O Happy Day!
First of all, thank you so much for all the sweet comments and messages yesterday about my shop opening! Each one meant so much! I’ve been wanting to do this for a LONG time, and I decided to just set a date and go for it. I’m really looking forward to sharing some more of my work and running my own little shop. Exciting!
I’m also excited because, today, I’m starting a giveaway for not just one, but TWO (well, technically 3, if you count each earring) pieces of jewelry. These are little sneak peaks of similar pieces I’ll be selling in my Etsy shop that opens Tuesday, September 2nd.
First is my Fancy Red necklace. I found two vintage red necklaces that were almost identical within a week of each other in totally different places.
I used one necklace to make my Rouge is Fancy necklace (also seen here), and I used the second one to make this.
In addition to the vintage beads, I used 14K gold filled wire, clasp, and chain. I reused the vintage “gold” spacer beads from the original necklace for detail.
The necklace is approximately 18″ long and sits just below the collar bone.
I might like this one even better than my Rouge is Fancy necklace – but I won’t keep it, I promise.
The winner of this giveaway will also receive a pair of Gold Marquise earrings. These were inspired by my Go For the Gold Earrings that I made from a thrifted necklace. I wear the originals of these all the time, so I searched around until I found some new 14K gold filled marquise hoops to recreate them.
The hoops hang from 14K gold filled handmade ear wires.
These simple earrings pair well with a bold necklace – and pretty much anything else, really.
How to enter the Fancy Red Necklace and Gold Marquise Earrings Giveaway:
Please leave a comment below for each of the following:
1. Leave a comment answering this question: If I were to make a necklace just for you, what color would it be?
2. “Like” the Beautiful Objects Facebook page (click here) and leave a comment below saying you “Liked” it
3. Subscribe to the Beautiful Objects newsletter (click here to subscribe) and leave a comment below saying you subscribe
4. Share this giveaway on Facebook (copy and paste this link to your wall: http://wp.me/p1Ioun-VL) and leave a comment below saying you shared
You may choose to do any or all of these options. Each option gives you an extra entry. Make sure you leave a comment for each of the options – (for example, you would leave 4 comments if you do all 4 options).
Giveaway closes Sunday, August 31, at 11:59 PM. Winner will be chosen at random and will be announced Monday, September 1st!
Good luck!!
beautiful objects 
If I could pick any color jewelry it would be gold. Then I could wear it with practically any outfit I have. :-)
Blues, Greens, and Turquoise :) Great giveaway!
If you were to make a necklace for me, it would be royal blue.
I “liked” your page a long time ago and subscribed to your newsletter as soon as I saw the notice :-)
I would like to add that you should style outfits with your pieces and offer to sell the entire ensemble because I always like your pieces but I also want everything else you are wearing :-)
I shared on FB as well.
I am super excited about your shop!
Thank you, Kristen! And thanks for the styling outfits idea – I keep thinking about that to see if it could work. :)
I would love a navy colored necklace!
I liked your facebook page!
I subscribed to your newsletter!
Nicole, I shared your blog on Facebook.
Nicole, I subscribed to your newsletter yesterday. :-)
I just subscribed. I like gold metal, but any color other than yellow.
I “like” your facebook page! :)
I shared the giveaway post! :)
And, I subscribed to the newsletter! :)
Hi Nicole, you are so inspiring, if I didn’t work full time, I’d want to do what you do – of course I couldn’t b/c I am just not that creative!! You have known me long enough, that if you were to make a necklace just for you, it would be red. :)
I have “Like”ed your Beautiful Objects Facebook page since it’s inception! And, really, I don’t just “Like”, it I LOVE it!
I subscribed to your newsletter yesterday, although maybe I did that before too…
I am heading over to FB now to share your page again, I have shared it before I am pretty sure b/c you are inspiring!
Thank you so much, Brenda!
For a jewelry make, my favorite is always silver.
Liked your FB page.
Shared on FB as well. :-)
Hi Nicole, I am going to repeat myself… :-)
I have “Like”ed your Beautiful Objects Facebook page since it’s inception! And, really, I don’t just “Like”, it I LOVE it!
Hi Nicole, I am going to keep repeating myself…
I subscribed to your newsletter yesterday, although maybe I did that before too…
Hi Nicole, and maybe, maybe the last time…
I am heading over to FB now to share your page again, I have shared it before I am pretty sure b/c you are inspiring!
Nicole, so this is a new one… let’s just say your inspiration is needed at my humble abode…I’ll be finishing the carpet/floor removal this weekend and then the REAL fun begins…prepping the floor! I’ll be around all weekend – I’ll send you the 411 :-)
Oops – haven’t made it yet. Will message you and set something up ASAP!
*red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and everything in between!
*I’ve been a fan for ages
*I subscribed to your newsletter!
*I’m sharing on Facebook!
Can’t wait to buy some of your pieces once your store is launched!!!
Thanks Jenny!
I tried to edit my comment, but I can’t so I will just repeat myself. I like gold metal jewelry with stones or beads of any color except yellow.
It would be purple: )
I like the red but I also like green.
liked your facebook page as Margaret Maggie Porter
subscribed as babeofbryan@aol.com
Thanks for sharing!
So pretty! I’m loving mint and coral right now :)
Ooh, you just inspired me to try something new! I’ll keep an eye out for mint and coral vintage and see what I can come up with.
Pink! That’s my favorite color!
I love your blog and I subscribed to your newsletter! Also, if you were to make a necklace just for me, I’d probably go with bright blue or red but not together… But really I love pretty much everything you make!
Thanks, Cathy!
Just shared on FB. I really can’t wait to check out your store!
In honor of college football resuming this weekend, I’d love for you to make me an orange necklace (War Eagle!).
Husband says it’s not the RIGHT orange. :) Go Vols!
1. Leave a comment answering this question: If I were to make a necklace just for you, what color would it be?
Royal Blue
I subscribed to your newsletter!
I liked you on FB!
1) turquoise
2) I’ve liked you from the beginning :)
:)
I subscribed to your newsletter…can’t wait to read it!
I shared your link on my wall so my friends can enjoy your work and I can stop trying to describe the things that you do in ways that do not do your talent any justice :) PS…how fun are all these comments?!! I am proud of you Nicole!
Thank you so much, Mary!!