I'm so excited to introduce our new Wood Jewelry Line to you! I've been working so hard on this for months. A big thanks to my Mom and Linda Larsen for their help and input too.
Our new Wood Jewelry Line includes a variety of pendants and components made out of sustainable wood that we've sanded and stained in 3 lovely colors: natural, honey butter and dark cherry. All pieces work well together or on their own. I'm just in love with them as you can tell by some of the classes I put together: Birdhouse Necklaces, Birdhouse Earrings, Inchie Jewelry, Monogram Jewelry, Owl Necklace. Will be sure to continue to share more wood inspiration...it's so fun and easy to work with. : )
Be sure to check out all of what's new!
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Last week, I asked you for your favorite words that uplift and inspire you through the day. Thank you for sharing them with me. They were great! I picked 5 and turned them into these lovely wood engraved labels. Aren't they cool? You'll see:
Smile (from Gena, Lenna and Mary)
Relax (from Gena and Lenna)
Create (from Carole)
Share (from Andrea)
Enjoy (from Paula)
I also ended up adding your words to several of our new collage sheets: Mini and XL Nature Filled Houses.
As a gift to all of you that submitted words, I'll be emailing you a $10 gift certificate to ARTchix. And please add a comment to your order "chixie labels" and I'll be sure to include a set of these wood labels as a bonus gift in your order.
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I had a lot of fun playing with these wood labels. I dabbed on some acrylic paint and then wiped some of it away so that the paint got into the etched letters.
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When the paint was dry, I added a bit of a gold touch with Gilder's Paste. And then I attached our new Green Glass Leaves with jumprings.
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Wouldn't these make adorable earrings?!
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We are also offering blank Wood Labels (in Natural, Honey Butter and Dark Cherry) so that you can add your own words....collage, rubber stamp or metal stamp them. In this case, I had so much fun rubber stamping them with Staz On ink. Looks so pretty!
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After rubber stamping the Natural Wood Tags, I dabbed on a bit of acrylic paint and then attached jumprings and Green Glass Leaves. I see another great pair of earrings in my future. : )
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Now you didn't think I was going to keep these all to myself, did you? I've been a creative, charm-making machine again! Late at night, I've been making these beautiful charms for you. Place an order today that's over $30 and I'll tuck one of these beauties in with your order. In fact, for every $50 that you spend with us, I'll include one of my handmade charms. How cool is that?
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Inca smiles and says, "Great idea!" Note how she's modeling a lovely inchie necklace.
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But wait, I've got one more gift for you! A Digi Freebie with inchie owls. Hoot! Hoot! Our current Facebook Art Challenge is Owls...pop on over to check 'em out when you can...we've got some amazing owl inspiration over there.
Get your free, high resolution digital download by simply emailing blogfreebie@artchixstudio.com.
Enjoy! : ) You're welcome to use them in your personal artwork, jewelry, journals, etc. Or hold onto them for a future project. This item is not for resell though.
See you next week with more fun and creativity! : )
Awww, Inca makes a great model!
Cindy :)
Posted by: Cindy McMath | October 01, 2011 at 12:19 PM
the wood looks light and lovely. such a cute owl ;) have a happy and colorful october
Posted by: belinda | October 02, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Inca is wonderful to wear the necklace! Looks so cute on her.
Oh, and thank you SO much for the gift certificate! I am going to spend it soon on some of the lovely new stuff.
Posted by: Mary Wilkins | October 03, 2011 at 01:17 PM
Your creations are so very lovely! I'm glad that I discovered your blog! :-)
Posted by: Indigo | October 03, 2011 at 04:02 PM
I just discovered Artchix and your fabulous blog! LOVE it all!
Posted by: Lisa F | October 11, 2011 at 09:17 AM
I especially like the owl birdhouse necklace! great feel-good jewelry, for that "warm fuzzy" feeling. I appreciate the detail of your work since I make my own jewelry too... http://woodjewelry.org
Posted by: Melanie | December 10, 2011 at 08:17 PM