Jewelry Delicacies

Snowflakes - Carnival Blog – Jan 2010

2010-01-29T20:58:00.000-08:00

Have you ever seen photos of real snowflakes (aka snow crystals)?
Photos were taken from http://www.snowcrystals.com/ These photos remind me of my childhood memories of cutting paper snowflakes.

You'll need paper and scissors. Use a square paper (you can easily cut one using 8x11” paper). Fold the paper diagonally 4 times, this will create a narrow triangle. At the base of the triangle, cut a half circle making your triangle like a ice cream cone so that your snowflake will not look square. Start cutting shapes on the edges of the triangle. Unfold and there you have your snowflake!

Enjoy this snowflake poem written by Andrea grade 5

SNOWFLAKE DANCE
Snowflakes float gently from the sky,Slowly they fall passing by.
Twirling and whirling where they might, Millions of snowflakes in flight.
Down, down, they go, Blanketing the ground with so much snow.
Going where they may, On the ground they lay.
Covering all that is bad,Hiding all that is sad.
~~By Andrea. Grade 5~~

Featured EtsyBlogger Jan2010

2010-01-24T18:04:00.000-08:00

Congrats to Erika at Nico Designs on Etsy http://nicodesigns.etsy.com/ featured team member for this month. Erika's shop is full of art dolls, home decor, totes, and small cute items (pin cushions). With each purchase, Erika is donating to Ronald McDonald House in Temple and to MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston in memory of Chloe, age 7.

Some of my favorites from her shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/NicoDesigns
Nico Designs blog http://DesignsbyNico.blogspot.com

Love the colors and flowers of these pin cushion!
Feminine, fun and cute tote - pink, green, and brown is a popular color combo and looks great on this tote.

"Choose Your Jewelry" Giveaway

2010-01-08T22:44:00.000-08:00

How about choosing your own jewelry prize? One winner will get to choose “one jewelry piece” available from my shop. Now through 2/08/10 you can enter to win this free giveaway and the best part is you get to choose the prize! To enter this contest:

1. Visit http://www.jewelrydelicacies.etsy.com/ pick your favorite item and leave comment on my blog http://www.jewelrydelicacies.blogspot.com/ you get 1 entry. Get additional entry if you follow my blog.
2. Become a Jewelry Delicacies Facebook Fan at www.facebook.com/jewelicaci, you get 1 entry, if already a fan as of 1/8/10, you get 1 additional entry.
3. Vote for your favorite piece from my shop http://www.jewelrydelicacies.etsy.com/, by making a comment on my Facebook fan page wall, you get 2 entries. If you already made comments on my Facebook wall in Jan 2010, you get one entry for each comment! Thank you for your FAN SUPPORT!
4. Invite your friends to become a fan, you get 5 entries.
5. If your friends became a Jewelry Delicacies Facebook fan, you get 3 ENTRIES for each friend who became a fan. Email me names of friends who fanned my page jewelrydelicacies@yahoo.com Send only 1 email by 2/1/2010.
6. If you tweet this on twitter, you get 2 entries
7. If you blog about this contest, you get 10 entries, leave me a link to blog post
8. If you are a returning customer and made a new purchase, you get 10 entries
9. Create an Etsy account, come and heart my shop, you get 5 entries
10. If you make a purchase at my shop, you get 10 entries

As of 1/8/10 I have 223 fans, so I will only count new fans starting from fan# 224 for this contest. Winner will be selected by random.org. I will announce the winner on 2/15/10. Winner must select prize within 3 days of announcement.

This contest is open World Wide, ages 18 and up. Limit one entry per household/person/email. Please remember to leave a way for me to contact you if you win. Your contact information will only be used for acquiring your address information should you win this contest.

Good Luck!

