Limited Edition Hand Earrings Giveaway... Great Christmas Gift!

I'm SO sorry to be so late in posting the Hand Earring giveaway! 

What is that old saying, "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get?" Yup, that's me!!!

I'm so excited to be hosting this giveaway for a pair of  "Hand Earrings" designed by my daughter, Amanda, and created by RA-HA Jewelry!

(Amanda wearing a pair of the earrings)

Together they came up with the most fabulous limited edition offering of 50 pairs of 'hand' earrings. Amanda was inspired by the hand-shaped earrings that Picasso created for Frida Kahlo. 

(Sterling Silver pictured here)

These gorgeous earrings are available in 14K Gold Fill or Sterling Silver. They're extremely lightweight despite being large (approx. 3-1/4" long x 1-1/8" wide).

(Me wearing my hand earrings. I chose the Sterling Silver.)

They are so lightweight you won't even know you're wearing them! I absolutely love mine!

The earrings also come with this beautiful 5x7 line drawing print by Amanda. It features one of her vintage style women wearing the hand earrings. As you can see, I've already framed mine!

So if you would like to enter to win a pair of Limited Edition Hand Earrings:

- To be entered into the drawing once, please leave a comment here. 

- To be entered into the drawing twice, please share this giveaway on your own blog and let me know!

The drawing will take place on the Tuesday, 12/12/17. If both colors are still available, you will have a choice of Silver or Gold. If not, you will receive the remaining color Amanda has in stock.

If you just can't wait to see if you win, click AmandaAtkins to be taken to the listing where you can purchase your Gold or Silver Hand Earrings right now.

See you on Tuesday!

Donna

Happy B-day, honey!

We took advantage of everyone being home for the holiday weekend to celebrate Amanda's birthday...


...which meant it was Amanda's day to wear the CELEBRATE birthday crown, and CELEBRATE we did!


Since Amanda is an artist, I thought I'd get a little "artsy" with some of the photos I took that night (I think this was a "pastel chalk" conversion or some such thing... it seemed like a good idea at the time!! ha ha). She requested mock meat tacos for dinner since she's a vegetarian, and this year, rather than black forest cake, she requested a strawberry cake with vanilla 'funfetti' frosting.


I love this photo of Amanda peeking through the Christmas chandelier of tinsel wreaths, sparkly birds and stars. The little dining area, which had already been decorated for Christmas, looked very festive for her birthday celebration. (And yes, we did end up having Thanksgiving dinner under the Christmas chandelier! That was a first!)


Court found a perfect card for her! I'm sure Amanda will end up displaying it above her painting desk, along with all of her other neat postcards, photos, and cards.

So happy birthday, honey! It was so wonderful having you and Courtney home this weekend (even if it did go by way too fast!!!) ... I love you and I hope that all your birthday wishes come true!!!!

Love and hugs,
Mumsy


P.S. I've tried to personally respond to everyone who left a comment on Spotty's post, but in some cases I couldn't find a blog or e-mail in order to do so... For everyone who left such kind words, you have no idea how comforting your comments and e-mails were. It's clear that you are all animal lovers. So many of you shared the pain of your own losses, and my heart goes out to each and every one of you.... Again, thank you all so much...

Once upon a time...

...there were two little girls...


... The first little girl loved to play dress-up...


... and, over the years, put together (some very unique!!) outfits to model for the camera....

The second little girl loved all the colors of the rainbow...

...and was happiest when she was drawing, painting...


...or coloring her own creations...

The years flew by (as they do in a mother's eyes), and the first little girl decided to study fashion merchandising in college...

...and this past week she ventured totally out of her "comfort zone," helping her college roomie (as a last minute model) and did an amazing job modeling an outfit designed by her roommate for a fashion show held at the beautiful Dorothy Quincy Suite in Copley Square, Boston (She said she was SO nervous, but you'd never know it... Heck, I'd probably have walked right off the end of the runway!!)...


(The 21 second runway clip recorded from our TV, hence the sub-standard quality! ha ha)

Meanwhile, the second little girl never put her paints or brushes away...

(holding the same poster she created 15 years ago, which looked a lot bigger when she was holding it up as a 9 year old!)

She graduated from college...

...with a major in illustration and a minor in literature...


...and just this past week, the incredibly talented Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club (of Ireland) released their latest album, The Beautiful Untrue, featuring her gorgeous artwork!


(You Tube Video) Click photo to hear "Back to Before," an absolutely beautiful song from the album!

(I know I had promised to share photos from Fairground Antiques in today's post but with all that happened - the fashion show and the release of the CD - I had to squeeze this post in!! Plus I've been stuck in my office cleaning, cleaning, cleaning because Comcast is coming Friday to update our cable, high speed Internet, phone, etc., and they'll be spending time in my office - and what a disaster area that's been of late!!! So them coming has provided the perfect excuse to finally get organized in here!! See you all in a day or two!)

And I couldn't end without thanking all of you who left such sweet comments about the little black cat perfume bottle that reminds me of My Boy... I'll be visiting each of you soon to thank you for your kind words!

Donna