tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44944510243209684852024-02-07T13:59:41.208-08:00Amy's Jewelry DesignsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-65204344800067200162012-06-01T13:53:00.001-07:002012-06-01T13:57:01.546-07:00Summer Makes Me Smile!<br />
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These new pieces of jewelry put a smile on my face!! I love semi precious stone, especially when mixed in brilliant summer fun color combos...like you see above. Gorgeous Turquoise, Lime Green Howlite, and Orange Howlite are just one of my favorite combos and as you can see they look brilliant with both copper and sterling silver! The dog tag necklace can be found at www.amyaguirre.com just follow the link, the heart necklace can be found in my etsy store littlegreenroom.com link above, and this cute cuff is coming soon too! </div>
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May has turned out to be an amazing month for me..I have actually been trying to play catch up and list new pieces in my store but most of my spare time has been spent filling orders from my multiple stores :) Thanks to everyone who continues to support me and my designs...Im truly blessed <span style="color: orange;"><3</span></div>
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<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-64034706624307320872012-04-09T15:17:00.000-07:002012-04-09T15:17:34.120-07:00My Style<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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I put this cute new collection together on Polyvore and decided to
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2012!! Im an 80's child so seeing these colors again make me smile!! I
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Or.. here is a cute necklace that is on amyaguirre.com that would look great too! <a href="http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=117">http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=117</a></div>
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Today is a great day..its Friday and hey, thats always great in my book!!! Today kicks off spring break for us and luckily right now were I live in California, the sun is shining. Yay! Im so ready for spring this year but we keep having late snow falls and cold weather, hopefully it will stay nice and sunny for awhile.<br />
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I have been very busy lately, my son keeps me on the go, which I love, and I have to say that life is good! I am planning a trip to Disneyland which Im looking so looking forward to! Cant wait to ride Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Indiana Jones, my two favorite rides. The weather is expected to be about 70 in southern California and that is just perfect for me :) who knows maybe well go to the beach too!<br />
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Whats New?...Hmm well...I am having a spring sale right now 10% off in my stores on etsy...hmmm did you catch that..stores?? Yes, LOL, I have opened anther store on etsy its called MyCreativeNature. My CreativeNature will have my painted metal line as well as some recycled vintage glass pieces and cool and unique metal pieces too. I decided to group these pieces of jewelry together in their own store because they have their own flavor and are a little different than my other pieces. I opened it on Feb. 14th and have been trying to fill it with new pieces when I get the chance. If you get the chance stop by and see whats new :) <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MyCreativeNature?ref=ss_profile">http://www.etsy.com/shop/MyCreativeNature?ref=ss_profile</a> 10% off during spring break!<br />
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I have been making a few new pieces.. this little starfish (above) is cast from a real starfish that I collected in the tide pools on the northern shores of California on my last vacation. A real sea star pendant came to mind when I saw this little dried starfish, and this is the finished piece of jewelry that I created a month later. Adorned with two chunks of real red coral, this beautiful and rustic pendant necklace is one to love. Every time I see it, Im reminded of my favorite vacation place to visit here is the link to view this necklace in person <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/95878652/on-sale-california-shores-sterling">http://www.etsy.com/listing/95878652/on-sale-california-shores-sterling</a><br />
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This is another new piece that I added just a week ago...its a great graduation gift or just a beautiful necklace to wear if you love angel wings, like me. Adorned with gorgeous turquoise, which I love too! and by the way a great color for spring and summer! I also have a angel wing that says fly, and peace, they are also very cute and are adorned with genuine stones too. To take a peek <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/95883595/on-sale-dream-sterling-silver-angel-wing">http://www.etsy.com/listing/95883595/on-sale-dream-sterling-silver-angel-wing</a> .<br />
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If you havent yet been by my website..this is a new piece that is on www.amyaguirre.com This awesome angel wing is large a big 2 1/4" long...and hand cast too, just like my other pieces above. I love love this necklace! It is a favorite for sure! <a href="http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=117">http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=117</a> I only have one of these right now but more are coming soon!<br />
