Just passing along some "sweetness"...

My darling friend, Kelly of sweetnessjewelry is celebrating her 1 year anniversary on Etsy this month with an awesome sale! Not only is she the sweetest person you'll meet on etsy, with one of the sweetest shops on etsy, she's not even old enough to drive yet! And already, she's quite the entepreneur. Her jewelry is such a treat, with tons of color... I literally want to eat everything in her shop because it looks like yummy candy!

Here are the details of her sale:

**** One year Etsyversary coming up July 9!!! SALE TIME! So from today through July 9 shipping is free, and when you buy 2 you get one free! If you mention this blog in the "notes to seller" box I will take off another 2 dollars. My goal is to get to 30 sales so please help me out! I would greatly appreciate it! ****

Now what are you waiting for? Join Kelly in her celebration!

Happy etsy-versary, Kelly! :)

Customer Appreciation Giveaway WINNER!

Announcing the first winner of my yearly cust0mer appreciation giveaway: Andrea Jensen. CONGRATULATIONS ANDREA! Andrea will be receiving $50 to spend at eNVe Designs, plus an additional surprise gift from moi!

And a BIG THANK YOU to all my customers who have supported me this first year and for making this jewelry venture such a rewarding one. Much love to you all! I'll be continuing this customer appreciation giveaway every year in May (the anniversary of eNVe Designs), just as a thank you to you all.

(in case you're wondering why there are repeats of names in the list above, everyone who purchased something from eNVe Designs received an automatic entry into the giveaway; and every $25 of the purchase total equals an additional entry)

1 YR Anniversary WINNER...

CONGRATULATIONS, Brenda of Phydeaux / Phydelle, who said that her favorite piece is the Pink Tangle necklace! Brenda gets to select any item of her choice from eNVe Designs! Thank you for all your entries!

I'll be back later to announce the winner of my customer appreciation giveaway.

Another Quickie!

Hi everyone!

In case you're following the baby news, little Kaili is finally here, turning our family of 3 into 4!!! She was born last Tuesday and we're all happy and healthy. I'll be back soon with pictures to share.

Thanks to those of you who offered best wishes, wonderful thoughts, and speedy labor vibes! :)

Also, I am supposed to draw a winner for my 1 year anniversary giveaway today, but am postponing it until sometime later this week. So for you late-comers, you can still sneak in your entries. I don't know when the drawing will happen, but I'll accept all entries up to the point I do the drawing. Click on the cupcake to your left. Good luck!

Hope you had a great weekend! Happy Monday!

GIVEAWAY TIME :: celebrating the first year of eNVe Designs

About 1 year ago, I launched envedesigns.com and opened an etsy shop to support my jewelry-making addiction. I started with zero experience in running a business, no marketing knowledge, and not a single expectation in my mind as to how it would all unfold. Now, looking back on the first year of this venture, I can safely say that it's been a bumpy road but one that I'm truly glad I set foot on. For me, making jewelry feels natural... but selling my creations was something that made me feel quite vulnerable.. like I'm baring my soul for the world's scrutiny. It still feels like that most times, but I feel a little more brave doing it now. But the most rewarding of it all is coming into contact with all the amazing (not to mention incredibly talented) people I've gotten to know, thanks to Etsy. In a perfect (teleportating) world, I would love to meet all of you in person over coffee and great conversation. So to express my gratitude for all the warmth and support I've received this past year, I'm having my biggest giveaway yet!

the prize:

WINNER'S CHOICE
FROM THE ENTIRE ENVE DESIGNS SELECTION

One randomly selected winner will get one item of choice (any value) from what is currently available from either one of my sites! Yes, call me crazy, but that is the prize! It's a special occasion and I'm feeling generous. :)

see what's new at eNVe Designs

Here's how to enter:

REQUIRED: Visit www.envedesigns.com and comment on your favorite piece. You can also visit my archives and etsy site to view past designs. This helps me decide what to make more of. Any other suggestions you can offer (e.g., your favorite signature style, what you would like to see more of, what you don't like, etc) would be immensely helpful. My goal is to keep growing and making things better.

Bonus entries:
* you can indicate all bonus entries in one comment or make separate comments if you'd like
* must include your email so I can contact you if you win
* I'll be verifying all bonus entries to be fair

(+8 entries) Blog about this giveaway (with a link to my giveaway post; please include your blog url in the comment)

(+2 entries) Include an image of one of my jewelry pieces in your blog post

(+4 entries) Follow my blog or let me know that you already do (I can only verify "public" followers)

(+4 entries) Subscribe to my mailing list (send an email to: subscribe@envedesigns.com)

(+4 entries) Follow me on Twitter or let me know that you already do (I'll follow back)

(+1 entry per tweet) Tweet about this giveaway (include a link to my giveaway post; include @eNVeDesigns so I can verify)

(+4 entries) Fan me on Facebook or let me know that you already do

(+1 entry per person emailed) And for those who don't blog/twitter/facebook (thanks to Elaine for bringing this to my attention), you can also help spread the word by emailing your friends about the giveaway (must CC contact@envedesigns so I know; I will only count the email addresses and then delete the email).

Enter by MAY 31
Winner announced here June 1st.
GOOD LUCK! AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY FIRST YEAR FABULOUS!

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Other happenings this month:

My customer appreciation giveaway:
All eNVe Designs customers past and present through May 31, 2009 are automatically entered to win a $50 gift certificate (plus a secret surprise!). Winner will be announced the first week of June.

Memorial Weekend Special:
I'll be having a special sale going on this Memorial Weekend (5/22 - 5/25) so check back in on Friday!

PS. We're still waiting on baby... I'll keep you posted. :)