UWIB Blog Hop ~ June theme Red White and Blue

In anticipated celebration of our country's 235 anniversary, several of the members of the Unique Women in Business group decided to put together a little patriotic blog hop.

In that spirit, I decided to make a treasury featuring some of the Red, White and Blue creations of some of our members here:

'Ain't That America....' by AudreyGardenLady

"Ain't that America somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free, yeah Little pink houses for you and me oh yeah for you and me" John Mellancamp A slice of Americana

Illinois Old Barn a... artbymsr $55.00	Patriotic Red, Whit... SimplyDivineDe... $25.00	Recycled Denim Jean... hoganfe $18.00	original art - Card... KneeDeepOrigin... $34.00
Wheel Thrown Stonew... ceramicpix $30.00	Brooch fiber art fl... SewDanish $18.00	Up High - 8x10 Fine... Lori411 $25.00	Our Lady Liberty St... kristensteinfi... $18.50
Sailor - Red, White... polishedtwo $9.00	Wander Where the Wi... RobinMariaPedr... $20.00	Unique Wine Cork Bu... thewoodenbee $25.50	Stars and Stripes F... Patidecaz $20.00
Little Home No 76 rodica $14.00	Large French Blue W... WellspringCrea... $178.00	Red, white, and blu... allthingsforba... $23.00	Ivory, Turquoise an... pinkbeach $7.50

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

and here is one of mine

http://www.etsy.com/listing/44774772/red-white-and-turquoise-link-bracelet


Please take a moment to vist my UWIB Sisters participating in this blog hop at
Rita Wetzel - http://HandmadeBits4u.blogspot.com
Judy Woodley - http://WellspringCreations.blogspot.com
Trudy Miller - http://MommaGoddessTreasures.blogspot.com
Wendy Kelly - http://blog.vintageday.com
Ann Rinkenberger - http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com
Robin Koehler - http://nestlingsbyrobin.blogspot.com
Cory Trusty - http://store.aquarianbath.com/index.php/blog
Janet Bocciardi - http://thehoneyfromthebee.blogspot.com
Karen Terry - http://www.jmjcreations.blogspot.com
Linda Stranger - www.capecodjewel.blogspot.com
AudreyFetterhoff - http://AudreyGardenLady.blogspot.com that's me

Be on the Look Out!!

There's another UWIB Blog Hop coming your way on June 26th at 7am :D
Maybe you can guess the theme......

Made My Day!! Published in an Awesome EZine

Copper Wire jewelrs 5th Edition... Lot's of wonderful artists, cool tutorials, great designs !
See my entry on page 18 and Thank you Lois of A Beaded Affair !!!

Team Fest May Daze Give Away

I am a member of Team Fest...a group of wonderful and talented crafters and artists who all happen to reside somewhere in lovely sunny Florida.
I wanted to share with you, our team give away this month...

The FEST Team proudly presents our May Daze BLOG GIVEAWAY selection from Laura of Tierrasolpaz. Laura is an accomplished artist who enjoys creating mixed media art, jewelry, photography, zines, stationary, decoupage pieces, paper crafts - anything may inspire her. Laura uses recycled materials, or follows an upcycle philosophy whenever possible helping to keep the final cost of her creations affordable to buyers. She is proud to be part of the etsy community of independent designers, creators, artists, and crafters alike and a meber of Team Fest.

Her giveaway is a stunningly beautiful and glorious sunset over water with mountains in the background of Lake Mead in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photograph will be delivered as an 8 x 10 glossy professionally printed picture. Pictured above.

HOW TO ENTER: Visit the team blog post (link below) May Daze BLOG GIVEAWAY to enter to win the lovely and colorful photograph by visiting Laura at Tierrasolpaz or any of the FEST Team Members listed in the Member Section. Find your favorite item, share it with us and tell us why you love it. Remember to leave your email or contact info so we can reach you if you're the lucky winner. The winner will be picked on June 4rd. Simple and Easy!


http://etsyfest.blogspot.com/2011/05/fest-may-daze-blog-giveaway.html

Playing with Wire ~ Good therapy

There is something so soothing to me about wrapping, winding and twisting wire especially around beautiful gemstones.

Here are some examples of what I've been up to lately...I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them



Rainbow Jasper Wire Wrapped and Woven Briollette Earrings
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69121270/rainbow-jasper-wire-wrapped-and-woven





Labradorite on Sterling Wirewrapped earrings
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69626106/labradorite-on-sterling-wirewrapped







Fancy Jasper Micro wrapped Earrings
http://www.etsy.com/listing/69623174/fancy-jasper-micro-wrapped-earrings















One of my other favorite mind relaxing hobbies is working in my little garden.
What's your favorite kind of relaxation therapy?

Where in the World....

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

I am always amazed at where my clients find me!
Just looking at some of my sales records while prepping for taxes,
it dawned on my to map out where they live and I was surprised
by how mant states I have mailed jewelry, artwork, and spa products to.
All those states in gold are home to my wonderful clients!
(Thank you Robin for the link to this mapping website :D)

Not showing on this map is the fact that I have also had lovely people
from Canada, Ireland, Australia and even Moscow, Russia shop with me.

