1000 likers giveaway

I have so many things to be grateful for in this life, and one of them are the many great friends I've made on FB. To celebrate reaching an amazing 1000 likers on my Maryniky Designs page, I have this little giveaway. It's a gorgeous lampwork heart made by Australian Lampwork Artist Jan Cahill, enhanced by Fuchsia and Rose Swarovski Crystals and Pink Swaro Pearls.

One lucky liker has the chance to win this beautiful pendant by commenting below with your name AND your email address. Entries close on Friday 24th September at 8 p.m. EST (Aussie time).

900 "likers" giveaway

I have been very blessed with wonderful fans aka "likers" on FB ... and seeing as I only have 40 or so to go till I get to 900 "likers", I feel the need to reward one with a special giveaway.

Swarovski Pearls and Crystals in gorgeous tones of purple have been wired to this brass stamping, creating a vintage-style pendant. If you think you'd like to have a go at winning this one-off pendant, please comment below with you name and your email address (must-haves) before 8p.m. EST (Aussie) Tuesday 14th September.

Oh and spread the word so I can reach the magical 900 :)

Thankyou to all my "likers" :)

Bridal collection

I'm in the process of building up a bit of a bridal collection - this is just the beginning :)

Top Left:  Biwa pearls, Freshwater pearls, Swarovski Crystals, Gold Fill clasp and extender chain
Top Right:  Biwa pearls, Freshwater pearls, Swarovski Crystals, Gold Fill clasp and extender chain
Bottom Left:  Coin pearls, Swarovski pearls, Swarovski Crystals, Czech FPs, Gold Fill
Bottom Right:  Swarovski Crystal Sliders, Swarovski Crystals and Pearls, Sterling Silver

Lace Wedding necklace - lace motif, seed beads, Swarovski Crystals, Swarovski Pearls, Sterling Silver

In flight

This piece was my entry to the Australian Beaders competition - the kit sort of stumped me there for a while, but in the last week before posting it finally came to me what to do. I had also recently received a copy of Beverly Ash Gilberts gorgeous book "Beaded Colorways" and it has inspired so much. I ended up making a bit of a bead soup with the beads from the kit and adding some blue seedies into the mix ... it worked, which is really good coz I didn't fancy picking out all those blues from the soup LOL. This is my first foray into freeform beadweaving, and I'm hoping to do alot more in the future.

Flight

Rustic Earth

Edited to add - Finally thought of a name ... and I'm very happy to say that this is the one they chose :)

This is the third and final piece that I have made for my gorgeous family members to choose between for their mum. Turquoise just happens to be one of her favourite stones, and I had a couple of these big slabs of African Turquoise in my gemmie collection for quite a while ... just waiting for the right piece. After much starting, pulling apart, and starting again, this piece just wasn't happening ... so I did the other two pieces instead. Finally I decided that I needed more slabs to work with ... and lo and behold, inspiration hit. Why don't I go back to my first love? Wiring?

Nothing goes better with Turquoise than copper findings and wire.  I had good intentions of this piece being structured and the wire framing the beads .... that just wasn't going to work LOL. Structured and me just don't go together :). My wiring took on a more freeform nature, but also because I didn't want the wire to take anything away from the gorgeous African Turquoise ... and I think I achieve that.

The pillow beads are also African Turquoise - there's also a smattering of Swarovski Copper Pearls in there. I love this piece and I almost want to keep it for myself ....  :).