Etsy Studio's Very First Giveaway

Ahhhh... Love Is In The Air!
Etsy Studios is jumping with joy to feature its very first GIVEAWAY by such an amazingly talented Etsian The Silver Lake Studio.

Yippeeeeeeee!

Here is the gorgeous piece created by our featured artist Sherry!

Sherry from The Silver Lake Studio describes how she created this gorgeous piece:

It is a little under 2" tall and a little over an inch wide. It is marked .925. The heavy guage jump ring on top is soldered on, so it should never come loose. Now let me tell you how this was created. First I drew a picture of the heart on some sterling silver sheet metal and sawed it out by hand. Using files and sandpaper, I cleaned it up and made everything smooth. Then I made a spiral out of some sterling wire. The back of the wire swirl had to be sanded flat so it would make complete contact with the heart. Then, I soldered the wire onto the heart. Next, I soldered the jump ring on top. Then I ran it thru the tumbler for 2 hour, and added patina to the inside. Finally I added some texture to make it pop. This is a technique I developed and I call it "Sparkle Brushed". This is my own original design and it cannot be copied in any way.

Our Valentine's Day Giveaway!

Thank you Sherry for this wonderful Giveaway!

Good luck & Best Wishes to Everyone! There will not be a long feature story for you to read for this giveaway, just run over to OUR Shops, come back here and tell us how much you looooove your favorite item!!

Check out other ways below to earn extra free chances to win this giveaway!

www.thesilverlakestudio.etsy.com

www.thereddoor.etsy.com

And please, please, please remember to leave us your contact information; otherwise, we can not get a hold of you!

Prize Details:
1 winner will win a one of a kind sterling silver heart pendant valued at over $38.00

Rules:

1) You must go through our shops and COMMENT back here on your favorite item!
2) COMMENT here on the Etsy Studios blog with your name and contact information. PLEASE leave me a way to get a hold of you!! Contact me through The Red Door.
Winner will be announced on Valentine's Day~ February 14th, at which time we will contact the winner to get shipping information for the sponsor to ship out! If the winner does not contact me within three days, we will appoint another winner through a random number drawing.
Tell others how much you loooove this blog . Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
5) If you do not have a blog, you can email all your friends about this giveaway and come back here to post and receive ONE extra entry. You must email me along with emailing your friends, so I know that you did! My personal email: www.kgrbich@shaw.ca
6) Subscribe to my blog (become a reader) and earn ONE extra entry! Come back and leave a separate comment with your name and telling me of your subscription. (Sorry, past subscriptions do not count.)
7) Earn TEN (10) extra entries by purchasing something in http://www.thereddoor.etsy.com/ or www.thesilverlakestudio.etsy.com

Just come back here and tell us what you purchased along with your contact info to claim your extra entries!

8) Contest is open worldwide.

Best Wishes & Good Luck!

Montage Studio's Creative Space

Montage studio has a fabulous space to create in . She has a beautiful and serene view to inspire her and great organizational tips. Check out her studio.

Montage Studio

I am a photographer and painter and do both in my home studio.

Visit http://www.montagestudio.etsy.com/

The space has a beautiful view, with mature trees and whatever wildlife my dogs haven’t scared away. My desk is where I alter my photographs and scan ephemera and painting to make digital collages. Although I shoot both film and digitally, most of my latest work is mainly digital.There is a large wooden table that I use for painting. It is wonderful to have such a big workspace, where I can leave several projects out at once. When I lived in Paris I always had several projects going at once and found that this really took the pressure off of one piece having to be utterly brilliant.

On the table I have a sweet little cubby to hold my paint; the larger bottles are housed in a lovely Salvation Army find behind glass doors.By nature I am a packrat and love being surrounded by “stuff”…BUT it can also get to me when there is no order to things and I spend half the day looking for a particular paintbrush!

I have been slowly tackling my piles, and am trying to keep “like with like” as they say: papers in plastic storage drawers; paintbrushes in earthen pots; books, journals and magazines on the new shelves that my brother-in-law put up recently (three 8 foot shelves: pure joy). I do TRY to keep my desk area tidy and free of clutter, but I am still working on that one!Having lived in apartments for most of my adult life, I feel so lucky to have a house with such an amazing studio space. I often work late at night and love the peaceful setting and the fact that the refrigerator is just a few feet away!!!

Check out Montage Studio's blog http://montagestudio.blogspot.com/