We made the front page of Etsy!

My long delicate earrings got onto the front page of Etsy thanks to Irina's curation!

And one more!!! Thank you, Irina! 

(The pendant is sold from the treasury!)

Halloween Jewelry Making Contest!

Halloween is coming, let's have a party! This is going to be a fun Jewelry Making Party! I invite those who make jewelry and those who will be searching for great Halloween jewelry.

This is the Grand Prize:
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The contest is open Worldwide! The rules of participating are very simple. You need to make a great Halloween piece of jewelry, that is obviously and unmistakably can be called "Halloween jewelry". It must include one or more of the following: a spider, a spiderweb, a bat, a skull, a witch, a pumpkin, a ghost, or a skeleton.

To submit your entry you need to follow Halloween Contest board on Pinterest. When you start following it, send me an email at leta55555(at)hotmail.com and let me know that you need to be added to the board. When I add you, you will be able to pin your entries to it. 

You may add up to 5 entries during contest. 

The entries are accepted untill the 29th of October. The winner will be announced on the 31st of October.

After I choose a winner you may continue using the board and add more pins of your gorgeous Halloween Jewelry.

The winning Halloween jewelry will be a creative high quality piece. Great design is more important the how big or how complicated it is.

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I am also looking for the sponsors!

If you would like to sponsor this contest so we could have more than one winner, drop me a line!

Friday Gift Guide

I've gotten a wonderful collection of navy blue gifts in my email box from Irina today. This is one of my favourite colours and I really enjoy all her finds here! The collection is large than what you see her, so if you are enjoying itt as much as I am, visit this Gift Guide's page. Thank you!

Infographics. How to choose jewelry

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Chrysocolla for my gem collection

I love blue stones. Chrysocolla is no exception :) This is not the first time I am trying to play with the shape of a stone. I really did not want to design something that would place this stone in a "traditional" way with its point up. I think I like it and will actually make this design one day.

Monthly Wedding Guide

Wonderful Monthly Wedding Guide by Anna has arrived! It has beautiful colors and looks just like my autumn mornings now :) Enjoy!

Discover the featured shops if you are interested in what you see here!

Giveaway of 100% Natural Facial Serum

Today I am happy to announce a fabulous Giveaway! Irina of RillVeda is giving away a 100% Natural Facial Serum that she produces for her Etsy shop. 

You have lots of options to participate in this giveaway to win the prize. There are a couple of options for you to participate every day to increase your chances!

Irina also answered a few question about her product. You will find her answers below the Rafflecopter form. 

Good luck to all!

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Tell us a little bit about your product.

I make creams, soup, deodorants, serum, balms, lotions, tooth paste and more. Everything is made with natural ingredients, most of which are also organic. I sell all my products in my Etsy shop RillVeda.


Why did you start making your own product?

At the beginning I was fascinated that you would mix transparent no color water and oil and get a cream or a soap that is not transparent! Then I started learning more of the production... and found out what they added to make mass produced creams and soaps. I realized that I did not wish to use that product on my skin anymore. Instead I mastered my own recipes. My family members and then my friends liked what I was making and kept asking for more.

Well... maybe it all really started as long as 20 years ago... At that time the birth of my first son brought me a disappointment in the provided medical treatments. I felt the need to take responsibility for the health of my family members and my own.

Now this is one of the biggest passions in my life! I love the feeling the preparation of the product gives me. I feel myself being closer to nature just like an ancient wise woman who mixed the ingredients to create a medicine :)

How long have you been making it for?
I have been doing it for 5 years.

Where do you find you ingredients?

Some of them I buy from the reliable sellers, some I gather in a forest, other I grow myself in my own garden.

What have you always wanted? Did you get it?

I always wanted to feel that there was a good reason for me to be born and live. I wanted to learn how I could be helpful to people and to find my place in this world. Did I get it? Maybe... and still looking for more :) I hope I will have more opportunities in my life for my self-fulfillment.

I also wanted to meet the love of my life. Luckily enough I did get that :)

Best compliment you have received?

Somebody (I won't tell you who!) told me: "I wish to sit beside you in peace and serenity for hours with no words pronounced".

What is your greatest strength?

Sense of humor, I hope :)

What is your perfect pizza?

For the last 8 years I am on a rawism diet. My pizza is not really a pizza :) However, I am good at making fantastic vegan pizza for my friends. They absolutely love it! (I used to be a vegan before I got into rawism). When people do not know what is in my vegan recipe, they cannot even guess that there is no cheese in it! By the way, my second son started translating my recipes into English. He publishes them in his new blog. There is my pizza recipe there already! ;)

If you could have one meal for the rest of your life what would it be?

Fruit.

Are you still learning who you are?

Yes, I am... Humans are complicated creatures, I am still learning why we are needed by the planet.

What is your favorite breakfast food?

Different fruit, depending on the season.

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TOP 10 Most Weird Jewelry that you can buy

I love browsing trough Etsy in search of cool artistic things that people from all over the world sell there. I myself have a couple of items in my shop that I call "weird"; so what other weird jewelry can be found there? I've found a lot! Here is my personal choice of top 10 most weird jewelry of Etsy. They are still for sale by the artists, so feel free to follow the links under the pictures if there is anything here you wish to get!    

# 1

Beast Buckle 2 by dogzillalives

# 2

e.t.'s rainbow fiesta necklace by elfmadchen

# 3

Steampunk necklace by TheCreativeBlock

# 4

Levitation by venussoberanes

# 5

Denture cuff bracelet by ConcaveOblivion

# 6

Nutty mad ring by hioctanejewelry

# 7

"Dance-berry"necklace by DearPrudenceBERLIN

# 8

Mushroom wooden pendant by MonkEyGstudio

# 9

Furtune Teller necklace by dolldisasterdesign

# 10

Eye Eye by laurajbrannon

See more weird jewelry that you can actually buy on my board at Pinterest

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Q & A

This flower is in my porch basket. I love it, but I do not know what it is. A friend of mine is asking as she wants it too. If anybody knows, let us know, please!

Friday Gift Guide

Summer is on its way out and starting to miss many flowers... New collection of floral gift ideas by Irina will help to deal with the loss :) 

There are only few samples of what you can fin in our new Gift Guide. Visit it to discover more ideas!