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I hope you all have a great weekend and I will showing more of what Im working on soon! I still have more ideas than time but Im thinking that its better to be that way than to have more time than ideas?? right ?? LOL ... Thanks for stopping by <3<br />Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-47881499548688715082012-02-13T09:41:00.000-08:002012-02-13T09:41:38.508-08:00Sharing A Cute Store On Etsy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are so cute..I wanted to share them. This morning while checking in on my stores and going through my emails I stumbled across this artist who was in a treasury on the front page of Etsy. I took a peek in her store as found lots of cute little handmade birds in different patterns, and styles. This picture caught my eye because tomorrow is Valentines day and I love the little red heart and banner behind the birds. This is such a cute store, if you get a chance stop by and take a peek! Here is a link to Cotton Bird Designs <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/cottonbirddesigns?ref=seller_info">http://www.etsy.com/shop/cottonbirddesigns?ref=seller_info</a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-3524004284517277432012-01-09T12:54:00.000-08:002012-01-09T12:54:16.129-08:00Be Mine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow I cant believe that I am already writing about the Valentines Day. It seems like I was just getting ready for Christmas, that is how fast the holidays went for me this year.<br />
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Valentines Day starts right after Christmas, well not really but in the retail world that is what happens. In our local little town, in a store that I shop at frequently, they are taking down Christmas and putting up Valentines almost the day after Christmas. Out with the old, in with the new. On Etsy, Valentines items are hopping already too. Tons of treasuries filled with hearts and love :). But it really is just around the corner, only 4 weeks away and if you are ordering something by mail, like on Etsy, it is a good idea to buy early just to be safe.<br />
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I have always loved Valentines day because I am a heart lover and love the heart shape. Hearts in all styles and metals. Each year I love to have new designs in my shop, different from the years before. Hence my new bracelet above.<br />
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I have been experimenting with a few new techniques lately, a little here and there, and came up with some new designed cuffs and necklaces that I have been slowly introducing into my line. I have had a million, well not really a million, lol but alot of new ideas for pieces that I will be introducing soon and I cant wait. As a jewelry designer I am always looking for new inventive ways to add new textures, color and style into my ever growing line of jewelry. I think my mixed metal designs are the core of my jewelry line but I am always trying to grow as an artist and find things that people will love to wear.<br />
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Shiny white hot metal LOVE IT!!! ~I think I turned to sterling silver in my early 20's I had red dyed hair at the time and loved the contrast of the white sterling silver with my red hair. My love for it never went away though. I love it antiqued and shiny, hammered and textured, just about anything that is new and different. My new cuff above is made of fine silver and has been given a mirror finish shine! It is beautiful!! Fine silver is milky white in color and contains no copper so you will have less oxidizing. It is .999 (almost pure) That is what some of my new pieces are made of. If you haven't been in my shop for awhile stop by and see whats new. Lots to see and Love...... Hope to see you :)<br />
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Yay!! I am so happy to finally be talking about my website www.amyaguirre.com If you haven't stopped by there in a while you will see that you can now shop on my website just like on Etsy, It is actually, just like, shopping on Etsy. I have been trying to add new pieces of jewelry that are different than what I have in my other shops and I am just getting started, I have lots of ideas. I love Etsy and will be keeping LittleGreenRoom on Etsy too but I am expanding and branching out. On www.amyaguirre.com you can sign in and create an account, or, your don't have to have an account if you would rather. You can sign up to receive a newletter too or opt not. You can pay with a paypal account, or you can pay with a credit card and will be directed through paypal just like on Etsy. Its so easy! Right now I am having a Grand Opening Sale 20% off. At the time of checkout all you have to do is add coupon GO20OFF. More coming soon.....so stay tuned! Just on more note, at the top of my blog there is a website link that will take you to www.amyaguirre.com so stop by often and see whats new! Here is the link just in case you want to check it out <a href="http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php">http://www.amyaguirre.com/index.php</a> </div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-17622599752667306892011-10-21T13:31:00.000-07:002011-10-21T13:31:06.782-07:00Your Never Too Old To Learn Something New<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My son started playing electric guitar about three years ago (his is on the right, its a Les Paul). He was 10 yrs. old and we bought him a guitar package with an amp for Christmas that year. He had been wanting to play ever since my mom bought him guitar hero one Christmas earlier. We finally found a teacher through word of mouth and signed him up. </div>
