Bracelet Giveaway

HURRY, ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENTER!

This is going to be a simple giveaway.  The prize will be this pretty bracelet with blue and amber glass teardrops.  Including the clasp the bracelet measures 8.5 inches. 

The Rules!

1.  Go to the Gems by Jerri Artfire Studio.  Pick your favorite item come back here and post a link to the item as well as what you like about it. 1 entry

2.  Become a follower of this blog and post in the comments that you are following. 1 entry  

3.  Blog about this giveaway.  Come back and leave a link to the blog post.  1 entry

4.  Purchase anything from the Gems by Jerri Artfire Studio for 2 entries.

Giveaway is open to everyone.  Please leave your contact information in your post.  The winner will be selected on March 27 using Random.org. 

Good Luck! 

St. Patrick's Day Treasures

Since it is St. Patrick's Day I thougth I would share some of the lovely items that I found while cruising around on ArtFire.  Once you have checked these great items out don't forget to enter my giveaway.  Just click on the button in the right sidebar to find out all the details on how to win.  Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Spring Bangle Bracelet

I have been working on this piece off and on for a week and now it is finally complete.  I used gorgeous Swarovski Crystals and a wonderful sterling silver bangle bracelet base.  I received everything,  except for the sterling silver butterfly and flower charms, free of charge  from Artbeads.com as part of their blogging for beads program.

To make this bracelet I took the bangle bracelet base and attached a 12 inch section of sterling silver cable chain.  The chain was attached with a small silver jumpring through every 9 th link, the last section was attached to the same jumpring as the first leaving approximately 1 inch of chain dangling.  From there I simply attached 6mm Swarovski crystals on 24 guage headpins to various links in each section of the chain.  I finished the bangle by adding the butterfly and flower charms to the end of the chain that was left dangling. 

Artbeads has a ton of wonderful jewelry supplies including the Swarovski Crystals and silver charms that I used here.  Just click on the links above and see what inspires you.

 Now for the legel junk.  I received these products free of charge and I was not paid to promote them.  These are my honest opinions of these products.

Inspiration

The title may be inspiration, but what I am having is a lack of inspiration.  I don't know what is going on with me, but I haven't had any creative inspiration for while.  I know it will pass, but it is frustrating to me when I want to be creating and nothing inspires me.  I know, give it time.  I have spent time browsing through my supplies and many supply shops on Etsy and Artfire.  I have spent time looking at other artisans work and while I find many things beautiful, they are well outside my abilities or equipment.
I'm sure that something will come to me when I least expect it and then I will be off and creating once again.  Until then I will just spend time appreciating what everyone else has created.

I will try to post a contest sometime this week.  I haven't yet decided exactly what I want to do, but it will be fun.

Valentines

Since Valentines Day is right around the corner I thought I would post some gift ideas for you all.  You would be amazed at all of the wonderful things that you can find on Artfire for any occasion.  Take a look and tell me what you think.