Giveaway winner of Leksi Designs

Congratulations Darlene Independent Watkins Associate ID# 320480 (# 29), you are the lucky winner winning Leksi Designs' giveaway.

Thank you so muc Brooke for sponsoring this great giveaway. We all had fanttastic time. Thanks to everyone who entered. Visit Leksi Designs for more handstamped jewelries.

For current giveaway, please enter here.

My Creative Space

I received a custom order of 40 favor bags. It's for a repeat client. Love the fact that my clients loved what I made for them and they came back :-)

The original idea came from this favor bag, but you know... I LOVE custom orders!

These are great for bridal shower, wedding favor, baby shower and baby baptism. You can fill the bag with candies or in this case, almonds.

Since she needs to fill the bags with almonds, I would need to let her to do the final assembling. I think she's going to have fun doing it. Don't you?

Giveaway: Earrings from CK Silver

These chocolate dream earrings remind me of the perfect piece of chocolate, just waiting to be eaten. They incorporate sterling silver, freshwater pearls, and brown snowflake jasper. These earrings have neutral neutral browns and whites that go with almost anything. All silver on these earrings is sterling silver.

Win this pair of earrings, Chocolate Dream Jasper and Sterling Silver from CK Silver.

CK Silver offers handcrafted sterling silver jewelry that is beautiful, timeless, and elegant. Each piece of jewelry is unique, and many are one of a kind. Most pieces incorporate sterling silver, freshwater pearls, semi-precious stones, and swarovski crystal.

Get to know Cindy, the artist behind CK Silver. You'll learn a few things from the interview on yesterday's post.

There are many ways to enter. Please make sure you leave a separate comment for every entry.

How to enter to win:

Mandatory entry:

• Go to CK Silver Shop. Return to my Adore By Nat blog and simply leave a comment here about your favorite item from her store.
  

Extra entries (only qualify once mandatory entry is fulfilled):

• Earn 2 entries - Go to yesterday's post to know her more. Leave a comment there (yesterday's post) on at least one the following: what you learn from the interview, what you want to see more on her shop and why, or any constructive feedbacks are always appreciated.
  
  Come back here and leave 2 comments that you did, to ensure your entries are counted.

• Heart CK Silver Shop (1 entry). Simply let us know your Etsy username.
• Follow CK Silver blog (1 entry).
  
• Follow my adorebynat blog (1 entry). If you're already a follower, you still get an entry, just says you're following already.
• Like CK Silver Facebook Page (1 entry).
  
• Like my Facebook Page (1 entry). Let me know your FB username please.
• Follow adorebynat on twitter (1 entry).
• Follow CK Silver on twitter (1 entry).
  
• Tweet about this giveaway, add "@adorebynat and @cksilver" in your tweet. (1 entry).
• Blog about this giveaway to earn 2 entries. Leave two separate comments here please providing me with the link to your post.
• Be creative and share the love! Refer your friends and family to enter this giveaway. Use your social media (other than twitter and blog) to shout out this giveaway. As long as you provide me a link or a way to confirm it, you'll earn 2 entries (two separate comments). Hint: there are share buttons in the bottom of this post, maybe you can use them?
  
• Tell us how did you hear about this giveaway (1 entry).
• Purchase an item from CK Silver Shop and earn 10 entries for each purchase. Don't forget letting us know by leaving comments :-)

Contest starts now and ends on Sep 4, 2010. Contest opens worldwide.

Don't forget to leave me a way to contact you. Entries without contact information will be disqualified. Entries that do not follow the rules will be disqualified. Contest winner will be drawn on Sunday, Sep 5 by a random number generator, by the artist herself. Winner must respond within 48 hours after being contacted otherwise another winner will be randomly selected.

Cindy also offers 20% off for Adorebynat's blog readers during the duration of her giveaway (Aug 29-Sep 4). Simply mention that you're Nat's blog reader and she'll give you 20% off. It's never too early for Christmas shopping!

Saturday Artisan: CK Silver

Happy Saturday morning, everyone!
A great sunny day here at the westcoast makes it a great Saturday to enjoy with the family.

Let me introduce you to Cindy of CK Silver, our Saturday Artisan. Beautiful collection of jewelries can be found at her Etsy shop and the pearl earrings above are my favorite.

Tell us a bit about yourself and what arts/ crafts that you make?

My name is Cindy, and I love to make jewelry. I utilize sterling silver, freshwater pearls, semi-precious gemstones, and swarovski crystal, and am fascinated with finding new ways of creating interesting designs. I believe jewelry should be stylish, high quality, and affordable. I love to do custom designs, and have all birthstones available either in the stone itself or in swarovski crystal.

Which part of creation process that you like to do the most?

I love the entire process. It is so much fun finding the right mix of beads and colors, it is fun to find new inspirations and create new amazing things, and it is fun to market the jewelry and get the word out to more people that absolutely love it! I love getting inspired about each step of the process.

What is your favourite item in your shop?

My current favorite right now is this beautiful turquoise set. The earrings, bracelet, and necklace are so fun together or separate, and turquoise is incredibly popular right now. I find that my turquoise items usually sell out fairly quickly, and these are such a nice mix of color and style.

What inspires you?

I am inspired by looking at nature and the beautiful colors and styles we see in creation all around us. It is amazing the colors you find together in flowers, the forest, babbling brooks, a cherry orchard, or an ocean sunset. I try to capture these emotions in many of my pieces.

What is your goal for 2010? And are you on the right track?

My goal for 2010 is to grow my business by at least 50% over last year. I am actually on track to be well over that, as people are learning about my jewelry and wanting to purchase and show off their own pieces, word is starting to get around quickly. I can't wait until it's time to begin setting goals for next year!

Any advice for others running their on-line shop?

I would say to figure out how you can differentiate yourself, and then be creative in promoting your work. It takes a lot of time and patience, but find different kinds of ways to promote your work online and offline, as well as locally, nationally, and internationally. Get to know other sellers, and see how you can partner together.

Other places you can find CK Silver:

• Blog
• Facebook
• Twitter

Stayed-tuned for tomorrow's giveaway!

In the meantime, you can enter this week's giveaway here to win a beautiful handstamped necklace.