Sunset Leytonstone

I had just finished changing my youngest sons nappy and was chatting to my oldest son when I happened to look up and saw the beautiful sight of the sun setting in little old Leytonstone. I couldn't resist grabbing my camera and taking a few shots. So many colours in the one sunset. What do we think?

And The Winners Are...................

Congratulations to the following lucky ladies who each won one of my button rings:

Naomi

TanyaMarie

Sweepstake Lover

I hope you will all enjoy wearing your new rings once you recieve them

Extending The April Giveaway!

I've decided to extend the April Button Ring Giveaway for an extra 2 days.
So that means I will be picking the 3 winners on the evening of Sunday 25th April.
Thanks to all of you who have entered so far and been twittering and posting about my shop and giveaway.

April Giveaway

Black Wire Rose Button Ring

Silver Plated Turquoise Button Ring

Small Round Knot Metallic Button Ring

Wavy Gold Metallic Button Ring

Silver Metallic Edged Button Ring

Swirl Knot Metallic Button Ring

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
Because I'm in the giving mood I am going to give away 3 of my button rings to 3 lucky winners.
The winners will get to choose the ring they would like out of the 8 button rings that are in the running. I will be posting photos of all 8 rings.

Name of Item: Button Ring Giveaway
Choose the ring you would like out of the 8 buttons in the running
Value: $11-13.50
Eligible to Win: WORLDWIDE (US/ CANADA/ UK/ EUROPE/ AUSTRALIA ETC)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
1 entry - Join my facebook group Jewellery by LOwusu: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=296144390087&ref=ts
1 entry - Post details of this Giveaway on Facebook
1 entry - Tweet about any item in my shop with a link
1 entry - Mention my Shop Jewellery by Lowusu on Facebook with a link
1 entry - Tweet about this Giveaway
1 entry - Blog about this Giveaway

You can enter as many times as you like but don't forget to copy and paste the links if you have tweeted or blogged or posted about this giveaway. Also don't forget to leave your email address so you can be contacted should you win!
The Giveaway will run for 1 week and ends next Friday 23rd April and the winners will be picked randomly by random.org. Good Luck!

Some New Pendants In My Etsy Shop

I've been hard at work creating some new pendants and I've finally listed them in my Etsy Shop. What do you think of them? Which is your favourite?

Don't Leave Drinks Near Your Computer !!!

Remind me never to leave drinks anywhere near my laptop again! I stupidly spilt water all over my laptop 4 weeks ago and as a result I had to send it of to the repair shop which filled me with cold dread as I knew it would be hard living without my laptop.
It was as hard as I had anticipated and I had to stock up on magazines and books. To be honest I love reading so that part wasn't so bad but what I did miss was being able to watch all my programmes on my laptop and not being able to list any items in my Etsy shop.

Can You Guys Live Without Your Laptops/PC's?

How I Made My Silver Plated Wire Wrapped Coiled Ring

The Finished Silver Plated Wire Wrapped Coiled Ring

1. I started off by hammering flat some 14 gauge Silver plated wire
2. Then I hammered a pattern on to the flattened wire
3. The finished hammered pattern on the wire
4. I made the coiled ring shape by wrapping the flattened wire around a wooden mandrel
5. The finished coiled ring shape
6. Then I add the finishing touches to the ring by adding a final wrapped piece of wire on the middle of the coiled ring shape
   

I have some new rings I'm about to unveil in my Etsy shop but I thought it might interest some of you to see how I made one of those rings. This is not a tutorial as such but just an overview of what I did to make my finished design with some pictures of the different stages and then pictures of the finished ring.

What Colour Jewellery Do You Wear?

Ladies I'm hoping you will be able to help me out. I'm trying to conduct a small survey to find out what colour jewellery you all like to buy and wear.

To participate please post a comment and include the answers to the following questions:

1.) Which do you prefer to wear or do you wear the most - Silver or Gold plated jewellery?

2.) Do you buy and wear sterling silver jewellery yourself and/or do you wear and buy sterling silver jewellery for your loved ones?

3.) What colour beads and stones do you like on your jewellery?

You don't have to answer all 3 questions but I would be grateful if you did.
Thank you all in advance for your participation.

I've Been Busy

Sorry for my week long absence! Me and the boys had a nasty bout of a stomach virus but we're on the mend now.
Before I got sick I was a busy bee making a new batch of earrings and a lovely wire rose pendant which had been in the planning stages for ages. Some of the items are available in my Etsy shop already but I will be listing the rest this weekend.

Silver Plated Round Pendant Giveaway Winners Revealed

Thank you to everyone who entered my giveaway - I was really surprised and happy with the response. I also want to say Hello and Thank you to all my new followers

Ok without further delay the 3 winners, who were chosen using random.org, are .........

• LU

• WILLZ

• ARTISTJESS

Congratulations to you all. You're pendants will soon be on their way to you.

I hope to host some more giveaways in the future so if you didn't win this time - stay tuned you could be the lucky one next time!

Silver Plated Round Pendant Giveaway Update

As this is my first time hosting a giveaway and to show my appreciation to all of you lovely ladies for tweeting and blogging about me, I have decided to pick 3 winners instead of 1.
The giveaway is still open and will end at 11.59pm on Friday 26th February. I will draw 3 random numbers using random.org and will email the lucky winners soon after. I'll post the names of the winners here on Saturday.
Good Luck to you all.

Sneek peek at some of my new items

I've got so many new designs whirling around in my head, but only so much time in the day to make them come to life. Today I was on a bit of a roll and managed to make a few new earrings and pendants.
Above are a 2 of these new designs. What do you all think of them?

A Quick Thank you

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all of you lovely ladies that have entered my giveaway. Thank you for following me and for your posts and tweets about my blog and giveaway.
I'm looking forward to sending one of you my silver plated round pendant.

February Giveaway

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
To christen my new blog I am giving away one of my silver plated round pendants with hanging glass bead. You get to choose which hanging glass bead you want in your pendant - there are 5 to choose from. Visit my etsy shop to see pictures of all the colourways

Name of Item: Silver Plated Round Pendant with Hanging Glass Bead
Talking about giveaways - to christen my new blog I am giving away one of my silver plated round pendants with hanging glass bead - worth $15. You get to choose which hanging glass bead you want in your pendant - there are 5 to choose from.
Value: $15
Eligible to Win: WORLDWIDE (US/ CANADA/ UK/ EUROPE/ AUSTRALIA ETC)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

1 entry - visit my Jewellery by LOwusu Etsy Shop and tell us what your favorite item is
1 entry - post details of this giveaway or my blog on facebook
1 entry - follow this blog
1 entry - tweet about this giveaway
1 entry - blog about this giveaway

You can enter as many times as you like but don't forget to copy and paste the links if you have tweeted or blogged or posted about this giveaway. Also don't forget to leave your email address so you can be contacted should you win!
The Giveaway ends next Friday 26th February and the winner will be picked randomly by random.org. Good Luck!

Here we go............

Well this is my first ever post on my brand new blog. I've been wanting to start a blog for a few months now but couldn't even get past the first hurdle of creating a name.
Late last night after vowing to come up with one, Lily's Valley suddenly came into my mind - I like it and I hope others will too.
Now what will I be blogging about - well everyday things, random things, things my kids get up to. I'll keep you updated on how my fledgling business is faring on and off-line.
I'll be publishing pictures of my new designs, hosting regular giveaways and other stuff that I haven't thought of yet.
Talking about giveaways - to christen my new blog I am giving away one of my silver plated round pendants with hanging glass bead - worth $15. You get to choose which hanging glass bead you want in your pendant - there are 5 to choose from. More details to come in my next post.