Mother's Day Giveaway!

Hi friends and fans,

Its about time for a giveaway, don't you think? This one is in celebration for Mother's Day though I'll be choosing a winner on April 7th. That's one full week to enter and win!

There are several ways to enter to win! Three winners will be chosen at random. You can enter as many times as you want by doing any or all of the items below.

1. What is your favorite memory of your mother?

You can answer this question in the comment section at the end of this post or at the posts I leave on Facebook.

2. Suggest Jillry to your friends on Facebook and have them post your name to my wall. You will get an extra entry for each friend that posts your name. How? Go to my fan page and click on Suggest To Friends under the profile pic on the left top of the page.

3. Follow my blog. This is super easy. Simply click to the right where it says Follow My Blog. I will see your name/face under this section and you will get an extra entry!

I will choose three winners. Yes, THREE!

One person will win their choice of a pair of earrings from my shop.

One person will win a $10 gift certificate to my shop.

One person will win 20% off their next order from my shop.

Questions? Just ask! You can reach me at JillryLove@gmail.com or can message me on my personal Facebook account.

Good luck!

Gem Necklace Winner!

First I'd like thank all of you who entered into this giveaway. You are the women that keep me inspired and motivated to create!

And now for the winner...

Brooke, come on down! You are the winner of The Gem Necklace, one of my best sellers. :)
Winners of giveaways will be contacted about their win to avoid confusion.

Stay tuned for the next giveaway, which will be posted this week.

xo Jill

Black Friday Sale Starts... well, yesterday.

Before I go rambling, let me remind you of The Gem Necklace Giveaway. You have until Friday to enter to win, and tons of ways to get multiple entries.

I played catch up yesterday on the blog, etsy shop and house. Still can't see a whole lot of change to the house, but its getting there.

I also had an open house at a new friend's home last night that turned my frown from Saturday upside down. I met some really fun ladies and did amazingly well, so well that the hostess ended up with a pretty little credit to my shop! What I once thought was a fat stock sure to keep me going through Christmas is now starting to make me wonder...

After a whirlwind of a weekend, I thought I'd start my Black Friday sale a little early. It goes a little something like this: 15% off EVERYTHING at Jillry. Yep, you heard right. 15% off your entire order. To receive, have a little fun shopping and type "Black Friday" in the message to seller at checkout. I'll then send you a revised invoice reflecting your discount.

A few newbies in the shop (click to bring you to my shop listing:

And there's tons more to take photos of and list, I'll put that on my to-do list somewhere...

Happy shopping my lovelies, you deserve the discount! I have the best, most loyal customers and for that I am extremely thankful.

xo Jill

Giveaway - The Gem Necklace

How about a little fun ladies? In celebration of the holidays, I'll be doing a few jewelry giveaways from my shop, Jillry. Let's start with The Gem Necklace.

This long necklace just radiates with fall color. Gorgeous faceted beads in shades of red, blue & amber on antique brass chain. Perfect for turtlenecks!

How can you win this necklace? You have several ways to enter. Each way listed below will get you additional entries. There's even a way to win an additional 10 entries!

The winner of this giveaway will be announced on Friday, November 27th. Be sure to leave your email address on your comments so that I can contact you.

1. Leave a comment noting two of your favorite items from my shop.
2. Follow my blog. (See sidebar.)
3. Blog about this giveaway. Send me the link please.
4. Place & link my button on your blog. (I'll gladly grab your button & link yours in return! Just leave your url.)
5. Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JillrybyJill. (If you already follow me, you will receive this extra entry. Just comment that you already follow.)
6. Twitter about this giveaway.
7. Join the Jillry Facebook Fan Page. (If you are already a fan, you will receive this extra entry. Just comment that you are a fan.)
8. Announce this giveaway on Facebook with a link to this post.
9. Email two or more friends about this giveaway. CC me at JillryLove@gmail.com.
10. For 10 additional entries, make a purchase at Jillry between now and Friday noon.

Please leave a comment with each entry. And again, please leave your email for winning notification.

Good luck everyone!

Giveaway Sneak Peek

Just a little peek at a giveaway I'm doing after the weekend. I need to regain my sanity after the big local show I'm in and THEN I can focus on spoiling you guys with more deals and freebies.

The Gem Necklace. Sparkly. Sessy. Great with any fall wardrobe.

We have a winner!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway I had last week on a $10 gift certificate* to my shop.

Sparkling Blueberry Earrings $12























We have a winner - Sydney Szumski, come on down! Sydney has been a regular customer of Jillry for a while now. She's a great supporter of all things Etsy, gotta love that girl!

Congrats Sydney!!

*Gift certificates of any amount are automatically paired with free shipping, even if the purchase is above the certificate amount.

Fleur de Lovely Earring Giveaway!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on a couple of great giveaways for Jillry!

The initial giveaway - my Fleur de Lovely earrings, held by Kelly of Keeping Up with Kelly.

Head on over to her place to participate!

If you choose to participate in this giveaway, I will place all participants in a drawing of my own this Saturday to win a $10 gift certificate to my shop: Jillry

To win the $10 gift certificiate, simply enter the giveaway at Kelly's blog, then come on over here and leave a message at mine.

