About a week ago I decided to create an Etsy "circle". When they first came out I couldn't see why I would want one, but ever since I added some people to mine, I've been amazed by the things that show up in my activity feed. It is endlessly fascinating. Every time one of the people in my circle hearts a shop or an item it shows up. It's sort of like having friends show you something they found that they are excited about. There is so much on Etsy that I don't think I could possibly find all the best items by myself. It's kind of neat to have some help digging up the good stuff. When the inspiration item for this week's nonteam challenge was announced, I noticed that most of the stuff currently in my activity feed looked like it just belonged in the treasury.

 

'Finds From My Activity Feed' by 3pearls

GrowersDaughte... $12.00	RELMoriginals $20.00	ImagineStudio $24.00	mudstuff $22.00
JenniferArndt $26.00	PocketFullOfHe... $38.99	ChristineMarie... $35.00	SurrenderDorot... $46.89
theothermagdal... $17.08	ChristineMarie... $45.00	fleamarkettrix... $9.00	ArtRoe $199.00
amethystsoap $7.50	KarmaRox $99.00	Adornyourself $10.00	freespiritheid... $275.00

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We're Having Some Weather!

 It is snowing and blowing. We got 10" over the night and it's still coming down. I guess this will be a good day to sit tight and make some jewelry. I made this one last night :)

 I'm working on getting some hearts and flowers and pink and red valentine goodness into the shop before Valentine's Day. This one is kind of subtly valentiney. I think it would be good all year round. I really love these fire polished faceted glass beads. They have so much depth and of course the Fallen Angels Brass heart charm is perfection.

Giveaway Blogdom

3Pearls is being featured in an interview, a product review, and a giveaway at Giveaway Blogdom. I sent her one of the Winter White and Frosty Blue bracelets to review. She seemed favorably impressed :) Now someone will win one in a drawing on January 8th. If you'd like to enter, just click the link above the picture to get to my interview.

I Smell Christmas Cookies

Aren't Christmas cookies the best? I don't think I've ever met one I didn't like :)


The Christmasaurus cookie pictured below has become a tradition at our house.

Click Here For Your Free Owl Calendar

Shivani of MyOwlBarn has put together a selection of really great owl artwork in an easy to do DIY calendar. If you love owls this is a must. Go put one together now.

Click Here to Enter the Giveaway

You really should check out the cards at Soursop Greetings. (http://www.etsy.com/shop/soursop) They're clever and cute and just the right amount of sweet. And right now  the Single Mama in LA blog is hosting a giveaway for 10 of these wonderful cards. Click the link above and enter before December 10th. Good luck!

December Special

I'm running a Gift With Purchase special for the month of December. If you spend $35 or more you get a pair of earrings for free. They are pretty little sparkly earrings that should be very wearable for just about anyone.

Black Friday and Soo Cold!

 We've got a lot of snow and it's really cold. I think I'll stay home and make some jewelry. I can't quite imagine standing in line at WalMart for whatever their big sale is. I should have some new lovelies to post tomorrow. Maybe I'll feel like going out for supplies then. It's been a long time since I've had a day to just stay home, I'm really enjoying it!

3Pearls in a Pretty Treasury

My Flourite Bracelet was included in a very pretty treasury today. PiecesOfPaper is doing a marathon of treasuries and I am honored to be included in one of them.

'Treasury marathon 7' by PiecesOfPaper

Patience 11x14 lim... divarouge $40.00	Fluorite Bracelet 3pearls $21.50	Delicate Roses Orig... boniflower $18.00	Poisonous - Mermaid... vuduberi $25.00
ORANGE CRUSH Flower... ChloeANDMaddie $43.95	Love Mandala Suncat... EyePopArt $10.00	Original Painting -... Amborela $48.00	Berries girl origin... edithlebeau $550.00
SUNBIRD- Original c... TheBrickLane $20.00	Recycled Necklace -... mistleandtoe $15.00	Romantic Dominoes -... ArtCult $3.99	Print - Watercolor ... laurenspaintpa... $15.00
Cats Who Swim Art P... rhodaperdition $20.00	Little Red Riding H... TinderBloom $20.00	white-chocolate hol... goldilocksbarr... $8.50	ACEO Fine Art Origi... skyspirit8 $65.00

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15% Off Your Order - coupon code Blog1

This is one of the new bracelets I just listed. I came up with this design a little while ago while I was messing around with crochet and beads. I really enjoy the surprise element of not knowing what it's going to look like until it's done. So far they have all turned out good :) I've got a coupon code for anyone reading this blog.  Use code - Blog 1 - for 15% off your entire order. 

Climate Shock

 I just spent a week in sunny California helping my sister with her yard. It was gorgeous weather in the high seventies and low eighties the whole week I was there. I've lived in the northwest all my life and most of the stuff we planted in her yard were things I've only known as house plants. It was a lot of fun, I wish I was going to be there to see them all bloom.

While I was gone we had a huge storm with a lot of hail and wind gusts up to 85 mph. It wreaked a bit of havoc with my backyard. Blew down the pergola, blew our wood adirondack chairs into the pond and tipped over and broke a lot of my pots and deck furniture.

Win a Beautiful Piece of Pottery

Ivy Pottery and Crafts is having a giveaway. All you have to do is go to her blog and leave a comment. Click the link above and good luck :)

Gift Tags

I like how tags look on a package. I also really enjoy making them. Such a simple thing and still so satisfying. I recently sold almost all of the tags I had posted in my shop opening up the possibilities for making even more :)