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Much to our surprise, about 9 months after he started playing he came to us one day and told us that there was a school talent show coming up and that tryouts for the talent show were just about 5 weeks away. I was kind of speechless because I had heard him strum his guitar during practice and since he is quite shy I guess I just didnt picture him wanting to do this. He told me that he had found a friend at school who was a drummer and they had talked during lunch and decided that they wanted to get together and come up with a song to play. They were both in 6th grade at the time. So I did the mom thing and asked a million questions about his friend, how long he had been playing, what his parents did etc... The only answer he had for me was "Mom he's been playing as long as me, 9 months". The next day after school he came up to me and said, "Mom, I want to go over to Austins house and practice for the talent show tryouts". I was still surprised he was bringing this up so I called Austins mom on the phone and we arranged a day to get the boys together to practice. </div>
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We had arranged with Austins parents to get the boys together and practice 2 times a week until tryouts. Since Austin played drums and they are not easily moveable, we took Caymen over to Austins house twice a week and every time Austins dad brought my son home, he would be so excited telling us how wonderful they played together, he couldnt believe how they were playing. The boys had decided to play "Welcome To Paradise" by Greenday. Well long story short they ended up making tryouts and played in the School Talent show infront of 1000 kids. It was so exciting!! They sounded so good we couldnt believe it, one, that they both had only been playing 9 months, but two, that they had only been playing together about 5 weeks and they were in perfect sync. I remember the anticipation of that night, all of our families had shown up to watch them play and I remember sitting there holding back tears and trying not to cry because I was so proud of him. </div>
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Since then, my son played at multiple places, at student showcases, talent shows the next year, a Relay Palooza benefit to raise money for cancer in our town, at our towns farmers market..etc... he is still playing with Austin and they have become very close friends. They are looking for a bass player and are working on a name for their band... </div>
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During these last three years I think I have become my sons biggest fan, like most moms would of I suppose. I love listening to him practice and listen to him play. I started realizing that I was really drawn to the guitar though... I had played the piano for a couple of years when I was younger but that was only for a short time and it wasnt something that I had an interest in picking up again. I started getting the urge to play and it kept nagging at me..but I barely have enough time as it is now to do everything I need to do so I kept making excuses until this last July, that is... I took my son to our local Guitar Center to get some new guitar picks and found a guitar that I fell in love with, the Gretch electric guitar, (the one on the left). Since I didnt even know how to play I had me son sit and play songs on it for me so I could see how it sounded and we ended up being in the store for 3 hours. It was a blast! Not only because I had decided to go ahead and get the guitar but because my son was there with me and it was an interest that we both had a passion for. I did it! I bought my guitar!!! Excited and scared, I brought my guitar home but didnt sign up for classes for about 2 or 3 weeks. </div>
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One Thursday, my son had something come up and he couldnt go to his lesson, so I called up the music studio and asked if I could take the lesson in his place. His teacher was in shock, my husband was in shock, and my son was so excited that I was really going to do it! And guess what? I love it!! Its been 3 months now and when I sit down to practice, I can actually play recognizable parts of songs! </div>
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Now guitar playing is in part of my daily schedule so my son and I, set up our guitars and amps in a little area in our living room that is now our little music area. :) We have even played a few song together too! I am so glad I decided to try...I might even play a song or two in the up coming student showcase...when I get better that is :) Oh ya and I just had to get the zebra striped guitar strap! (see above) LOL....</div>
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Okay Ladies I just found something on Etsy that I have to share! You must check out this store BlueBirdHeaven and see how clever these are. Antique printer drawer jewelry displays. Choices of folding cases or cases that can be attached to a wall. Hooks have been added to hold earrings, necklaces, and bracelets too! They can even be customized as well. A beautiful choice of colors and finishes so you can match your own personal decor! It sure beats the shoe box alternative. LOL</div>
