Spring Sale!

I am taking a 2 week break, but rather than closing the shop during that time, I am celebrating spring by putting everything on sale, all the way through St Patrick's Day!  Click here to visit the shop, then enter the code SPRING20 at checkout to receive 20% off on purchases of $20 or more.  Just remember, all purchases made between now and March 17 will NOT be processed or shipped until March 18.  

New Items in the Shop

I've been busy, busy, busy!  In between my normal mother-ly and wife-ly responsibilities (which now include taking Elora to the potty, cleaning up her "accidents", and doing all the laundry generated by those "accidents"), I have been making jewelry.  Lots of jewelry.  I finally stopped making jewelry today, just long enough to photograph some of the new stuff.  This is as far as I got with the listings tonight:

All of these are now available in The Green World Shop.  More coming soon! 

I haven't forgotten about give-away number three!  I am waiting, no longer patiently, for an order to arrive.  (I ordered this stuff on July 20, so I think I've been more than patient already!)  I cannot complete the super-secret give-away item until that order arrives, and I can't post the give-away until the item is finished!  

Oh, and while you're here, please take a moment to leave me some love, and answer this question:  What kind of jewelry would you like to see more of in my shop?  This question is VERY open ended on purpose! I'm looking for guidance here, folks.  

Necklace Give-Away Winner!

 Give-away number two is closed, and once again, I let random.org choose a winner for me:  

So, the winner is.....

Merryn!  Congratulations!  I'll be getting this in the mail for you just as soon as I can.

Thanks to everyone who entered!  And don't forget, I will be doing one more give-away this summer, so stay tuned to The Green World!  This next one is going to be big.  :)

Give-Away Number Two: A Necklace! (Closed)

The colors and designs that are popular in jewelry right now are fantastic.  Coral, turquoise, and royal blue?  The earthy antique brass and organic shapes?  Yes, please!  And I have the honor of working on bridal jewelry designs for not one, but two brides right now!  Each has her own style, and brainstorming with them has provided me with a ton of new ideas and inspiration. I've been haunting Pinterest, Etsy, and Fire Mountain, searching out new elements and trying to narrow down my choices to what I absolutely must have to work with.  I got my first round of new goodies last week, and my first batch of new jewelry is ready to post:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105120794/antiqued-brass-and-peach-rose-drop

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105131963/22-wire-wrapped-carved-sage-green

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105120110/18-wire-wrapped-aqua-rose-necklace

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105119158/antiqued-brass-and-aqua-rose-drop

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80013181/22-asymmetrical-antiqued-brass-orange

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105215123/28-wire-wrapped-cerulean-glass-and

http://www.etsy.com/listing/105124498/18-19-adjustable-antiqued-brass-wire

To celebrate, I am continuing my give-away series!!

This time, I'm giving away this fabulous tiered necklace in antiqued brass!  It's 21" at its shortest, and just shy of 24" at its longest.  I will happily shorten it for the winner, if it's too long. The rules for entry are essentially the same as before.  

1. To enter, you must leave a comment on this post.  
2. Up to FOUR additional entries may be gained by following this blog; sharing a link to this contest on your own blog (snag the give-away banner!); "liking" my page on Facebook; and/or sharing a link to this give-away on your Facebook wall or timeline.  Please leave a separate (different!) comment for each entry, and indicate what it's for (FB, following this blog, etc.).  If you post this to your own blog, please include a link to the post in your comment.
3. The contest will close at midnight eastern standard time one week from today, on Monday, July 30, 2012.
4. This contest is for the 24" tiered necklace only.  The winner/recipient will have the option of having the necklace shortened, but not lengthened.

Once again, good luck, and thanks for your help in promoting The Green World!

***UPDATE***
I've decided to extend this give-away until Wednesday!  You now have until midnight on August 1 to enter, and I will announce the winner on Thursday!

Custom Printable Give-Away! (Closed)

I have spent much of the last few days working on the Shop.  I now have 5 birth announcement designs available in the shop, and they're all completely customize-able.

