Limited editions

My last post was about 1 year and 4 months from now. 

I wished I never stopped writing on here, but alas, life does gets in the way sometimes.

It is hard to summarize over a years in one post, so I'm going to limit the 2 most important events:

1) I got a full time job as a Biology teacher (yes, I'm actually using my degree!)

2) I bought a house

This post is more related to point #2.

As we were moving out of the old place and loading things in the cars to bring them here, somebody decided to "lift" some boxes from the lawn.....I kid you not!

One of the boxes being fulls of crochet thread and cotton than I use to crochet and create things for my shop.
Sad I know, also because it took me years to accumulate that much and select specific colors....
I'm not sure that I will be ever able to replace everything if anything.

That said, I'm trying to see the good in every situation and the way I see it is that the crocheted little things that I was able before the loss, are now limited editions as I don't have the tools, materials, nor time to make more.

With this in mind, I created a Limited Editions section in my shop with those discontinued pieces at very discounted prices. I hope you will take advantage of the possibility to buy something unique as I cannot reproduce any of these pieces anymore.

Do you have any Limited Editions that you'd like to share?

Giveaway win: Free Spirit Jewels

I always enter giveaways I find all over the web, from friend's blogs to community forums and it's always a nice thrilling sensation when I finally win something! 

This time, I found this giveaway promoted on the Artfire forums from a seller there and I'm happy to report that I was the lucky winner of a $10 gift certificate from Free Spirit Jewels! 

I immediately went on the search of something awesome in her shop and found this amazing Bohemian Petina Dangle Earrings 

 

I loved the bohemian style and the "antique" looks they have, plus they come in many colors included my favorite: blue! 

What else could I ask? 

 I won this giveaway before the holidays, so I was tickled to have a little package to open for myself. Lorraine promptly sent my prize out and even during the holiday postal overload, they showed up at my door at lightning speed! 

Here some eye candy that I got as soon as I opened the package: I felt so spoiled!

Finally I had to try them on and show them off. Bear with me, it's not the best picture on the planet! (And yes, my hair have already grown THAT much!)

I can honestly say that they look awesome on me! LOL 

Jokes aside, I love the medium size of the earrings and how light weight but sturdy they are! 

You need to get yourself a pair too, you say? I hear ya! And I'm telling you for head over Free Spirit Jewels and get yourself some! 

And while you're at it, visit her blog from more giveaways! 

Right now, she's giving away a beautiful ring and another $10 gift certificate! 

Jewelry giveaway!

For my worried friends, let me assure you that Isaac had very little impact on my area and we're doing just fine. 

Now back to the giveaway! 

These beautiful handmade goodies were made by my dear friend Sheila that unfortunately doesn't have a store anymore, but she still gave me permission to give them away to you. 

How lucky are you??? Very!! 

Because you might be able to win a wonderful make up pouch and pink quarts jewelry set that includes a necklace, a bracelet and earrings!!!

{The giveaway}

Winner will receive 

Make up pouch and pink quartz jewelry set 

Valued at $50 from my friend Sheila

{The rules}

Use the rafflecopter form below. The first entry is mandatory: You must leave me an email to reach you in case you win.

Open to US residents ONLY (sorry!)

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Sweet pink earrings part 3

For me that I'm a cupcake lover, how could I pass up this sweet pink earrings??

Got this beauties from SWDesigns as well as the chocolate version

What goes well with ice cream earrings? But cupcakes ones of course!

Did I make you hungry yet?

Trading Earrings Part 2

This morning I dressed in black, see?

What a better occasion to show off those beauty made from FarrOutDesigns?

Classy and elegant lace design, yet lightweight and sturdy enough for a mom-on-the-go like me!

What? You wanna know about the necklace? Courtesy of Alisuns, remember I talked about her HERE ?

Earrings part I

Last trade event on Artfire I traded for tons of earrings, and I mean TONS of earrings.
Don't ask me why, as I don't really know.
Of course, some will go as gifts, but some were all and ONLY for me!
While I do agree that a girl can never have enough blings, I had to wonder tho, when I'd wear some many different pairs, so I started matching them to my mood and my outfits and I'd like to show them off to all of you.

