AND THE WINNER IS....

Thank you to everyone that participated in the Facebook giveaway for a custom set of stacking rings as posted here. 

The winner is: Chasity Tietje !!!!!!!  

Chasity email me by 12:00 pm PST at carin@jonesingforjewelry.com to claim your prize!

For the rest of you, stay tuned!  I have lots of new items coming your way, more sales, and giveaways galore!

FREMONT FAIR 2012



This year it was my goal to add a few more local trade shows.  They are such a great way to interact with fans face to face and get the word out there about my jewelry!  Love you online fans, but this interaction is so important for the  business and for me!

This year one of the new shows I chose to do was the Fremont Fair. It was on my list of shows that I wanted to do for several reasons.  It's in a great location.  An awesome, hip Seattle neighborhood! Filled with unique botiques, funky bars, and lots of eclectic energy!

It was one of the largest shows I've done to date, and required that I set up the majority of the booth the night before, then a 14 hour day Sat, and a 10 hour day Sunday!  It was a lot of work, but really worth it! I met a ton of great fellow artists, and gained a lot of new fans and made a serious impression with those new silhouette charms making their debut this week!

I also met a few great ladies that are interested in wholesaling my items in their local shops! Including a local winery interested in carrying charm  jewelry with their logo in it!

My booth set up was pretty great, but as always, I've got ideas to improve it!  It was the first show I was at where I only had one open side, and with the new tables I bought it was a tight squeeze!  I'm going to make some risers for the tables so stuff can be at different heights and therefore I can fit more stuff on one table.  Plus I definitely need a banner, and I'm going to work on making a chalkboard out of a recycled pallet and some chalk board paint (still just in the idea phase) so I can write more information on how to place your order for the charm jewelry.  With not enough room to really spread out an ordering table, it gets a little confusing for people I think.

But all in all, the space was great! I love to bring other elements than just the jewelry and basic stands. I always want my tent to feel like you're walking into an amazing boutique shop. It's not only a great way to stand out amongst the crowd, but also is so inviting and beautiful.  I bring lots of vintage elements from my home to help decorate the space. I think I'm also going to work on getting some beautiful fabrics for the inside walls rather than the basic white tent sides, but all in good time!

For all of you that I met at the fair, welcome!  I know I gave out tons of cards so there is bound to be lots of traffic here! If you're looking to purchase here are the links to my 2 etsy shops:

Custom Charm Jewelry: J4JCharms
Unique Sterling Jewelry: Jonesing for Jewelry

Also for all of you  newbies, don't forget to like us on Facebook! You get lots of good inside tips, first look at new items, heads up on sales, and free giveaways!

AMAZING STUFF IS EVEN BETTER WHEN IT'S FREE

That's right, I'm doing another giveaway!  Facebook has changed their policies regarding giveaways, so I'm changing up how we do them a little, and posting the official announcement and winner here, but as always, your entry is valid just by being a fan on my Facebook page. That's right, as long as you've hit "like" on my page you could win!

Apatite Stacking Ring

Stacking rings are all the rage these days, and have been some of my best sellers in the jewelry shop !  The one above is inspired by the surface of the moon, with one wide band heavily distressed, one dotted band with a recycled sterling drop, two half round bands, one has a concave disc, the other an stunning beautiful appatite stone set in a hand forged bezel setting.

This is just one of the many examples of something I could create for you!  I have a wide varity of stones, colors, sizes for you to choose from.  If you win the giveaway, I'll help you create your own one of a kind piece that you'll love!

HOW TO ENTER: Just "like" my facebook page! How easy is that?! Don't forget to sign into your husband's account and "like" my page there too! The more enteries the better right? Plus, even if you don't win, it'll give him a little hint for your next birthday present!
WHAT YOU'LL WIN:  1 custom stacking ring up to $100.00 value.  Pricing depends on stones and settings, but most of what we could create will fall under this value.  For example the Apatite ring shown is a $78.00 value.  Any additional funds not "spent" while creating your piece will be forfeited.
WHEN IT'LL BE GIVEN AWAY: The evening of Monday June 18, 2012 Pacific Standard Time. No specific time.
CLAIMING: You will be giving approximately 3 days (exact time will be given when I announce the winner) to claim your prize by emailing me confirmation. If you do  not contact me within the time frame your prize will be forfeited.

