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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Seattle's Everything Bracelet SOLD

Seattle's Everything Bracelet
7 1/2 - 8" (Completely Adjustable)
-Sterling Heart Lobster Clasp
-Swarovski Pearls & Crystals
-Sterling Silver Rolo Chain & Headpins
Time: Total of 1 1/2 hours spent on this bracelet (I didn't make it in one sitting)

For those curious ; )

Availability: ***SOLD***

Thank you everyone for your kind words about this bracelet!
I will be posting a series of bracelets inspired by my "cruise" today on the Seattle Spirit Ship.

We took a beautiful 1 hour tour of the the Elliot Bay.

Stay tuned, these next few bracelets are really pretty! lol

I'm bold to say that, so you know they're going to be somewhat purdyyy.

They're be posted tonight!

See you then!

Steph

Visit: www.dskblogsale.blogspot.com if you're interested in MAC cosmetics!

Seattle's Everything Bracelet SOLD

For those curious ; )

Availability: ***SOLD***

Thank you everyone for your kind words about this bracelet!
I will be posting a series of bracelets inspired by my "cruise" today on the Seattle Spirit Ship.

We took a beautiful 1 hour tour of the the Elliot Bay.

Stay tuned, these next few bracelets are really pretty! lol

I'm bold to say that, so you know they're going to be somewhat purdyyy.

They're be posted tonight!

See you then!

Steph

Visit: www.dskblogsale.blogspot.com if you're interested in MAC cosmetics!

Men's Wrist Watch By Movado Wrist Watch

Men's Wrist Watch By Movado Wrist Watch with Timex

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An excellent illustrative book, with details of movement calibers and case size and gives a good history into the watch brands history and values, watches are priced in US Dollars. With many established brands detailed and a vast range of lesser known brands, could perhaps give a little more technical details and specification on the dial descriptions.

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Men's Wrist Watch

Men's Wrist Watch "Trossi Leggenda"

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Italian Watch Gold Design

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A wristwatch belonging to an Italian mogul who takes pride in having won Grand Prix races and was president of Ferrari generated a sales of £1.1million against its pre-auction estimate of $1.9 million after selling off his gold Patek Philippe timepiece at Sothey’s Geneva auction house.

Men's Wristwatch With Classic Style

Men's Wristwatch With Classic Style by Seiko 5 Production

Men's Wristwatch By WM Swiss Army

All Wristwatch from WM, and now WM presents Tonneau Tourbillion -Style Automatic Watch with 35-jewel self-winding mechanism. Tourbillion-look mechanism can be seen through mineral crystal glass. The watch is not as heavy on your pockets as it appears to be. After discount of 30%, you can bag it in for $279.95, which ends on November 26. So hurry and adorn your wrist with this awesome timepiece , you can see more and buy it at Sharperimage.com.

Men's Wristwatch with Futuristic Design

Men's Wristwatch with Futuristic Design By Citizen
Simple and futuristic make the owner so confident and look more glamor

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fall Collection: Part V

No, I'm not finished posting the new Fall Collection - not by a long shot! Because I am doing the photos, pricing, and web myself without help since my move, it means that I am going much more slowly than I would prefer. However, if you like anticipation....
Today I have another mixture of bracelets beginning with the blue lace agate and amethyst bracelet that you see at the top. The focal is actually a blue chalcedony faceted nugget, the amethyst is transparent and the lampwork beads are some of the absolute best I've had (from an artist whose work sells at a premium). Below is an amethyst bracelet that is complimented by rutilated quartz, thus combining two of the season's hottest colours, purple and grey. I love the amethyst gemstone toggle clasp. The lampwork beads are the perfect purple and grey!

