Oh Christmas Tree Earrings Update!

Wow... I listed my first pair of these "Oh Christmas Tree Earrings" and literally a few hours they were gone. I have another pair made and they are up for grabs. The first pair found their home in Pennsylvania! Where will the home of the second pair be?

Tea Time Favorite! Dec 15th Winner Is...

CutCopyCreate! She wins the first Tea Time Favorites contest with her Paris 8x8 Photographic Print. She hails from Glasgow, Scotland.

Here is a little about the her:

" I'm an art student who has over the years developed a real passion for Image making via Photography and illustration. Most of my photos are taken on walks with my camera around Glasgow, Scotland and I tend to like my images to have a real gritty Urban feel. Sometimes I have a play in photoshop with them and sometimes I don't - if I've captured something straight out of the lens then I'm happy."

Check out her other photo works browse her shop and she has a great blog to browse as well.

Conagrats to CutCopyCreate for winning my first ever Tea Time Favorite! If you want free exposure for your etsy shop just do the following:

• check back latter this week for the next Tea Time Favorites announcement on my blog and in the Etsy forums.

• Then submit your favorite Etsy shop item on both the blog post (in the comments section) and on the etsy forums thread (yes, post your shop favorite to both locations).

• I will then pick my favorite item submited and feature the winner, their shop and blog (if they have one).
  

All that is left to do is enjoy the free exposure when you win!

Thanks to all of you who submitted your entries last week here.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Here is the final Christmas tree design. They are available in my store and ready to go to a special home for the holidays. Hmmmm where oh where will that home be?

Nature vs. Organic?

Trying to decide between describing my jewelry as "organic inspired" or "inspired by nature" prompted me to do a Google Fight!

"Inspired by Nature" Wins!

Tea Time Favorite!

I love to browse Etsy for favorites all the time. I sit with a cup of tea (from my favorite mug) mulling over what I can find next. I thought I would use my Tea Time to mull over your favorites and feature my picks of the week from your entries!

So if you would like to submit an item for my "Tea Time Favorite" leave a comment with a link to your item below and post it here as well. I will pick my "Favorite" over a nice cup of tea (usually English Breakfast or Darjeeling tea) this weekend and will post my favorite on this blog early next week. Please have all entries in by Saturday Dec 13.

Remember to post to the comments below and to the forums thread here to share your favorites there as well! Yes post to both places.

How cool are these?

I ran across this great idea for recycling egg cartons and making them into these Fairy Lights. There are "how to" instructions included in this article. I am going to have to try this out.

The Evolution of the Modern Christmas Tree Earring!

Well I have finished my next Modern Christmas tree earring. It is always a trial and error thing to get just the right geometry to a modern earring. So above you can see the three styles that i came up with. Which earring style do you think is the final winner?