Jewelry For Me and My Happy June Giveaway!

Hello All,

What a lovely week!

The weather has been kind to us by staying mainly below the 90 degree mark.

I am so thankful for that.

Today I wanted to share with you a necklace and earring set I made for myself. I do love making jewelry...vintage inspired and true gemstone. These blues and greens are my favorite colors right now, and I was really wanting something to wear in these shades on my summer vacation.

I have not created with copper before...but I am loving it with these colors.

Perfect to take on our trip to the seaside!

A quick little pair of matching earrings and I am all set!

I am adding another gift to my Happy June Giveaway. I went around my art room and picked out this and that, some thing over here, and some pieces from over there, grabbed some stuff from drawers and boxes....and voila! A Grab Bag! Literally! Lace, ribbon, ephemera, beads, labels, a lovely vintage photograph, postcards, trims, images....lots of fun!

If you would like to win this prize, just comment to this post, you only need be a follower to enter. Next week I will add another prize as well. All prizes will be awarded by the end of the month.

And just in case you missed the other opportunities to win, here they are:

Marie Style Matchbox filled with goodies! Click HERE to enter.

A beautiful Summer tea cup! Click HERE to enter.

Tea Time wall art! Click HERE to enter.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I love hearing from you!

Hugs,

Terri

Beauty and Delight

Hello All!
I hope you are having a delightful week. We have had a few days of glorious spring like weather, the kind that makes you take a deep breath and breath in the wellbeing that you are.
Aaaaaah....that feels so good!

Today I am sharing two gifts, the first one is a birthday gift to one of my sisters. The second one is a surprise gift to me!
Here is a little envelope that I created to hold the bracelet and earrings I made for my sister. I really enjoyed making this because I used pieces I brought back from England and Paris. I do hope she likes it...it should arrive at her house today.

Just look at this envelope that showed up in my pile of mail today! I saw the edge of it sticking out of the stack when my hubby brought it in and I said "What is that one there" quite excitedly....see we don't usually get beautifully aged letters...by Royal Mail no less!
I took my time getting to open it, I saved it....waited hours until I had a moment to myself and a cup of tea!

See how she has aged it? I love this!!!

Along with this finely crafted card was this amazing ATC!

This beautiful red ATC is perfect for Valentines and I love that the word on it is "Beauty"!
Can you see how she expertly sews in pretty beads on both the card and ATC?

The artist who graced me with this surprise beauty is Frieda Oxenham! You can visit her blog here and see her totally amazing quilts and beautiful photography.
Freida, thank you so very much! Your gift has really warmed my heart!

Here is another pennant from my new Spring Joy Banner.

I have uploaded a free video tutorial of this banner on YouTube
and you can see it here.

Hugs to you all!
Terri

Shrine Collage Bracelet

A shrine, to me, is a representation of a sacred intention of honor, love and respect.

A month or so ago I posted a shrine that I was inspired to create after reading Sue Monk Kidd's book "Traveling with Pomegranates". I found her writings about her search for her sacred feminine self intriguing and provoking. I love the way she writes, I love how everything she sees holds meaning for her, an opportunity to know her self better. I am still thinking about her book a month later, and I felt motivated to create a shrine that I could carry with me.

I used a length of a vintage rosary I found during my trip to Paris this past spring, and re purposed a piece of chain to mingle with it. I then began creating charms from beads, stones, brass...anything that had a symbolic meaning for me. This bracelet honors the mother in me as well as the sacred mother...it is really about unconditional love and birth. It is an affirmation for this next chapter of my life, now that I am past the cycle of physical fertility. The blue egg shaped stone represents the birthing I will be doing from my creative heart.

The Mother Mary circle was actually from a pair of earrings. I have used one of them in my bracelet to symbolize being held in the arms of unconditional nurturing love. Each charm in some way holds the intention for creativity, inspiration, courage, luck, beauty, writing, redemption, forgiveness and imagination...Whew! This bracelet hold a lot!

Thank you for stopping by.
I have been catching up with as many of you as I can each day.
I love visiting your blogs and hearing about your thoughts and seeing your creations.
Hugs,
Terri