MALL is a Four-Letter Word!

The Capital Region Etsy Street Team (CREST) is holding a Black Friday/Cyber Monday CREST promotion. The following stores have contributed items for a Gift Box, which will be given away through a random drawing. Several stores are also offering discounts.

To enter, post a comment on the CREST blog (not on my blog this time!) along with your name and email address. The winner will be announced on the afternoon of Friday, December 5th.

I'm personally offering $5 off on every $25 spent at my shop with free shipping on orders of $50 or more.  Shop at Jellybug Artworks on Friday, November 28th through Monday, December 1st, and save!

This holiday, MALL is a four-letter word!  Buy handmade, support your local artists, and give a one-of-a-kind gift!

Participating Stores

Athena's Olive Tree
Gift Box Contribution:Layered Candy Cane Soap Bar
Discount Offer: I've placed 42 items on sale and will be giving away a free item to a random person who purchased from my shop in the month of November... and i'll be giving 5% off any order placed ON black friday! Ends Midnight EST.
babus
Gift Box Contribution: I am offering up one of my wet-felted wool scrap yarn balls. Multicolored ball about 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
Discount Offer: I am offering free shipping on all items.

Bella Tote
Gift Box Contribution: an attractive reusable tote!

Bette's Bags
Gift Box Contribution: Small fabric wallet or credit card holder.
Discount Offer: Free Shipping
DearSophie
Gift Box Contribution: I am offering up a pair of new jade and sterling silver earrings. Valued at $8.
Discount Offer: free gift wrapping on all items, free shipping on orders over $30. Early bird special: Make it a gift set! Limited number of free earrings with the purchase of a necklace.

Designs by Erin
Gift Box Contribution: 2 knitted bangle bracelets: 1 light green & white cotton yarn, and 1 baby blue acrylic and blue Lion's Brand Homespun yarn

Elizabethan Creations
Gift Box Contribution: Set of 4 yo-yo coasters in blue
Discount Offer: 20% of everything in shop

French Roast
Gift Box Contribution: a pendant (value $15)
Discount Offer: free shipping to the US (discounts overseas)
Generations Tie Dye

Gift Box Contribution: A 12"x60" hand-dyed blue and gray silk scarf

herban lifestyle™
Gift Box Contribution: organic holiday cookie sugar scrub
Discount Offer: 20% off all items in my store

Jellybug Artworks
Gift Box Contribution: a fused glass pendant.
Discount Offer: $5 off on every $25 spent at my shop with free shipping on orders of $50 or more.

jetsy
Gift Box Contribution: a small redecorated spice tin ("Warm Fuzzies") that the recipient can fill with glitter, bath salts, powder, or tea, spices, etc.

Katie's Kritters
Gift Box Contribution: a duo of Christmas pins, Santa and Mrs. Claus

Mishutka Design Studio
Gift Box Contribution: Victorian Pink Rose Tags (Set of 6) Delicate roses and lovely pink ribbons are perfect together in these Victorian style gift tags. Delightful vintage tags to decorate your gifts! Or use them for scrapbooking and as bookmarks.

mloartwear
Gift Box Contribution: Original upcycled bookmark and an original watercolor Christmas theme card
Discount Offer: Free shipping

oblinaknit
Gift Box Contribution: On The Go Pouch - A cute little japanese fabric pouch to stash you stuff!
Discount Offer: 15% all items in my shop

Silver Dot Jewelry Designs
Gift Box Contribution: Crystal Rose Necklace A faceted rock crystal quartz briolette is accented with a lovely rose gold vermeil charm and suspended from sterling silver chain. Necklace length will be made to customer specifications. Necklace retails for $33.50
Discount Offer: BOGO Sale - Buy One item and get lower priced or equal value item at 50% off.

Shelby B's Designs
Sale: 10% off all sales, and a free stitch marker to match your yarn purchase! Gift box: Skein of worsted weight yarn, in colors of the winners choice!.

Undefined Village
Sale: Buy one get one 1/2 off all prints 8x10 or larger.
Gift Box: 5x7 photographic print, matted and signed

Wild Honeysuckle Creations
Gift Box Contribution: A pendant or ornament.

Happy Shopping!

Flower Sale!

I'm running a new themed sale every week through the end of 2008 to help you with your holiday shopping. If you would like to receive a weekly email listing the items that are on sale that week, please subscribe to my Weekly End of 2008 Sales newsletter.

This week's theme is flowers!  Through Sunday, November 22nd, enjoy a 10% discount on any of my work that features or looks like flowers, including glass millefiori!

http://www.jellybug.com/store/category/flower-sale

Here are just a few of the fun things that are presently on sale!

Retro Tunnel Vision Fused Glass Pendant
Retro rounded squares of bright, juicy green and blue are topped off with a large dollop of millefiori.

Visit Jellybug Artworks for more pictures and a chance to own this item!

Unakite and Hill Tribes Fine Silver Jewelry Set
Three strands of marbled unakite, accented with pewter suns and flowers, and a Thai Hill Tribes fine silver pendant.

