Thursday, September 24, 2009

A Charming Exchange Auction Preview - Part Two



Cover for A Charming Exchange_file

Here's Part II of the preview of pieces from A Charming Exchange that we will auction in October. Remember, all proceeds from the auctions will go to Susan G. Komen for The Cure.

Lace buckle bracelet Jennifer Judy Joanna Ruth Liz

Leather and Lace

Forest Floor

Judy Scott, Martha Brown, Ruth Rae, and Kelly Snelling

KELLY 002 copy

I must confess that this is one of my favorite pieces in the book. It has the most enormous, exquisite stones. It is beyond beyond!

Traveling Nest ruth, cece, joanna

Traveling Nest

Ruth Rae, Joanna Pierotti, Cece Grimes

Button bracelet

Button Bracelet

Ruth Rae, Lelainia Lloyd, Jessica Moreau-Berry, Lou McCulloch, Cece Grimes, Jennifer Rowland, Martha Brown, Maija Lepore

FLY clay pendant with large pearl necklace

FLY

Shari Beaubian, Ruth Rae, Jennifer Rowland, Catherine Witherell

FLY worn

Tire Swing Babies

Lou McCulloch, Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling

Traveling nest

Grow

Grow

Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling, Shari Beaubien, Maija Lepore, Sally Turlington

Gothic memories

Veiled Gothic Memories

Kelly Snelling and Crystal Neubauer

Hammered copper kelly, judy, ruth, joanna necklace

Sweet Refuge

Joanna Pierotti, Judy Scott, Ruth Rae, and Kelly Snelling

Braided Bird ruth and mija

Braided Bird

Mija Andrade and Ruth Rae

Pink pom pom bracelet

Little Darlings

Fiona Mortimore, Maija Lepore, Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling, Kathy Wasilewski, Debra Cooper


Metal Lace ruth, joanna, and holly

Metal Lace

Ruth Rae, Joanna Pierotti, Holly Stinnett

Katie's pillow person necklace

Pillow Person

Katie Kendrick, Kelly Snelling, Ruth Rae

Victorian Green Dream

Green Victorian Dream

Ruth Rae, Crystal Neubauer, Liz Smith, Dawn Supina

Time flies


Time Flies II

Cece Grimes, Jess Berry, Kelly Snelling, Ruth Rae

I think this is everything but it is possible that I have missed something. So be sure to stay tuned for all the gorgeous pieces to go on sale via auction at Ebay October 1!


Friday, September 18, 2009

A Charming Exchange Auction Preview - Part One

Here's your first preview of a few of the gorgeous pieces from A Charming Exchange that we will auction in October. All proceeds from the auctions will go to Susan G. Komen for The Cure.

First up, the bracelet on the cover of the book!

Cover for A Charming Exchange_file

Jewelry for Auction 022

Jewelry for Auction 013

"Create Art"

By Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling, Catherine Witherell, Jessica Berry,

Deryn Mentock, Crystal Neubauer

FLY clay pendant with large pearl necklace

"Fly"

Shari Beaubian, Ruth Rae, Jennifer Rowland, Catherine Witherell

Nature's Gift "Nature's Gift"

By Ruth Rae, Shari Beaubien, Deryn Mentock

Jewelry for Auction 001

50s delight

"Fifties Delight"

By Holly Stinnett , Michael Johansson, Ruth Rae

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Button Stack and Pearls

By Liz Smith and Ruth Rae

Dream angel_butterfly necklace with wooden block beads

"Love-knot Necklace & Earrings"

By Ruth Rae, Nancy Nelson, Martha Brown, and Kelly Snelling

Sara's fabric pendant with martha's love charm and ruth's necklace

"Little Love"

By Sara Lechner, Martha Brown, Ruth Rae

Orbs

"The Fabric Orbs"

By Ruth Rae & Jade Pegler

Song bird_mija_lelainia

"Songbird"

By Ruth Rae, Lelainia Lloyd, and Mija Andrade


B&W charm bracelet amber dawn, judith, ruth, catherine, jess, martha, and mija


Black and White Charm Bracelet

By Ruth Rae, Amber Dawn Goldish, Judith Thibaut, Catherine Witherell, Mija Andrade, Martha Brown, Jess Berry


Fan Dance necklace

"Fan Dance"

By Ruth Rae, Nancy Nelson

Sugar and spice

"Sugar and Spice"

By Holly Stinnett , Michael Johansson, Ruth Rae

Sea themed bracelet

Seashore Bracelet

By Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling, Fiona Mortimore,

Cece Grimes, Lelainia Lloyd

Red PLAY bracelet, ruth, judy, jennifer, cece, maija

"The Game of Love"

Ruth Rae, Jennifer Rowland, Maija Lepore, Cece Grimes, and Judy Scott

Secret sky ruth, lou, catherine

"Secret Sky"

Ruth Rae, Lou McCulloch, Catherine Witherell

Etched copper bracelet

"Divine"

Ruth Rae, Kelly Snelling, Deborah Edwards, Judith Thibaut

Stay tuned for Part II of the auction preview!!!

And be sure to tell your friends! Thanks!


Wednesday, September 9, 2009

A Charming Video and Giveaway for a GREAT Cause

Check out this video that Johanna shot of Kristen and I in Kristen's studio. The project we created was based on one of many amazing collaborations from A Charming Exchange written by myself and Kelly Snelling. Stay tuned for more information on the wonderful auction which will take place in October benefiting breast cancer.

The necklace created by myself and Kristen (seen in the above video) will be a special give away; to enter the give away post about the Charming Exchange Breast Cancer Auction on your blog making sure to add a link that takes readers to www.acharmingexchange.com. Leave your link in the comment section on A Charming Exchange and good luck. The drawing will take place on October 30th.
Thank you so much for your support and feel free to copy and paste this post directly to your blog.