Free Beads for blogging is going great guns and I am happy to say all five spots were filled last week.
Yes I am late again. My head and a little bit of life got in the way.Let me explain.

Suglite Cab

This lovely stone as cut for me by an inexperienced cutter who unfortunately cut the rough the wrong way to get the best colour. This is one of the rejects and looks a little black when not in full sun but has divine purple colour otherwise. I have this and few more if you are interested email me.

So I was introduced to a new guy.....Well he promised me as part of the contract we made he would only cut the rest of the rough to get the best colour out of the stone that was left. I figured there was about 20-40 carats of colour in the stones I left him with. I was excited because Sugilite is a beautiful stone and quite rare and expensive. I went back when they rang to say they were done and he had cut all the rough and ALL the stones were black.Only one had a streak of colour that was in the middle and NO purple in the others. I told him I was not paying and he suggested he recut it for me to see if there was anyway to improve on his work. I told him not to bother but he did anyway.

So I went back and now even the one that had colour has no colour and this man wants me to pay $1.20 a carat for cutting.There is about 500 carats in the bundle. I refuse because he still hasnt done what he said he would do and I left.

This was about 2 weeks ago. Since then the phone has not been quiet and the threats started so I went to the police to sort it all. Truth has prevailed and he is in trouble if he doesnt leave me alone. 

The biggest problem was that the stress set me off.My head has had really bad days and I was not able to focus on anything more complex than a simple FB posting for many days. Sleep was had but it didnt help much. I think the last giveaway blog post was the biggest thing I did in a short while (check that out too and go in the draw for the Rubies and Pearls). So now I am back on track.

Oh and we had baby bunnies.Will post about them another day. 

Here are the winners from last week. This weeks will be announced on Sunday and cut off day for this week is today. If you have tried before and want to still be in the running then please comment on a post  and I will put you in the draw for the week. Fair's fair. 

So who this time? 

Beti of Stringing Fool  

Her pieces are lovely and here is a peek.

Tammie of TTE Designs 

Wow her pieces just jump off the page. 

Linda of Lily's of the Valley Jewelry Creations and Designs 

Linda does other crafts not just Jewelery 

And Amanda of AWJewelry

With her lovely pieces and such helpful Tutes.  

And last but not least 

Lisa of Pine Ridge Treasures

Go and check out her page for giveaways and fun as well.

Ok all from me for today.I will catch up more soon.Got a web page to complete for the first Bead soup reveal and that is FUN FUN FUN.

Love and hugs

Tanya

I have been greatly saddened by so many passing and so many young ones being taken of late.
I want to give some sort of help......to be there in some way....to hold a hand.....be a shoulder.....to be allowed to show I care. Know that feeling?

This is NOT a nice feel good topic so if you want to please just close the page and come back again another day. Having said that I want to share what I CAN do.

I have so many pretties sitting in plastic baggies waiting patiently for me to list or to sell or do something with and it occurred to me that with something I have sitting I can help someone who needs some support.

I am acquaintances with the lovely fellow who owns the Sinarin Silver web site. He and his wife lost two out of three of their triplets about two weeks ago.The third little fellow is in the ICU and will possibly be there for about another 6 weeks. ICU is expensive when you have little or no insurance.

So how do these things connect?

I am going to give away this set of Rubies and Pearls (approx100 carats of Rubies and rows of Freshwater Seed pearls all set in Sterling silver) to one of you. It has a retail value of $1400. The rubies are actually more red in person.My pics do leave a lot to be desired I am afraid to say but who ever get this set will not be disappointed.It took me about 3 weeks to make.

The SET.

The necklace measures approx 30 inches at the longest strand and the shortest one is about 24 inches. The Earrings are lever back sterling silver hooks and measure approx 2 inches from the curve of the hook to the end of the longest part.

Why is she doing this? Because I can.

How do I get in the give away ? 
There are a few ways.
1. Go and check out the web page and choose your favourite. Come back and comment here. (That's one entry)
2. Buy something and come back and comment here ( That is technically two entries cause you visited and purchased.)
3. Share the link.(please tell me in the comments where you did and that can be another entry for you)
4. Write a quick post on your blog about the site (this is a 5 entry thing because it will go out there so much further) and come back and comment here please.

I will run this until August 15th to give you all some time to play.The more entries the more chance you get to win this lovely set. The winner will be randomly chosen.

Ready Set Go......
Love and hugs
Tanya

Yes I did send them, they are on the way. Only 4 out of 5 people finally responded to my request for a shipping address.I dont know what happened to the other lass but if she contacts me by the end of the month I will get her a bundle away.

So who got beads.

Lisa Lodge of Pine Ridge Treasures Blog page
Here is one of her lovelies. Go check out more.

Marlene Cupo
Here is her favourite piece.

As soon as I get her blog link (I must be getting old cause I lost it) I will post it here. EDIT UPDATE: Blog link for Marlene is here Thanks for being patient with me.

Jenny Vidberg
Her blog is Shyme Design

Her is one of her pretties.

Last but not least is Heather from The CraftHopper

Here is one of her pretties.

Enjoy the read and the eye candy and I will be back soon with the next round of winners to show you what they do. It wont be so long next time. Life got in the way a lot this week
Love and Hugs
Tanya

This is a really quick post. I have to run out to work and am still so far behind (who isn't? LOL ) So Lori is giving away bits and pieces (an understatment) and I want to win one (or more LOL ) Here is the news on it.

This is but one of the prizes. Go to Lori's page and take a peek Have fun and enjoy. More coming later

Love and hugs

Tanya

My soup arrived today.
OMG !!!!! I was so excited. It came so fast.My lovely partner is Miko Wiropati, Uniquely Yunikua and she is based in Indonesia. Miko and I have become friends online just recently as she saw some beads in my store and I sent them to her as a gift.
So what did I get?????
Loads of yummy pieces to play with. Yes Yummy. Fried Egg sandwiches anyone?

Well I was inspired but Thomas tells me that they wont fit in the pan so I am going to do something different with them instead. I think I will "do my Saturn" instead and you will have to wait until reveal date of 25th August for that one.

Here is the rest of the collection. I had a hard time getting them all in the shot.

So many pieces to play with and I have ideas for all. I even get to combine some of my new beads that I picked up just today and I am going to make a clasp to go with one piece because it is crying for some Brass.LOL So much fun and I am itching to get started.
Stay tuned. Tomorrow I announce the giveaway beads for blogging winners of the week. Please take the time to check out what others have won and done with their giveaway pieces.

Love and Hugs to all
Tanya

I had a little time this week and so I hand wrapped some chains. These are for sale in my Handmade Artists store. This store and all the stores in this site are guaranteed to have items made by the artists themselves with NO resellers allowed. About time we found a place that will up hold its principles instead of wanting to make a fast buck at others expense.


I have a promo running to give away beads. YES, no strings attached giveaway. No cost involved except a little time and effort to put a button on your blog.I gave away 5 parcels already Are you interested? Take a peek at the rules here. Nothing to lose.

I think this week we will test run this new chain. There are at least 6 different colour combos so all who are interested will get a section of chain and some findings to play with as well as beads.
Looking forward to sending parcels.
Tanya