I Entered a Contest~ Please Vote AND Get 10% off BEADS:)

I entered my first ever actual jewelry contest this past week because one of my favorite online bead suppliers-Abeadstore.com- was offering BEADS as the prize! I entered my Rivendell Spring Earrings, made with the gorgeous Azuro Peridot leaves that I have only found there:



The cool thing about this contest is that just for voting you get 10% off any purchase in their shop made now through August 31st(even if you dont vote for me;)..So- FOLLOW THIS LINK and vote!!

The Faeries at the ( Inaugural ) Ball

Im excited~I just sent away a Fairy Bower set that a customer ordered to wear to an Inaugural Ball Monday evening! I know its kind of silly, but I have a happy little glow inside-my jewelry will be a very very tiny part of the events surrounding this historical inauguration!

My prayers are with our new President Obama, he has a tough road ahead of him and we will all need to pull together to make it through...that's one thing we yanks are pretty good at when we put our minds to it, so Im not worried:)

Deck the blogs

I havent had time to decorate my house yet (that usually happens about Christmas Eve at my house) so I decided I would decorate my blog with a few more Christmassy looking items.

This is my newest listing, although not a new design~ Brighid's Yule Crown.

Originally designed at a customer's request, it began life as a costume crown for Jadis the White Witch of Narnia , along with a Unicorn Horn for her miniature horse ...it was a fun project!




Here are couple more items I have in my HOLIDAY SALE section now through Christmas:


Red Fairy Elven Forest Earrings


Red Fairy Elven Forest Ear Cuff

The Gypsy Starchild and the Bohemian Wraps

My whole venture into jewelry started with my 88 year old grandma asking if I could make ear cuffs a few years ago...I had been twisting wire for a few months or so and making suncatchers and other "fanciful things for magical spaces". When Grandma asked if I could make an ear cuff I decided this was one of the coolest ideas I had heard! I dont have pierced ears, never have never will- but I LOVE danglie things hanging from my ears..ear cuffs have been the perfect solution for me- clip-ons are awful things!

Once in awhile I like to really go boho gypsy and wear LOTS of dangles on one or both ears (usually one, Im weirdly asymmetrical like that), so I came up with these behind the ear wraps that have a dangle at top and bottom.




These are a lot of fun for me to make..I get to do some more traditional bead stringing, and still be gypsy girl organic with my gemstones and stuff.

I was trying to figue out what to call these, and my beloved Ian-master of slightly corny word plays-suggested Bohemian Wraps...because he is a Queen fan, and my maternal ancestors are from Bohemia...and these are just Boho all the way around anyway- it fit, it stuck, and they are now a complete "range" in my shops on Etsy and DaWanda

You can find my Bohemian Wraps in the Ear cuffs section of Thyme2dream Etsy, or click on any photo here to be taken to that individual listing. They are easy to wear, very adjustable, and can be worn with or without earrings..they also work delightfully with my 2 in 1 dangle ear cuffs for a LOT of gypsy dangle action!

Titania's Dream Earrings

...Or maybe I will end up calling them something else...but for some reason this colour combination makes me think of Titania. They have the very queenly regal splendor of the golden tones but then there is also the hint of magic and rainbows in these colours...so I think they must belong to Titania somewhere in a dream:).

Made to match the "emergency wedding" Tiara, this new set will be available in my Etsy shop soon.