2010 Happy Dance! and it made Etsy's Front page too!

Time for a little new year color - may yours be as happy and bright!

Happy Christmas, friends!

Winter Solstice

'O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?'

~Percy Bysshe Shelley

There are many people who love winter - but I am not one of them! At first, I appreciate the silence, the magic of the first snowfall, the clean white landscape, the cosiness of a warm fire...but before long, by late November and December especially, as I watch the sun rise later and set earlier and feel the early darkness and the cold - by 5pm, I want a quilt and a puffy pillow and a nap. It seems the day is over and I haven't eaten dinner yet!

And then, the winter solstice arrives - and with it, the knowing that nature has swung around that darkest corner and the light of SPRING is a beacon once again. Yes!

New at Wild Woman Jewelry!

The Christmas rush seems to have slowed down resulting in time to create a few new designs and new editions of a few older ones! Even before the holidays are over, my thoughts turn to lighter colors and dare I say it, SPRING! The light was perfect and sent me rushing for my camera ~ what a FUN morning! Enjoy!

martini earrings

simplify earrings in sunny tangerine

splash earrings

sliders earrings

zigzag earrings

3 french hens?

...like everyone who celebrates the holidays, I've been a busy little bee the past couple of weeks - shopping, wrapping, mailing, decorating and a little partying (more about that soon!) ...thankfully, all the preparation is becoming celebration time and I'm in the holiday spirit today! Enjoy these wonderful Etsy artists and I hope you are beginning your celebrating time as well! Happy holidays, everyone!

And the WINNER IS...

CONGRATULATIONS

to QuiddityOcean,

winner of a pair of Ruby Holiday Lantern earrings in my 2nd Etsy-versary draw! QuiddityOcean is a valued customer in my Etsy shop~ a big thank you to all who entered and played!

Sin City Here We Come!

Viva Las Vegas!

~the lights, the action, the SPECTACLE!!!

We're heading west tomorrow for a few days in Sin City - my husband has a conference to attend and I'm tagging along for a little holiday, a couple of shows and a shopping expedition! Just a few details to take care of today - shovel the driveway (yup, it snowed last night), pack, prep and mail orders, brunch with my husband's family, a tree lighting celebration at our cottage later this afternoon...details, details...see ya soon!

2nd Etsy-versary Celebration and Blog Give-Away!

Last chance to enter this weekend!

Draw will take place Monday, December 7!!!

Customers in my Etsy shop will have their name automatically entered once for each item purchased before midnight December 6...see below for other ways to enter!

How to win - names will be entered once for each of the following:

1. Follow my blog.

2. Leave a comment on this post.

3. Blog about this giveaway and link to this post.

4. Tweet about this giveaway.

Let me know if you've done these things so I can enter your name for each. Good Luck!