1.) One comment noting which piece you like best from my shop gives you one entry in my drawing.

2.) Follow my blog and receive a second entry. You must show up in my "Follow Me" box to the right.

3.) Join my fan page on Facebook for yet another entry! Search "Jillry" or click on my fan box to the right.

Don't forget to leave your email address on your comments.

Good luck to those of you entering Kelly's giveaway & mine as well! Big thanks to Kelly too!

What I've been up to today

*rubbing hands together*

If I could eat these beads, I would.

Hungry? Lots of fresh jewelry here: www.JillryLove.com

Be sure to check back later this week for a giveaway that's way past due!

Manic Monday

I got some love here! <--- Check it out peeps. I sponsor one of the coolest chics. Her site is Automatism. In return of my sponsorship she gave me a plug and I so very much appreciate it. She's another one that is full of inspirational posts. Mainly pictures, which is what I'm all about. Lots of color, loads of life.

~ Before you read on, be sure to scroll down and join in my Jillry giveaway! Pick anything from my shop to win! ~

By the way, I am up to my eyeballs in new good reads. *woot woot* I'm on Cloud 9 yo. Oh and I thought I'd be able to update my sidebar blogroll last night but after uploading new jewels and adding newbies to my bloglines, it was all I could do not to fall asleep with J's laptop in my yap.

And is it just me or do you also have a hard time cleaning out your bloglines? (Or whatever site/program you use to keep up with your reads.) I'm putting it off until lunch because I can't (just yet) delete blogs that no longer update when I've been reading them since I started blogging. I mean, WHAT IF they pop in again? Start up their clever and I go and miss it? *sigh*

Alright, alright. Here's my Manic Monday. Play along if you like. You know you wanna.






What's the most embarrassing song on your iPod (or music collection)?

I have really raunchy rap music on my iPod for workouts. Besides Disturbed, there's nothing better to run on a treadmill to than booty shaking rap music.

Is it embarrassing? Yes. Does it keep me pumped enough to run? Yes.

How much time do you spend each day in your commute? (Or if you don't work outside the house, how much time do you spend in your car or other preferred mode of transportation?)

My drive to work is about 25-30 minutes every morning and every evening. I live in a more rural area called Central. My office is in the "city", which is close enough for work but far enough that I can enjoy the calm quiet of a small town, without all the traffic and hubbub.

Its funny, just five years or so ago I just couldn't WAIT to live in my own apartment in the city. Lived there alone for 4 years and loved it. But when I started dating J, suddenly things changed. It wasn't just my family wishing I was back in the small town I grew up in, it was myself as well wishing away for it. And now I'm back. (And wondering why the hell I left in the first place...) I'm a country girl at heart.

What's your favorite wardrobe item and why?

If you know me the least little bit, you know I ADORE pajama pants. They should be considered business casual so I can wear them to work.

But I know that's boring to most, so I'll amuse you. My second favorite would probably be my new black (faux) snakeskin heels. They go with everything and aren't your every day boring black heel. I can wear them with my LBD in the evening or my slacks by day. They are love to me.

Licorie Ice Giveaway

Before I start with the giveaway, I just have to say THANK YOU! I have been adding all my new reads to my bloglines all weekend in between making new jewelry, cooking and 4 wheeling. (Yes, contrary to popular belief I do like to get dirty and tomboy it on the weekends.) Really looking forward to diving into my new reads this week. :)

Also, I have lots more friends to add to my sidebar and I shall be doing that as soon as my pot of jambalaya is finished cooking. Mmm...

I promised a giveaway based on your jewelry names and here we are: meet Licorice Ice!

















Mona was the winner of the last giveaway. See the details here. Thanks Mona! Licorice Ice was an great name to create a piece from.

First off - LOTS of new Jillry items have been uploaded and will be uploaded to my shop daily. I just got a huge shipment of gorgeous beading items in and have so much to share with you.

Now, down to business.

Giveaway!

You can choose anything from my shop for this giveaway or the Licorice Ice earrings above.

To play, you simply have to:

1. Add me to your blogroll

2. Leave a comment with the item you would like to own from my shop

Yep, its that easy! After a few emails of disappointed jewelry buffs, I've decided to keep this giveaway open for a few days to give everyone a chance to join in the fun.

Well I'm off to update my sidebar and make some more jewelry. Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

I won!!

No, unfortunately I did not win Brad Pitt. I did, however, win a Brad Pitt "Make It Right" newspaper boy hat through a giveaway on The English Muse's blog. I never win anything (*poor me*) so you can imagine how excited I was when Tina sent me a message telling me I had won.

Go check Tina's blog out, she's slightly new to the blogworld and is very much an inspiration, posting lots of delicious finds and beautiful images from all over, a huge source of creative energy for me as of late. Thanks again dear Tina!!

I may even post a photo of me in my new sassy hat. Ooo I can't wait to meet her. (I'm thinking of a name already, help me out.)

See the giveaway details here.

I'm out for the night. Sweet Pitt dreams yo.

Dessert anyone?

These are so pretty I could just eat them. A few things I've got baking.