DON'T FORGET TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS! MAYBE THEY'LL LET YOU LOOK AT IT LONGINGLY IF THEY WIN!

FRIDAY FAVORITES

Fabulous Finds from Etsy



 1. Yellow Horn Rim Glasses
2. Blue Clay Soap
3. Turkish Bath Towel
4. Hand Splash Dyed Dress <--- 100% sure I would never take this off if I had one!
5. Seltzer Bottle
6. Flowering Air Plant
7. "You Are Wonderful" Embroidered Hoop
8. Antique Copper Funnels
9. Vintage Toy Bus <--- My new favorite shop! If you're local you have to go check out Millesime Designs . There are new collections regularly and there is never anything in there that I don't want!



KALEBISM

It's been awhile since I posted a funny story about Kaleb.  No, he didn't momentarily stop being funny, just haven't gotten around to telling you any stories.  These TWO were too hard to pass up though!



STORY 1:

Kaleb has been so amazingly good lately.  I've been working like mad, and had little time for anything else.   Dave's been picking up the slack around the house, leaving Kaleb to play by himself a lot.  My parents have been amazingly generous, and took him 4 weekends in a row to their lake house so I could make sure all those Mother's Day orders were getting out in a reasonable amount of time.

Anyways, this weekend I promised that I would work less and play more.  Saturday was one of the first days our pool was open, and it was NICE here (aka, not 50 degrees, but also not 90, I don't do 90). Kaleb took full advantage of the time we had together.

When we first got there waiting for the pool to open

Kaleb swam almost non-stop for about 3 1/2 hours!  He has taken a lot of lessons over the past year, so when I say swim, I don't mean he was just splashing around in the wadding pool, but rather non stop underwater swimming!  The lifeguards at our pool are also conveniently his swim teachers. So they all know him well, and he shows off like crazy for them.  Anyways, the day was winding down, but we were having so much fun with family that we couldn't justify leaving.  One of his teachers said, "Kaleb you are going to be so tired tonight!"  The all knowing mother in me quickly disagreed, as I was sure he would just keep going like he always does (don't you wish you had the energy of a 4 year old again!)

About 15 minutes after that, Kaleb started to complain that his eyes were sore.  I mean swimming underwater with your eyes open for 3 hours will do that to you! I told him to close them and lay his head on my shoulder for a few minutes just to rest his eyes.  Literally 2 seconds later I looked down, and he was sound asleep!  DID I MENTION WE WERE STILL IN THE POOL!  That's right, my child fell asleep swimming!  This was no quick nap, he was passed out! We got him out of the pool dried off, changed and he barely woke up!  (Although the thought of ice cream a few minutes later did the trick only to fall back asleep right after he finished a strawberry shortcake ice cream!) 

Ah, how fun it is to be 4!

STORY 2:

As mentioned previously, Dave has been doing all the housework, errands, and child care at night and on the weekends so that I could work.  So last night he decided to take the night off, and go to the Avengers movie with a friend. 

 I was putting Kaleb to bed, and he always tells me his tummy is hungry right as I'm putting on his PJ's.  It drives me batty because I know it's just a ploy to stay up a little longer. So we start negotiating crackers.  He says, "Can I have a few?"

Mom, "Ok 2."

Kaleb, "No a few, how about 3?"

Mom, "Fine 3, but NO more!"

Kaleb, "Not 4?"

Mom, "No not 4."

Kaleb in his sassy voice, "Why Mom, you can't count to 4?!" 

Ah, jeez!  I wonder where he gets all that sass? Couldn't be me! ;) Seriously, the kid is only 4... I'm scared!