Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Rusted Chain {Giveaway}

Congratulations to Erin, who said she'd choose the blessed necklace! Thanks to everyone who entered... I'm so glad I could share Beki's designs with you.
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If you know me, you know that one of my favorite types of jewelry to wear would be handstamped sterling silver necklaces. I love them and could get lost on Etsy for hours, browsing all the beautiful necklaces.

So when Beki approached me about doing a giveaway, I said YES, OF COURSE! I already own one of Beki's beautiful necklaces, and I can't rave enough about it. I love that Beki uses steel ball chains on her necklaces, because it gives them a unique look. And what I really love about her necklaces is how they're simple, yet say so much.

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I own the let love grow necklace, OF COURSE, and I adore it because it makes me think of one of my very best friends, but also because it's just a gentle reminder of how I need to live my life. The blessed and soar necklaces speak to me, too, because they're such powerful words. But if you were to be shopping for me, I'd probably tell you to buy me the believe necklace. Like Beki says, it can mean so much. A belief in a higher power. Believing in yourself, your potential. Or simply just believing in something, ANYTHING, to get you through tough times. That makes my soul happy.

Beki is so wonderfully generous that she's offered to give a $30 gift certificate to one of my readers! To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment letting me know what piece of jewelry you'd choose if you won. (Oh, and my birthday is in a month and a half. Just a thought.)

Giveaway ends Saturday

81 comments:

Mrs. Money said...

I think I'd go with "believe" too. They are all beautiful!

Bacardi Mama said...

I would be torn between believe and blessed. Thannks for the chance to win such a lovely necklace. It's almost spring break. Is yours next week too?

Toni said...

I think "Gun Chick" suits me best...just kidding - more like "Live Out Loud" :) Thanks!

~Mendie~ said...

I like the two tabs necklace! My husband and I each have unique spelled names and I think this would be awesome!

~Mendie~ said...

I like the two tabs necklace! My husband and I each have unique spelled names and I think this would be awesome!

Melissa said...

I would go with blessed, it's something I need to remind myself all the time.

Oh an my Birthday is Sunday, I think that's reason enough to win :-)

Mandy said...

I would love to have the My Love necklace with my son's name (Thaylin) on it.

Megan said...

I would totally love the two tabs necklace. It's beautiful and perfect.

Tasha Lehman said...

The blessed one for sure. Really beautiful!

pleasepinchme said...

I love this one!! http://therustedchain.bigcartel.com/product/create-dream-inspire-necklace

Amanda + Michael said...

I need to be reminded to "Choose Happiness." That would be my choice.

Kaycee said...

I think I would have to do the "Choose Happiness" one. They are fantastic! Great giveaway. :)

Allison said...

i love the "choose happiness" necklace!!!

Julie Vision Designs said...

OMG OMG OMG Erin, how did you not tell me ahead of time that this was happening????

LOVE the Soar necklace!!!

Katy said...

I'd have to pick Create.Dream.Inspire. And these are stunning necklaces!

Ryley @ That's My Family! said...

OH.. I ADORE Choose Happiness.

That's what I need to remember every day..

Tasha said...

I love the Est. Necklace. I would love to display when our family was started!

Tasha at
cheekabeeka@gmail.com

Jen@Scrapingirl said...

I think I'd go with the Choose Happiness one. Maybe it'll rub off on some sour pusses that I come in contact with. :)

sara h. said...

I would pick the Choose Happiness necklace. It is a good reminder that it is a choice and not owed to us, but is there for us to find.

Gillie said...

I think I would choose "BLESSED" :)
What an AWESOME giveaway! :)

Brianna said...

What a lovely giveaway. I would choose "Let love grow."

Thanks, Erin.

Jennifer said...

Oh my! It's so hard to choose! I love the god is good and the worship always. I also love the custom pearl bracelet!

Anya said...

