Back from the dead. Oh, and giveaway!

In French we say "manger son pain blanc" when things are easy, life is good, but we know that bad stuff is coming.  On the contrary, "manger son pain noir" means going through the tough stuff, but knowing it's temporary and while it may hurt like hell, it will get better. 
That's basically what I did all summer long. But lo and behold.. I came out of that dark place and I'm feeling so much better. 
So now.. hummm... basically trying to catch up. This poor blog has been abandoned for a long time, poor, poor little thing.

But hey, new stuff! 

Earrings galore, as you can see. 

Petra dangles... Boho chic

 Basha beads... <33333

 I'm having so much fun with those little plastic sea thingies.  I have a bunch more on my worktable.
These ones you can find here

Look at that haul!!!

A pair that's a bit different, created from new stock/vintage look items I got from teapotsandtelephones, on etsy. 

Victorian shoulder-dusters

Dangle mania

So regarding that giveaway...  Since I've been away for so long and everbody's rightfully forgotten I even exist, I've decided to give away TWO pairs of earrings.  Yup.  All you have to do is comment either here, on this blog, or on Facebook, share the link to the blog and choose a number.  I'll draw two lucky winners next week, on Friday (Sept 25).  Go and spread the love!

Here are the two sets I'm giving away:

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Sale/destash coming soon... stay tuned.

I've been super busy this year teaching middle school kids, it was my first year.. and I loved it!   But... I had way too much work to be able to work on my jewelry and update this blog.

I'm now on holiday for a couple of months, though, so that's going to change... starting now!

I'm in the process of taking stock of all my stampings, beads, etc, and taking pics of things I no longer use or have several pieces of... yes that happens... a lot... So I'll be updating this blog regularly starting tomorrow.

I also have new jewelry to show you all, here is a sample:

All those are already listed in my French e-shop, click here

If you're interested, contact me on this blog or through Facebook.

Hugs to you all. xxxxx

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Huge sale!

Hi all,
so sorry for not writing for.. months.  Been busy with my new job as an English teacher, the kids, the house, and various problems.. Life!
Anyways, I just wanted to let you know quickly that I'm having a big sale in my etsy shop
CreationsAsh

Use coupon ASH50 to get 50% off everything!!!!!

I'll be on holiday as of Friday for a couple weeks, and hope to be able to start posting regularly again.  I have several pieces in the works... hope you'll like them.
xxxxxx

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Giveaway!

It's been a while since my last monthly (ahem) giveaway...  so to make up for it, I decided to organize a really nice one this month.

Want to win this?  Just comment on this post or on Facebook.

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Back with a vengeance

So after a few hundred years spent dealing with various uninteresting things I won't list here so as not to bore you to death, I'm back. Yay. :)

Without further ado, here's some eye candy.

Another pair of earrings featuring basha beads, plus lovely lampwork headpins and white ceramic beads. All handmade! 

In a different style... old bits from old broken jewelry, rhinestone balls, bone beads, baroque drops. Sterling silver hooks with rhinestones.

The below were made following fancy Marina's technique for resin drops/charms. I used replicas of Fra Angelico's paintings and added polymer nuggets that I made. Yup. Good thing that I was going for the rugged look there, because for the life of me, I swear I can't make a smooth, regular bead with clay.  I'm hopeless.

 My dad said he liked those.  That's saying something, trust me.  I'm tickled pink!

 This one was made using a focal from B'Sue boutiques.  Lots of patinas and sanding and stuff...  On the neckline, green beads of all kinds, lucite, turquoise, anoter semiprecious stone I can't remember the name of, resin.


The necklace below is a bit of a weird one.  I made it for my friend Lisa - the focal is an old tin filled with sodalite and resin, with an amethyst drop, lucite, sari ribbons. On the neckline, old chains, ethnic/tribal beads, vintage lucite. Oh, and a bit that came off of a rosary chain.

Next, our new game:  what the f** are those?

Two guesses.

The focals are from Petra's shop, of course (here)

Another weird one - hand formed metal, decoupaged, with an old coin and rhinestones coming from an old brooch.

A big ring.. huge... enormous...

 All sorts of shiny goodies thrown in there.


Now for some more earrings...  repurposed resin beads coming from a broken necklace, and drops from Numinosity beads

Their twins, this time using a pair of beads from Harry's shop.  Don't you just love those raku beauties??

Another of Harry's creation below... the crow...  I put inside an old pillbox. Pill box? Pillbox?  Hmmm.
The chain is a mix of labradorite smooth chips, abalone and Czech glass. I don't know why it looks so orangey - it's rusty black, actually. Must be the flash from the camera.

For the necklace below, I have yet again to thank Marina - the amazing angelite druzy was among the ton of beads I bought from her to make my wedding necklace.
I put it on a simple, sturdy brass chain, so as not to destract from the focal.

More dangles from Petra's shop.. with a pair of gorgeous mala beads, with gold leafing.  Copper connector, copper chain, copper everything on those.

Statement earrings featuring a big focal (sodalite and semi-precious chips in golden resin), drops from Petra, baroque pearly drops.

Another pair of statement earrings, in a similar style. The rectangle brass containers are from Bsueboutiques. Inside, glass beads and resin roses.  The dangles feature beads from Nat's teasure trove (Grubbi), among others.

And lastly, vintage looking earrings..  the lucite drops are actually vintage, but that's it. :)

Stay tuned for the giveaway, coming very soon.  xxxx

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Destash!

So I've got like a zillion porcelain flowers lying around... not using them any more... so I thought I'd destash.  If you're interested, I've listed them as neat little lots, and they're quite cheap.  All handmade.  No mold was used in the creation of these little beauties. No animal was hurt....  wait.  I got distracted. 

Only a small sample of what's listed in my Etsy shop

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SUMMER SALE

What?  Two blog posts in as many days?


Just to let you know that I'm having a little summer sale... big discount actually.
Use coupon ASH35 to get 35% off anything in my shop.

go have fun!!!

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