Many of you may be aware I’ve been running a special offer of 50% off selected items that is due to end on 17th February . . . well this date has been extended to take into account this new promotion and will now end on 29th February *hooray for leap year*

So, what are the prizes?

FIRST PRIZE – A full set of all 6 handmade StarWars inspired Chibi charm keychains (or you can have them just as charms to make into jewellery yourself)

Princess Leia

Yoda

Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi (with glow in dark lightsabers)

Han Solo

and Chewbacca

SECOND PRIZE – A full set of all 3 handmade Supernatural inspired Chibi charm keychains (or you can have them just as charms to make into jewellery yourself)

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

and Castiel

THIRD PRIZE – A set of 2 handmade Zombie Chibi charm keychains (or you can have these just as charms to make into jewellery yourself)

Zombie Bride

and Zombie Groom

FOURTH PRIZE – One handmade custom Chibi charm keychain (or you can have it just as a charm to make into jewellery yourself)

You can either have a custom Chibi charm made or select a Chibi charm from the ones available in my webstore.

How do you win?

Here’s the rules:

Buy any item from my Webstore to be entered into the Shiny Lottery.

Buy anything from my £1 Items section         = 1 entry into the lottery

Buy anything from my Special Offers section = 2 entries into the lottery

Buy anything else from my Webstore             = 3 entries into the lottery

Plus, spend over £10 in a single transaction and you will get free shipping, worldwide

Small Print

• This Promotion will end on the 29th February 2012
• Your items will be posted as soon as possible after you have made your purchase
• I do not offer a Cash alternative for this prize

With the arrival of our new addition mere weeks away I have been looking for things to help me pass the time. Nothing too time consuming or tiring or energetic. As many of you may have seen I have started making cute little Chibi charm keychains/bag charms.  I admit, I am addicted to making these and I am planning on adding a few more to my webstore when I can make them.

My first Chibi range is Star Wars inspired Chibi charms. You can purchase Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda or Obi Wan Kenobi. *Luke’s and Obi Wan’s LightSabers glow in the dark* All come on a handmade Kumihimo braided keychain in black and white or you can contact me to have the braid in alternative colours.

Available to purchase via clicking on the photo.

Of course, I can’t go making new items without making something ‘zombie’ related too. So I made cute little Zombie Bride and Groom Chibi charms.

You can buy both keychains for £10. The perfect gift for any zombie obsessed bride and groom.

Available to purchase via clicking on the photo.

I intend to make different ranges of these Chibi charms, and have had a few requests for specific ones. So, I decided to open up a Custom Chibi page in my webstore. I’d already made Shaun of the Dead and Loki for a customer who wanted them as charms to make into her own jewellery, so decided I’d offer that option too. Now you can order your very own Custom Chibi charm to either use to make your own jewellery or you can purchase them ready made into keychains/bag charms.

Please contact me via my email/contact tab if you are unsure. I am willing to make a Chibi charm for you to see photos of before you purchase it.

Available to purchase via clicking on the photo.

If you have any ideas for Chibi charm ranges that you’d like to see, please feel free to leave comments or contact me via Twitter . . . yes, I have already planned on making a Supernatural range and a Walking Dead range

It’s nearly Valentines Day, so I’ve come over all romantic and heart inspired.

I have a few Valentines inspired necklaces to finish making, these will be part of a giveaway run by another jewellery maker *details to be announced soon, hopefully*

In the meantime, why not get your own creative ideas flowing and use these cute handmade envelope charms to add some romance to earrings, bracelets, necklaces or cards.

you can find these ‘decorated envelope charms’ here. Sold in packs of 6, with 2 of each design. Simply select which colour you want, or pick ‘other’ and I will make them in any colour you like. These ones come varnished and ready to be attached via a jumpring to anything you want to use them on.

Alternatively, create your own beautiful charms by buying a pack of my handmade ‘plain envelope charms’ which you can find here.