Etsy Bloggers Featured Artist Dec 2009

2010-01-02T14:05:00.000-08:00

Dec2009 Featured Artists- Calcat (Kathy and Carrie)

They have 3 Etsy shops, you can find them here:

http://ametista.etsy.com/ has unique apothecary bottles and other gift items
http://theclayshoppe.etsy.com/ has unique clay art
http://yogafairies.etsy.com/ has yoga fairies

I picked one of my favorite items from each shop

I started my Etsy shop back in April 2009 and also joined this awesome team in June 2009 called Etsybloggers. Check them out here. http://etsybloggers.blogspot.com/

I took a long break from my shop, just because I needed it! So I'm catching up with the team. I will be sharing all the featured members from Sept, Oct, and Nov 2009 this month with my Facebook fans. So please com and check them out!

Become a Fan at Jewelry Delicacies on Facebook

2009-12-07T16:32:00.001-08:00

http://www.jewelrydelicacies.etsy.com/ just opened a facebook fan page recently. For a chance to win this sterling silver water lily charm bracelet, become my fan on facebook click here Fan Page. You get one entry for being a fan. Each comment you make on my jewelry photos from my facebook my creations album will be an additional entry (limit 3). Invite your friends to join my fan page. Offer ends 12/31/09. Good luck!

Offer valid in USA only.

For My Fans on Facebook

2009-12-05T11:40:00.000-08:00

I want to say “thanks” for becoming a fan and for your interest in my jewelry. Your feedback on Facebook is important to me. More interactions/feedback = more benefits I can offer you. Your feedback will assist me in making jewelry you enjoy most. If you know anyone who loves jewelry, suggest them to join my fan page. I will strongly consider your feedback and comments in my promotions.Enjoy surprise giveaways, discounts, gift with purchase and more.

August 2009 Featured Etsy Blogger

2009-08-11T17:57:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Edi from Memories for Life Scrapbooks, featured Etsy Blogger of the month. Edi is a supportive Etsy Bloggers team member who enjoys scrapbooking, making greeting cards, and anything related to paper crafting. She has a beautiful Etsy shop full of unique photo albums and scrapbook albums you can store your memories for life! Check out the goodies at her shop http://memoriesforlifesb.etsy.com/
and her awesome blog http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Here are my favorites from her shop:

Custom Destination Word Album-Up to 6 Letters
More info on the word album here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26094617

Scrapbook Album-Mickey Mouse Flip Flops

More info on flip flop scrapbook album http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17573830 Baby Boy's First Year Scrapbook Photo Album Calendar

More info on this album http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16919318

Last but not least, Edi is participating in the EtsyBloggers Mega Giveaway! Check out her blog on this here. Don't miss out! http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/etsybloggers-mega-giveaway.html

This post was tweeted on twitter at www.twitter.com/jewelrydelicaci

Tarnished Sterling Silver???

2009-07-19T14:57:00.000-07:00

Got tarnished sterling silver jewelry? I certainly have some, but do not want to use a chemical solution since it may damage the beads: semi-precious, precious gemstones and freshwater pearls. A cotton cloth works, however does not get rid of the tarnish from the intricate details of small jewelry items. So here is something you can naturally clean your jewelry with without damaging the gemstones.

Ingredients:
a small bake pan (I used a 9" round)
1 sheet of foil to cover the pan (foil shiny side up)
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of salt
warm water (microwave 1 cup for 2 min)
Sorry I forgot to add the salt in the photo! Put the baking soda and salt scattered in the pan, then put your jewelries in. Pour the warm water slowly in pan, see photo below. Wait until the water cools, then rinse the jewelry with warm water and dry with a paper towel.
Here are the before and after photos:

Now my jewelry looks as good as new! Hope this helps you out!

If you are reading this from Facebook, here is the link to the original blog post with photos.

http://jewelrydelicacies.blogspot.com/2009/07/tarnished-sterling-silver.html

July 2009 Featured Etsy Blogger

2009-07-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

I'm happy to annouce July 2009 Featured Etsy Blogger:
Miesmama. Her shop is full of unique felt creations such as bags, bowls, goodies for your hair, your home, and more! Please visit her here

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5122298

One of my favorite items from her shop is this purple coneflower sweater tote

This bag is so cute! I love the colors...

