Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Work
Teeny-tiny sapphire ring, 3mm fair trade stone on 2mm wide 14k white gold band{ custom order; sold }
Fair trade sapphire and moissanite ring, palladium sterling silver{ custom order; sold }
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
As promised...
I had some technical difficulties during the past couple of days that prevented me from getting this posted earlier like I promised, but better late than never! Without further ado -
Enter now to win a $100 McFarland Designs gift certificate to celebrate the launch of my new website!!!
Here's how to enter - check out the new site, then leave a comment here on the blog - feedback on the site itself is appreciated, or you can let me know something you like (or don't like) about any of my designs, or make a suggestion for a new design you'd like to see me create.
If you want to enter more than once, you can post about my giveaway and/or my new website on your own website, blog, or on Facebook, Twitter, etc. To register your additional entry, just post another comment with a link to the blog post (or Facebook post, tweet, etc.). You can enter up to five times, provided that each entry after the first includes a link to a legitimate post promoting my work or this contest. (Please, only one post per site, ie, one Facebook post, one Twitter, one blog post, etc.)
A winner will be drawn at random on June 15th. Good luck!
UPDATE - June 4th:
You can register additional entries (still with a maximum of five) by becoming my friend on Facebook or following me on Twitter. After you've done so, come back here and leave additional comments letting me know.
UPDATE - June 15th:
And the winner is... Gabriel J.!!! Congratulations Gabriel, and thanks everyone for participating. I got some great feedback and met some nice new people. This contest is now closed but check back for another in perhaps a couple of months.
Enter now to win a $100 McFarland Designs gift certificate to celebrate the launch of my new website!!!
Here's how to enter - check out the new site, then leave a comment here on the blog - feedback on the site itself is appreciated, or you can let me know something you like (or don't like) about any of my designs, or make a suggestion for a new design you'd like to see me create.
If you want to enter more than once, you can post about my giveaway and/or my new website on your own website, blog, or on Facebook, Twitter, etc. To register your additional entry, just post another comment with a link to the blog post (or Facebook post, tweet, etc.). You can enter up to five times, provided that each entry after the first includes a link to a legitimate post promoting my work or this contest. (Please, only one post per site, ie, one Facebook post, one Twitter, one blog post, etc.)
A winner will be drawn at random on June 15th. Good luck!
UPDATE - June 4th:
You can register additional entries (still with a maximum of five) by becoming my friend on Facebook or following me on Twitter. After you've done so, come back here and leave additional comments letting me know.
UPDATE - June 15th:
And the winner is... Gabriel J.!!! Congratulations Gabriel, and thanks everyone for participating. I got some great feedback and met some nice new people. This contest is now closed but check back for another in perhaps a couple of months.
A fun weekend and a new family member!
Matt, Carlos, and I had a fun weekend - we went down to Animal Place for a little party and got to hang out with lots of great animals (oh yeah, and a few cool people too), then we met up with JP from CAPE, who introduced us to a very sweet little guy named Bruno... I'll start with the Animal Place Photos -
This was pretty cute - at first I thought that the turkey and the gray chicken (under the turkey's wing) were snuggling, but then I saw an egg pop out of the chicken's bottom so I think they were actually just jockeying for the primo egg-laying spot.
Food!
This feathery-headed guy was especially handsome.
Aren't these turkeys gorgeous?
Pretty birds.
A little rooster skirmish.
Oink.
I think the rabbit house was Carlos' favorite. I was pretty charmed as well by the bunnies.
You could tell that these two were majorly in love with each other.
The speaker for the event was Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Face on Your Plate, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, Dogs Never Lie About Love, and When Elephants Weep. He was very personable, friendly, and charismatic. Carlos was excited to meet him because Jeffrey stars in one of Carlos' favorite movies, The Emotional World of Farm Animals.
Bruno meets Otis.
Hazel steals Bruno's bed.
This was pretty cute - at first I thought that the turkey and the gray chicken (under the turkey's wing) were snuggling, but then I saw an egg pop out of the chicken's bottom so I think they were actually just jockeying for the primo egg-laying spot.
Food!
This feathery-headed guy was especially handsome.
Aren't these turkeys gorgeous?
Pretty birds.
A little rooster skirmish.
Oink.I think the rabbit house was Carlos' favorite. I was pretty charmed as well by the bunnies.
You could tell that these two were majorly in love with each other.
The speaker for the event was Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Face on Your Plate, The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, Dogs Never Lie About Love, and When Elephants Weep. He was very personable, friendly, and charismatic. Carlos was excited to meet him because Jeffrey stars in one of Carlos' favorite movies, The Emotional World of Farm Animals.After our lovely visit to Animal Place, we were off to our next engagement - a meeting with Bruno, an adorable one-eyed miniature poodle! After a short visit, and with much pleading and cajoling on my part and Carlos', Matt was convinced that Bruno should come home with us. Hooray!
Bruno is part of a program headed by Compassion Without Borders, a nonprofit working to provide spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and medical care to companion animals in Mexico. CWB identifies the most friendly, adoptable small dogs from all of the street dogs they encounter, and partners with Animal Place (to provide quarantine here in the US) and the Center for Animal Protection and Education (to provide foster care and permanent placement) to find permanent homes for these dogs here in the US.
Because small dogs are in high demand, and are often in short supply at animal shelters, these groups bring small dogs to the US to give adopters an opportunity to save a rescued dog rather than go to a breeder (or worse yet, a pet shop) because they can't find a small dog at a shelter. Great idea, huh?
Because small dogs are in high demand, and are often in short supply at animal shelters, these groups bring small dogs to the US to give adopters an opportunity to save a rescued dog rather than go to a breeder (or worse yet, a pet shop) because they can't find a small dog at a shelter. Great idea, huh?
Bruno meets Otis.
Hazel steals Bruno's bed.After some initial growling and position-establishing behavior, mostly from Otis, the dogs seem to be getting along surprisingly well. Hazel and Otis seem strangely compelled to wedge their 50+ pound bodies into Bruno's 20 pound sized dog bed, which is oddly entertaining. I'll try to get some better pictures of Bruno and post them soon.
May Jewelry For Charity Recap & June Kick-Off
Thanks so much to all of you who patronized my Etsy jewelry shop (or my ex-bead shop) :-) during the month of May! With your support, I have raised $402 in support of the Human Rights Campaign's efforts to bring equality to America. It's a cause I am proud to support, as it is a subject I feel strongly about. This brings my total donations to $10,773 - wow! Thanks again; I can't do it without you guys!
I'm featuring a new charity this month (new to me, I mean; they have been around for quite a while)... Safe Passage works with the poorest at-risk children of families working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. Within a safe and caring environment, they provide a comprehensive and integrated program that fosters hope, good health, educational achievement, self-sufficiency, self esteem and confidence. Their primary focus is on creating opportunities and dignity through the power of education.
I have heard really wonderful things about this organization, and I'm happy to be able to help with their important work. Someday when my kids are older, I'd love to be able to go volunteer for Safe Passage for a while...
I'm featuring a new charity this month (new to me, I mean; they have been around for quite a while)... Safe Passage works with the poorest at-risk children of families working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. Within a safe and caring environment, they provide a comprehensive and integrated program that fosters hope, good health, educational achievement, self-sufficiency, self esteem and confidence. Their primary focus is on creating opportunities and dignity through the power of education.
I have heard really wonderful things about this organization, and I'm happy to be able to help with their important work. Someday when my kids are older, I'd love to be able to go volunteer for Safe Passage for a while...
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