tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67229613044161526412024-03-13T15:59:24.311+00:00Welcome to Blossoming Silver!Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-59325195729934947082023-09-26T16:52:00.002+01:002023-09-26T17:00:06.922+01:00Hello out there....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blossomingsilver.etsy.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHydRtjcIwAOPK68qXDIEekFX-KRcU_nG9goNAPbMX1B8sl98GHh_UajocfzNO3TgwfgC40aM7SiRgEIKoO4wRFQuT7dg9gKgjlC4BY_joHuwmTfhfVJ5605gL1Xjfiyfv83V6THeFMRe1aJDMzjhJC9s4_AtdUrsqYt4nGaBDFnETprvttyY7aCK0gSo/w480-h640/coffeebeanearrings.webp" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p>It's been such a long time since I posted here, to be honest I kind of forgot that I even had blogs 😅<p></p><p>Just in case anybody stops by and happens to like handmade jewellery, here is a coupon code for 10% off at my Etsy shop Blossoming Silver =)</p><p>The coupon code is BLOSSOMINGSILVERBLOG and you can use it <a href="https://blossomingsilver.etsy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!</p><p><br /><br /></p>Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-87951652940798984442017-09-30T21:47:00.001+01:002017-09-30T22:02:22.577+01:00Jewellery Party!.......<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm having a little jewellery party at my online Etsy shop, so everyone is invited! So here are the details =)</div>
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I'll admit, as I get older I feel the cold more and dull days are just not my thing! So when I saw these teardrop beads in these gorgeous colours, I had to have them! So after the pain of paying for postage from the United States and customs fees, I finally got my hands on them. I just love the warmth of these colours, they make me think of Spring, Summer, peaches and real strawberry ice cream =)</div>
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So I've wrapped them with sterling silver wire and made them into earrings, will be making matching pendants. These are perfect as Mothers Day gift or if like me you love some colour, treat yourself!</div>
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You can find these beauties in my etsy shop, just <a href="http://www.blossomingsilver.etsy.com/" target="_blank">click here</a>!</div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-72601419073886952392017-01-04T14:05:00.000+00:002017-01-04T14:05:52.810+00:00Happy New Year January Sale!.....<div style="text-align: center;">
I've decided to have a January sale this year with 15% off everything in my Easy shop! I'll be adding more lovely jewellery to the shop throughout the month in the run up to Valentines Day, so it's the perfect time to treat yourself or someone special =)</div>
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Already tempted this year, I've treated myself to some lovely new jewellery findings. With my 20+ years worth of beads to sort through this month, you can expect to see some eye candy on here. Planing to do more research on apps that can help me with my business, it's time to get focussed!</div>
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Sale ends 31st January 11pm London time (I'm using easy on sale to run it), to view <a href="https://www.etsyonsale.com/shop/blossomingsilver" target="_blank">click here</a> =) </div>
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Wishing you all a wonderful happy and healthy new year =)</div>
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2016 has been one of those years, that if I had a time machine, I wouldn't rush back to visit it! But seriously there's been good and bad things happen this year, hopefully I'm a little wiser at the end of it and ready to embrace the New Year and all the possibilities awaiting me. I still need to become better organized and focused in all aspects of my life (blog more often!) and buy a pair of red latin dance shoes (love to dance) =)</div>
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Above is a picture of one of my latest creations. First thing I'm going to do once the kids are back to school, is go through all my 24+ years worth of beads, I have a lot of beads, reorganize them and price them, ready for my jewellery making or selling as de-stash. </div>
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What are your plans for the begining of the year? I'd love to know!</div>
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I will blog soon, but in the meantime feel free to visit my Etsy shop for a browse of what I've made so far by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/blossomingsilver?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">clicking here</a> =)</div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-14771717784297666912016-12-16T15:46:00.003+00:002016-12-16T15:54:08.341+00:00It's almost Christmas!.....<br />
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And another year seems to of zoomed by! Looking forward to the New Year as my youngest child will be starting nursery full time, which means no more 3 hours of school runs....Yes 3 hours! So hopefully I will have more time to blog, be creative, take photo's and work on my business =)</div>
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The Christmas holiday is always a busy time of year. I have a few gifts to make and lots of cooking to do and plan to dance as much as possible, so I don't have to watch how many mince pies I eat! The smell of mulled wine is becoming quite common in my home and the Christmas tree is up with all it's lights twinkling =)</div>
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If you're still in need of some gifts, you can find my Christmas delivery dates in my Etsy shop announcement, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/blossomingsilver?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">click here</a>! </div>
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As you can see I've started making glass teardrop pendants. I'm totally in love with being able to change the pendant on my own necklace to suit what I'm wearing and these match the earrings that I make. The pendant is £6 and with a sterling silver chain £10-11. I've had some happy customers already that have bought these as a gift or for themselves =)</div>