Today for example, I'm relaxing home and I'm wearing my purple outfit while I type this

So I'm sporting these matching Gold Filled Swarovski Amethyst Teardrop Earrings from Alisuns

Very elegant and cute and what I love the most is that they are very lightweight and don't bother me none if I forgot to take them off before going to sleep.

Trading buddies: Sea Breeze Jewels

Got these lovelies in my mail box few days ago!
Just one of the amazing things that Cindy at Sea Breeze Jewels can do.
They will make a sweet gift for a little somebody I know that is having a birthday soon.

This isn't the first time I had the pleasure to trade with Cindy and you can read about my previous trade HERE.

Presenting: Faded Leaves

Handmade Star Pin, three stars red white and blue, $6 by Faded Leaves
FREE SHIPPING!!!

Shannon from Faded Leaves is one of the new artfire seller that I had the pleasure to connect with lately.
With veteran's Day coming up tomorrow, what better day that open this feature with the patriotic pin above?
But that just one of the many talent of Shannon as you can see from her studio: Faded Leaves
There are plenty ideas for Christmas gift and stocking stuffers for every body and for every budget!

Keychain with Christmas charms, snowman, stocking hat and light, $8 by Faded Leaves

She has pretty bracelets, earrings and necklaces, as well as bookmarks, key chains, cards and candle holders.

Christmas stockings earrings made with felt, $10 by Faded Leaves

Look at her bio to get to know this amazing artist up close:
"Hi! My name is Shannon H. I'm a military wife and absolutely love it! Its the best job on the planet besides selling the things I crafted with my hands. ha.

We move around a lot but I find this is one thing that always stays constant. I set up my workshop and get right down to it."

This is perfect for a cat lover!

Cat Peace Christmas Ornament handmade cross stitched Patriotic, $6 by Faded Leaves

I'm also impressed by her blog and enjoyed her post about How to make zipper pull because brought me back with my memories :)

Hope you enjoyed browsing Faded Leaves as much as I did!

I Present you: AmysBodyDecor

Aquamarine Crystal Dragonfly Asymmetrical Double Chain Necklace, $55 by AmysBodyDecor

Are you on twitter? I do and recently found some amazing people to connect to.
One of those is Amy of AmysBodyDecor.
She makes all kind of jewelry to "decor your body" and I was truly amazed by the beauty of her stunning pieces.

Pink Briolette Earrings, $18 by AmysBodyDecor

I also love how Amy is always bright and cheerful on twitter, on the forums....I never met her, but I imagine her with a big smile, always ready to cheer people up, like she did to me today ;)

Gold Toe Ring, Wire Wrapped Spiral, $4 by AmysBodyDecor

I suggest you all to check out her awesome artfire studio, AmysBodyDecor: I'm sure you'll find the perfect gift for that special someone for this upcoming holidays.

Monday cupcake Find

This Monday I'm going to introduce craftybabyhope and her cupcake jewelry!


Super Cute Kawaii Lemon Lime Cupcake Necklace and Earring Set, $15 by craftybabyhope

This is a set of super cute Kawaii Lemon Lime Cupcake earrings and necklace. I hand sculpted this set from polymer clay. The necklace chain measures 21 inches from clasp to closure. The cupcake charm on the necklace is 1 1/2 inches tall. The cupcakes on the earrings are a little over 1/2 inches tall. Features a lemon lime icing with red sprinkles. The chain and ear wires are silver in color. If you would like the earrings with sterling silver ear wires please convo me. The necklace closure is a lobster claw clasp.

The ear wires pictured are not Hypo Allergenic and do contain nickel. For anyone in need of Hypo Allergenic ear wires made from surgical steel all you have to do is tell me in the notes to seller when you place your order. I will replace the ear wires for you at NO additional cost to you. The ear wires will be replaced with ones that are 100 % pure surgical steel uncoated.


Do you have a cupcake to share with me??? XO

Monday cupcake Find

This Monday I'm going to introduce ajsweetsoap and her cupcake soaps!

Ballerina Cupcake Soap, $6.75 by ajsweetsoap


Our luscious soap cupcake, made with yellow cake and pink buttercream frosting, is so realistically detailed, and smells heavenly with Vanilla Buttercream oil! It's topped with a pair of pink and white ballet slippers and sprinkled with glitter - you'll even find pink pearls decorating the frosting. Luscious and pretty - a must for any ballerina, and perfect for the recital season!