Matching earrings feature a cluster of dainty unakite beads on handmade fine silver ballpins. Hill Tribes fine silver blossoms dangle below, and the earrings hang on fine silver earwires.

Visit Jellybug Artworks for more pictures and a chance to own this item!

Beach Blossom Necklace
This is a fun, kicky necklace. The green shell pendant splendidly complements the conical golden shells that frame it, and the green and gold theme is repeated throughout the necklace. Also featured are frosted sea glass, lime turquoise, and brass suns.

Visit Jellybug Artworks for more pictures and a chance to own this item!

Glass Blossom Candleholder
Colored glass is gently draped into a flower blossom shape that is perfect for tealights. The ones pictured are just a sample -- I can make this in any color, and I have swirly multi-colored glass, too!

Visit Jellybug Artworks for more pictures and a chance to own this item!

Winner of the Fused Glass Pendant Contest

First, I want to thank everyone who entered. It was so wonderful to read the lovely things you said about my work!

The lucky winner, randomly selected using Microsoft Excel technology (tee hee), is Jen, who chose my Psychedelic Sun pendant. Unfortunately, this pendant was sold long before the contest started, so I'll be contacting Jen to make a second choice.

If you didn't win, that means the pendant you chose is likely still available! Run out and buy it now!  :D

If you'd like to be notified the next time I have a giveaway, please sign up for my Contests and Giveaways newsletter!

Starting Sunday: First Weekly Jewelry SALE!

I'm going to run a new themed sale every week between Sunday, November 9th and the end of the year to help you with your holiday shopping. If you would like to receive a weekly email listing the items that are on sale that week, please subscribe to my Weekly End of 2008 Sales newsletter.

The first sale, starting this coming Sunday and running through November 15th, will be off 10% all jewelry that reminds me of food -- frosting, candy, chocolate, and fruit!

http://www.jellybug.com/store/category/food-sale

All of my jewelry comes in complimentary gift boxes.

Here are just a few of the fun things that will be on sale starting Sunday!

Artist Spotlight: Maggie Sue Designs

Fellow Capitol Region Etsy Street Team member Meredith of Maggie Sue Designs was kind enough to include one of my pieces in an Etsy treasury she created. While writing a blog post about the treasury, I was nosing through her shop, and I found so many fabulous things that I just had to share!

Meredith is a seamstress who makes awesome cup cozies and handbags.

Coffee Cup Cozies

Meredith's fleece-lined coffee cup cozies are right up my alley -- bright-colored and fuzzy! Being a frequenter of Starbucks and the coffee bar at Whole Foods, I'm totally in the market for one of those. The three at left are my favorites, but she makes them in a huge variety of colors and patterns.

Handbags, Purses, Totes

Meredith also makes adorable small purses in vibrant colors. As you might guess, I'm a sucker for vibrant colors. My favorites are her vibrant patchwork bag, her Manzanita Modern Bag, and her Red Crazy Squares Front Pocket Bag.

I usually go without a bag, but when I'm pocketless, I like a cross-body bag that isn't huge -- just big enough for wallet, phone, and keys. I've been looking for an appropriately-sized bag, and I think I've find the source!

Three of My Pieces Featured in Two Etsy Treasuries!

The Capitol Region Etsy Street Team is having a sale this week, and the girls are going wild snagging treasuries!

The Surfing the CREST treasury features earth-toned swirly things and includes two of my pieces: handblown Murano glass earrings and a fused glass pendant.

The Do You Love a Good Sale? treasury is Maggie Sue Designs' favorite CREST pieces and features my Rock Garden Symphony necklace -- a red stone pendant on hand-wrapped agates.

The Maggie Sue Designs shop is so interesting that I'm going to have to devote a blog entry to my favorite pieces of hers!

Win a Fused Glass Pendant of Your Choice!

I've just discovered a wonderful blog: Etsy Giveaways! Every day, they post links to contests where you can win free handmade gifts from Etsy artists! This sounds like so much fun that I want to participate.

The Prize

One lucky winner will receive a fused glass pendant of his or her choice from my website or my Etsy store! I make my pendants one at a time, designing, cutting and assembling them by hand in my tiny studio at my house in historic Greenbelt, MD. I use all compatible 90 COE glass, heat it to thoroughly scalding temperatures, then slowly anneal it for strength.

How to Enter

Pick your favorite pendant from my website or my Etsy store, and leave a comment on this blog post with your choice. Be sure to include your email address so that I can contact you if you win!


The contest is open through the end of Friday, November 7th at midnight eastern time. On Saturday, I'll choose a winner at random from the comments and contact that person by email. If I don't receive a response within a week, I'll pick another winner! Shipping in included with the prize; due to the high variability in worldwide shipping costs, this content is only open to residents of the United States and Canada.

Update: The contest is over and we have a winner! If you'd like to be notified the next time I have a giveaway, please sign up for my Contests and Giveaways newsletter!