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It's really has been years since I've picked up a pencil to draw, unless you count the gazillion spiders, octopuses and other items requested by my children. I was doing some late night tidying in my bedroom and came across my old pencil case (I've had it since secondary school) and a small pad of paper and decided to use the first pencil I randomly picked out of the pencil case and doodle and this is the result =) It's something I need to do more often, practice, get better at and enjoy.....</div>
Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-36598200510448546282016-03-30T22:34:00.000+01:002016-04-25T04:16:18.946+01:00Wedding Anniversary Gemstones... <br />
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I had only ever really been aware of a 40th Ruby and a Golden 50th wedding anniversary, until a gentleman purchased a Moss Agate necklace and earrings from me, as a gift for his wife on their 14th anniversary. There were wedding anniversary gift lists in the diaries my mother had when I was a child, but I had never been aware that there was one with gemstones.</div>
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Personally I think it's a lovely idea, well I would wouldn't I, being a self confessed beadaholic and I love love love gemstones to put it mildly (it's a good thing I make jewellery).</div>
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So I've had a little look around on the internet in search of the list and it turns out there are Traditional and Alternative lists to choose from and that there are variations depending on the country the list is from. So if you like this idea it's well worth having a look at one of these lists!<br />
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I'll have to do some more research as I couldn't find any lists that actually explained the meaning behind giving a certain stone on a certain year, but all gemstones have their own story. They have been used since ancient times for healing and adornment and I'm planning on writing some blog posts on this in the future =) </div>
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Happy International Women's Day! In fact Happy New Year as well, hehe. I realize that I haven't blogged since last year, I'm sorry, I promise to be good and blog regularly from now on!</div>
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So it's International Women's Day today and there are some amazingly talented crafty women on Etsy, so I've decided to create a treasury to share some of their work with you =)</div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-48077973768847175932015-12-16T00:30:00.000+00:002015-12-16T00:45:05.478+00:00Beautiful Combinations....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought I'd share some eye candy with you. I love love love detail,
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The above necklace is a perfect example of this. I've had the smooth round Kyanite beads for over a decade, the same is true of the fine silver turtle charm I've used as a pendant. It was only more recently that I purchased the lampwork beads, which I feel match the Kyanite perfectly. </div>
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These ancient looking lampwork beads were created with linear trails as inspired by the great civilizations of the past and were aged artifically using various techniques. I've teamed them up with these fair trade Karen Hill Tribe fine silver sun print beads and I think the combination works well.</div>
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I love colour! In my possession I have a 18k white and yellow gold chain necklace, that I bought in Venezuela the last time I was there (which was too long ago) and I've made different gemstone pendants to fit onto it to suit my mood or what I am wearing.</div>
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Having the different pendants to choose from is wonderful, each one is different, with it's own style and energy, I can't stress enough how handy they are and how much I love them! My favorite pendants are a beautiful Pink Sapphire heart cut briolette, a Oro Verde Quartz shield cut briolette (like the one shown in the picture below) and now a tiny dainty Lapis Lazuli onion cut briolette which I wire wrapped with goldfilled wire.</div>
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One by one I'll be adding these beauties to my etsy shop and resisting keeping them for myself ; )</div>
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<br />Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-36935834129352787142015-11-30T04:44:00.000+00:002015-11-30T04:52:58.913+00:00It's starting to feel alot like Christmas...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that festive time of year again, time to break out the mince pies and mulled wine! Every year I aim to get the Christmas tree up on the first of December, will I do it this year? Fat chance I think as I haven't even checked to see if the fairy lights are working and the tree has been stuck in a box for almost a year (it's not a real tree). Last year I was wonderfully organized when it came to gift buying, but this year Christmas has snuck up on me. So above is a selection of lovely finds created by my Etsy British Emporia and Craft Britannia team mates and other talented Etsyians that have got me in that shopping mood =)</div>
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My gosh has it turned cold, true there's still some sunshine, but all I can say is thank goodness for coffee! Although I'm not fond of the cold I think winter is a magical time of year with it's long nights, candle light, perfect for snuggling up under a blanket or duvet and reading/ listening to winter tales and stories. I have a few favorites and the above treasury was inspired by them. Karen and Richard of Grin Grimace and Squeak handcraft amazing masks, crowns and accessories and I love the above picture of Karen as the Snow Queen =)</div>
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These icy blue petite teardrop earrings are a fairly new addition to my etsy shop, they are so dinky =)<br />
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And I love these beads *drool*. I'm in the process of listing this bracelet, just have to measure and price it, although very tempted to keep it!</div>
