Fairy Merry Christmas Sale at Thyme2dream

FAIRY MERRY CHRISTMAS SALE I have marked down lots of sparkly holiday sorts of items in the Fairy Merry Christmas Sale section at Thyme2dream ArtFire AND if your order is over $75 you also get your choice of a free fairy wand or any ear cuff up to $18 in value!!

The sale prices are already marked, but if your order is $75 or more please indicate your choice of free gift in the notes to seller section:)

Thyme2dream's Handmade Holiday Wish List on Facebook

Come and join the fun!! I started a new facebook page so I can keep up with friends and artisans over the holiday season- kind of a virtual shopping mall for creative folk!

I really wanted it to be place for everyone to "shop" together this holiday season..please pop by and post your own wish list items from other artist's shops, sales and features from your own shop, anything handmade!!

PLEASE: Handmade, Vintage and Supplies only my aim is to help promote a handmade holiday season...lets band together and make it a great one for all:-)

CONTEST: Win a Thyme2dream Elven Necklace this week

Hey all, Im featured in week 10 of the Kansas City Etsy teams Countdown to Christmas Giveaway! Im offering one of my adjustable choker / necklace pieces in the winners choice of any colour range in my shop! Click the photos or CLICK HERE to visit our KC Etsy blog and enter the contest:)

Winter Wedding Treasury on Etsy

I don't include every treasury Im in on my blog, but this one was so breathtaking I just had to!! Thank You to mysticwynd for including our Ivy Leaf Tiara!! its up til Tuesday, click the photo to visit~

EvenStar Elven Forest Collection is Born

Evenstar (Undómiel in the Elvish tongue) was the name given to Arwen by her grandmother Galadriel..a prophetic name, for she was indeed the Evening Star of her people.

In this new elven forest range, I set the purples & pinks of a twilight sky amidst shimmery starlike crystals and leaves.








These pieces started as a routine custom order, but got out of hand and turned into a whole new jewelry range! I love when that happens!!

So far I only have ear cuff and pendant, but plans are in the works for elven headdress, bracelet, earrings, hair fanices and more..if you would like to order any of those pieces before I list them, just drop me a line.

Mary Travers, The Angel Who Taught Me to Sing

I dont usually cry when famous people die, but I did tonight when I heard that Mary Travers had passed away. Peter Paul and Mary's first album came out the month I was born, and I remember as a little girl hugging up close to the hi-fi speakers to immerse myself in the amazingly rich sounds of "an angel and two cellos playing guitars" and smiling back at the happy lady on the In The Wind album cover while I listened. I remember my dad explaining the importance of event in the photograph on the back cover- Peter Paul & Mary singing Blowin in the Wind at Martin Luther King's famous March on Washington.

Mary taught me to sing harmony with passion and to be proud of my alto voice that I always worried was a little weird. She and my mom were the only two women I remember singing me to sleep at night:). In tribute, here are videos of some of my favorite songs from the early days of Peter Paul and Mary:




Mary said of this song:

If I had to pick one song, my softest spot, it would be "Blowing in the Wind." If you could imagine the March on Washington with Martin Luther King and singing that song in front of a quarter of a million people, black and white, who believed they could make America more generous and compassionate in a nonviolent way, you begin to know how incredible that belief was.

And still is. To sing the line, "How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?" in front of some crummy little building that refuses to admit Jews in 1983, the song elicits the same response now as it did then. It adresses the same questions. "How many deaths will it take till they know that too many people have died?" Sing that line in a prison yard where political prisoners from El Salvador are being kept. Or sing it with Bishop Tu Tu. Same response. Same questions.

Joe Smith, Off The Record, London, 1989, pp. 161-162

Mary's amazing voice ringing out over Sydney Harbor



I love her harmonies soaring on the chorus of this song!!



Probably my very FAVORITE song Peter Paul and Mary ever did...the way it builds is amazing....they could do more with three voices, two guitars and a bass than anyone I ever heard (okay there is a horn section in the back of this, but it wasnt needed, lol)


Finally, a couple of very happy Spiritual Songs to send her home...





We will really miss you Mary, I hope to see you again one day "in that land where Im bound" on that "great day in the morning" :-)

Under A Violet Moon

I love purple by ANY name..here are a couple of pieces in my new Under a Violet Moon range.

Under A Violet Moon 'Bajoran' ear cuff/earring









As you may have guessed, these pieces are indeed named after the magical Blackmore's Night song (video below;)












Under A Violet Moon Circlet









And just in case you wanted to know what former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is up to these days (yeah, the Smoke on the Water dude;)... here he is playing Renaissance Rock with the beautiful Candice Night:

Dragon Days of Summer 25% off Sale at Thyme2dream ArtFire

Yes, I know thats a really corny fairy pun...I must be hanging around Ian too much;).

BUT the point is..now through Sunday August 23rd (I extended it a week!!) save 25% on your total order through my ArtFire Shop only. This is a secret sale for people who read my blog, Facebook or Twitter so you MUST mention this post in the notes to seller section when you check out to get the discount! I will refund the discount through Paypal or send a revised invoice for you, whichever you prefer.




Sale includes EVERYTHING listed at Thyme2dream ArtFire: fairy tiaras, elven headdress, circlets, ear cuffs, faery jewelry and more...even already marked down sale items! As always, the buy 3 or more items get free shipping offer also applies.






I've added several new designs this summer, including some new Victorian Twilight pieces, the Golden Slumbers collection , new 'Bajoran' Ear Cuffs and Peacock Fan Tiara. We also have a group of special sale items already marked down.

REMEMBER this is in my ArtFire shop only- if you see something on Etsy you like that isnt yet listed on ArtFire just let me know and I will post it there for you. Also, remember to mention this post to get your discount- its not advertised in my shop, just here Facebook and Twitter...it IS okay to tell your friends tho;-)

I Entered a Contest~ Please Vote AND Get 10% off BEADS:)

I entered my first ever actual jewelry contest this past week because one of my favorite online bead suppliers-Abeadstore.com- was offering BEADS as the prize! I entered my Rivendell Spring Earrings, made with the gorgeous Azuro Peridot leaves that I have only found there:



The cool thing about this contest is that just for voting you get 10% off any purchase in their shop made now through August 31st(even if you dont vote for me;)..So- FOLLOW THIS LINK and vote!!

Handmade Weddings Inspiration

We were honored to be included on Inventing Weddings: Etsy Handmade Wedding Inspirations last week...if you are planning a wedding you should definitely include this GORGEOUS blog on your inspirations list!!

That's our Sapphire & Ice Wedding Tiara in the lower right hand corner... click on the photo or visit http://inventingweddings.blogspot.com/2009/07/blue-on-something-blue.html for information on all the beautiful pieces featured here.