25 Days of Christmas - Day 9

It's day 9 of the 25 Days of Christmas!

Friday requires a little sparkle. Today's items for sale are a few of my ribbon wrapped "bling" headbands.

These headbeads are the perfect pop of glam. I have sea green with white rhinestones, black with clear rhinestones, yellow with white stones, and purple with white.

Each headband is $12 with free shipping! Orders will be processed through PayPal. Please leave a comment below with the set you would like. Make sure that your email is linked to your comments, so that I can contact you with more information.

Happy shopping, and Happy December!

Featured Item of the Week

This week's featured item is one of my newest listings.

This Rosette Headband features a multi-colored fabric rolled into two rosettes. I love the combination of one large rosette with a small one.

This fabric really lends itself to be worn with any outfit. It features so many colors on a white background. I placed the rosettes on a thin metal headband.

My 1st GIVEAWAY!!

I've finally reached 100 followers!! Well, actually 102, which is amazing!! I can't believe it! Thank you to everyone who is following Hand Made and Lovely! I've been promising and awaiting this giveaway for quite awhile, and I'm so excited that it is finally time!

Enter this giveaway for a chance to design your own Hand Made and Lovely rosette headband! This item is not yet available in my Etsy shop. I’m offering it exclusively to my blog followers first.

When designing your headband, you’ll have your choice of fabric, rosette size, number of rosettes, and headband color (see choices below).

You will be able to choose 1,2, or 3 of these fabrics for your headband.

You will be able to choose the size and combination of your rosettes.

{1 large & 1 small} {2 mediums} {3 smalls}

The rosettes will be attached to either a black or silver thin metal headband. The headband color is your choice as well. This is truly a "designed-by-you" Hand Made and Lovely piece!!

Entering is simple:

1. Follow my blog publicly (1 mandatory entry)

2. Like Hand Made and Lovely on Facebook (1 entry)

3. Add my Etsy shop to your favorites on Etsy (1 entry)

4. Blog about this giveaway with a link to the post (3 entries)

5. Buy something Hand Made and Lovely (10 entries - no past purchase credit)

I will be checking to verify these are true. Please leave me any appropriate links along with your email address. It is not necessary to leave a separate comment for each entry. I will add your name to my master list the appropriate amount of times. Giveaway will be closed Friday February 18 at midnight. Winner will be posted on my blog the following day and also contacted by email.

Winner will be chosen by random.org and posted on my blog 2/19. The winner will be contacted by me via email. Please leave your email address in your post if it is not found easily on your blog or profile. Winner has 48 hrs to respond. After two days, another winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to residents of the U.S. or Canada.

Featured Item of the Week

So, this is my first featured item of February…the month of love (or at least the month of Valentine ’s Day). Sadly, I don’t have any heart pendant necklaces in my shop. Instead, I decided to make all the featured items this month about items that y’all love (and when I say y’all, I mean people who heart things in my Etsy shop).

This week’s featured item is a Frayed Fabric Flower Headband. This Hand Made and Lovely piece has two hearts in my Etsy shop.

I love this headband as well. The fabric is so fun! It makes me want spring. The fabric features a bold paisley pattern with gray, pink, lime green, and teal colors. The button in the center is a vintage cream colored button. Its imperfections make me love it even more.

Head on over to my shop and “heart” some of your favorite pieces…maybe they’ll be featured next Monday!

A big thanks to everyone who linked up this weekend! Be sure to join in on the first Friday of March for the next installment of “See Where I…”. It’s a great chance to see where your fellow bloggers live, work, or play!

I’m currently looking for 17 more followers before my big GIVEAWAY! I’m super excited because it will be my first! I’ve already started preparing something Hand Made and Lovely for you!

Also, can I just say…Black Eyed Peas?? What?

Hodge Podge

Please bear with me during this really random post. I was planning on posting today about my roommate's new earring frame, but she can't decide where she wants to hang it. Hopefully we'll get that done tonight, and I can post those pictures tomorrow.

The first piece of random business...a peek into my sketchbook.

The Hot Dog King is the restaurant next to our Greenville site, and I couldn't resist sketching their cute mascot while my professor was rambling about something. I'll try to continue posting sketchbook findings. I like to sketch out new jewelry designs as part of my creative process.

The next order of random business...A finished creation.

I'm so glad I found that tutorial I blogged about yesterday. I've been wanting to make rosettes like this for so long, and I finally found a usable tutorial. I made these three orange rosettes and glued them to a thin silver metal headband. I glued felt on the back for extra support and comfort. I plan to make more of these especially out of patterned fabric. I really want to make a rosette necklace. Contact me with questions about ordering.

Last piece of random information for the day...A GIVEAWAY!!

I found another great giveaway this afternoon. The Clemson Girl blog is hosting a Lily Pulitzer giveaway. Go here to check it out and enter for yourself!

If you're still reading, you're awesome. If you're new, leave me a comment and become a follower. That would make my day! Welcome to anyone from the 2011 Blizzard Blog Hop...link up here if you want to join.

Flower Headband

My newest addition to be put on Etsy soon...fabric flower headband. I took my orignal flower pin design and attached the fabric flower to a headband instead. A thin black metal headband base is accented by a green, cream, and black fabric flower. The flower's center is a shiny faceted black button.

 I glued felt to the back for extra support and comfort. I plan to make more of these in different patterns and sizes. Look for this and other new items on my Etsy this evening.