The wonderful woman in Russia told me the necklace she purchased is the finest piece of handmade jewelry she owns. Have to say, that made my day!!

Truely the internet has had a profound inmpact on our lives ....

Where does your reach extend?

Celebrating Womanhood - UWIB Blog Hop

What does womanhood mean to me? It is a never ending process of creativity, growth and new beginnings.
Wow, that almost waxed philosophical didn't it? But, it is the truth for when we stop growing, we wither and die. 

For sometime now, I've been pondering this idea, as I enter my 50's and start thinking about what my next path might be. I have dabbled in so many different creative things over the years...and thruth be told some not so creative things... that my house is stuffed with too many crafties.  I can't bear to part with any of them, I cry but I have come to the realization that this may just be a new stage of growth for me.
If my Mom were to read this, I am sure she would see herself in this part of me....I can say I come by it honestly.. Thanks Mom.  It pleases me to have passed on creativity to my son too-- hopefully I don't pass on too much of the pack rat gene :)

But celebrating womahood is so much more. Think, who are your deepest and best friends? I don't get to see my BBF as much as I'd like since we now live in different towns but I do know that I can pick up the phone even if a month or two has gone by and in minutes we'll be in thick of it laughing, crying and chatting picking up where we left off just as though it were yesterday. We are each other's cheerleaders but are not afraid to be brutally honest when it needs doing either. I love her like she was my sister... Oh wait, she is my sister!!

I've also "met" some wonderful lady friends in our Unique Women in Business etsy group and I have to say, even though I've never actually laid eyes on any of them, they are some of the best and most supportive friends a gal could ask for.


Please take some time to visit the blogs of these other Unique Women in Business and see what Celebrating womanhood means to each of them.

Rita Wetzel http://ritascreativenest.com/
Judy Woodley http://wellspringcreations.blogspot.com/
Linda Stranger http://capecodjewel.blogspot.com/
Janet Bocciardi http://www.honeyfromthebee.com/
Ann Rinkenberger http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/
Celeste Bocchicchio-Chaudhri http://elephunkstrunk.blogspot.com/
Wendy Kelly http://blog.vintageday.com/
Cory Trusty http://aquarianbath.blogspot.com/
Karen Terry http://jmjcreations.blogspot.com/

Handmade Ric-Rac Rose headband- Free tute

So how pretty is this?!?
and guess what? It's handmade and the tutorial for it is free


Find the free tutorial here: HERE

The blog is not in English but about half way down on the right is the Google translator ...choose your language there and create away.

Thank you to Mercedes Meshler Mercedes Meshler for sharing this
Good stuff!!

A tribute to Mom

I belong to a fabulous and supportive group of ladies know as Unique Women in Business or UWIB for short. Many of us are Moms, some even Grandmoms
and certainly all of us have a Mom.
My Mom is a very special person in my life and had her in mind when I curated this UWIB team treasury



Thanks Mom for who you are, for all you do..
I love you...

Spring a UWIB Blog Hop

In additon to the return of green and flowers to my little garden, something that just sings Spring to me is the return of the butterflies.
I have many favorites but who can compare to the majestic Monarch.
I have a tribute to them in my etsy shop here
 http://www.etsy.com/listing/44197896/cuff-gemstone-butterfly-wire-wrapped

In honor of Spring' long awaited arrival, my UWIB Sisters and I are having a blog hop!
Please take a moment to visit thier blogs listed below and see their tributes to Spring!

All the best to you,
Audrey
aka AudreyGardenLady

Rita Wetzel    http://ritascreativenest.com/
Jenn Nolda     http://brynnsbeautifulbows.blogspot.com/
Ann Rinkenberger  http://harvestmoonbyhand.blogspot.com/
Robin Koehler   http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
Linda Reynolds   http://bellalindadesigns.net/
Audrey Fetterhoff   http://AudreyGardenLady.blogspot.com
Birgitte Hendricks    http://SewDanish.blogspot.com
Wendy Kelly   http://blog.vintageday.com/
Janet Bocciardi    http://www.honeyfromthebee.com/
LindaStranger    http://capecodjewel.blogspot.com/
Karen Terry/McDuffie   http://jmjcreations.blogspot.com/
Judy Woodley    http://wellspringcreations.blogspot.com/
Trudy Miller    http://mommagoddesstreasures.blogspot.com/
Cory Trusty    http://aquarianbath.blogspot.com/
Nancy Pace    http://nancyswildwirejewelry.blogspot.com/
Lois Stifel    http://foxygknits.com/
Jenn Brockman    http://alexshares.com/

Also, here are the links to our blog and our ETSY Team

 UWIB ETSY Team - http://www.etsy.com/teams/6263/unique-women-in-business-uwib
 UWIB Blog - http://uniquewomeninbusiness.blogspot.com/

Here's a beautiful Spring UWIB treasury curated by my friend Janet...enjoy!http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d797b3ce8248eefbe841ca2/for-the-bees-and-us