Blog Give-A-Way!

Happy Monday Everyone!

I'm only 7 peeps away from having

100 followers on my blog - Woo Hoo! 

Okay, I know,...I know,...there's folks who have thousands of followers, but I'm excited and very grateful for the

93 of you that I have!!

Once I hit 100 followers I'm going to be putting everyone's name in the pot and doing a Blog Give-A-Way as an appreciation gift to everyone who follows along in my quirkly little corner of the world.

There will be three winners in my Blog Give-A-Way.

The 1st item to be given away will be this 

Romantic Rose necklace and complimentary earring set

that I created for the Bead Soup Blog Party this fall that everyone gave me such nice compliments on.

(Thank you for the kind words, by the way!)

2nd Up will be my "Follow Your Dreams" Necklace with pewter charm, leather cord and one of my handcrafted sterling silver swirl clasps. 

I love this necklace because even with it's

simplistic style, it speaks volumes!

And 3rd on the Give-A-Way block with be my

"Butterscotch" beaded brass wire-wrapped bracelet which, with it's assortment of wire wrapped beads, is fun and funky!

Once I hit "100" I'll be doing the drawing and posting the results of the "100 Followers Give-A-Way" so check back often and see how things are going!

Also, this Monday, I wanted to tell you about a pretty big event that's happening online the 26th of November through the 3rd of December with Lori Anderson. 

She's such an innovative one, this lovely beady blogger, and she's come up with the First Annual Virtual Craft Show which she's hosting over on her blog, Pretty Things. 

You'll definitely want to check it out! 

Click on over to her blog now for the all the juicy details!

Also, don't forget, the Holiday Shop Hop 2011 will take place right here on my blog (and several other's blogs as well!) for two days the weekend of December 3rd and 4th as well. 

You'll be able to hop around to several shops and blogs and check out some wonderful handmade items and support the art community when you do your holiday shopping this year.

So, that's it for this Monday.  Here's to a creative week everyone!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Lovely Give-A-Ways, Fun Craft Shows and cool Holiday Shop Hops!

Cheers,

~Shel~

I Heart Macro - It's Sunday!!

Oh,....Sunday!

I played with beads this week,

And,

I smelled the roses

and I admired the texture of some

really cool, wooden stick baskets.

What did you do?

Go ahead and hop on over to

Studio Waterstone where Lori Plyler

has put together this week's edition of

I Heart Macro and

share some love 'up close'!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Macro Sundays!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Last Chance!

Step Right Up and Sign Up For The

Holiday Shop Hop 2011

Taking Place December 3rd and 4th!

Saturday the 19th (That's TOMORROW!)

is the last day to let me know you want in!

Check out the information HERE and then email me with your email address and shop information at Shel@asicj.com

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Shopping Handmade This Holiday!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Sit A Spell With Me, Won't You?

Won't you sit a spell with me?

We Can Sit Here and Enjoy the Morning,...

The Big Bird is Watching Us From Across The Lake In The Neighbor's Yard

The Grapefruit Are Starting to Look More Ripe,...

Grapefruit "Sunning" Themselves

Coco's Being Too Loud Now So We Have To Go In,....

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and This or That Thursdays!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Confessions of a Slacker Bead Chic on BTW

Happy BTW!  (Bead Table Wednesday)

I've got a bunch of goodies that have been on my bead table for well,....a couple of months now.

Ceramic Goodies from Chelle V.2 on Etsy

Ceramic Pendant from White Clover Kiln on Etsy

Ship Pendant from Miss Fickle Media on Etsy

Lovely Copper Flowers from Kristi Bowman in Etsy

Ceramin LOVE Bead from Havana Beads on Etsy

They're sitting there,...staring at me,...and the conversation between us goes something like this almost daily:

Gorgeous Findings: "Do something with us,...Please!"

Slacker Bead Chic: I'll get to you, be patient."

Gorgeous Findings: "Yeah, right! When?"

