New bracelets and works in progress

I am working diligently on several new bracelets, earrings and necklaces. Some are completed, as you will see in this post and some are in progress. It's a beautiful sunny day in South Carolina and I am feeling fabulous! Bring on the beads! : )

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Hello Everyone! Check out my latest listing on Etsy here
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26055866

Visit my Delirium Designs Jewelry fan page on facebook to participate in the upcoming 2nd "Hat Draw Friday". Click on "Discussions" and describe your dream earrings to be entered in the drawing. You will need to do this between June 16 and June 30 to be eligible to win a pair of earrings handmade by me to your specifications.
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I've just got to share this with you. My dear friend, Kay, a jazz singer and actress, has just released her brand new video singing a song she wrote the lyrics for and it is fabulous. I just had to let you know about this one. This girl is going places! Keep your eye on her.
Visit her website: Black Olive Jazz. Link is on my link list.

Cut and paste the following or find this URL on my link list
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N0r6hpGSQo

ETTEAM Giveaway!

Calling all jewelry designers! This is not to be missed.

The Etsy Treasury Team has organized a cool giveaway and you can enter it by following a few directions they've listed on their blog. Here's the scoop...
Friday, May 8, 2009
ETTEAM GIVEAWAY!!
The Etteam knows how to do a giveaway! Click on the link to the Etsy Treasury Team or cut and paste the following URL http://etsytreasuryteam.blogspot.com/

Our own fabulous MidnightCoiler has provided us with some of her beautiful hand made charms (24 total - valued at over $30.00) for our first big blog giveaway. You jewelry makers are going to love these gorgeous rustic charms that Lynn makes. The charms are a stoneware/pottery that are lovingly crafted and fired, each a unique individual work of art. They will look fabulous in any jewelry project that you have.

The giveaway starts today, Friday, May 8th, and will end at Midnight Pacific time on Friday May 15th. They will use a randomizer to pick the winner. You can have multiple enteries, but be sure to make each of your entries in a *separate* comment on their blog. The winner will be announced on Saturday, May 16th. Be sure that you put your email address, Etsy store, or blog address in your entries, otherwise they won't be able to contact you if you win!!
Good luck to all!

The Gargoyles' Tree

This was one view from our kitchen window in France. The 12th Century cathedral was built over a 5th Century chapel and it was literally ten steps from our door. I called it my "direct link" to God and would often walk inside to sit and meditate or pray and light candles for my daughters and anyone who needed strong spiritual energy. It felt as if I was inside of a mountain. The walls were made of volanic rock and it was damp and chilly inside. The Rose Window cast streams of red and green light on the walls and floors of the individual chaples. The stairs to the cript were worn in the middle from centuries of wear, candles burned at every alter and the lingering fragrance of incense permeated the air. In spring and summer a tree would grow on the roof and die back in the winter. You can see the small tree to the left.

Midway up a hill, just across from the musical instrument store secured by huge wooden doors painted the colors of sunflower orange and scarlet, sits a restaurant. Bright yellow umbrellas shield small clothed tables and white wood chairs from the sun. Brightly colored paintings, some still wet, rest on easels and pigeons scavenge for breadcrumbs on the narrow cobblestone street. Inside the restaurant, people are packed in like poppies in a spring field, raising their heads above the rest and yet still close enough to catch the scent of one another's breath. The French are used to it. It's the Americans who feel the crunch the most. Their comfort zones are compromised. But as the evening unfolds, fruity rose wine flows freely and course after course of Meditteranean delicacies a la Provencale tease the palate and perfect strangers become friends whether they can speak one another's language or not.