Oh, Erin, these are so gorgeous, thank you for posting about these. I would get the "choose happiness" necklace myself. I think that too often we forget that our happiness isn't contingent on other people, on our jobs, kids or anyone else. We and only we ourselves have the power to make ourselves happy and I'd love to have a reminder of that for myself, especially right now as I deal with a lot of things that deter me from choosing happiness.

Love,
Anna (LJ = commygirl) :)

Kristi said...

I like them all, but I think right now the Two Tabs necklace is grabbing my attention. Great giveaway:)
Kristi
guntergirl71@hotmail.com

The Houser's said...

ohhh much to tempting:-) So for your birthday I would get you the "live outloud" necklace and for me I would get the "I have all I need" seeing as i'm pregnant with my fifth and that could be taken in many different ways >> You know like I have all the weight I need or all the love or all the children:) kidding.. it just speaks to me.. but if I get in trouble from my husband cause he sees all the charges for these i'm totally blaming YOU!! ha

jenny said...

This is so lovely.

I would choose "Soar." :))

Thank you both for the chance!

Kristin Davenport said...

i have just recently fallen in love with etsy! I could stay on looking all night. I am having a hard time choosing between :I have all i need" and "soar". but they are all beautiful!

Becky said...

I think I'm going to get "blessed". I'm truly blessed by my family!

Miss Mary said...

What a fun giveaway! I would go with the "Soar" one with the heart with wings. They are all so beautiful!

Amy said...

I would choose blessed.

Lately with the miscarriage and just some life stuff in general, I find that I'm reminding myself a lot that we are still very blessed.

Thanks for the giveaway. They are really great necklaces.

gasolinedreams said...

First, I too love the hand-stamped necklace that a very fabulous friend bought me for christmas! :)

Second, I think I would pick the "Choose Happiness" necklace because these days, I just really need the reminder!

(also, I really like the bracelet, so if I could decide on what word I wanted I might go with that. but my indecisiveness would probably steer me towards the necklace ;p).

Katie :) said...

What pretty jewelry! I really like the "believe" necklace, but also really like "choose happiness." Maybe it could be an early birthday present to myself. ;)

Julia said...

oooh... beautiful! tough choice, but i'm gonna go with... the Ohana necklace, with the family's name around the circle. gorgeous!

Oh, and i'm following you now (so glad i found you on twitter, neighbor!!)

Julia
www.workwifemomlife.com
workwifemomlife@gmail.com

Momma Good said...

I love the est. necklace. I would love tp proudly show when my family started. Thanks for the giveaway, have a great day (hope it's better than yesterday).

Lynette said...

Hmm, I think I'd go with Choose Happiness. I love them all! Hard choice!

Catey said...

I am in love with "Choose Happiness"! I annoy people when I tell the "choose to find joy" when they are bugged....maybe it wouldn't be so annoying if I just wore something to the same end for them to read themselves. ;)

Lisa said...

Its hard to decide because she has so many beautiful things! After pondering....I would chose the 'Est. Necklace'. Not only would I enjoy wearing it every day but its a good keepsake.

Kirsten said...

I think "believe" is my favorite. I love the handstamped jewelry too, I just don't own any yet.

imadramamama said...

I definitely think I would go with "believe". I have a hard time believing in my own potential.

Stillmary said...

What an awesome giveaway! I'd have to go with choose happiness but if I couldn't get hand stamped jewelry, I love the juicy necklace.

Hope said...

Love the Est. Necklace. Great for my friend who is getting married this year!

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MagQ said...

Definitely the Let Love Grow! I am with you, the steel ball chain looks like it would survive my baby boy grabbing it!

Jessica said...

I love the Est. necklace! Super cute.

amy f. said...

I would choose the "Blessed" necklace...although I really love the bracelet (with different word options to be engraved). Beautiful stuff :-)

jmgrant said...

What cute jewelry!! I would choose "Let Love Grow." My wedding anniversary is March 17, and that reminds me of "our song", which is "Grow Old With Me." That saying would make a great jewelry design, too!

Tammy B said...

that's a toughie, it's a toss up between choose happiness and plant seeds :)

jmgrant said...

