Lock and Key Necklace

This necklace was a custom order from a friend.   She was interested in my key bracelets and liked my other charm jewelry, but was looking for a necklace similar to one she already had.   She sent me a quick photo of the necklace that she already had, and I set to work.   A short time later I had this together... antiqued brass chain, lock, and key, with freshwater pearls, teardrop pearls, antique mother-of-pearl button, and vintage beads.    UPDATE*** Necklaces now up in the shop!


What do you think?

Love Keys

It's been a busy summer so far!   After school got out, we went on a two week road trip to Saskatchewan and Alberta to visit family and friends, and then I went to volunteer in a camp kitchen for a week. 

I've been home since last Friday night, and since then I've been busy organizing/cleaning my craft room.   And I've taken a few breaks continuing to craft and make things of course.  :)

These are some lovely antiqued brass key bracelets that I have been working on.   Simple, but so pretty.   I should have them up in my Etsy shop within a couple of days. 

I got word of a "market fair" here coming up two days in the beginning of September.   That gives me a nice crafting goal to work towards.   I have quite a few earrings ready to go, but need some more bracelets and definitely necklaces to stock up for the show.   Have also been working on some cards, and have baby clothes planned as well.   Not sure what else I might do, but definitely have a few ideas on the go and in the back of my head, as well as on my Pinterest boards.

Summer Earrings

I've been busy the past few days making new jewellry for my Etsy shop, and thought I'd post a few of the earring  sets here on my blog.

 Pale Blue Beaded Teardrop Earrings.  I haven't used a lot of seed beads in my jewellry before, but I think these came out quite nice!

 Floral Pottery Earrings.   Pretty porcelain beads paired with a clear glass cobalt-coloured bead and antiqued bronze chain. 

 Cobalt Teardrop Earrings, made from some pretty clear cobalt blue glass beads and shell raindrops. 
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 Meadowsweet Glass Floral Earrings.  I love the colour of the glass floral beads!

 Grecian Chain Earrings.   These earrings take quite a bit of time to put together, but are so neat when they're done!

Golden Cobalt Earrings, a bit of a different look!  I have had these beads for quite a few years but haven't ever made anything out of them until now.

What do you think?

New Business Cards!

I am already on my second set of business cards in less than a month! When I sold items at a craft fair earlier in November, I was selling both cards and jewelry. For my business card design for the show, I went with a simple owl design and the two fonts that I had used on all of my product packaging. A lot of the cards I was selling had a nature-y theme, so it seemed like a great match.

Realizing that I have a lot more jewelry in stock right now, and having only jewelry currently in my online shop, I wanted to develop a business card that matched the look and feel of the shop. The accent colour in my product packaging was a pale blue, so I decided to go with that. With limited options of graphics programs to use, and Pinterest, I found a great blue lace background. I "recycled" my previous text layout and fonts, but added my Facebook page and made the fonts larger.

What do you think? I like that this new design goes a bit better with my jewelry line, I think the look and feel match the photos and product photography.

P.S. 10% off everything in the shop for the next 72 hours! Use the coupon code "sweetnovember" at checkout! Just in time for some early Christmas shopping!

Contest Winner!

Last week I announced a contest for everyone who clicked "like" on the Mikao page on Facebook, with an extra entry for everyone who shared the contest on their wall. The grand prize is a Pearl and Pink Bracelet. Today, after a lot of stirring and mixing of ballots I announced the winner... ta da!

Congratulations Karen!

The lacy paper ballots are a peek at a project that I will reveal tomorrow! I love the way it turned out, even the scraps are pretty!

Earrings

Just a few pairs of earrings currently up in my shop, just in time for Christmas gift giving!

Blue Milk Glass Earrings

Jade Dream Earrings

Seaside Stroll Earrings

Bronwyn Faceted Green Glass Earrings

Forget-Me-Not Earrings

Head on over to Mikao to check out more items just in time for Christmas!