Bridal Jewellery: Moms

 I finally have time to post some designs that I made for my mom and mother in law to wear during my wedding.  I made silver and white Swarovski pearl necklace for my mother in law to match her silver dress. It was a simple design so she actually wears it regularly with casual outfits.  For my mom, I made a necklace and bracelet set. She wanted a design that used the shiny Swarovski rondelles that I had.  I had wanted to hand knot the set like I usually did but it didn't look good with the design. So, I opted to use a thinner thread and hand knotted parts of it so that if the thread breaks, most of the pearls won't fall off the thread.

I have now made these designs for sale in my shop. If you are looking for jewellery for your mom, click on one of the captions to purchase your own.  :)

For my mother in law (click here)

For my mom (click here)

For my mom (click here)

Treasury Trade with the Canadian Team

A group of members from the Canada-Canadian Etsy Team have pooled together and created treasuries from each other's shops.  Here is mine:




or click here Naturally Canada

I chose these products because of my fascination with butterflies.  Since I didn't have time to raise any this year (I was too busy getting married), I thought I would post some items from my fellow Canadians.  I was surprised to see so many shops with butterflies products.

Here are the other treasuries from the other members.  Take a look around.

Amber & Oranges of Canada
Christmas Gift Ideas
Canucks Love Doing It Outdoors
Canadian All Stars
Romantic Reds Canada
Loving Green and Canada
Canadian Talent
Down to Earth Canadian
Richness of a Candian Autumn
Romantic Canada
From Canada with Love

I love being Canadian!

Clip on earrings!

BumbleBeads Designs now has CLIP ON earrings available!  I have a few friends who doesn't have pierced ears and they have always wanted to wear earrings.  So I thought, why don't I make earrings and attach clip ons to them. That way they will have the equal opportunity to wear earrings like everyone else! After some searching on Etsy, I finally found the best place to get clip on earrings.  And the best part is that they actually look like your ears are pierced!  That's so cool!

Here are some examples:

Just in time for Christmas too!

Life After the Wedding

July and August were crazy months.  I'm so glad we chose to have the wedding at the beginning of August as it gave me plenty of time to plan for it and then to relax after it, before school started in September.  So, I'm married now and enjoying all the duties of a wife. Well, almost enjoying........ :P  School has started and so far, my class has been pretty good. Still babies (they're grade 1's) so I have to teach them everything!

Bridesmaid Jewellery

Although not much has been happening at the "shop", lots have been created for my wedding.  Here are some pictures of the jewellery I made for me and my wedding party:

Bridesmaid Jewellery

I'm hoping to turn most or all of these into items for sale on Etsy.

The D.A.D Project - donate to the Canadian Cancer Society

Last year, two sisters, Emily and Serena, started a project where they listed a drawing a day (D.A.D) on Etsy and the sales would be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. Through this project they wanted to give back to an organization that helped their father who was diagnosed with colon cancer. Read more about their story at http://www.thedadproject.com/.

The sisters take turns listing a new drawing each day. On Fridays, they feature another artist's work for sale. This week, one of my earrings have been featured!  Customers can purchase these earrings from The D.A.D. Project's Etsy store and all proceeds (minus fees) goes towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Also, their Etsy shop sells really CUTE pieces of art that I would love to get if I was decorating for a baby's room.

Here is the listing for my 'Creamrose Swarovski Pearl Drop Earrings' if you want to donate to a good cause. They also have an option to donate directly to the The Canadian Cancer Society.

You can read about me and my earrings on their blog.  :P

I'm so happy to be a part of this!

Katara's Waterbending in a Treasury :)

Pearl Earrings are Better!!!

Says this article.  :)

http://wwwemitations.blogspot.com/2011/04/pearl-earrings-better-option-than-gold.html