Giveaway: Ends Monday, August 30th

So I've kept it on the DL for a little bit but it's time....I've opened a second shop on Etsy, TesoroArt!!! I just added enough items to put my total items to a whopping 6 - yay! I have big hopes for this shop - I want to have photography prints, fine art paintings and drawings, and custom artwork. I am so so excited. 

In more Etsy news, I was so excited to see tonight that I had 2 items featured in Treasuries AND 1 of the items was from my second shop. How cool is that?

TesoroJewelry Featured

TesoroArt Featured

So, getting down to the good stuff, it's definitely time for a giveaway! I think it is only appropriate that the giveaway item be one of the items that was featured in treasuries tonight.

Chunky Ring - White Rock Crystal, Sphere, Round, Fun

How to Enter?

1. Become a follower of this blog

2. Visit my Etsy shops, TesoroJewelry or TesoroArt & share your favorite item

3. Heart Tesorojewelry or TesoroArt on Etsy

Do you Twitter?

4. Follow my tweets on my Twitter

5. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter (please post link to tweet)

On Facebook?

6. Follow me on my Facebook page

7. Share this giveaway with your friends on Facebook

Have a blog?

8. Blog about this giveaway (please post link)

9. Grab my button and post it on your blog

9 chances to WIN! Woohoo!

And the oh-so-fun rules: 

• Giveaway ends Monday, August 30th at 11:59 PM (PST). Winner will be contacted the following day. 
• This giveaway is eligible to Worldwide. 
• Winner will be chosen at random via Random Integer Generator.

Also important: 

• Please post a separate comment for each entry that you submit. Each comment will count as 1 entry.
• Please make sure to leave your Facebook, Twitter or Etsy user name so I can contact you if you win! 
• Have fun and good luck!

I have a celebratory surprise!

So this morning (errr, this afternoon) I woke up and really wanted to do a sale. Today's a big deal and I thought I should celebrate it here as well.

Today's my wedding anniversary to the love of my life. 2 years down! What? Like its hard? (what movie what movie?)

We originally wanted to get married on 7-12, which was a Saturday in 2008. After some bridezilla drama (not mine) with our reception place, we decided to get married the day before, a Friday, 7/11. Even though this meant we would be sharing our wedding date with a gas station, it quickly became our favorite date:

1 - it's so easy to remember i'm fairly certain my husband can never forget it
2 - i don't know why we didn't notice before but, 7 is his favorite number, 11 is mine
3 - it's the week after July 4th so doing something is usually less crowded and less expensive
4 - um, free slurpees at 7-11 on every anniversary, hello?
5 - it will always be the day I married my best friend who I love a million peanut m&ms

So, how should we celebrate it here?

In continuing with my love for the number 11, all rings in my etsy shop are $11.00. Just $11. This means a discount of 15% - 45% off on all rings!!!

The schematics: Purchase any ring(s) in my shop tesorojewelry.etsy.com and type "anniversary" in the message to seller and I will refund you via Paypal any amount over $11 per ring (excluding the $1 for shipping). If you would prefer not to use Paypal, let me know and I will send you a revised invoice. This sale will end today, Sunday 7/11, at 11:59 PM PST. (Update: Let's make it until tomorrow, Monday 7/13, at 12:00 PM PST. This way its a full 24 hours).

And there is still lots of time to enter my giveaway for a free Howlite Ring here.

Giveaway: Ends Friday, July 16th

Now that my hubby and I are a bit settled here in Texas and my jewelry inventory has been laid out and organized into a less-horrific mess, I think I'm feeling my creativity mojo returning. To celebrate, I thought it was about time for a Giveaway. 

Since its summer, I thought, they need something fun, something cute, and something simple. So, here ya go, a fun, cute, and simple Howlite ring to accessorize your favorite summer outfit. Please, it needs to be put to work poolside and/or during strenuous beach or lake lounging.

How to Enter?

1. Become a follower of this blog

2. Visit my Etsy shop & share your favorite item

3. Heart Tesorojewelry on Etsy

Do you Twitter?

4. Follow my tweets on my Twitter

5. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter (please post link to tweet)

On Facebook?

6. Follow me on my Facebook page

7. Share this giveaway with your friends on Facebook

Have a blog?

8. Blog about this giveaway (please post link)

9. Grab my button and post it on your blog

10. Comment here on any of your summer plans coming up or just past. I will be living vicariously through all of you as we do not have any summer plans (as we shouldn't, see the last 10+ posts)  :D!

I believe that's 10 chances to WIN! Woohoo!

And the oh-so-fun rules: 

• Giveaway ends Friday, July 16th at 11:59 PM (PST). Winner will be contacted the following day. 
• This giveaway is eligible to U.S. Residents only. 
• Winner will be chosen at random via Random Integer Generator.

