Jewelry as Unique as Her Name: Ophelia's Jewels

All you married women out there know how hard it is to find a nice gift for your Mother In Law. Oh yeah, you know what I'm talking about. It's hard. Most of the time I find a few things and let my husband pick out the final choice..it seems to always be more wonderful if he picked it out..go figure.

Anyway, mine lives in a beach community and I thought I'd just search on Etsy for "sea", "ocean" and "beach" and see what I could find. I thought jewelry would be a good idea so I searched those terms under the jewelry category.

My search yielded this beautiful seashell necklace from Opehlia's Jewels on Etsy. It's called "Seashell in the Sand" and you can see that it's made to look just like that a silver seashell surrounded by sand colored crystals. But this picture doesn't do it justice. It's just such a beautiful piece and up at the clasp there's a tiny silver dolphin and a couple of pearls near the clasp.

Once I got it in the mail..I really didn't want to give it to my MIL. Even the packaging was so cute..the little jewelry box was tied up with a green ribbon and the bow had a small silver charm attached. What a really nice touch. The price for this beauty was only $26, quite a deal for a sterling silver necklace with Swarovski crystals.

I've said it before..I love the imaginations of these Indie jewelry artists. They are so beautiful and the variety of fantastic pieces is amazing.

Here's a couple more pictures of some of the other jewelry offered at Ophelia' Jewels:

The prices ranges from $16 (for some earrings) to $52 with most pieces falling in the $20-$28 range. Very very nice pieces and very reasonable prices to boot. I really like Opehlia's style and I'm saving some of my money for one of the necklaces I've had my eye on for some time. Enjoy.

Purple, Pink and Orange Closing Sale

I just wanted to post today about a wonderful online store, Purple Pink and Orange. Purple, Pink and Orange sells handmade goods from a variety of Indie Etailers and Amy is closing her store at the end of the month. You can find everything from handbags to baby clothes to bath&body here.

Since Amy is closing the doors in two weeks, she's having a huge sale right now. Everything is up to 40% off. For example, this sugar scrub from Sugar Lips (one of my Best of Sugar Scrubs contestants by the way) is on sale for $8.78 (original price $13.50).

Or, this adorable Chocolate Chip Cookie necklace for only $14 (regular price $20). How cute is this?

There is just so much variety to choose from and all are handmade by really talented people.

So, please help support the designers and Amy as she says goodbye to Purple,Pink and Orange. It's always hard to close a store you love and I'm sure this was not an easy decision for Amy. I know you'll find something you'll love at her site. Only 2 weeks left until Purple, Pink and Orange is history so why not be a part of it?

The Happily Handmade Giveaway..There's Still Time

Just a reminder to my readers.. you still have time to enter the Happily Handmade Giveaway! Deadline to enter is March 31st! You have a chance to win one of 50 fabulous gift baskets full of wonderful handmade items. These gift baskets are valued at over $200 and there is one grand prize basket valued at $500!!!!

So go visit www.happilyhandmadegiveaway.com and find out how to enter and win. There is also photos of all the prizes you could win.