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!
Thirty-something. Gemini. Happily married. Loves shopping. Has an unhealthy adoration for bags and chocolate. Uses sunscreen religiously. Hates baked beans with a vengeance. Thinks that the weekdays should be a weekend long, vice versa. Optimistic. Narcissistic. Not the average Jane.
If you have any questions or wish to contact me about anything, please feel free to email me at tine [at] beautyholicsanonymous [dot] com or click on 
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1. I am from Canada.
2. My favorite piece of jewelry is my engagement and wedding ring for obvious reasons. I really love YOUR jewelry and I think the Tia Maria Necklace is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for this nice giveaway.
3. I shared your giveaway on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chinook92/status/4971562530
chinook92(at)gmail(dot)com
Beautiful jewelry!
1. Where are you from? Michigan – USA
2. What’s your favourite piece of jewellery? I love a ring that once belonged to my grandma. It’s nothing “special” but I always remember her wearing it so it’s very special to me now that she has passed on.
Tweet! http://twitter.com/ktkatherine/status/4974709948
1. I’m from Ohio!
2. My favorite piece of jewelry is my sorority ring. It is simple silver. It means a lot to me to be able to look down at it and remember how much my sorority means to me.
I was born in Indiana and now live in New Hampshire!
My favorite piece of jewelry is a locket that my Dad gave my Mom in 1938! Another piece is my mother’s wedding band which I wear every day.
I from Colorado
My favorite piece of jewelry is my wedding band
I’m from the US. My favorite jewelry is a pair of green dangle earrings I made myself. I was so happy it took my several tries but I finally got the hang of it.
melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com
1. Turkey!
2. I love family jewellery, esp. mum’s diamong ring, it’s a family heritage left!
1- Turkey
2- It is a necklace shaped like a four- leaved clover. It’s my husband’s gift before our marriage, on the first day of our coming together after a long period of seperations. So means true love for me
1.Hi.i’m from turkey.
2.My favourite piece of my italian necklace.my boyfriend’s gift and his first gift to me.but it’s broken even so its my favourite all the time.
I live in Washington State in the U.S. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
My favorite piece of jewelry is my aunt’s engagement ring from the 1920′s. I never met my aunt, she died at a young age.The ring is a lovely diamond, platinum, gold and saphire ring. My father gave it too me before he died.
sabrita@juno.com
Hi, I am from Canada.
My favorite piece of jewelry is a pair of white golden earrings that my parents gave me as a birthday present. They are not the fanciest but I can wear them with anything at anytime.
I live in Jacksonville, Florida and my favorite jewelry set is a sapphire and silver pendant with a matching ring that I got for Christmas last year. I wear it almost every day! Thanks!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/MaddyRu/status/4995542963
I am from Michigan in the US. My favorite piece of jewelry is my Grandmothers engagement ring that she got from her Mother in Law. The diamond in it was flawed so I had a blue topaz stone put in it and the ring itself is white gold.
1-Turkey
2-My necklace set with 3 brilliants,its my grandmothers wedding present:)
Hi, I am from turkey
My favorite piece of jewelry is a silver earrings that my boyfriend gave me as a birthday present.
I am from Cary, North Carolina.
My favorite piece of jewelry is my wedding band. My husband and I got them on a trip out west from an indian reservation. It is silver and turquoise. I also sent out a tweet. http://twitter.com/babybear777/status/5007814075
1:I am from Malaysia
2: My favorite piece of jewelry has got to be my engagement ring AND wedding band. So many sweet memories
.. another one from the Philippines
.. my fave piece of jewelry is the silver ring my boyfriend gave to me on our 4th anniversary. Our friends actually thought it’s an engagement ring though i hope it was.. haha.. He also bought his own identical to mine so that it would be a pair, like us.. ^_^
from the philippines
My favorite piece of jewelry is my watch (are watches considered jewelry?). It’s a gift for myself for having endured being alone in a foreign land and being away from my family and loved ones for over a year. It was not easy to go to a place without knowing anyone else there but I did manage to gain friends during this time.
btw, love your designs!
1 – I’m from Turkey
2 – my favorite is my gold watch
1. I’m from TURKEY.
2. My favourite pair of jewelry is a pair of simple 2-pronged white gold diamond studs that my sister made for me.my favorite is my gold present.
1. I’m from TURKEY.
2. My favorite piece of jewelry is a silver earrings.
1. I’m from GORA.
2.Bırakın Bu işleri
1) I am from Turkey
2) My favourite piece of jewellery is golden necklace which I bought from Goldas.
Hi! I’m from Bursa, Turkey.