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So Im thinking that I might just have to put this on my list to Santa this year! After all..I have been good...lately :) LOL... </div>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-88437587829538573702011-10-19T14:40:00.000-07:002011-10-19T14:40:40.743-07:00New New New!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>New New New!! Just in time for the holidays..these amazing snowflake earrings put a mod twist on a traditional style earring and bring a little winter bliss to LittleGreenRoom. Halloween will soon be behind us, so sad to see it go, and the holiday rush will begin. I am having a 20% off sale in LittleGreenRoom now through Oct. 31st. Stop by and see whats new! </i></div>
<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have already had some early bird holiday shoppers too! Great time to plan ahead and get things while they are on sale! I will soon be packaging all of my jewelry in my holiday boxes too! My packaging is so cheerful and cute you wont even need to wrap it if you prefer, ribbon included. Pictures coming soon! :)</i>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-52650523039169429942011-10-04T09:45:00.001-07:002011-10-04T09:45:32.311-07:00<script src='http://www.craftcult.com/vault_widget.js'></script><script> document.write (window.ccvault_widg.framehtml(23662,2,2,2,1,0,0)); </script>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-61165279578764707502011-10-04T09:39:00.000-07:002011-10-04T09:39:47.732-07:00Think Pink! Breast Cancer Awareness Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just last October I was part of a fund raiser for Breast Cancer. I personally had not been touched by anyone close to me who had this disease but knowing how very important it is I was so glad to be apart of it. Two months later, unfortunately things changed. Someone very close to me was diagnosed with breast cancer. She found out just two days before Christmas that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive kind of breast cancer, as there are many different types. Luckily she caught it in a very early stage. Catching this disease early however, still meant a biopsy and surgery to remove the lump, radiation 5 days a week for 5 weeks. But thankfully no mastectomy and chemo were needed.<br />
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According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, it is estimated that nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. Approximately 1,700 men will also be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year. Scary statistics, this disease is closer to all of us than we think.<br />
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Earlier this year my son played his guitar at a benefit to help raise money for cancer and because the month of Oct. is breast cancer awareness month I have added these bracelets to my shop too. Early detection is so important! Think Pink and show support for our mothers, sisters, friends, aunts, grandmothers, and cousins. According to the national breast cancer foundation, our husbands, brothers, and uncles too! To find out more about this disease visit www.nationalbreastcancer.org <br />
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I found myself in an interesting situation this last weekend which makes you think about things in a different light. Thunder and lightening storms plagued our nearby mountains in the early am on Sat. The lightening started numerous fires in our area, 5 in the hills right behind our house and 4 in a nearby mountain range that eventually merged together to created a huge fire surrounding us in different directions.<br />
The weekend just before this last one, a very large fire had burned over 12,000 acres on the outskirts of our town due to a plane crash. It was on the news, there were evacuations and firemen had come to our mountain town and set up four fire camps. Multiple helicopters and airplanes were working non stop to try to contain that fire. Seven days later, the fire fighters had it contained by 95% just to turn around on Sat. and start fighting the multiple fires throughout the rest of our town, meaning the hills behind where I live and in another hillside just about 10 miles from our house. <br />
My plans to be creative came to a screeching halt when I walked out in my backyard to see a plume of smoke directly above our property. Yikes!! I received a phone call a short time later from a county emergency center telling us to start preparing to evacuate. Yikes again!! My husband turned on all of the water on our property, sprinklers etc. to wet down everything that we could. Our neighbors were standing on their roofs with hoses, packing the backs of trucks, and getting ready just in case we had to evacuate. I hurriedly took photos of everything inside our house and out, got important things together and packed our bags.<br />
DC-10's were dropping fire retardant on the top of our mountain (photo- view standing in my back yard) but the smoke and fire kept on moving up the mountain. As evening approached the planes and helicopters stopped dropping the water and repellant as the clouds moved in and it started to get dark. We all felt kind of releaved thinking that the fire retardant had kept the fire from climbing over the mountain but just after I took this photo the flames appeared Yikes!! visible red flames burning as hot as ever and destroying the trees and brush along the mountain top. <br />