Just put these in my shop. Off to make more lovelies and work on the next giveaway: Licorice Ice. Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

Giveaway Time!

Like I said before, I just couldn't wait until the first of the month for the next giveaway. I've decided not to place a date on them, I'll just throw these freebies out randomly.

Behold the giveaway:

Grapefruit Sorbet Earrings - $10 value

















These are so sparkly and yummy! Irridescent czech glass, flower caps, copper accents. Very girly.

Here are the rules:

I'm looking for new inspiration. This time, names for my pieces.

1. Leave a comment with a name for a piece of jewelry that I can use for inspiration: earrings, bracelet or necklace. Everyone who submits a name in the comment section will be entered to win. You can submit up to three names which will place your name in the hat up to three times.

2. Check back in to see if you're the winner. If you are the winner, you must comment on that post to claim your Jillry winnings.

3. I'll then create a piece based on the name you submitted. This piece will be the next giveaway in honor of you!
















Another FREEBIE!!! Lipstick Earrings. Receive this pair of earrings FREE with any purchase of $10 or more from my Jillry shop. There are three pair of these earrings to give away, so the first three orders made will receive these Lipstick Earrings free. Just place your order through my shop and shoot me an email with the mention of this blog post.

Again, there are only three pair so if you make a purchase for the purpose of receiving these earrings for free, you may want to check with me first. jillrylove@gmail.com I reply to emails at an incredibly fast rate. :) (Unless, of course, I'm sleeping.)

Okay bloggy friends, jewelry post over. Back to regularly scheduled blogramming...

Delicious Jewelry & Giveaway Update

The Sorbet and Nature Collections, and a few others. Have a peek, let me know what ya think. (I'm so adorable when I accidentally rhyme, don't you agree? *snicker*)

These pieces run from $6-$14 if anyone is interested. Last time I posted my jewelry on my blog, I posted them on my jewelry site too. A few blog and local friends missed out on some pieces so I'm giving a full day of keeping these just on my blog to give everyone a chance to shop. Tomorrow night they'll go up on my Etsy shop, but due to Etsy fees, they'll raise in price a little. Just email me here if you want to own a piece: jillrylove@gmail.com














Vintage Button Ring $8














Raspberry Sorbet Earrings $10














Nature at Midnight Earrings $14














Nature & Pearls Bracelet $14














Key Lime Earrings $6














Lipstick Earrings $10














Isla Mujeres Bracelet $12














Green Eyed Lady Earrings $8














Grapefruit Sorbet Earrings $8














Dragonfly Bracelet $12














Detail of Dragonfly Bracelet














Autumn Copper Earrings $8


I used czech glass, swarowski and lots of yummy copper, silver and antique brass.

I'll keep shipping low at $2. Stay tuned this week for a Jillry giveaway. I just couldn't wait till the first of next month! The giveaway will be a pair of earrings or a bracelet from the Sorbet Collection. I'll post a peek soon!!

P.S. - Does anyone else like Paranormal State as much as J and I do? A new one comes on this coming Monday! *squeal* I hate scaring the bajeebees outta myself, but at the same time, I love scaring the bajeebees outta myself...

Sweet Award and Jillry GIVEAWAY

I came in to work yesterday with a sweet surprise - an award from my Mama, aka Tookie. Isn't this the cutest award? Go see her. She may just love you this much one day. ;)

Tookie is also the creator of my beautiful new blog header. She's so creative and knows her stuff. She's also working on my Jillry shop header, can't wait to see the final result!

Speaking of Jillry, I've been busy. I haven't touched a single bead or made a piece of jewelry for months. There's a new collection of beading goodies on the way to my house as we speak and I can't wait to get my hands on them!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!

Yep, I'm going to start doing giveaways. Sorry men, the giveaways will be pieces of my jewelry, however - I'm sure the women in your lives would love a pair of sparkly earrings from their man! :)

Now, I just made these yesterday so you are looking at very fresh pieces of Jillry. They were inspired by my recent honeymoon trip to Cancun, Mexico. They are special to me so I plead the winner of this giveaway give their winning piece much love.

All of these pieces are in my shop: http://www.jilllamonte.etsy.com/


Love Affair Necklace









Whimsy Bracelet










Hot Mayan Night

Cancun Dreams

Angel Wings

Mystical Blue Earrings













http://www.jilllamonte.etsy.com/ - I'm uploading daily, so go check my shop out!

I'll give away one of these pieces of jewelry at the first of every month, unless otherwise noted. So be sure to check in for a giveaway post a few days before the beginning of each month to join in the lottery!

If you want to play, leave me a comment with the piece of jewelry above that you want to adopt. I'll place all of your names in a hat and pull a lucky winner. Because tomorrow is New Years Eve I'll be pulling a name and announcing it on my blog January 2nd. Otherwise, I'll normally be posting the winner on the 1st of every month.

Sometimes I'll let you choose the yummy, maybe sometimes I'll make up a little surprise giveaway, who knows! This is all new to me and I plan to have fun with it.

So! Let me know if you want to play and which one you like in the comments box. This time you have until midnight on January 1st to play. Good luck!