Studly

Earlier this year I discovered that my favorite kind of jewelry to make is these little gemstone stud earrings.  Whether they're my favorite because of the tiny size, the one-of-a-kind nature, the fact that they give me an excuse to do more stone shopping, or something else I've yet to discover, I really do enjoy the process and the finished product of these more than other pieces.

My favorite will always be the herkimer diamond studs, but after adding pink tourmaline, apatite, and garnet to the earring family, there's definitely some competition.  I have a couple pairs currently available for sale, and if I can ever get caught up on screen printing and packaging orders, I might finally get the rest of these added to my shop!

What have you been working on lately?  Have you been busy getting ready for Christmas or Hanukkah?

the raddest accessory: a tumbleweeds giveaway

who wants to be a million times more awesome?  then you need these sunglasses.  my friends at tumbleweeds handcraft not only let me co-design a pair of sunglasses, but they were generous enough to offer up a pair of the danielle clubmasters to one lucky winner!  see the entry rules below to get your name in the drawing!

the danielle clubmaster sunglasses are handcrafted with walnut and maple inlays on the temples and arms, and are offered in a super limited quantity (aside from this giveaway), which makes them even more special!

here's how to enter:
1 entry (MANDATORY): leave a comment with your email addy or some way for me to contact you if you win.

additional entries (leave a separate comment for each):
-visit the tumbleweeds shop and leave a comment telling me your favorite item.
-tweet about this giveaway and leave me a link to the tweet.
-follow the tumbleweeds blog and leave a comment letting me know you did (or already do).
-follow this blog and leave a comment letting me know you did.
-leave a comment telling me what your dream sunglasses would look like if you could design them.

i feel like such a celebrity

i'm SO excited to finally be able to share this secret with you guys - i've been working with two of my favorite people (beca and doug) on one amazing pair of sunglasses to be sold in limited quantities.  and how exciting is it that they're named after me?!  amazing, right?!  i feel famous.  they're currently on sale on fab, and i'd be lying if i said i hadn't checked two ten or more times to see if they'd sold out.

the danielle sunglasses are handcrafted with walnut and maple in the clubmaster style, and i think my favorite part is the two-tone arms.  as always, it was so much fun working with tumbleweeds (because it's no secret i'm beca's number one internet stalker, i mean fan), and being able to see the finished product as well as the other blogger-designed styles!

now i know what you're probably thinking; 1. wow, those danielle sunglasses are fantastic.  you'd be right, they ARE fantastic.  2. these pictures look a lot better than what i'm used to seeing on danielle's blog.  you'd be right again, and i can thank mr. douglas switalski the first, photography master inc., tm, etc. for making me look like a model!  i felt like i was drunk on giggle juice though because i hate being in front of the camera, but that doug is one talented guy to take pictures that don't make me look nearly as awkward as i felt!