I have lots of jewelry, but especially loving rings and necklaces which have blue beads in them. My favourite accessory is a necklace, which has Swarovski crystal stones on it. My fiance gift it to me, and i never take out it.
hallo!I am from Turkey
More my necklace and my ring wedding anniversary gift to me very seviyorum.Eşim reason I really like this etti.Bu my jewelry, I love that comes to my mind when I use
my necklace and face up to my wedding anniversary i love .My wife gave me, each wearing me the love of my wife when I come to my mind.
hallo!I am from Turkey
my necklace and face up to my wedding anniversary i love .My wife gave me, each wearing me the love of my wife when I come to my mind.
1) I’m from Turkey
2) My favourite piece of jewellery is my gold earrings which my mother gave me when i was graduated.
I am from Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. My favorite piece of jewelry is my wedding band. It’s Black Hills Gold and my husband and I picked it out together when we were poor college students. It cost $450 at an army exchange and we paid in cash! I get so many compliments because it’s so unique!
Hi, I’m Nicolette!
I’m from Singapore!
My favourite piece of jewellery would be a customised necklace for my birthday . We’re both still students, and he’s not very well off. I heard from his friends that he actually skipped lunches to buy me the necklace, but he told me that he got it cheap from a blogshop, so it was quite touching. It’s silver, and the design is simple, and it is customised with my name and the design represents two intertwining lives, which is really unusual. We’ve been together for 2 years, but he got me this necklace when we were only 5 months into the relationship
Wear it very often <3
Hawaii!
Favorite jewelry: 24kt coin pendant vintage 1957!
my favorite piece of jewelry is a heart bracelet my SO purchased for me for our anniversary. he had originally purchased a swarovski link bracelet but it was too intricate!! and to satisfy my demands he returned it and purchased something more simple ^___^
Where am I from? Good question. I was born in Canada from Cameroonian parents and now live in Germany. Choose your answer
My favorite piece of jewelry is an earrings I have from my mom, from back when I was a kind. Well it was actually a pair of earrings but I lost one. I wear the other one always and wear “regular” pair of earrings “on top”. It’s a tiny very tine golden hoop. That way my mom is with me all the time.
I put a link back to this post on my blog’s sidebar.
1.I am from Estonia
2.My favorite are simple earings from my sister
Well, I’m from Indonesia, but I currently live in Australia.
My favorite jewelry is my black diamond studded star necklace. It’s very cheap but I found it very flattering and makes my outfit stands out. However, I’ve recently ordered these gorgeous rings on Etsy:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uz7hI3n-VPE/St-XSokjonI/AAAAAAAAAO0/Zgrugl1W7rY/s400/aurora.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uz7hI3n-VPE/St-XSVxH2bI/AAAAAAAAAOs/O52Jvoql5Kc/s400/rose.jpg
so there might be some competition
1. Hi, I’m Millie from Germany. Thanks for the wonderful giveaways.
2. My favorite pieces of jewelry is a silver necklace with a pendant which I received from my graduation. It’s a simple necklace, yet … it means a lot for me since it’s a gift from my grandmom.
1. Hi ! I’m from KL, Malaysia.
2. Has to be my wedding ring. My husband put in lots of effort in looking for the right stone and he designed the ring himself. (Nothing outstanding, but touched by his sincerity.) He then arranged for a getaway at Langkawi and proposed to me there.
I am from Michigan. The mitten state.
My favorite piece of jewelry is a necklace that my mother got me from a War Reenactment that we went to when I was younger, it’s a crocheted pouch with a stone in it and I absolutely love it.
Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely prize!
-Lily
I live in Portland Oregon, USA
My favorite piece of jewelery is my grandmothers wedding ring–it’s beautiful and it reminds me of a wonderful lady.
kakihararocks@gmail.com
1. I’m from Indonesia
2. My fave jewelry is probably the wedding ring my husband gave me (for the sentimental reason ;p). I also love the Flitting Butterfly necklace from your store
1. I’m from Malaysia.
2. My favourite piece of jewelry is a necklace my friend presented to me. It is made of London Blue Topaz and it’s gorgeous!
Thanks!
Best regards,
Aik.
Hello, I’m from Victoria, Australia. My favorite piece of jewelery is a ring my boyfriend gave me. I just love it!
Congratulations on opening your store. Your jewellery is so beautiful!
1. Sydney, NSW Australia
2. My favourite piece of jewellery is a small silver locket that opens to let you place two small portraits in. My dad got me that when I was small about 9 and it’s a bit of memorabilia of my childhood and how much my dad loved me. Sadly, I lost it several years later, my dad bought me another one but it wasn’t as petite and it was never the same. Nothing could ever replace that original one I had. Just thinking of it reminds me of my beloved father and the good old days
PS. love the jewellery on your site esp. the “shoot for the stars” bracelet, such positive vibes =D hmm so is only paypal allowed or can aussie buyers do direct bank deposits?
Atlanta, GA USA
My favorite jewelry is my diamond stud earrings. They are pretty and go with everything. I love how the light catches the diamond.
I love your jewerly especially the bracelets.
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