Holiday Trunk Sale @ Eve Chocolatier

This coming Thursday you can find me here!
The Chatham-Kent Etsy Team is hosting a Holiday Trunk show at Eve Chocolatier @ 14 King St West. Pick up a few chocolatey goodies and browse through a plethora of goods from local crafters & artisans!

Besides MOI with my sterling & gemstone jewellery, there will be crocheted gifts, tote bags, bookmarks, gifts for children, holiday ornaments and gorgeous artwork available and much more...

To meet the rest of the CK Etsy Team, slide on over to http://ckhandmademarket.blogspot.com and see who's who.

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~brenda

FREE Sterling Silver Hoop Earrings

Each and every purchase in my Decadence 2 online store receives a pair of Modern Sterling Silver Hoop Earrings (value $7.00) for the month of November!

A nice little treat for yourself or a bonus Christmas gift for someone special?

~brenda

Scarves, Wraps and Neckwarmers

I had to do it. I opened a new store on Etsy just for my crocheted and felted wearables! I really felt (no pun intended) that they needed their own store and as I like to say, I don't like my peas and carrots to touch!

So, introducing WARMLY....my store full of soft, warm, snuggable wraps and scarves.

~brenda

Opulent Artisan Textile Cuffs

I have 3 creative loves....metal...paper...and fabric. I've had the itch to play with fabrics lately, must be the cooler weather (or the piles of fabrics in my studio?). Newly fresh from tattered and well-loved textiles are these cuffs, available only in my PurplePeony store....

I hope you like them as much I liked making them! :-)

I love collecting little bits of fabrics and trims and lovely little broken, tattered pretties and treats...and combining them in something unique and one of a kind!

~brenda

FREE Sterling Silver Stacking Ring

*October Special*

For the month of October, I'm offering a FREE Sterling Silver Stacking Ring for every purchase over $25.00 in value (before shipping and taxes)! The ring is valued at $12 alone.

Why not start (or finish?) your Holiday shopping early and get a little treat for yourself?

or as a bonus gift?

(please tell me your ring size in the 'message to seller' box when checking out)

and yes, I will honour this on my regular website as well (http://decadence2.com/).

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String...

...are one of my favourite things....


which is why I picked this for my new packaging...along with a pledge for more 'eco' packaging without compromising my rather persnickityness (sure it's a real word) for eye-pleasing prettiness....


inside...your next piece of jewellery wrapped in blue tissue (my persnickityness).

outside... 100% recycled kraft coloured jewellery boxes tied with butchers string (the eco)...

Simply Beautiful...

~brenda

Lavender Fields Forever

I finally got out to harvest my lavender a few weeks ago...it was starting to take over the doorway to the boutique and needed a little trimming back.

There is no way to mechanically harvest lavender so it forces one to slow down, clip each stem, inhale the fragrance, admire the tiny perfection of the flowers and listen to the lazy drone of the bees.

Laid out in our front window to dry, the lavender was piled high....and this was from 2 plants!

I have 11 more out in the garden (planted last fall)...I may be in the 'lavender business' in a couple years at this rate! :-)

~brenda