Also important: 

• Please post a separate comment for each entry that you submit. Each comment will count as 1 entry.
• Please make sure to leave your e-mail address in every submitted comment so I can contact you if you win! 
• Have fun and good luck!

Black Friday Sale - FOR THE WEEKEND!

Tesorojewelry.etsy.com is having a 50% off sale for the next 24 hours weekend. 


Now that our bellies are full - its time for shopping before Round 2 tomorrow, right?!?!!


I actually did some Black Friday shopping today - on Thanksgiving - at Old Navy. They had some great deals and the crowds were minimal. I might brave Target and Best Buy tomorrow. I don't know - it could be dangerous.


Anyways, back to the savings at hand!


From now until 11:59 midnight PST Sunday, November 29th, every item in my shop tesorojewelry.etsy.com will be 50% off - just indicate BLACK FRIDAY in the "message to seller." (Please note: The current monthly special, BOGO, will not be in affect during this time). Refund will be via Paypal.

Who do you have on your shopping list? Do you have mom, sister, daughter, girlfriend, fiance, wife, best friend checked off?


Also, Thanksgiving Giveaway is still going on until Sunday, November 29th at 11:59pm PST.  Check out  the details at http://tesorojewelry.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-time-for-giveaway.html for a chance to win any item in tesorojewelry.etsy.com valued up to $20.00 for FREE!

Joolwe.com's Free Jewelry Loyalty Reward Program

I just came across this amazing offer by JoolJoolwe.com Online Jewelry Store on the Giveaway Diva blog. Have you heard about Joolwe.com's Free Jewelry Loyalty Reward Program?

Once you make a free account you can start earning points toward free jewelry.

Check it out – it’s free jewelry we are talking about here!

Also if you blog about this amazing program, you can get 30 gold points!!! So right off the bat, you are automatically able to cash in for an item on Joolwe.com for FREE. 

Additional Ways to Earn Reward Points: Besides making purchase at Joolwe.com, additional reward points can be earned by the following methods:

1. (1) Write Review on Items you have purchased. No reward point will be granted to reviews on items you have not purchased - 3 Gold Points
2. (2) Subscribe to our newsletter - 3 Gold Points
3. (3) Blog about Joolwe.com and our reward program. (see Submission form for more detail) - 30 Gold Points
4. (4) Be a guest writer for our blog (Original article only). - 10 Gold Points per article

Check out all the eye candy at Joolwe.com here!!!

I want theseeeee.

Sterling Silver Diamond Cut Embellished Cosmopolitan Hoops

Sharing Etsy Knowledge

When I get into something - I get into it. It's bad. I go to sleep, dream, and wake up thinking about it. Nothing else gets done. Food loses its taste. Colors fade. Ok, it doesn't get that bad. But it does consume a very good portion of my life.

But I'm not just getting into something this time, I'm making it my job. I am leaving my cozy office job to pursue my creative urges and explore artistic opportunities. Starting in October, I will be teaching, tutoring, painting, creating, ahhhh...I can not wait!

I have many many To-Do's until then but right now...

Current project - ETSY!

I've made pieces, taken photos, set up shop, and spent hours and hours scouring Etsy forums, threads, random blogs, trusty Google for everything and anything about advertising, promotion, shipping, pictures, and so much more. In just one week I've absorbed so much information that I feel bloated. That's right I'm bloated!

I have to share this information with everyone so get comfortable and be prepared to do some bookmarking

Piddix Unofficial Guide To Etsy - This is a pretty awesome site that Etsy shop Piddix has put together. You definitely have to check it out - you're going to learn so much helpful information on pretty much everything you need to know about selling on Etsy.

Product Advertising - courtesy of Etsy shop Nerd Girls Unlimited a very extensive list of sites of advertise your products on. I personally have not checked them all out because I started and stopped on Google Base and then decided to do this blog spot for the benefit of the people.

US Sellers - Shipping Domestic and International - Nice writeup from Etsy shop GoTo

Don't Be Afraid to Ship Internationally - Blog post by Etsy Shop Tinahdee about shipping sold items internationally. This was my savior when I had my first international shipment. I did every thing they suggested and had no problems. I would just like to add that when you fill out the Customs Form 2976 the attendant said to mark it "Other"

Great deals and freebies - Awesome blog spot about getting great deals and freebies from Etsy Shop BurningMoon.

How to set up a mailing list without having a blog - Etsy Forum Thread

How to make an Etsy Treasury - Courtesy of The Storque on Etsy

Etsy Renewing Experiment - This blog post is extremely helpful in you want to try something to boost your Etsy hearts, views, and sales. When my shop is where I want it, I plan to follow this blogger's advice (Etsy Shop ShopSomethingBlue)

I plan to post more goodies I find in my many searches in the future so check back!