I took my lawn chair out in back, set it up, and sat there with my diet coke and camera. I figured I would much rather see it coming, stare it in the face. Just 20 minutes later it started to rain, I mean pour rain! It was almost dark, getting soaked, I gathered up my chair and decided to take a drive to see what we could see from a higher point. The red flames looked larger against the black sky. The rains ended up being so heavy that night (Sat), it actually put out the fire on the hills behind us. Thank goodness!! I still cant believe how lucky we were!<br />
Even though our fire had extinguished through the night we had friends and family who had to evacuate on Sunday because of the fire that was on the hills just 10 miles away that didn't go out with the rain fall, they weren't so lucky, but I am happy to say, as of today they have been able to return home and no structures/houses were lost. YAY!! Thanks to the many amazing fire fighters 1100 to be exact, from all over our state who truly are heros. LittleGreenRoom lives on.... :)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-73160651821412567022011-08-09T12:17:00.001-07:002011-08-09T12:17:44.468-07:00Fall Fashion Color Trends 2011<script src='http://www.craftcult.com/js/trwi.js?s=1&l=NjkxNzc5Mnw1NTQ3MTc0NTM&r=28012&t=s&m=0&u=6917792&'></script>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-50055724691579042262011-08-08T14:09:00.000-07:002011-08-08T14:09:26.834-07:00Feeling Of Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Wow fall is just around the corner, I cant believe it! My summer has been incredibly short and I am finding that there is just not enough time to do all that I am hoping to accomplish. I am sure all of you know about what that is like juggling work, being a wife and mom, and of course I have to feed that inner creative me by stealing time to make jewelry. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>I got a chance to do a little shopping this weekend and everything Fall and Halloween is out in the stores already. My absolute favorite time of year!! I love the fall colors and the smell of the pumpkin candles that line the store shelves and are so fragrant as you walk by. I will soon be listing my fall items so stay tuned.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>School is just about to start, here in California. I cant believe how fast it came, it seems like just yesterday we were getting ready for school to be out for the summer. It was a quieter summer for me this year..I was busy working on a new ecommerce site that I am going to launch soon, I think I mentioned it earlier. So much time and work goes into the setting up of the site, I found myself spending alot of my free time working on it with the designer. I will post details soon..hopefully in the next week. I am excited to add this new site to places that you will be able to shop for my jewelry designs. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Talking about fall, these little enameled flower necklaces remind me of little sunflowers. I love color and had fun creating these cute necklaces, playing with my torch and enamel, love it! Right now I am working on some new colored patina pieces and am exploring more coloring methods while experimenting. I am going home tonight to finish a few of the pieces and see how they turn out! I will be sharing soon ~hugs</i></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi everyone! I just wanted to give you all the details to an AMAZING Independance Day Giveaway that just started today. Rena Durham an amazing photographer is hosting a giveaway that one person will win with prizes and products totalling 1500.00 dollars! Yes, 1500.00 and LittleGreenRoom is included too, YAY!! Simply click on the link to see the contest details and find out how you could become the winner of this contest. I would love to know a LittleGreenRoom fan won! </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">While your there, take a peek at her amazing photography! She is sooo talented! She also has links and pictures of the great prizes that will be offered, 35 different vendors are participating!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSgMW6HxsVvMvmblOYbWPfTcdGZ8Kz_Y6LcB-qffX41wHGKm9EHu1Bohyey-MKjj-9YtSzdeahg1aQY-Rli_usZ4IUywlp1avN5N_9E4kjy1X7b0rg-5J207LMIvbpvWPo4pV88X7A08/s1600/PICT0996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSgMW6HxsVvMvmblOYbWPfTcdGZ8Kz_Y6LcB-qffX41wHGKm9EHu1Bohyey-MKjj-9YtSzdeahg1aQY-Rli_usZ4IUywlp1avN5N_9E4kjy1X7b0rg-5J207LMIvbpvWPo4pV88X7A08/s320/PICT0996.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Hi everyone!!! Long time since I have visited my blog to write (shame on me). Although it seems to of been a bit quiet lately from my LittleGreenRoom..the hammers are still hammering and the torch is still lit. Pieces of Jewelry are still being created and photographed and I have been patiently waiting to let you all know that this is a sneak peek at some of my new pieces of jewelry that will soon be offered on my new website "still in the works".</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">I am so excited to announce that I am expanding.! Yay! Although its "still in the works", I am hoping to launch the new website in the next few weeks. I have actually been working on it for over a month now and have been creating new and different pieces to offer in my new store. </span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">You will still be able to shop on Etsy, I love Etsy and will still be keeping my store open there but am finding a need to expand and am hoping by having multiple places to shop so that I might draw a larger audience.