Slacker Bead Chic: "Ummmm,.....I'm not sure. Possibly after the Holiday Shop Hop?"

Gorgeous Findings (now totally insulted!): "What?! AFTER the Holiday Shop Hop -  Are you NUTS?!  We SOOOOO deserve to be created into something beatiful waaaay before the shop hop!  The objective here is for people to see us when they shop right, stupid?"

Slacker Bead Chic: "Well, yes,...but time isn't one of my luxuries right now - there's tons of other things going on. And besides, you're not on my "list" today. Sorry." 

Gorgeous Findings: "Seriously?!  Well collecting dust wasn't on our list either or even remotely in our descriptions you read when you purchased us, but alas,...here we sit!" 

Slacker Bead Chic: (as she walks away from bead table to shower and go to a network luncheon instead of playing with her gorgeous findings and creating beautiful things)  "Sigh,...painful, painful, Sigh!"

Gorgeous Findings: "Slacker!"

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and well,....time for gorgeous findings, fun beads and awesome jewelry making!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Slacker Bead Chic's Desk - void of beads and fun things today!

So, What's on your bead table today?  Go check out all the cool things other people are so luckily creating today!!  (Sigh!) 

Jump Right In!

Step on up and JUMP right in!

Into the Holiday Shop Hop 2011!

We've got quite a few folks signed up to participate in one capacity or another and although most of the particpants are jewelry and/or bead and supplies related, I'm still getting people leaving comments and emailing me with their information - so it's not too late for you to jump in, too!

You can read all about the Holiday Shop Hop 2011 Right HERE!

It's taking place for one weekend (2 days) on

Saturday and Sunday, December 3rd and 4th.

There are several of you who have passed this information on to your friends and fellow online artisans - THANK YOU!!

This was just my small way to try and help after I read several posts and forums in respect to people wondering what they could do to try and affectively drive more traffic to their sites for the upcoming Holidays.

So, head on over to the original post and after reading it and checking out the details, go ahead and sign up! 

And, feel free to email me with questions!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Here's to helping each other out this Holiday Season!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Miss Layla thinks you should join in the fun
with the Holiday Shop Hop 2011 this season!

Happy Veteran's Day

In leiu of my usual "Friday's Fab Fav's" today, I'd like to take the time to thank the Veteran's who have afforded me the freedoms I've grown accustomed to.

My Grandfather fought in WWI.

My dad fought in WWII. He was present on D-Day +1, Normandy and many other battles in Europe.

I have several Uncles who have served as well.

My brother's served during Vietnam; one on a naval ship, the other in Thailand. My step-brother was a Marine.

My husband was in the Air Force.

I have a nephew who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan and is surely to be deployed again in the future. I have several cousins, various family members and friends who have served in all branches of the Armed Forces.

I have lost relatives in this "War on Terror".

I have had friends lose loved ones as well and I have a son who wants to be a Marine the minute he graduates high school.

With out you, and those before you, I would not be sitting here, enjoying the lifestyle I have right now. 

I know your jobs are not easy. There have been hard choices to make and live with, there were times when what you had to do went complete against every grain in your soul, yet still,...you did what you had to.

And because of you, I sit here, typing this, having a "day off".

You have my undying gratitude! 

From The Bottom of My Heart - THANK YOU!

Thank you is not near enough, nor could it ever completely convey my feelings of gratitude, but it's what can be said, here, in words.

Happy Veteran's Day!

~Shel~

What's Today??

Okay - so it's Thursday! 

Yesterday I missed BTW (Bead Table Wednesday)

and today I've missed

"This or That Thursday" over on Deb Duty's blog. 

My excuse you ask?

Well, Sunday night the hubby and son came home from camping and motorbiking in the desert with the son's wrist all tweaked out! 

Monday was spent at the Doctor's office and

over at the X-Ray place checking things out.

Tuesday morning was another trip to the Doctor's office

to get a splint when we found out it wasn't broken

(thank goodness!) but only sprained.

