It's Open!

I'm happy to say that my jewelry website is open again for business...  Lots of new designs and more to come (Below are some photos of a few)...  You can also follow me on Facebook for all the latest...  www.facebook.com/designing4hope

And a fun bit of news...  Zack, Nick and I leave for Africa on July 20 (my mom is going too!)...  And hopefully, if the plan works, I'll be posting updates from Africa to my Designing For Hope Facebook page...  We are getting to go back to the same church that I served at last year and we get to plant fruit trees for them!!  I'm SO excited!!

Rose Coral Dyed Freshwater Baroque Pearls and Crystal

Agate, Freshwater Pearl, Crystal & Czech Glass

South Sea Shell Pearls, Czech Glass & Crystal

 Ginkgo Leaf Asymmetrical Necklace with Crystal Bead Drops

 Antique Bronze Tree Pendant on Suede/Leather Cord & Chain

Silver Leaf with 3 Bead Crystal Drop 

New Inventory For Lori's Hope Raiser

$35 - Gorgeous agate beads & swarovski crystal

I just uploaded some new inventory on my website... Remember, for all of February, 10% of my sales will be donated to Lori at Joy Unspeakable who is bringing home 2 adorable boys from China in the very near future.

But there's more...

If you pick up my button (just to your right on my sidebar) and put it on your blog, send me a link to your blog and I'll send you a coupon.

Now, with this coupon, you will have 2 choices... You can use the coupon for yourself and receive a 20% discount on your next purchase... OR you can donate your 20% and I'll give that to Lori too...

AND... I’m going to do a drawing at the end of the month for a $50 coupon towards a purchase on my website and there’s 3 ways to get your name entered…

1. If you post my button on your blog...

2. If you donate your 20% to Lori, when you make a purchase

3. If you write a post about this fundraiser…

So you could get your name entered up to 3 times in the drawing… Just make sure you send me the link to your blog… If you have any questions, or want something you don’t see on the website, e-mail me at sharlam@d4hope.com. Most anything you see in antique bronze can be done in a silver tarnish resistant chain that I love!! And if you see something that you like that's sold, most likely I can make it again, so send me an e-mail! Looking forward to hearing from you!!

Here's more that's new...

$30 - 24" long but can be worn shorter

$30 - Freshwater Pearl

$30 - Freshwater Pearl

$20 - Freshwater Pearl

$15 - Freshwater Pearl

$15 - Freshwater Pearl

Coming Next Week!!

I am so excited...  God put a very special idea on my heart and I can't wait to tell you about it.  There's a little (really A LOT) more work to be done before I'm ready to announce the details, but I can tell you what it's about...  I'm working with a very special blog friend to do a fundraiser for her family (here's a hint, she's a JOY to read), through my jewelry business, Designing For Hope.  They've been approved to bring home 2 (TWO) boys from Ch*na and as you can imagine, that's a VERY expensive endeavor.  I truly believe that caring for the orphan (James 1:27) means coming alongside those who are adopting and walking with them and helping to carry the burden when possible...


I'll give you the details on Monday and it will run through the month of February... And I'm working on putting LOTS of new inventory on the website so you'll have plenty to chose from!  (I'm adding some new photos of previous designs too...  Learning to photograph jewelry is a work in progress!)  If you want to sneak a peak over the next few days and you see something you love, I'll count those purchases toward her fundraiser!!

And just in case you're new to my blog, my jewelry business (Designing For Hope) is for the purpose of raising funds to travel to Swaziland for mission trips...  That's where the rest of the profits go!  And we're going again next summer!!  And this time, I'm taking 2 of our children...  Our sons!!  I can't wait!!

Here's a preview of some of the new designs...

It's Open...

My new web boutique is open! 

www.d4hope.com

Keep checking back as I will be adding more over the next couple of weeks!  Profits will go to finance our trips to Swaziland...  Both of the boys want to go with me next summer, so I'll be working extra hard!!

Alexis did a GREAT job!  You can find her at http://www.blogdesignsbyalexis.blogspot.com/!

Sneak Peak...

I had planned to open my web boutique yesterday... But with my grandmother's home going, it just wasn't possible and really, it just didn't seem right yet.  At her funeral, one of her friends was wearing a bracelet that she bought from me years ago when I first had my business...  She said, "I wore this bracelet today because your grandmother was so proud of you for doing this..."

So as I thought about it yesterday, I decided to honor my grandmother and open my web boutique on her birthday, December 7!  I'm so excited to give her a tribute in this way...

But I thought I'd give you another sneak peak at some of the things I've been working on since I posted a while ago...  Designing a website is hard work, but Alexis has done a GREAT job, I can't wait for you to see it!

I can't promise that all of these items will be on the website since I have a show on Friday, but it's a taste of what you can expect to see there...  And if you want to see even more, you can check out my flickr photo stream at D4HopeJewelry.

The most recent additions have an order number and a price below the photo, so if you see something you love, e-mail me at sharlam@d4hope.com and I'll set it aside for you and you can order it next week from the website...

N10-337b-$25 (I also have the keys in antique bronze)

N10-341b-$25

The next necklace can be worn long or doubled...  This style is one of my favorites!  I love to wear it long with another silver pendant, or double it and even let a pendant hang below it...  The collage shows it short and long and then the beads up-close.  The beads are beautiful!  They're a turquoise/brown agate that I have a hard time finding...

N10-333-$58 

This next necklace is made from some of the most beautiful cranberry colored quartz beads I've ever seen...  I only had one strand and I'm not sure if I can get them again...  This necklace is a little over 16" with a 3" extender...

N10-360 - $38

N10-374 - $15

N10-367 - $22

N10-372 - $28

Most Earrings Are $15 

(The black agate earrings are $18)

Well, that's a sample of what I've been up to...  There's ALOT more on my photo stream (link above), so feel free to check it out...  If you live in my neck of the woods, I'll be at a market in the area December 15 & 16, I'd love for you to stop by...  Just let me know and I'll send you the details!

Hope to 'cyber' see you next Tuesday, December 7...

Photos... (Finally!)

So if you're new to my blog, I just recently restarted my jewelry design business as a way to earn money to continue going on trips to Africa (see the post before this one)... 

Well, we did the "Arts & Antiques Festival"...  But it turned out to be more of a flea market than how it was promoted... Oh well, live and learn...  But I thought I would still give you a preview of some of my favorite pieces of jewelry...  Before long I'll be making some of the designs available on my new website.

This first piece was one of my favorites...  A man and his wife came by my tent at the show and she loved the necklace but didn't want to pay the price.  It was made from dyed opal beads and I couldn't really come down on the price, so she decided not to purchase it.  A little while later her sweet husband slipped back over to the tent and purchased it for her...  It was one of the highlights of the weekend...  I love seeing love last! 

Here are a few other pieces...

Stay tuned...  Working on lots more!