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">As you can see I will be offering more of my mixed metal pieces that seem to be so popular and other new pieces too.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Note to self: Blog more often!! LOL... I will be sharing more info soon! Thanks for being so patient ;)</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <i><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM40mfjmnioCiVKVrLayrtUHIFS3pV9EgKjcVRqM3SF8rS6F0WWSkyNar-u3qxXGfKpEBtPOX2InVEtYcP_k21duClmFnGvEZXpDIPTekF3jS8SMuQZz75E64lYd087JC4v_B2kvQOZzw/s1600/PICT0388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM40mfjmnioCiVKVrLayrtUHIFS3pV9EgKjcVRqM3SF8rS6F0WWSkyNar-u3qxXGfKpEBtPOX2InVEtYcP_k21duClmFnGvEZXpDIPTekF3jS8SMuQZz75E64lYd087JC4v_B2kvQOZzw/s320/PICT0388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Hi Everyone! If you haven't been by LittleGreenRoom for awhile you should stop by and see some of the new pieces that I am adding to the store. I am finally feeling better and able to list some of the new pieces from my Summer collection. Look for fun, bright color, stone and glass too! I will be listing new pieces each day so there should be something new when you stop by. After such a long winter, I am excited to see color and have added some of my favorite color combos into my pieces and...I am finally listing new earrings..Yay! Hope to see you! Talk to you soon :)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-1834251585369798332011-04-25T15:15:00.000-07:002011-04-25T15:15:36.798-07:00LittleGreen Egg??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrEBJ-7-T3p-6D59FOjUmvjCWAN3jxBU8CASbPfQ4PPA8tNlJS0APIQv1CwWtlEhgPxG_p172wyVyD5ZemKOcc66IPZuCEM0Q9VGpCmxkTkBablYB1aNgv0mPo-B1T5VSlTy4Htvlor4/s1600/PICT0308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrEBJ-7-T3p-6D59FOjUmvjCWAN3jxBU8CASbPfQ4PPA8tNlJS0APIQv1CwWtlEhgPxG_p172wyVyD5ZemKOcc66IPZuCEM0Q9VGpCmxkTkBablYB1aNgv0mPo-B1T5VSlTy4Htvlor4/s200/PICT0308.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_11QX4o-jcBizcBj22U_Y3_n50isFX6IsHWjfAw6gMP55amVulfmGWHbOQZI6g6K5D6JvDyMHx5BvBz048Of2d_vhxzLMshfsYIWYHLj7Xnv-yq36qATUhCYeIhIIkEQtmTqKxKgGRM/s1600/PICT0311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_11QX4o-jcBizcBj22U_Y3_n50isFX6IsHWjfAw6gMP55amVulfmGWHbOQZI6g6K5D6JvDyMHx5BvBz048Of2d_vhxzLMshfsYIWYHLj7Xnv-yq36qATUhCYeIhIIkEQtmTqKxKgGRM/s200/PICT0311.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ3IuxyyRv5Pa0i4RYc-GbfvM3u5wba0mMYGbiKUS9k88qp84ZmSvsSltk0PBkf8MdJYBoCa5VQiWUt37UevP_ykliTIQOP1qgR9mg0wc6YIuqjWG9kM6AQnvx0n6sTnRtm9RjuDMjjk/s1600/PICT0320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ3IuxyyRv5Pa0i4RYc-GbfvM3u5wba0mMYGbiKUS9k88qp84ZmSvsSltk0PBkf8MdJYBoCa5VQiWUt37UevP_ykliTIQOP1qgR9mg0wc6YIuqjWG9kM6AQnvx0n6sTnRtm9RjuDMjjk/s200/PICT0320.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Unfortunately I spent most of my holiday weekend sick. I had a relapse of this nasty cold that I cant seem to get rid of and have had for over a week now. It came back and kept me down most of this weekend which kind of ruined my plans for Sat. and Sunday. We had planned on going to the zoo. I love to go just before Easter, the weather is usually beautiful and its a kick off to spring but since I was sick we just stayed home and celebrated the day. </i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hope you all had a Happy Easter! I am still trying to get better so that I can catch up on some new designs that I want to create this spring. I have some exciting new things coming just around the corner so I will keep you updated! Thanks for stoppping by! </i>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-47482206030177637542011-04-07T14:59:00.000-07:002011-04-07T14:59:11.449-07:00Coming Soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.220765850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.220765850.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I am so excited to say that LittleGreenRoom jewelry might be coming to Laguna Beach, California! I got an email regarding my jewelry a couple of days ago...we are now working on details but I am so excited to possibly be expanding to So. California.. beautiful beaches and sunny days. It gives me a great excuse to head south more often. I will be writing more about this in later blog posts but just wanted to share .. Hope you all have a great day! </em></span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-81545833058965595212011-03-30T09:14:00.000-07:002011-03-30T09:14:44.207-07:00Use PayPal At Craft Fairs?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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If you have been looking into the options for processing payments at craft fairs you will have noticed that most require some sort of monthly financial commitment that seems a little pointless paying especially if you don't do a fair every month or you don't take many card payments.<br />
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First set up a donate paypal button in your paypal account you can do this by going to merchant services and clicking on the link for the buy now buttons then clicking on the donate link in the left menu. Donate is best since you can enter the amount as needed rather than creating buttons for each price and having to use add to cart for customers that want to make multiple purchases. <br />
