From November 24 until December 19, 2008, Dawanda will be running a promotion for the holidays.

Each day, one product category will be selected to feature an 11% discount in the following categories: Fashion, Accessories, Bags, Jewellery, Baby & Children, Home, Art and Supplies. The discount times will run daily and all day long and will feature one product category at a time. The discount will be applied to the products of participating DaWanda shop owners for the duration of the Advent Calender.

I am participating! I have item’s in Jewellery, of course, and my bottles are under Home> Home Accessories> Mini Storage. I also have some cards in Paper and Co. > Cards.

It’s coming up quick so be sure to get over there for your Christmas bargains! Try to order early to insure your items reach you (or the gift reciever) in time.

Happy shopping!

November 20th, 2008 | No Comments »

Upcycling has become very poplular recently. With all the concern over the environment and being “green”. I’ve always tried to repurpose things as opposed to throwing them out. I was just brought up that way, you weren’t to waste anything! I recycle, reuse, etc.

Anyway, I had hubby bring home a selection of washers from work and was immediately inspired by their shapes.

Those first ones seem to tarnish very easily, so those were out. The second ones I have used but they’re quite heavy – too heavy to be earrings I think, but might make a nice necklace pendant. The third one here I loved. It has great grooves in it. I have a lot of coloured craft wire laying around and beads, of course. So, I simply wrapped and beaded and made, what I think are pretty cute, little wreath like earrings.

The grooves in the washer make the beads sit perfectly into place. They were quite fun to make, actually. They remind me of Christmas and I think they’d be great for the upcoming holidays.

And as usual they are available to purchase in my Dawanda Shop.

September 28th, 2008 | No Comments »