The animal craze...

Everywhere I look I am seeing these awesome animal print bags. I first noticed my friend Erika's when she was visiting me from Idaho a few weeks ago. Now I am seeing them absolutely everywhere!! So I'm taking this inspiration to the next level...

Giraffe bag meet giraffe earrings!
My niece Londyn has been wanting something zebra striped really, really bad.
So I looked for something for her at the gemshow and lookie here....
(surprise Londie!!)
zebra bag meet zebra earrings....
I've never seen a red zebra.....until now!

red zebra....meet red zebra earrings!Watch out......it's a jungle out there!

For these animal styles check out my etsy shop!

Busy BEE!

I've been a busy Bee this past week but had lots of fun! First off I was making jewelry like a mad banchee for a jewelry trunk show at my mother-in-law's house. No matter how many pieces I have made I never think it's enough and can't stop making....thus my entire house is thrashed and is in need of some marry maids to clean it up!!Friday there was a small gemshow in town so my awesome sister-in-law went with me--which made it all the more fun!! Buying gems is hard work and by the afternoon we were wiped out and hit the Cheesecake Factory!
It wasn't as big as the Tucson gemshow but I was so stoked that atleast I got some new goods to help me make it through until February. I must say I was impressed with some unique finds that I can't wait to make into something really special!!

I really could have just eating these for lunch! They are so yummy!!

SWEET & simple

Sweet and simple is the statement you will make with these darling gems on sterling silver chain.
Whether you like a chunkier chain or more dainty, these pieces are very versatile for everyday wear to a night on the town with your sweetie.
Classic black is always a must. If I could, I would wear black everyday-- all day-- I love it!!

chunky monkey bracelets

(all sold)

Just off the work bench chunky monkey bracelets. I haven't made bracelets for a while. I don't know why but they are always the last thing I make. These beauts are strung with sterling silver chain so they move around a bit and you can see the chain in between. I {heart} them! These are made with chunky dyed tree seeds with fired ceramic beads in between.

Labradorite & Black and WHITE!

(this set is sold)

I LoVe Labradorite. It's one of my favorite stones. It's beautiful, versatile, shimmery and can be found from grays to blues to greens. They blues are my favorite, favorite! I love mixing them with rich brown tones and oranges especially for fall.
This bLacK & WhIte beauty is made with Gold Obsidian, quarts, and mother of pearl. Gold obsidian is a new discovery for me. I never knew how awesome it was until I bought some. It's called gold but it's BLACK until you look into it further and see a shimmer of shiny goldish tones inside of it.
(this necklace is now sold)

Fall inspiration

Anthropologie is my all time favorite online inspiration for color and style. As I was looking
today at their new fall outfits I thought this piece might fit right in.
It's hard to see but the black outfit has a super cute long orange necklace layering it and man I wish I could get my hands on that big funky orange flower!

(sold)

Giveaway announcement!!!

WOOT WOOOOO!!!

and the lucky winner is

#27 Krisha

Krisha said :"Sign me up...free and earings...life is good!
What a great blog...love the jewelry. I get so many great comments on the pieces I already own and wear! - krisha (Casey's friend from AR)"

Here are your random numbers:

27

Timestamp: 2008-09-22 02:06:25 UTC

Thanks so much for everyone participating in my first ever GIVEAWAY!! It was so fun to hear from everyone and I will definitely be having another one soon so check back!!

Yeah Krisha I'm excited to send you these great earrings! I will contact you via your blog or feel free to email me @ myneckcandy@comcast.net with your address! Congrats!

berry pickin' anyone?

ohh la la! I am in LOVE with these vibrant colors! Makes me want to run romantically through the forest and pick some fresh ripe berries, or some juicy grapes off the vines! OK... not really but they are really cute!! These brown jade carved pendants are definitely some of my bestsellers!

Give away now WAY down below!

Candy on a stick!

Candy on a stick what could be better than that?? These little beauties are a my best selling earrings. They are simple, sweet and to the point.

"Give said the little stream" and that's what I'm doing down below!

GIVEAWAY!!

I love HOOPS #2

(all hoops are sold except for the purple chalcedony chunks, if you are interested in any of these or similar email me @myneckcandy@comcast.net and I may be able to make more or something similar)

Have I told you yet that I LOVE HOOPS?? Well I do. Here are some new goods of the day. I've got my sparkly hoops, colorful hoops, and chunky hoops. I think I'm all set and ssshhhhh don't tell but the colorful ones are my favorite so I put them in my etsy shop. Did I mention that birds {heart} hoops too??

EARRING GIVEAWAY
DOWN BELOW!!

gals, fun & jewels!

GIRLS DAY OUT!!
Sometimes it's just fun to spend the day with the gals!
So we got together and had lunch, did a little shopping, and got together to make some jewelry!
I put Melanie and mama O to work stringing necklaces.

While I made these cute little earrings for Melanie's gift to her Young Women. They have little stars on them that represent their theme for this year.

I think the girls are going to LOVE them!!

giveaway down below
don't miss out!!

GIVEAWAY!!

My first GIVEAWAY!!

Yah, that's right GIVEAWAY!! Let's call it my grand opening Myneckcandy Etsy shop event. What better way to generate more traffic on my site and in my shop then by giving something super cute away! I will be doing them every now and again on my blog so check back from time to time.

How will it work?

All you have to do is leave a comment here to be entered. Anyone is welcome to enter.
If you put a link to my etsy shop or my shop blog on your blog sidebar or mention the giveaway in a post and then comment here that you linked me (please include where you linked me as well) then you get 3 EXTRA ENTRIES!!! ***Please be sure to leave an email addy or a link so I can reach you when you win!***


I'll randomly choose a number from the random number generator SUNDAY, Sept. 21 NIGHT at 8pm, so get your comments in!!!

Chunky Monkey's!

I don't know how many times I have heard " can you make me something really chunky!!" "No, not chunky enough, chunkier, chunkier!" Having that statement piece is a must!
I through one dainty piece in the mix (bottom left). Most of my long necklaces can be worn really long or you can double them up for a shorter different look. I love to creating versatile pieces.

I love HOOPS!

Hoops, Hoops, HOOPS are everywhere! Hoops are my favorite thing in the world right now! I love to throw a pair on and feel style'n!

Fresh for Fall!

I've been a little under the weather this week - but that's good because it makes me stay home and get some work done. Here is a small sample of my fall flavors!