These come unvarnished to enable you to paint any design on that you wish, *or add glitter or sequins or really anything you want* and then varnish yourself. These are sold in packs of 8, all the same colour or a mixed pack of White x2, Glitter White x2, Pale Pink x2, Baby Blue x2 . . . or you can select ‘other’ and order a pack in any colour you wish *note: the envelope charms will all be the same colour you choose if you select ‘other’*

Both the ‘decorated envelope charms’ and the ‘plain envelope charms’ are approximately 20mm x 11mm.

Want a larger envelope charm? Why not purchase a pack of my ‘large plain envelope charms’ available here. These measure approximately 35mm x 22mm and come with an eyepin already inserted for you to add charms, bead dangles, anything you wish off it.

These are sold in packs of 3, available in White, Glitter White, Pale Pink and Baby Blue. Again, if you wish to buy them in any other colour, select ‘other’ and let me know via the text box at checkout which colour you would like them in. *butterfly charm is for demonstration purposes only*

These envelopes come unvarnished so you can add any decorations to match the charms or bead dangles that you plan to use and then varnish yourself.

I’d like to thank all my customers for purchasing my handmade jewellery and for supporting me in this venture. It’s been a true blessing getting to know you all and I look forward to interacting with new and current customers in 2012.

MATERNITY LEAVE

As most of you are aware, I am expecting a new Little Fairy to add to my brood. Also, as many of you may have seen at Christmas, my baby bump is huge and kind of getting in the way. With this in mind, I have had to stop making my various metal pendants and jewellery as I can’t get close enough to my workbench to saw these items. Highly amusing but none-the-less annoying. As you browse my webstore you will notice that all these items are showing as ‘out of stock’ at present.

In view of this, I have extended my January Sale to last until 17th February 2012 *my expected due date* You can find all items that I have in stock here all at a fantastic 50% off. There is only one available for most of these items, so grab them now.

I do intend to be adding more bead/polymer clay items to my webstore as and when I get the time and energy to make them.

PROMOTIONS

Back by popular demand . . . Free Polymer Clay Rose Earrings!

Spend over £15 in one transaction and receive a free pair of these earrings in any colour you would like.

Spend over £25 in one transaction and receive free shipping and two pairs of these earrings in any colours you would like.

MORE NEWS

I have shut my Etsy store. I very rarely use it and it’s just another thing to remember to update or add stuff to. All the items that were previously only stocked in my Etsy store are now available in my webstore and are also part of the sale. Find them all here.

I have also added a new category to my webstore – Jewellery Findings in this section you will find hand made pendants that you can purchase and use to make your own beautiful jewellery with. Feel free to contact me if there is any kind of pendant or charm that you would like to see made available.

May I take this opportunity to wish everyone all the best for 2012 and I look forward to introducing my new addition to you all when he chooses to make an appearance.

Just incase none of you were aware already,  I’ll let you into a secret . . . I love the Zombie genre. I am a fully fledged zombie obsessed geek and proud. So, bagging ZombieACRES for a guest post is pretty much amazing. Now, I could prattle on about Joshua and his work but he very nicely saved me the time by doing the hard work for me, leaving me free to go read his newest ebook, AiZ: Alice in Zombieland. Enjoy, visit his site, enter the competition, check out his Ebook and share with everyone you know.

Hello everyone. My name is Joshua Cook and I am a freelance writer for hire. Let me first start this little post off by saying thank you to Sandra for giving this space to do this little shameless self promotion. I also want to thank you readers for taking the time to read this shameless plug.

I am actually here to plug two big events right now. The first one is very cool because it is only for residents of the United Kingdom. I was approached by the Blackpool Tower Dungeon attraction to run a contest through my website ZombieACRES.com. I love being able to give my readers something for free, so I jumped at the chance.

The Blackpool Tower Dungeon is a funny and scary trip through history. Learn about tales of torture and comedy from actors in several shows. Just when you think you cannot handle anymore, you get to end your trip with a thrilling ride on the Extremis drop. The winner of this contest will win admission for four (4) to ANY of the Dungeon attraction locations. All you have to do is tweet why you should win to @ZombieACRES. Include hashtag #BlackpoolDungeon. On February 1, 2012, I will select a winner from all of the entrants. For more information on this, and many other contests, please visit ZombieACRES.com Contests.