What cute jewely!! I would choose "Let Love Grow." My wedding anniversary is March 17, and it reminds me of "our song," which is "Grow Old With Me." That would also make a great jewelry design!

Christie said...

I love the Choose Happiness necklace.

Found your blog through twitter, it's great!

Carly said...

I love the two names necklace!
I have 2 boys almost just the same age as you and would love to have that around my neck!

rebekah said...

I like the choose happiness necklace, but all of them are beautiful!

Katy~The Country Blossom said...

I would pick the "in Christ alone" necklace!!! :)


thecountryblossom AT hotmail DOT com

Daphne said...

I love them all, but I think I'd choose the Create, Dream, Insire necklace. I really like that the colored charms make it a little quirky and I just love that thought....I'm happiest when I'm creating, dreaming, or inspiring. Thanks for a great contest!

Lindsey said...

I would have to go with Blessed, sometimes I need a little reminder that I really am, so very blessed.

designHER Momma said...

the one that says "choose happiness" is speaking to me. In fact, I KNOW that is the one I would get.

Anonymous said...

I would love the "blessed"

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Chrissy Truett

pinkflipflops said...

I would probably pick the pearl bracelet and have love on it.. all very pretty .. tough choices.. :)

Theresa Douma said...

I think blessed. It reminds me of all I have instead of what I don't have.

InTheFastLane said...

The Soar necklace is my favorite.

Carrie said...

Ooh, I like the Worship Always necklace! They're all so nice!

Bobbi Janay @When did I go from a kid to a grown up? said...

I actually just emailed her after discovering her ad and I would get a customized one for Ryan Jane. I want something that says the baby name so I always have it close to my heart. Sadly Casey won't let me buy a personalized necklace says it dumb.

Saj said...

I'm torn between "Choose Happiness" and "Believe". Everything is so wonderful!

Kristen and Jared said...

Beautiful jewelry, I think my favorite is the love grow necklace.

SNW said...

it would be a toss up for me between believe & blessed. i often need to be reminded of both!

Beana said...

I think I would choose "worship always." Worship is what keeps me going in life and when I don't actively worship God, I fall apart. It would e a great reminder.

millerjk said...

I have the CREATE necklace and love it. I am torn between what necklace I would want next...

Kelly Wolfe said...

I would love to have the "Ohana necklace" It would make a beautiful mothers day gift to myself or to my mother in law.

{Amy} said...

Oh, love them all...simple and beautiful! I love the "soar" one!

tinycandi said...

That sour one is beautiful! But I think I like the "choose happiness" one. It's definitely me. Ooh but I like the love squared one too. Okay maybe I shouldn't win because I can't decide. LOL!

Kira said...

I love the "I Have All I Need" necklace. Something I need to be reminded of more often.

Lyndsay said...

So hard to choose!! I think I would go with BELIEVE.
Thanks for the chance to win!!

Nora said...

I love the "ohana" necklace. We head to spring break in a week and a half. Hope your's is coming too!

Jen Thomason said...

I have always wanted one of these necklaces with my kids names on it; like the two tabs necklace. Simple and awesome. But I ALSO love the family monogram necklace. So, I would likely have to SPLURGE and get them both :-)

Haley Quarles said...

I would get the three names necklace and have my husbands name, my name, and Jackson all put on it.

Thanks for the chance to win!

GodsGirl said...

I'd choose the "blessed" necklace or "worship always". What fabulous reminders displayed in a beautiful way.

samantha said...

The believe necklace but man was it hard to choose!

samanthajocampen at gmail

Erin said...

I would chose the "blessed" one. God has blessed me beyond belief!

Kelly C. said...

These are lovely. My pick is also choose happiness, a sentiment I remind myself of daily.

love said...

i love her!!

i'd pick the "choose happiness"!

jen said...

love these! i would have to go with the Choose Happiness (i need frequent reminders these days).

Anonymous said...

Who won?

Erin said...

Sorry, Anonymous! Life has been busy and uploading the screenshot from random.org slipped my mind. :) It's been updated!