I started out doing just classic pastels and only a handful of fonts, but those got boring.  Fast.  So I started thinking about the colors that are hot right now in fashion and design.  This is my new color palette:

And I expanded my offering of fonts, double-checking the licencing on all of them:

And then of course I had to start plugging the new colors into my designs.  These are my favorites:

I don't know about you, but I am digging those bold colors.

And now that I have your attention, to the give-away!  Next Friday, one week from today, I'll be giving away a free custom announcement design!  Here are the rules:

1. To enter, you must leave a comment on this post.  Up to three more entries may be gained by following this blog, sharing a link to this contest on your own blog (snag the give-away banner!), and/or "liking" my page on Facebook.  Please leave a separate comment for each entry, andindicate what it's for (FB, following, etc.).
2. The contest will close at midnight eastern standard time on Friday, July 20, 2012.
3. This contest is for the design only.  The winner/recipient will receive a high-quality digital file, and will be responsible for printing his or her own invitations.
4. The prize "announcement" can be made from any of the templates available in The Green World Shop, and can be customized any way the winner wishes, including making it into something other than an announcement.
5. The prize does not have to be redeemed now, but can be redeemed at any time in the next 12 months.

That's all I can think of now, so hopefully that covers all the bases.  Good luck, and thanks for your help in promoting my 'new' shop!

The Green World Shop Is Open!

I'm officially back in business!  Along with my jewelry, I've also added something new: custom printable birth announcements!  I turned Rebekah's announcement into a template:  

 So far, I only have the one design up, but more are on the way, along with some other goodies that I have in various stages of completion.  Some are just waiting to be photographed and posted.

What's In A Name?

The results of my shop-renaming-poll were split down the middle, and I came down on the "shop" side, so that's what I'm going with.  It's simple, clean, easy to remember.  When I get all of my info updated, and all of my current stock photographed and listed, I'll be officially re-opening the shop.  You can look forward to another give-away, and some awesome sale prices--I want to move this stuff out!

Renaming the Shop

I've decided to change the name of my shop, so that it coordinates with the names of my blog.  And then, I might actually re-open the shop!  Wouldn't that be nice?

Anyway, my options are Green World Shop or Green World Boutique, and as usual, I can't make up my own mind.  So, I've created a poll (at the top left of my blog) to get an idea of what everyone else thinks.  So, if you haven't already, please vote! 

PS: To the people who suggested that I do this when I first asked for shop name suggestions, you may now chuckle, and say 'I told you so'.

It Finally Clicked.

What do you think?  Because I think I'm in love.

Business Cards

I've been playing with my business card design, and I'm pretty sure I have my layout.  Now, I'm trying to decide what shade of green I want to use: a spring green, or sage green?  Here are the options, what do you think?

Spring Green

Sage Green

The difference isn't so drastic when they're printed.  I favor the brighter green, but Brandon likes the sage.  I want to be consistent in my colors, so whatever I use here will also be used in my Etsy shop, price tags, mailing labels, everything.  Decisions, decisions.

New Logo

The lovely and talented Jessica graciously agreed to work with me to create a custom logo for my Etsy shop,  tags, business cards, etc.  She was infinitely patient with me through the design process, especially since I wasn't really sure what I wanted.   I only had a vague idea that it should include some sort of Celtic knot, which turned out to be appropriate since I settled on the name All Wound Up and Celtic knots are all wound up.  I also knew that I wanted something that would be uniquely mine, but that is frustratingly vague.  We kicked around several designs, and in the end, she presented me with this bit of genius:

Is it not just perfect?  It is, I promise you.   I'm in love with it.  Does the pendant in the middle look familiar?  It should.  She pulled it from this:

Such a clever idea, and it turned out so cool.  Thank you, Jessica.  ^_^

 I've already started playing with the design for my Etsy header, and business cards and such.  Here's a mock-up of what I have so far, for the header:

I will definitely be adding color, I just haven't decided how yet.  That was basically just the product of a brainstorming session for Jessica, and I just went back and added the finished logo.