Charm Bracelet

Look what turned up in the mail this week!  I won a giveaway (yes again, aren't I the lucky one).  This came from Putting On The Charms who had a giveaway on her blog.
This gorgeous charm bracelet is what I won.  She had several to choose from and it was really difficult as they are all beautiful.

I love it, and it fits me perfectly!

Scrubbitty Scrub, Pink Blue and Green

One of the features I like about Blogger is the bloglist which shows you the blogs you follow, in order of the most recently updated.  You get to see just enough of the post to decide if you want to visit the blog and read it all.  I'd love to read them all but there are just too many of them!
Browsing the other day, I suddenly spotted my name - Averilpam - what a surprise, I'd won a giveaway prize!
It was on The Hookery.  My prize was a set of three Scrubbitty cloths.  These are crocheted in lovely soft but strong cotton and can be used for anything you like.
Mine are pink, blue and green and I've decided to use them as facecloths, they are too nice to use for washing up!  You can find them on Folksy at Scrubbitty .  Claire has another shop, Eidelweiss, which sells a great assortment of crochet items - scarves, blankets and cushions; toys, bags and decorations.

Thank you Claire!

Birthday Giveaway

I announced a while back that I would be doing a new year giveaway.  I decided to start it today, as it's my birthday!
Most of the responses I got from my initial post about what to give away (here) preferred the first heart so that is the one I'm giving away.

The heart is made from dark red polymer clay, partly overlaid with pink and silver polymer clay. I've made this by laying metal leaf onto pink clay and rolling it to crack the metal surface.
It's strung on a rubber cord necklace approx 17inches long with a 1.5inch extender chain.  
I will announce the winner on Valentine's day - seems appropriate - 14th Feb, in two weeks.
All you need to do is comment here on this blog post.  Make sure I can contact you if you win.  The latest time to enter will be 8am on the 14th. (UK time)
I'll choose the winner using a random number generator.

I'm doing a Giveaway!

I have won several lovely prizes from blog giveaways, so I've decided it's time I did one myself.  There are no conditions, nothing you need to do other than comment on this post. You don't have to be a follower of this blog (unless you want to of course!).  Do feel free to tell your friends, followers, Facebook fans etc so they can come and join in. If you don't have a Blogger account make sure you leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.
The giveaway will run from now until midnight on Sunday 5th Sept.  I'll pick the winner on Monday morning, 6th Sept and announce it on this blog and on my Facebook page.
This is what you will win.  A necklace with matching earrings featuring beads made by myself from polymer clay.
The other beads are rose quartz, rhodonite and japanese glass miyuki cubes.  The necklace clasp and earwires are sterling silver and the beads are linked with silver plated copper wire.  I'm sorry the photo of the earrings isn't very good, but you can see the pattern on the beads better in the photos of the necklace.

I Won!

I had a lovely surprise email today - I won a blog giveaway.  Look at what I won...

Aren't they just gorgeous, lucky me!  They come from Anne at Gardanne Beads.  She makes amazing glass beads and sells them in her Etsy shop - Gardanne Beads.  She also sells Jewellery at Gardanne Artisan Jewelry. Here is her blog. 

My Prize Print

Recently I won a giveaway by Alison at A Deegan.  The prize was a lovely spiral rabbit lino print in the colour of my choice, here is a photo of it framed and on my wall.  It's a lovely teal colour and I love it, thanks Alison :)

This evening is the private view for the exhibition at Arteria's Gallery 23 in Lancaster.  I've sent in my jewellery and am quite excited to see it in situ.  I think the exhibition started on Tuesday but I've not had a chance to go and see it yet.  I'll update this blog soon and let you know how it went.