2011 is winding down, get ready for 2012!

2011 is winding down and I don't think I'm quite ready for 2012.  November and December were busy months at cserpentDesigns and in my engineering consulting work so I'm taking a little downtime right now.  I'm reshooting pictures on some of my designs to freshen them up online.  I also have some new designs in need of a photo shoot - and hopefully I'll get those taken before the year ends.  Here are some pretty, new pearl post earrings I made.  I just LOVE the lattice setting!  And, even though Christmas is over I wanted to share these wonderful Swarovski crystal snowflake earrings.  I just love the sparkle and they're perfect for your winter wardrobe!

 

Enjoy these last few days of 2011 and I wish you all the best in 2012!

Cyber Monday Sale! 20% off all bracelets

If you had your eye on any of the bracelets in my ArtFire or Etsy shops today is the day to snap them up!  All bracelets in both shops are 20% off today only.  The sale ends at midnight PST.  The prices are already reduced.  Happy shopping!

Jewelry Design Challenge

The Jewelry on Etsy team is having another design challenge and we want your vote (feel free to vote for my design!!).  This time we had to come up with a modern Christmas design.  I made these garnet and tsavorite sterling silver earrings for the challenge:

You can see all the entries and prizes at the JET blog.  My Etsy shop is cserpent so if you want to vote for me - select cserpent!  There are many beautiful designs to enjoy!  There are also many ways to get an entry for the prize drawing so read about all those too. 

It's time to start holiday gift shopping!

I just delivered my designs to the Fallbrook Art Center for their month long Art of the Holiday show. If you're looking for Christmas presents and are in or near Fallbrook be sure to check out all the gorgeous designs as the Art Center. A portion of every purchase goes to support the Art Center. Here are just a few of the designs I have for sale there.






      

It's beginning to look like fall at cserpentDesigns!

I have some wonderful fall designs in my Etsy and Artfire shops. Here is a sampling ...

Art crawl - jewelry combos!

My Jewelry on Etsy team is continuing with our cross promotion "art crawl". It's fun to find something in my shop that complements a design in another designers shop. This week my promotion partners are DonnasArtisanDesigns and SendingLoveGallery.

Donna and I are cross-promoting this wraparound pink and aqua bracelet and these pink lucite flower earrings.



Phyllis and I are cross-promoting this fun, flip/flop and sun themed sterling silver bracelet and this aqua art glass and sterling silver bracelet.



If you like what you see - please browse around in all our Etsy shops!

A few new things ...

I've added some new things to my Etsy studio. A necklace made with pink leopard skin jasper and sterling silver and gorgeous AAA green amethyst and sterling silver earrings.



Wonderful lampwork beads with a silvered ivory ribbon sterling silver earrings and gorgeous AAA black pearl sterling silver post earrings



You can see these new items and more at cserpent on Etsy

American Craft Week

This week is American Craft Week. Some of my fellow Etsy jewelry designers and I decided to cross promote some of our designs that complement each other. My 2 partners are BrookeJewelry and DesignsByCher.

Brooke and I are cross-promoting this wonderful set of stacking rings in sterling silver and brass and this teal wraparound bracelet with artisan lampwork.



Cher and I are cross-promoting these hammered, flame colored copper and sterling silver earrings and this fun, chic fringe mixed metals necklace



If you like what you see - please browse around in all our Etsy shops!

Catching up!

I had a blast at the soccer tournament! Did we win? Not even close! Did we have fun? We sure did!

I forgot to share my Cupcakes for Critters donation. I made one donation aimed at cat lovers and one aimed at dog lovers. Here is the dog donation - a collar tag for the dog and a necklace for the person ...



And here are some new designs I just finished up. Some golden yellow Czech glass earrings and a gorgeous sterling silver necklace with AAA grade kyanite. The earrings are available in my ArtFire shop. The necklace is at Gili Anna's in La Jolla.

Senior Games Art Fair (and soccer tournament)

I'll be selling at the Senior Olympics Soccer Tournament again this year. This year I'm old enough to play too! Here are some of the gals who will be selling with me:

We'll be at Hourglass Field in Mira Mesa (just south of Miramar College). Park in the Miramar College parking lot. We'll be there from 9-4 on Saturday and from 8-3 on Sunday. Here's a mapquest link if you need it: Hourglass Field. Hope to see some of you there!

Here are some of my latest creations that you can see in person at the craft fair!

Smile!

OK - so strange things inspire me.  This time it was a very happy pig!  I love the glass creatues made by Gelly of Gelly Beads.  Her Porkchop with bling glass pig inspired me to make this collection of smiles!

And the smiles have it!

Curated By: cserpent

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Now have a happy day!

Do ya like cupcakes????? Well do ya??

I do!  I've been keeping tabs on "Cupcakes for Critters", a fundraising event in many places, but specifically the one here in San Diego.  I'm going to donate some auction items and hopefully attend the kickoff so I can get some yummy cupcakes!  That event and a glass cupcake made by a fellow California artist Joy of GlassSculpture.org inspired this collection of handmade cupcakes - edible and not...

For the love of cupcakes ...

Curated By: cserpent

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