Winner!

Oh...I was SO excited ALL DAY for this. It was a good thing that I had a little one in training today, because it kept me focused on something else or I would have otherwise gone completely silly. (Those who know me well, know that's true.) So we paused our movie "A Christmas Carol" by Disney (which I HIGHLY recommend) starring James Carrey (who was incredible using his talent the way he should) to do the drawing----blah blah blah blah blah!!!  Get on with it! Right?

Let me get my assistants. (too nervous to do it myself, plus if I'm not behind the camera, who can I blame for the poor quality of the pictures?!)


And the winner is....

DRUMROLL PLEASE!...................................... 

None other than the Lovely:

She said, "Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!
I don't know you but you are so very familiar to me!! (are you in sc2 ward? or at least scstake?)
Were you at the Boundary Change meeting tonight sitting in the very back pew? Because if that was you, I was sooooo admiring your watch!!!! NOT EVEN KIDDING! How small world of a story is THAT!?!?

LOL

Ok... so obviously I'd love a chunky watch. So cool!!"

Congratulations Rachel! You have won yourself a chunky watch!! Just e-mail me to claim your prize!!

For Rachel and Everyone else, you have won a 15% discount off your total purchase. That is big, because I have never offered a discount. Especially at this rate, and never without a minimal purchase required. So enjoy some Christmas shopping and/or send others by with that wish list! You just might make someone's Christmas extra special or find something at the toe of your stocking...something light, sparkly, and oh so origionally yours! Just contact me to activate this discount.

Happy shopping...oh,and by the way---

I think I'm in the mood for another giveaway here soon!

Isn't Christmas fun!?! *wink*

Who?!

I keep thinking about the drawing and getting this excited nervous feeling inside all at the same time.What will I be giving away? The fiesta necklace, clearly, something big and chunky? I'm wishin' you could ALL win!!! I'm nervous! mostly excited. Can you believe it? Why am I nervous? Silly.

I'm also thinkin' it's hard to believe how quickly Thanksgiving week went! Did it actually happen? It seems the older we get and the more children we have, the faster time flies and the more important what we do with that time matters.

Oregon hasn't yet jumped on the bandwagon of a complete week off for Thanksgiving break, so we are still not able to go visit family for the Holiday and are getting more creative every year on what we do and who we invite to our feast. This year we had 25 people at our house and it was WONDERFUL! We started off the day with the younger part of the family supporting me at the Turkey Stuffer (my first 5K run ever!)while the older boys tore up the field at the annual Turkey Bowl. Nothing like Thanksgiving morning exercise before a big feast to make you think you can eat more than you really should.

my lucky number

           sportin' the t-shirt!

Probably for other people, this would help them keep their eating in check. But for me, it gave me a good excuse to have that extra serving of pie! I don't think I really ran off enough calories to burn 3 pieces of pie...especially since I overstuffed on the stuffing and turkey. But oooohhhhh boy did I enjoy it! Yep, every bite. I look forward to that stuffing all. year. long. No kidding! Today I'm pretending weight and scale don't exist. I don't want to know. For now, I'm just looking forward to finding out who will be the big winner in my grand opening drawing, and concentrating on keeping my 2 year old dry. You guessed it. The greatest part of parenting small children. Toilet training. *sigh* As well as catching up on mounds of laundry. *word of the wise* Never go a day with a family larger than 4 without doing at least one load of laundry!

girl in training

So! Good luck to all of you that have entered and are going to enter the Grand Opening Giveaway. Here's a peak at what's coming to my boutique!

That's right! Big and Chunky

watches bands, 

bracelets, necklaces and chunky gems & stone jewelry

WOOT WOOT!

See ya tonight,

We're Open!

Enter our Giveaway!

Thank you for stopping by! I am SO EXCITED to have you here and hope you love what you see. I look forward to serving you and encourage you to stop in frequently because we are always adding new pieces. So, if you don't see what you are looking for now, you may tomorrow! 

To celebrate our grand opening, I am having a Grand Opening Giveaway! One lucky winner will receive one beautifully crafted jewelry piece FREE just by entering the drawing. I can hardly wait to see who the lucky winner will be! You can enter to win THREE ways, entering your name for the drawing three times. Here's how:

1. Leave a comment here containing what pieces you would like to have and why.

2. Post my site on your facebook status and report through a comment to me.

3. Post my blog and site on your blog and send me the connecting link via shelstring@gmail.com.

The winner will be announced Monday November 29th.
Be sure to check in to see if it is you. Good luck!!

xoxo,

WIWW

Here I am today  for my GRAND OPENING GIVEAWAY and linking to The Pleated Poppy for "what i wore wednesday"!

Here is what I wore, (does taking this many pictures of yourself ever get easier?) but be sure to visit the grand opening post to know how to enter the giveaway drawing! I can't wait to send somebody a beautiful handmade gift and package in the mail. So be sure to enter because:

 It could be YOU!

Okay, one thing I have never claimed is that my pictures are great photography material. You would think I could at least learn about the red eye reduction. Sheesh!

Friday-errands

leather coat: Ross (years ago)

turtle neck sweater: thrifted

earrings: chico's

pants: Ross

Son (shown for weather wear contrast)-guess who is appropriately dressed for the weather?

Sports Shirt: Emerald little league (comes with sign up and registration) *pth*

sport thorts: Champs

Saturday: workday--3 hours of LEAF BLOWING!! man did I ache the next day, my running sure hasn't trained me for this!!

Gorgeous I know, so here's the scoop:

sweatshirt: wal-mart fave

long sleeve tee: Motherhood maternity (just can't let it go, huh?!)

sweats- either Wal-Mart, Ross or Fred Myer...so old who knows?

socks: Wal Mart

Tennis: not shown, but right in front of me and oh, so dirty- Wal-mart

Baby: The weight I'm still working off and worth EVERY BIT!!

Sunday: Church

3/4 tee: Downeast Basics

Cardigan: Downeast Basics

Skirt: Ross

tights: Silkies

Boots: JCPenny

Chunky Watch: Shelstring

Monday: Getting Sick!

Cardigan: Target

Layer Tee: downeast basics

Shirt: Ann Taylor Loft

Jeans: White House Black Market

Chunky watch and earrings: Shelstring

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Tuesday: Sick, snow day and working on jewelry site

Lace Cami: Downeast Basics

Pink long sleeve shirt: Ross

Grey Sweater: Utah Shop

Shoes: ??? (old)

Necklace: J Jill

earrings to match: Shelstring 

Do you need a piece of jewelry matched? contact me 

Adorable girl's pj's: Wal Mart