The second major event is the release of my newest ebook, AiZ: Alice in Zombieland. For months I have been weaving the lives of Gee, Sam, and Alice through tales of extreme loss, heartache, and action. Gee’s little sister, Alice, has been taken from her after being attacked by a zombie. When she awakens from being knocked unconscious by mysterious masked men, Alice is gone and in her place sits Sam Ashe.

Sam Ashe is a zombie obsessed geek who finally had his chance to show he is a hero, and not just a geek. While saving his fiancee, Heather, and her friend, the trio are attacked and he is forced to kill Heather after she is attacked by an undead monster. Now he has vowed to find out why they were attacked and exact revenge on the one company that has caused this trouble.

Roslun Global is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. In 2010, William Lohman made world history by holding an interview as the first ever talking zombie. He revealed secrets about Roslun Global, a secret zombie testing facility called Zombie A.C.R.E.S., and atrocities performed by the head of Roslun Global, Richard Roslun. Nine years later, Roslun is almost ready to unleash his Second Birth Serum on the world, but he needs one final test subject to ensure it is ready.

Will Gee find and save Alice? Will Sam ever get revenge for Heather’s murder? What lengths will Richard Roslun go to for power and money?

AiZ: Alice in Zombieland is an ebook exclusive story that will test the bonds of love and family through zombies and action. Besides being a great story in itself, AiZ is a precursor to the first Zombie A.C.R.E.S. comic series – being made with Ratatat Graphics and Danny Sosa Art. Pick it up between Christmas Day and the end of the year for only 99 cents at Smashwords.com and Amazon Kindle. Watch for AiZ: Alice in Zombieland in other major catalogs in January of 2012.

Wishing all my Family, Friends and Customers a wonderful festive period and a best wishes for the 2012

CHRISTMAS SHIPPING

All items in my shop that are made to order have been updated and are only available to pre-order now. This means that your item will not be with you until the New Year, regardless of the country the item is to be shipped to. Please note that any orders between now and Christmas will still qualify for the free Rose Earring promotion

All orders that have already been purchased have been shipped and should reach you in time for Christmas. Any of the pre-made items in the Little Fairy Store will be shipped immediately but I can not guarantee delivery in time for Christmas, unless you are based in the UK.

Also you can find a selection of pre-made Little Fairy Cult jewellery that is only available to purchase via Etsy by clicking on this link http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleFairyCult

Please find below a table of Last Recommended Postage dates for the Christmas period.

As well as the Storm Trooper moulds for the earrings, I made a Celtic dog style one so that I can make these beautiful pendants in any colour I want.

You can purchase the one in this photo here

I have also been experimenting with a new substance called Image Transfer Solution. This is an amazing find for anyone wanting to transfer pictures onto metal *I intend to try this technique on metal in the very near future* and polymer clay after it has been baked. The only draw back was that you either had to buy pre-printed transfer sheets or own a laser printer. Some of the pre-printed sheets I have are very pretty but limit you design wise.

I was told of a technique that allowed you to transfer any image printed on an inkjet printer on to your clay. *cue mad scientist style experiments*

I had a few disasters and a few ‘I am never going to get this to work’ moments, but eventually I succeeded. I now intend to see if I can transfer photographs on to clay pendants successfully. I wonder how many members of my family would appreciate pendants/bag charms with photos of the children on them for Christmas.

Anyway, I decided to put my experiment pieces for sale online. I could have put them in my webshop, but I didn’t want to add yet another category of jewellery for people to search through. So I decided to open an Etsy store, primarily for my polymer clay creations. I haven’t worked out how to add my Rose Earring Promotion to my Etsy store yet. Please rest assured that anyone ordering from my Etsy store will be contacted about their colour preference and will receive their free Rose earrings with their Etsy purchase.