July 7 2009 Giveaway Winner!

2009-07-07T22:46:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all who participated in my July 7, 2009 giveway. It was a success! I received a lot more than the usually traffic to my website and your comments tell me there is a wide range of interests in different styles of jewelry. My goal is to provide customers a wide range of unique stlye jewelry. Handcrafted jewelry is a very competitive market, creating unique one of a kind pieces through creativity and inspiration. Etsy has tons of talented jewelry artists and artists in other areas besides jewelry. I encourage you to browse the shops and refer anyone to shop at Etsy. Please send me referrals too!

The winner is...

Edi Royer at http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/

Her prize choice is the pink floatian filigree earrings!

These beautiful filigree earrings was crafted with pink Swarovski bicones. These earrings are one of my experimental pieces I made just to try something new. They are ~ 2.5 inches in length from top of ear wire. The filigree is sterling silver plated, everything else is sterling silver. I also used this photo as my Etsy shop avatar!

Congratulations Edi!

Thanks again all...

June 2009 Featured Etsy Blogger

2009-07-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

I just totally missed out on this last month, so I would like to share with you my favorite items from our June 2009 Featured Etsy Blogger: LazyTCrochet

The photo above is an item from her shop: Wispy Clouds Crochet Fringe Scarf, you can visit here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20970461 This is something I definitely would wear. It is very unique and the colors are just beautiful.

My next favorite item is the Hand Knit Lichen Light Green Textured Hat. I love the fringe on the top.

Please visit her shop to check out other her other beautiful shop items http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5057519

Carnival Blog July 3 Favorite Summer Recipe

2009-07-02T19:43:00.000-07:00

I am a fan of recipes at http://www.foodnetwork.com/. Here I'm going to share two of my favorites. Enjoy

The first one is Salsa by Alton Brown. This one is a winner ever time!

Salsa

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/salsa-recipe/index.html

6 Roma tomatoes, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 seeded and minced jalapenos, plus 2 roasted, skinned and chopped jalapenos
1 red bell pepper, fine dice
1/2 red onion, fine chopped
2 dry ancho chiles, seeded, cut into short strips and snipped into pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lime, juiced
Chili powder, salt, and pepper, to taste
Fresh scallions, cilantro or parsley, to taste
Directions
In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Place in refrigerator for up to 12 hours for flavor infusion.
Serve with tortilla chips.

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For those who love sweets, this is a "must" try zucchini bread recipe. It is heavenly delicious.

Zucchini Bread

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zucchini-bread-recipe/index.html

Ingredients
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup water
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and sugar. In a separate bowl, combine oil, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and fold in. Bake in 2 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 5 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes.

Carnival Blog - Summers Here!

2009-06-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

Summer’s here! My neighborhood is beautifully peace and quite. The weather is just awesome (when it doesn’t hit triple digits!). When it gets this hot I stay indoors and love doing home improvement projects during this time of the year. My home is where the heart is! Here are photos of past summer projects.

Nook Before & After

Family Room Before & After

Notice how warm it feels with the colors? All in all, my interior house was painted with 9 different colors by my husband and I! This summer’s project is getting my studio set up for my Etsy shop! Stay tuned...

During cooler summer days, I spend time in the garden. I love to watch the flowers or trees bloom with vibrant colors of summer. Here are some of my garden photos.

Buganvilia tree & the flower is a dahlia called Elma Elizabeth

Dahlia: Sir Alf Ramsey and Melody Dora

One of my first jewelry pieces inspired by my passion for flowers.

I also have a grape plant which inspired me to make grape cluster earrings!

Do you see the bird nest on the right photo?

Aside from projects, summer time is vacation time! This is a whole new topic....until next time!