Wednesday found us back at the Doctor's office after school to learn that the same child now has strep throat! 

Geeze,...this kid barely goes to the doctor once a year,...and now,...three times in three days!

Holy Cow Smokes Batman!

Yes, Marsha, I said it again!

(Now EVERYONE knows what a total dork I am!!)

Today was spent waiting hand and foot on above mentioned teenager who, due to being sick, seemed like he was 5 years old again!!

So, tomorrow I'm hoping that a few things will get back to normal and regular posts to the blog will continue. 

But hey, how un-fun is life when things are always

normal and predictable, right?

So, Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and a little bit of Chaos!

Cheers

~Shel~

Oh - and for those of you who haven't signed up yet for the Holiday Shop Hop - hop on over to the original post and read all about it and then send me your info via email to: Shel@asicj.com

It'll be fun!!

Jewelry Give-a-Way!

Hey there folks - so sorry not to post yesterday, but my computer kept freezing up!

And, I didn't get to play along with I Heart Macro yesterday either as a result - bummer!! I always look forward to Sunday's for that.  I'm hopping over today to Studio Waterstone to catch up on what I missed - you should, too!

Anyhoo,....without further ado,......

I'm giving away three pair of earrings - one pair for my Blogging friends, one pair for my Facebook friends and one pair that went to someone at the actual show! 

The first pair was for here on the blog and although there's only a few comments, several people emailed me saying they were unable to leave comments so I threw them into the mix as well with the random picker!  

These lovelies, designed with copper ammonite components from Kristi Bowman are going out to Deb Duty from

Deb Duty Photography!

Deb won these!

Next up are these fun, chunky amethyst nugget earrings and they're going out to  Holly who attended the show here in Arizona!

Holly won these!

And these lovely little faceted peridot drop earrings in sterling silver are going to Evie's Tool Emporium who played along with us over on our MiShel Designs Facebook Page!

Evie's Tool Emporium won these!

I'll be contacting each of you individually to get your address so I can pop these in the mail tomorrow!

Thanks to everyone who showed up here in Arizona - we had a great time, the live music was fantastic (Thanks Preston!)  and Mina, the massages were AWESOME!!  Everyone had a great time and it was so wonderful being able to catch up with everyone before the Holidays!

Have a great week everyone and stay warm and dry.  It's 46 and raining here this morning in the desert! Brrrr,......(I know, I'm a whimp!)

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Fun Jewelry Give-a-Ways!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

 

Here's Your Coupon Code!

Happy Saturday Everyone!!

Today's the day my sister and I are having our Annual Fall Jewelry Boutique! 

Woo Hoo!!

MiShel Designs Falling Leaf Necklace

This is always so much fun!

This year, in addition to live music

(Thank You, Preston!)

Guitarist, Preston Hindman
Photo Courtesy of Egan Eyes Photography

we're also having a massage therapist join us and folks are signed up to get massages in between shopping and chatting with everyone! 

How fun is this going to be?!

MiShel Designs Pumpkin Spice Necklace

For all of you who cannot physically be here in Arizona to join in on the fun, know that you can shop right along with everyone by going to the MiShel Designs Etsy Store and using Coupon Code FALL15 for 15% off your order!  

MiShel Designs Desert Sagebrush Necklace

Plus, I'll be doing a give-a-way over on my MiShel Designs Facebook Page today, too.

So, be sure to hop on over there

and leave a comment in order

to be put in the drawing for the

jewelry give-a-way!

I'll announce the winners of the free jewelry give-a-way Sunday here on my blog and over on my MiShel Designs Facebook Page, too.

MiShel Designs Purple Rain Necklace

Everyone enjoy their Saturday and pretend there's someone rubbing your shoulders while you're browsing the

MiShel Designs Etsy Store

today - K?!!

MiShel Designs "Follow Your Heart" Necklace

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Happy Shopping Today!!

MiShel Designs "Perfect Pearls" Necklace

Cheers,

~Shel~