You can find all of the pieces pictured below exclusively in my Etsy Store – ‘Jewellery by Little Fairy Cult’

I also launched the Christmas part of my store. Everything in this section of my store will be discounted by 10% when using the Coupon code – XmasFairy – at checkout. That’s 10% of each individual item not off your shopping cart. Checkout what is on offer in my Christmas Shop

Christmas Tree and Snowman bracelets available in time for Christmas.

I have also purchased some Precious Metal Clay (PMC) and some polymer clay over the past few days. I know a lot of people that make beads, charms, etc from polymer clay and I was aware that it is a great medium to work with but it wasn’t something I wanted to branch out into, quite frankly, I have enough on my plate working with metal and the occasional beaded items that I make. I did however really want to work with Precious Metal Clay, it seemed like a great way to mould, sculpt and model with silver. I did a bit of research on the web and found that you could make it into a thick paste to paint onto leaves, so my first project involved heading out to my garden to collect leaves.

They worked out really well, so I made some earwires out of sterling silver wire and made them into a cute pair of earrings. This pair has been reserved as a Christmas present for my sister-in-law. I intend to make some more in the very near future that will, hopefully, make it into my store.

I also learnt that you could combine the fired silver clay with polymer clay without effecting it and started thinking about painting scenes and adding decorative polymer clay backgrounds to them.

Luckily, you can buy the PMC in paste form in syringes, which seemed perfect for making intricate, detailed pictures. My main problem was patience, I don’t actually have any. I know I need to wait for the clay to dry before I can peel it off the plastic sheet I was using to ‘paint’ the pictures on, I really tried hard to be patient, I didn’t want to ruin what I had spent time making.

The only problem with a syringe full of PMC is that it needs using fairly quickly before it all dries in the syringe. So after the two scenes I had made, I decided to attempt a spider pendant . . . then I had an idea of making silver fairy wings and using polymer clay to make a fairy silhouette pendant. These pendants are all available in my shop now, simply click on the relevant picture to be taken to the correct page to purchase one.

I admit, I now have the bug for polymer clay too. Not sure how far this will take me, but I’m enjoying playing with a new medium and seeing what exciting things I can make with it. 

Also available in my store are these cute little hand painted, handmade polymer clay Storm Trooper earrings. Click the picture to go to the correct page.

and please check out my Promotions page here as I am giving away a free pair of handmade, polymer clay Rose earrings to every customer between now and Christmas Eve.

I now have some Image Transfer Solution to play with to keep me occupied whilst I wait for my silver solder to arrive. this is quite effective on polymer clay pendants so I may get some pretty little clay pendants made whilst I experiment with this new technique.

Christmas is fast approaching so I have launched my Christmas Shop.  Purchase any items in this part of my store to get a 10% discount on each individual item at checkout using the coupon code – XmasFairy. That’s 10% off each item instead of just 10% off the total price of your shopping basket.

As a further ‘Thank you’ to my customers, I will be giving each customer a free pair of polymer clay Rose Earrings, available in a range of colours, they will come as a matching pair on black earwires.  Please inform me via the text box at checkout what colour you would like your earrings to be.

Earrings will be dispatched with your order. This promotion will be running between now and Christmas Eve (24th December 2011).

I also made, for the first time ever, a solid silver headband for a close friend’s daughter’s prom. The young lady designed the headband and the necklace she wanted herself.

I was also asked to make a silver baby bangle for someone. He talked me through exactly how he wanted it and at first I couldn’t see how it would work. I’m very pleased to report that it turned out perfectly and the customer was extremely happy with the end result.

And, of course, zombie inspiration made an appearance. I may have mentioned it a few times but I am a big fan of the Zombie genre and I am also easily distracted . . . sat in my work room one day I noticed I had a piece of silver that was perfectly ring sized and with the rapid approach of The Walking Dead Season 2 I decided that it had to be a silver zombie ring. Available to purchase here with any word you would like on it (up to 12 letters), in any ring size.