Weighing in at almost 5 ounces, this cupcake is a long lasting indulgence!



I obviously had to pick up this one, being a ballet-lover!

Monday cupcake Find

This Monday I'm going to introduce CreativeButterflyXOX and her cupcake jewelry!

Chocolate Cupcake Earrings Vanilla Icing 3D Cherry on Top Handmade Polymer Clay Dessert Sundae Sweets Cake, $8.95 by CreativeButterflyXOX


Chocolate cupcake earrings with vanilla icing and a cherry on top, handmade with polymer clay.

Lead free earring back.

Cupcake measures approx just under 3/4"
Whole earring measures approx just under 1 1/2" length

Cupcake kawaii cuteness looks good enough to eat!!


These make me thinks when my husband tells me: "I want to eat your ears!" LOL

Know any other cupcake find? Let me know :)

Randomness Saturdays

Another Saturday, another post!

♥ Kids: Gabriel lost another tooth, you can see his new "dental" picture on my facebook. He got his report card and he's constantly improving......my heart swallowing from proud. We also had his weight checked and he gained 5 full pounds YAY! I can see he's eating more, hopefully he will keep at it and grow grow grow as he should! We celebrated Michelle's birthday yesterday and I will have a post all for her up tomorrow :)

♥ Man, was I busy!! and almost had not time to crochet at all. But ideas are forming in my head and you can be sure there will be new scrumptious items up soon.
Also, I will start donating 10% of my profit for the autism cause, it's totally worth it.
Also I hade the honor to be included in a fab collection called RAINBOW on FoundHandamde with my Rainbow granny square earrings

♥ I bought a book about soap-making...I'm dieing to try my hand at it from a while now, so watch out 'cause you never know what is coming out from my hands lol

♥ My teeth are killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to have a little surgery to remove all four of my wisdom teeth since they ache so much. The dentist will need to put me to sleep completely, so if you don't see me post for a while, that's why. But don't you worry I will prob will be back soon :)

♥ We watched "The Princess and the Frog": I must say...AMAZING and funny and romantic and inspirational......you need to watch it!!

♥ Song of the Week: I Can go the distance for the animation movie "Hercules"

Yes, I truly believe I can go the distance and find my way where I belong.

Ends of the year bits

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Crocheted Little Things

• The Discount: ♥♥♥ CLOSING SHOP: Enjoy 50% OFF on MANY items ♥♥♥


• How To Get This Sale: Prices already marked down, just browse and find something you love!!!


• End Date: 01/31

Other Information: Items available until the listings expire, so grab them when you can!!!


Click Here to go to the Shopping at this store!

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And a shout out to Tamra that featured me on polyvore Scroll down a little and you'll find my necklace that's now on sale as well.

Featuring Risky Beads

Ok reader, as I pre announced in a previous post, I'm here to tell you about some nice trades that I worked out for Christmas gift. Here to you the first one: Risky beads.
I met Lori a while ago when I was looking for some inexpensive way to promote my shop and joined the Handmade Highway and thought I'm not really into jewelry I fell in love with her creations, specially her necklaces and pendants.

I LOVE the fact the every necklace has a name, the one above is "Eye of the Storm". Isn't it gorgeous with all those colors and the luxurious organza ribbons and leather cord??
Also, all the jewelry are extra unique because they come with a little poem, a specific story that is unique for every piece.

This one for instance is called "Mermaid autopsy" and the story behind recite: "Say what you want, but clearly she loved the sea more than the handsome prince. Just look at all that emotion for the ocean".
I don't know about you, but I found this little story very evocative, give me the impression to buy far more that a pendant!
Beside necklaces and pendants, Lori also sells gorgeous earrings (very reasonable priced), original nurse Purses, bracelets, bookmarks and key chains and her Etsy guide like this one:

I find it very useful and give me a little push for big decision that I took recently!(more on this topic soon!)
She's also destashing her supplies at Risky Stash and has a very interesting blog where My cupcakes were feature few days ago.
Well, I hope you enjoyed knowing Lori as much as I did!
And sty tuned for my next trade/feature :)

Souvenir Stand on Handmade Highway!

Special sale running now on Handmade Highway!
Lots of precious jewelry with 10-20% off!!!
But hurry, it will last just until midnight!
And while your browse, don't miss your chance to enter for a fabulous giveaway!