Announcing Sweet Contemplation Accessories

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!

I love jewellery. Who doesn’t? Shiny baubles hanging from the ears, neck, wrist and even feet – they never fail to give that instant pick-me-up to an otherwise drab outfit. A year ago I started playing around with making my own jewellery. I started off with the simplest of tools, findings and beads. As time went by, those skills improved, and I thought to myself, hey, why not try to sell them?

My first sale was actually to Geekchic. She saw some beautiful knitting row counters disguised as bracelets, and asked me if I could make her one. I did, and I’m glad she liked it. With her encouragement, I approached a few haberdasheries to see if they were interested in looking at my handmade knitting accessories. I was completely over the moon when one of them purchased all of my stitch markers. It was a sign.

I wasn’t contented on selling my pieces on a blog. Please don’t get me wrong, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a blog shop. But I was very keen on learning more about e-commerce and how to actually set up a shopping cart system on the website, so I decided that there wasn’t a better time to pick it up. It wasn’t easy, that much I can tell you. Doing everything from scratch was a great experience, exhausting, but exhilarating all the same.

Alrighty then, I’ve talked far too much now. Without further ado, please let me welcome you to my new baby, Sweet Contemplation Accessories!

All pieces are handmade, especially the chainmaille ones. I am a HUGE fan of chainmaille jewellery, and I think the complexity of the designs (and how rare it is found in retail shops out there) give them such an appeal.

As part of the launch, here are a couple of perks I’m offering, just for my readers.

1. From today till 16 November 09, I’d like to offer you a 15% discount on any item in store. Please note that shipping is free for Australian residents, and a flat shipping fee of AU$6 for international readers. Just enter the code LAUNCH09 in the discount box.

2. A GIVEAWAY!

a) I’ll be giving away two sets of my pieces – one set to my Australian readers, and another to my international ones.

Over here we have the Byzantium bracelet, completely handcrafted, and a pair of Isabella earrings (please click on the links to find out more about the pieces). Both incorporate the Byzantine chainmaille design, and each set is worth AU$50. Don’t worry if you do not have pierced ears; I’ll use clips instead.

HOW TO ENTER

To take part in the giveaway, simple answer these 2 questions by leaving a comment below the post:
1. Where are you from?
2. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery? No, not from my store (although you can still name one from there if you like ), but which piece of jewellery do you love the most? Perhaps given by a loved one? Tell us your story!

TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. This giveaway is open to ALL readers.
2. Anyone can enter regardless of whether you’ve won anything here before.
3. One comment per contestant please. Let’s give a chance to everyone, yeah?
4. If you would like to boost your chances at winning, you may do so by linking to this blog post on your blog. You don’t have to do a full-on post about it, just a link and a phrase would do the trick. Please email me with the link at sweetcontemplation[at]gmail[dot]com to let me know, and you’ll get an additional entry. I.e. 1 comment = 1 entry. 1 comment + 1 blog post = 2 entries. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
5. Another chance of winning? Use the power of Twitter! Simply tweet this:

RT @fortheloveofme Sweet Contemplation Accessories Discount and Giveaway! http://tinyurl.com/sca-giveaway

6. Please keep it clean and spam-free.
7. Winners will be chosen randomly via an online-super-duper-random-list-generator-thingy.

CLOSING DATE

The closing date for this giveaway is 10pm, 6 November 2009 ((Melbourne time, +10 GMT). All comments will be closed, and results tabulated. A random winner will be picked, and will be announced on 9 November. I’ll try to send the gifts out as soon as possible.

Feel free to spread the word even if you’re not taking part in the contest (why aren’t you?? Go back, go back! ). I’d really appreciate it.

Good luck to all!

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