The tourmaline bracelet above features three strands of all shapes and sizes of tourmalines and includes little tourmaline charms hanging at intervals from the bracelet. There is only one lampwork bead, a green transparent lentil with mauvey purple swirls, but it is wonderful. Tourmaline is a great gemstone for this fall since it either has the most popular colours or accents those clothing colours wonderfully well.
The blue lace agate bracelet below is all about flowers: sterling silver flower beads, sterling flower charms, and a focal lentil lampwork bead that has the look of a flower also. Below the blue agate bracelet is one of my favorite combinations: sunstone and dark blue apatite that has the slightest hint of teal in it. Another favorite of mine is the little sterling bird charm that hangs near the center of the bracelet.

There are just three pairs of earrings here, but many more will be appearing on the Cluny Grey Jewelrysite.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

IT ALL STARTED WITH HER.

I'm sure most if not all of you ladies (and some gents) know that PINK is one of THE hottest blogger in the realm of beauty blog. She's far from ordinary & extraordinary with aesthetics. She's a creative genius. If she can't make something desirable, I don't now who can!

IT ALL STARTED WITH HER.

She is the reason I started blogging last September, her encouragement & support persuaded me to ponder & create my first blog exactly one year ago. Little did I know there was a world of smart, beautiful girls with the biggest hearts online. I've made SO many great friends through blogger *tear*

I owe my blog existence to you PINK, without you~ I don't think DSK Jewelry, LLC would have ever been born.

To PINK: A lifetime of DSK Jewelry

If you haven't yet checked out her blog.

PLEASE DO SO: PINK (click here)

DSK Model PINK is modeling the DSK Baller Necklace in AB
(more photos on PINK's blogspot)

http://xppinkxx.blogspot.com
Swarovski & Sterling Silver Meet DSK Jewelry

I'm still not open for orders yet, but I do have a waiting list & you are welcome to add yourself.
I'm still filing and faxing paper work to various destinations.
I'll be back soon, thank you all for your love & support!

Check out PINK's blog if you haven't already done so, xoxo

Steph

P.S. Are all my friends sweet or what?
Holly, Lena, Pam, Eki, Jaime, Liz, Stephie, Bubbi, Hanhie
I love you all, and so will DSK Jewelry, LLC
I'll contact you all soon with real time modeling contracts with the company ; )

IT ALL STARTED WITH HER.

To PINK: A lifetime of DSK Jewelry

If you haven't yet checked out her blog.

PLEASE DO SO: PINK (click here)

The Butterfly Effect

Made up of butterfly charms, swarovski pearls, swarovski crystals, clay flowers,14k gold plated.

Approximately 7cm in length inclusive of hooks.

Price : $33 - Available

To own this, please email to puffaccessories@hotmail.com

Shimmer Wings - SOLD

Shimmer Wings is made up of vintage flowers, butterfly charms, rhinestone rings, swarovski crystals, 14k gold plated.

Approximately 6cm in length inclusive of hooks.

To own this, please email to puffaccessories@hotmail.com

Lace Vanity - $33

Made up of vintage flowers, handmade pendant (with lace inset), bird charm, swarovski pearls, swarovski crystals, 14k gold plated.

Approximately 6.5cm in length inclusive of hooks.

No remakes.

To own this, please email to puffaccessories@hotmail.com

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Privacy Policy on Blogger Blogs

If you have Adsense on your blog (like I have right at the top of this blog), you need to have a Privacy Policy in place. Google is getting tough on people who display Adsense ads and they have no privacy policy. In some cases, accounts have been banned. At first I didn't even realise we need to have it in place until I read a few horror stories about it.

I know that for us, hobbyists and jewelers, Adsense is there, but we don't even remember it at times, we certainly don't really make money from our Adsense, but what the heck, it's up there, so why not. But if you've earned even one cent from Adsense, Google won't care a bit about the fact that we are not real Adsense earners, we get banned. So if you have ads on your Blogspot blog, add a privacy policy and make it visible on your blog. This is how you do it:

Create a new blog post and while writing your post, click on Post options.
Now change the date of your post to a few months older, so it goes off from your first page
Publish your post
Find your post and copy the hyperlink to your clipboard
Edit your Sidebar widget (or top widget the way I have it), up to you, and add it as a new link. Name it Privacy Policy
Save your widget

That's it really. Let it not be on a small thing that you lose your Adsense account, when all it takes is 2 minutes of your time to fix it.

