of the Lark Studio Series for a blog giveaway! These 5 x 5 inch hardcover gallery books would be a great gift, or you could keep them for your own collection. Each one, 200 pages of the most innovative, and exciting new work made by artists today! There are 8 books in the series. The winner will receive all 8 books.
Handmade Books– Creative books with handmade papers, interesting bindings, each one an art object in and of itself.
Art Tiles– Eye-catching ceramic, glass, mixed media tiles crafted by abstract and realist artisans.
Pendants– For that jewelry aficionado, large focals have been crafted with some of the most unique materials around. Inspiring for any jewelry designer!
Earrings– Funtional but unexpected earring designs that are also quite appealing to the eye. Leading artists have created ornaments for the ears that will shock you and inspire you!
Handmade Dolls– A playful collection of hand-crafted dolls in every genre imaginable.
Chairs– Have you ever seen a chair made from Felted wool or Found Objects? Interesting designs that will keep you seated!
Ceramic Sculptures– A smart collection of contemplative work by today’s artists. I haven’t seen this much bead inspiration in one place in a while!
Tables– Each one a creative sculpture, some functional and some utilitarian.
Come on back here on January 2nd to find out who wins (I am using the Random Integer Generator.)
Good Luck!
Day 2- I opened this sweet little Ceramic Ornament from Artist Jennifer “Jangles” Heynen! I can’t wait to get home to hang it on my tree, thanks Jennifer!! It’s so sweet! Love that happy yellow and red glaze!
I took some time on Friday to peruse some of the newest Etsy Tools, provided for Etsy sellers on the Etsy Sellers page. This one particularly seemed intriguing and I plan on checking out in more detail when I have a little time. Says here you can use http://etsync.com/ for all sorts of cool things like:
1. Create a profile or shop signature
2. Create a listing signature for your emails- great for shop promotion!
3. Etsy Shop Tag Clouds
4. Convert your images to easy formats
5. Resize your images
6. Watermark your images (still thinking about doing this after a few weeks ago I found someone on Twitter had stolen one of my photos of a bracelet I made, and was using it as their Avatar!)
7. Generate a new Shop name
8. Generate color palettes
9. Create a shop banner!
Christmas is overwhelming and exhausting, isn’t it!? I know, I’m beat. But in the end, everyone is happy, their bellies are full of good food and beverage. My niece and nephew are no doubt off somewhere playing with their new ipod touches. Joe is napping.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday, that was stress-free and full of your favorite things!
xo
lorelei
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