Florence
I had a short but sweet trip to Florence in honour of turning Forty! I think I'm over that number now - life just goes on in the end! We were blessed with fabulous weather - hard to believe it was October!
I was pleased to find the Bead Shop I had read about in Bead Magazine some months prior - The Beaded Lily . I had a very nice chat with one of the owners and Lampwork Beadmaker extraordinaire Tim James . Naturally I couldn't leave without a little stash of his lovely beads to use in my Jewellery!
I still haven't found the time to start making my own beads yet - watch this space!
Giveaway Time!
It's time I had a little giveaway - I'm going to share a few Beads from my Florence stash. If you would like to be the recipient of these lovely 4 beads (above) from The Beaded Lily in Florence then all you have to do is:
1. Become a follower of my blog
or
2. mention this giveaway in a social networking medium of your choice - e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Blogger
Leave a comment at the end of this blog and I will enter you into the draw. I will pull a name out of the proverbial hat next Sunday 18th October.
Thanks!
I have a couple of Thank you's to make. First to the wonderful Michele of By Your Side who featured one of my bracelets in her handmade goodness feature - Check out no.3 in Michele's picture!
Thank you also to Monica at My Funny Bunny who wrote a lovely little piece about me! I made this baby bag charm for her Mega Mother and Baby Giveaway. Keep an eye on her blog so you don't miss the details of that competition!
I haven't handed out any awards yet but if I did these two ladies would be first in the queue!
Have just twittered about it for you Jo, I am glad you had a lovely time and look forward to seeing the new creations!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have visited Florence. It's one of those "someday I'll go there" places I think about now and then. I re-tweeted your mention and will post about it in my Sunday link round up, too. Great contest!
ReplyDeleteLucky you - Florence is one of my favourite cities! I turned the big 4-0 not so long ago - it's nothing, you forget it quite quick, honestly :)
ReplyDeleteI have blogged your competition for you!
ReplyDeleteFlorence sounds like a beautiful place, and you had a lovely time :)
All followed up! Even managed to get you so that you come up on my Google Homepage!
ReplyDeleteJust about to tweet about your giveaway. Florence looks lovely .....very jealous x
ReplyDeleteI love to win some beads from Florence, Italy since I live in Florence, Alabama.
ReplyDeleteI love the cuties!!!, please count me in, I'd like to win them, I'm your follower now...
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ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful beads! I'm glad you enjoyed Florence and thank you for the opportunity to win. I tweeted your message from @infinitealoe. Thanks again!
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