Thank you!

My dear lovely customers,

I will start on my truckload of customizations this week. Thank you all for your love and concern during this difficult time. The encouragement and love that you sent via email and given me the strength to move on.

It's been a crazy week!

Thank you for your patience and understanding. I appreciate it very much!

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

Puff

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Fall Collection IV: More Colour!

The first two pieces today, top and bottom, will be listed under chalcedony jewelry on the Cluny Grey Jewelry website. The chalcedony necklace above is a single strand necklace featuring faceted nuggets of aqua chalcedony along with the prettiest faceted coins of a strong pink chalcedony, Bali sterling silver and the unique lampwork beads of Suzette Celestin. The lampwork picks up the aqua and pink and adds a creme colour to the mix as well. The necklace would look great against a dress or blouse in one of the season's hottest neutrals, a deep creme with a touch of brown called creme brulee.
Below, more chalcedony, this time faceted nuggets of a golden yellow chalcedony that positively glow! The only silver: the tiniest Karen Hill Tribes silver beads, barely noticeable, between the beads, and the pretty sterling toggle clasp. Why? Because the nuggets themselves are so beautiful and so strong in colour, I wanted a very gemmy look for the bracelet, a look that calls for very little silver. This is a simple nugget bracelet with a lot of impact!

One of the Fall 2009 season's colours is "rapture rose." It is a colour that is epitomized by the rhodonite bracelet that you see below - a strong but soft deep pink or rose colour. Sterling silver and two borosilicate artist's lampwork beads add a dash of different colour to the bracelet which consists of two strands of different shapes and sizes of rhodonite gemstones. If rose is not your colour or you can't afford to add this colour to your wardrobe right now, this is a perfect way to get a dash of the colour! Rhodonite is a matte gemstone making it suitable for daytime or nighttime wear, so the bracelet is quite versatile - it also looks great with the iron grey that is one of the most popular neutrals this Fall.

The last two jewelry pieces are a necklace and bracelet and both feature blue. Above, the simple sapphire necklace is made entirely of blue sapphires with the addition of a focal dichroic that sparkles in natural or artificial light. (It's also this month's birthstone).
The last piece is a double strand bracelet that features amethysts and kyanite. Very special lampwork beads add a magical touch to the bracelet and the geometric toggle with the amethyst cabochon keeps it from looking too froufrou.

Next: See more from Cluny's Fall Collection 2009 in a couple of days! There is still more colour to come!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Dear All,

There's been an accident in my family today.

I hope you'll allow me more time to reply all your enquiries and mails. I apologize greatly if there's a slight delay in your customizations. Orders will be processed at a slower rate.

I ask for your patience and understanding during this difficult time.

Thank you.

Puff

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Looking for colors

Last year when I worked on my Mermaids Garden Necklace I selected an unusual color combination of copper and aquamarine to pale blue - to express an ocean theme, and I haven't expected that many people would like that palette. From time to time I play with different colors - I love it!

Looking back at the Mermaid's Garden, I wanted to try colors like those, but of other shades. I got from AuntiesBeads.com Bronze Swarovski crystal pearls, Caribbean Blue Opal Swarovski crystal bicones, and Metallic Indigo Iris Miyuki seed beads, this combination seemed to be very interesting for me!

I was eager to challenge and when I received my order, I immediately started beading. Oh, no, I wanted just to try my idea! Look at the picture, here is my new necklace. I don't know how you like it, but yesterday at the Art Activation in the Torpedo Factory Art Center (Alexandria, VA), where I demonstrated beading to public, my necklace attracted a lot of attention. I guess, partly because of colors. Now I'm thinking how to name the necklace... Any suggestions?

Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Fall Collection III: The New Motley Crew

There is no real theme for today's jewelry - part of the Fall Collection. I know that I should group the jewelry pieces in some intelligent way, but WOW! getting all the jewelry on the site is a ton of work and I've been at it for several days now! So this is really a random sampling of some of the new bracelets that are going to be on the Cluny Grey Jewelry site.
Above, a moonstone bracelet with touches of genuine aquamarine. It really has quite a bit of flash and the aquamarine accents that flash. Below is a bracelet pairing aquamarine with sunstone; I love the hot and coolness of the two gemstones together, and together they are smashing mixed with the great sterling silver that you see here. I am especially fond also of second strands consisting of those tiny Karen Hill Tribes beads that you see here. And the bird clasp is a real favorite! (Can you tell that I am partial to this bracelet?)

More colour here when great lampwork in soft yellows and blues with a touch of pink is mixed with faceted citrine nuggets. It's a soft, romantic bracelet that will look great with all those ruffled blouses that are in style this Fall. And if you are like me, you like to keep up with some trends, but some I cannot do in a big way. Animal prints are still big, but I never feel comfortable wearing them. To the rescue, this lampwork bracelet with the great tiger stripes that give you that touch of the trend without overwhelming.

Above, moonstone in a dusky mauvey-peach colour and greys. I love these beads with the raised symbols (moons, stars, other shapes) on them. They give a mystical feel to any jewelry piece. Below, two tourmaline bracelets, one with one of the largest faceted garnet nuggets I've ever had. What can I say about tourmaline that you don't already know? That it goes with just about everything. It's perfect for Fall and Winter, and it looks equally good with bright or dark clothing.

And stay tuned - there is still more jewelry to come!!!

Friday, September 11, 2009

New Puff Angels - $10 each

Here's our new batch of freshly baked Puff Angels. We only have a certain number of pieces for each of our designs so grab them fast!

NOTE :Because each design comes in limited pieces, please note that we will only reserve the Puff Angels only when payment is completed.

From left to right : Puff Angel 1, Puff Angel 2 (SOLD OUT), Puff Angel 3 (SOLD OUT), Puff Angel 4 ( SOLD OUT)

From left to right : Puff Angel 5 (SOLD OUT), Puff Angel 6 (SOLD OUT),
Puff Angel 7 (SOLD OUT),
Puff Angel 8 (SOLD OUT)

From left to right : Puff Angel 9, Puff Angel 10(SOLD OUT), Puff Angel 11,
Puff Angel 12 (1 piece left),
Puff Angel 13 (1 piece left)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The New Fall Collection - Part II

The following jewelry pieces feature gemstones in colours that are based on Pantone's colour guide (Pantone produces the dyes that are used by the fashion world, so that they are the true forecaster of the hottest colours). Above, the double strand bracelet has three of the season's hottest colours: olivine (in Swarovski crystals); majolica (kyanite); grey (rutilated quartz). The second strand is a type of bangle accented only by the Swarovski crystals.
Below, more rutilated quartz celebrates another big trend for Fall: the chunky necklace. The large, flat faceted nuggets (over an inch long) are primarily grey with touches of tan/brown. Each nugget is over an inch in length.

Citrine is always a favorite stone, and one of Fall's newest colours is honey yellow. With its range of colours from pale yellow to a deep golden colour, citrine can add a touch of this year's colour to an older outfit or blend with a new one.

Below, this unique bracelet has quartz (creme brulee), chalcedony (majolica), and carnelian (American Beauty) for a blend of colours exceedingly versatile. The next bracelet has chalcedony and yellow opal (majolica and honey yellow), and the bottom bracelet of African opal and vermeil will go equally well with both the off-white creme brulee and a neutral colour called nougat that is a pale taupe.

More tomorrow!