Become a Fan at Jewelry Delicacies on Facebook

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

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

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???

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

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!

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

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

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!

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!