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You don't even have to host the donate button anywhere once it is created you will be able to click through to the page and bookmark that so you can get to it quickly. (if you are using a smartphone you may find it easier to temporarily host the button on a free site builder so you can click through to the link after setting it all up on your home computer.)<br />
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For blackberry users you will need to download the opera browser because the default browser automatically goes to the paypal mobile site and this feature isn't possible on that.<br />
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Now you should have your donation page bookmarked and all you will need to do when you have a person wanting to pay is go to the bookmarked page, enter the purchase amount (inclusive of any taxes) and put in the card details, if your customer is registered with paypal then they will be able to log in and pay that way if preferred.<br />
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Of course there are limits with the paypal system since they do not accept all cards and anyone that has already used their card three times with paypal will need to sign up for an account but you now have a simple and free (other than the cost of your phone/netbook) way to process most card payments. This works best for those outside the US since you will be able to have the payments in your own currency. However if the venue you sell on is in your own currency you can just process through your venue but the donate button makes things faster because you don't have all the purchase steps to jump through.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-44040349061603315092011-03-23T14:37:00.000-07:002011-03-23T14:37:49.929-07:00Color Watch Spring/Summer 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As the snow begins to melt, colors start to bloom - this spring the return to color kicks off with sun-kissed coral shades. This isn’t your Grandma’s coral. “These modern formulas and juicy colors take an old-fashioned favorite for a fresh, modern spin.</span></i><br />
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</span>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-20448186266586176292011-03-18T10:34:00.000-07:002011-03-18T10:34:42.810-07:00Inspired By Nature!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.216996743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.216996743.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.227061377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.227061377.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.215236772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.215236772.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<em>Here are a few new pieces of jewelry from my spring summer 2011 line. I had so much fun creating these mixed metal pieces. Inspired by nature and things around me, these pieces came to life on their own. LittleGreenRoom details and my quirky spin on design I was quite happy with the end result. I always hope that the design that I am trying to portray comes through visually and tells a story without words.</em><br />
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<em> I am hoping to get into the GreenRoom this weekend and come up with a few new designs, so many ideas...so little time to make them come to life, but atleast its not the other way around, lots of time and no idea what to do... I am so happy to be creating what I love and loving what I do... </em><br />
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<em>Amy, I just wanted to tell you how much you inspire me! I can't think of an Etsy seller who's work I gravitate to, or wish I could create, more :) If you were closer I would be begging for an apprenticeship!</em><br />
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<em>I didnt quite know what to say.. except Thank you!! for such a sweet email and kind words. Thanks to all of you who support me and my art you are all keeping my dream alive! Hugs~ Amy</em>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-41269526882871838862011-03-18T10:10:00.000-07:002011-03-18T10:10:51.338-07:00One Of My Favorite Etsy Stores!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.195779709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.195779709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of my favorite stores to visit! Have you ever visited Raceytay on Etsy? If not you should stop by and see her amazing photos, they are true works of art. She has quite and eye for what she does and it looks like she is having a sale right now. Here is a link </span></em><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62685703/35-off-sale-field-of-poppies-tall-ruby"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.etsy.com/listing/62685703/35-off-sale-field-of-poppies-tall-ruby</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> if you would like to see more..</span></em>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494451024320968485.post-43930179801754603872011-03-18T09:52:00.001-07:002011-03-18T09:52:59.430-07:00A New Etsy Treasury That I Created Yesterday..<script src='http://www.craftcult.com/js/trwi.js?s=1&l=4d828fc910d68eef87f0efb9&r=11899&t=s&m=0&u=6917792&'></script>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968669399880443892noreply@blogger.com0