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These light blue opal Czech glass briolettes are dreamy (can you tell I'm a beadaholic). Think I might use them with some goldfilled wire, they would look gorgeous =)</div>
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<br />Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-34822013056134404022015-09-15T21:55:00.001+01:002015-09-15T22:24:43.397+01:00And now on Instagram...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I already tweet like a little bird on Twitter as @silverblossom8. Blog here (must blog more often). Have a page somewhere on Facebook and now I've started to use Instagram, which I'm finding quite fun and easy to use. As I mainly sell my lovelies via my Etsy online shop it makes sense for me to use social media to let people know what I do, but it's also nice to share other things I find of interest and give people a little glimpse of my world (not including dirty dishes, I don't even want to see those).</div>
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So if your on Instagram you can find me here =) <a href="https://instagram.com/blossomingsilver/">https://instagram.com/blossomingsilver/</a></div>
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<br />Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-19480457556905406632015-08-06T23:42:00.004+01:002015-11-23T21:09:55.763+00:00Something old......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I thought I'd share these old pic's of mine, not sure if I have already on this blog, but every now and then I like to go back to drawing, it's something I've always done and well should really spend more time on it!</div>
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I've used flash, photoshop, a photo, good old pencils and gouache paints. In the above image, the ghostly lady was drawn and coloured in flash and the trees are originally hand drawn using coloured pencils and scanned. I put the two together in photoshop to get this effect. it was a long time ago. </div>
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You may be able to tell from this drawing if you hadn't already guessed that I'm a fan of anime =) Maybe I should point out that I use a mouse to draw in flash/ illustrator. When I first started drawing on computers it was pixel by pixel =)</div>
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Ok this is just a pencil doddle of mine, I love fantasy art and fiction and you'll see it in my drawings.</div>
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Never really finished this, it's another doddle of sorts a kind of practicing piece, maybe I'll get round to practicing again in the future, would be nice.</div>
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And here's one of my tattoo designs, that after 16 ish years I had tattooed onto the back of my neck. Did it hurt....No the guy that did it for me was really gentle, this is a same day picture =) </div>
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This was so much fun, family, friends, cup cakes, tea and crafting (we did also bring some wine ;) does it really get much better then that!<br />
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For those of you who have read my blog posts or tweets before, you'll know I can't sew, but hey we were making garter belts and I think I've found a new calling! Ribbon, lace, lots of colours, patterns oh yes I can feel a trip to a haberdashery coming on. Our tutor was super helpful and lovely and even I left with a lovely completed garter belt of my very own =)<br />
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If this sounds like your kind of thing then have a look at the <a href="http://www.teaandcrafting.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tea and Crafting</a> website, I highly recommend the experience (much better then watching male, well you know, that's not my cup of tea)!Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-17129916060434018532015-07-29T14:54:00.000+01:002015-07-29T19:28:39.846+01:00Coffee Art...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A thing of beauty is a treasure to behold and these lattes were not only beautiful to behold but smelled and tasted wonderful! Alas as beautiful as they were I couldn't resist drinking them, so I captured their essence in photo form to share with you (aren't I generous ;) </div>
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The lovely creative peeps <a href="https://twitter.com/VagabondN4?lang=en-gb" target="_blank">@VagabondN4</a> are responsible for these creations, like sewing (which I'm pants at), I can't do this with coffee, so every cup or glass as in this case, is like a little creative inspiration and the 2 shots of yummy caffeine are also very helpful in keeping the creative juices flowing ;) </div>
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Yes I know it's been a long time since I've made a treasury to share my lovely etsy finds with you. The truth is life happens and well mojo is affected, but then it starts to come back in trickles and then starts to flow. So I hope you'll enjoy taking the time to explore these beautiful finds and the talented people behind them! </div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-11345321929581698752015-07-29T13:40:00.000+01:002015-07-29T13:43:11.749+01:00Golden Summer....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gorgeously vibrant and golden! I've added these lovelies to my collection of teardrop earrings and the wonderful thing is that as the wire and ear wires used are 14k goldfilled they are kind to sensitive ears, without the huge price tag =)</div>
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So what is gold filled? The answer is that gold-filled is an actual
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alloy and wears like solid gold. There is no flaking, rubbing off or
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Whilst I love silver, I love the warmth of gold and there is something luxurious about it. Find these lovelies <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/blossomingsilver?section_id=15470126&ref=shopsection_leftnav_4" target="_blank">here in the teardrop section of my etsy shop</a> =)</div>
Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-63861428478568492352015-03-29T15:56:00.001+01:002015-03-29T15:56:45.435+01:00Spring is here with free chocolate mini eggs.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Or it should be! It's cold, grey, windy and raining (early April showers maybe?) but have no fear I have mini chocolate eggs to included in all my orders till the end of April (chocolate is known to be a cure all, feel good yummy source of goodness ;) Share them, eat them all yourself or give them as a mini gift to someone else if you like!</div>
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<a href="http://www.blossomingsilver.etsy.com/" target="_blank">To visit my Etsy shop click here!</a></div>
Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-16995521287117800412015-02-22T15:48:00.000+00:002015-02-22T15:48:40.110+00:00Seaside Hues....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello my lovelies, it's almost March already and in the UK we'll be celebrating Mother's Day. So I've decided to create this treasury of beautiful finds with seaside themed gifts. Hopefully I'll get the chance to visit the seaside soon and look for some seaglass! But until then I'll have to content myself with making some sea themed jewellery.</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/treasury/NTExMjk0M3wyNzI3Mjg1MTI2/my-mother-loves-the-sea?ref=pr_treasury" target="_blank">To visit the above treasury click here!</a></div>
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I've been making lots of teardrop earrings in new colours (they are lovely) that would
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-50283876866175326552015-02-12T00:24:00.000+00:002015-02-12T00:24:17.945+00:00Healthy thoughts....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of year again, the shops are full of things to buy as gifts for other people (even before the Christmas trees were packed away), but maybe before diving into all of that it's time to take a little time for yourself to re-energize and get healthy (well healthier every little bit helps). Health is wealth! So what healthy things am I doing you might wonder. Well I'm trying to get stronger, not like a body builder, I'm hyper-mobile so getting stronger for me hopefully will mean less pain and injuries. I have a rowing machine which I'm using and am learning the art of sit ups. But dancing is also good exercise and you can do it in the comfort of your home! Drinking more water! Not too much caffeine ( I NEED MY COFFEE). Eating healthy, I already am quiet good, but I've been trying to cut down on wheat and use more spelt flour in my baking. In the cupboard I have some nuts, walnuts at the moment, to snack on and dark chocolate chip oat biscuits (40% less sugar and yummy), so I'm less tempted by the triple chocolate biscuits! I also bought myself a comfy pair of bright pink and black trainers, one day I'll run in them so that counts ;)</div>
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Well to inspire healthy thoughts and share some lovely finds I made the above treasury. I love red! </div>
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/treasury/NTExMjk0M3wyNzI3MTgzODQ4/healthy-thoughts?ref=pr_treasury" target="_blank">To visit the treasury click here!</a></div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-67924254582596388202015-02-10T00:53:00.002+00:002015-02-10T00:54:52.579+00:00Teardrops in every colour....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well not quite but I'm trying! I love these briolettes and now have over 30 different colours/ sizes to play with. They are great for everyday wear and are also popular as bridesmaid jewellery. I like wire wrapping them with sterling silver wire, the end result is worth the extra time it takes =)</div>
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The matte aqua blue and matte teal green colours that I've just added to the collection, have a great sea glass look that I love. </div>
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These are another new favorite. These opal light teal green beauties are both translucent and semi opaque, as I've tried to show with this photo. No two earrings are exactly the same, which I like =)</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/blossomingsilver?section_id=15470126&ref=shopsection_leftnav_4" target="_blank">To see all the full collection as it grows click here!</a></div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-51785413079148864712015-01-16T03:17:00.000+00:002015-02-11T20:16:41.710+00:00Happy New Year & hello Marsala.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy New Year! 2014 seemed to zoom by and here we are with a brand new shiny 2015, so lets make it a good one! I've already been buying more lovely beads and supplies so watch this blog for lots of eye candy. </div>
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This years pantone colour is Marsala and what a yummy colour it is. I've had a search on Etsy and found these beauties to wear or for the home. Very tempted to purchase some of these lovelies! As I've said before I love red and can see this tone working well through out the seasons with other colours. </div>
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Maybe not quite Marsala, but these garnets are beautiful and I love the twisted spiral briolettes cut, it's one of my favorite. </div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/treasury/NTExMjk0M3wyNzI0NjE0MDY3/marsala?ref=pr_treasury" target="_blank">To visit the above treasury click here!</a></div>
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Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722961304416152641.post-48754370660141252132014-12-14T14:16:00.001+00:002014-12-14T14:17:47.822+00:00Christmas Loveliness...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's nearly Christmas but there's still time to do some online shopping so here are some lovely finds from the British Emporia Team and other talented Etsyians. I went for a ethnic spice theme for the above treasury, I love the combination of cinnamon, cloves, star anise, nut meg, ginger and citrus. </div>
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And you can't have Christmas without including some Robins =)</div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/treasury/NTExMjk0M3wyNzI0NTUwNzk5/robin-red?index=0&atr_uid=" target="_blank">To visit the above treasury click here!</a></div>
Carolina Sanchezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972811255619674079noreply@blogger.com0