MAJOR SALE AND FREE JEWELRY!

I don't do too many sales on here, but I'm doing some inventory clearing. The LAST Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn is upon us! The Bella inspired bracelets are now only $6 with $3 shipping, to anywhere in the world that accepts US mail. Get one for you and a friend! I will combine shipping via Paypal refund if you order multiple items.

The bracelets feature an adorable apple toggle clasp, a cute, pewter howling wolf charm, and a super sparkly 14 mm Swarovski Crystal heart. PLEASE let me now your desired bracelet length. 1 to 1.5 inches larger than your wrist size is a good size.

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Choose Your Metal Colors:

silver chain/ silver wolf     silver chain/ copper wolf     brass chain/ silver wolf     brass chain/ copper wolf

♥ How to win FREE Jewelry ♥

Entry requirements:

~Like my facebook page OR share my sale for one entry.
~Like my facebook page AND share my sale for two entries.
~Purchase any jewelry from my blog or my Etsy shop, for 3 entries.
~Do ALL of the above for 4 entries!

The free jewelry drawing will be on September 20th, so share away! I will contact the winner by email and they have 3 days to respond. If they don't respond, then I will draw another winner. *You have to let me know you shared this link to the sale on my Jeweled Ambrosia facebook for that entry to count, otherwise I have no way of knowing! Good luck :)

TWILIGHT JEWELRY and a SNEEK PEEK

And now for my beloved Twilight jewelry fans... here is a sneak peek at the jewelry pieces I JUST GOT IN and a peek at some of my new designs. There are plenty more coming, I am waiting for more supplies to arrive for a couple of brand new designs. I am bringing back my loaded charm bracelets in a couple of weeks too! Also, I know money is tight for a lot of you, so I will also have a less expensive line coming out as well. Visit my jewelry shop, JeweledAmbrosia for updates! My pieces in my previous post HERE have sold out, so I am trying to recreate many of them.

Bella Twilight Inspired Bracelet with Swarovski Crystal Heart


Loaded Twilight Inspired Charm Bracelet


Handstamped Twilight Necklaces with Red and Topaz Vintage Jewels (click on photo for zoom view of the sayings on the charms)


Alice and Jasper Inspired Necklace


Alice and Jasper Inspired Necklace 2


And here is a sneek peek of some non Twilight jewelry I will have coming up! I have some Valentine's day pieces that I will be listing in the next couple of days. If you look closely, you will see some amazing cloisonne goats and beads, Czech glass owls, a Holly Hobby cameo locket, sparkly chandiler and Czech glass flowers, more vintage Japanese flowers, charms, vintage rhinestone brooches, unicorns, pirates, and Alice in Wonderland... yay! Also, not pictured, I have some STEAMPUNK pieces in the works, I am so excited about those!

Graduation, Edward Cullen Plush Doll, Cookies and CPSIA !!

THIS POST IS REALLY LOOOOOONG... but bear with me, it gets AWESOME, I just couldn't stop myself today!!!



The day has arrived, my wonderful hubby of 5 years and father of my 2 little chitlens has finally graduamated!

He was so deboniar, my little Cum Laude extrodianare, who almost choked on his tassel as he walked across the stage! We have been college students our entire dating and marriage career, so now that he is done, we just don't know what to do with ourselves. I think I will go back, I only have about a year and a half left. (ps, don't I look CUTE in my Bella/Edward double breasted grey jacket?!)



Hopefully, he will get a job soon (prayers and warm energy/happy thoughts may help here), because I REALLY don't want to be stuck in our teeny 3RD FLOOR apartment for another 6 months! I NEED a craft room for my biz! I NEED seperate rooms for our boys! I NEED a backyard! I NEED carpet that doesn't smell like dog/little boy pee and walls that don't have yucky grime from past smokers seeping through the paint! I NEED a countertop that doesn't stab me in the collar bone EVERY time I walk into the kitchen! I NEED windows with NEW blinds that aren't shredded and folded shards of metal! I NEED storage! I NEED a bathtub that isn't hugging the toilet so I can GIVE baths! rant. ends. here. Of course, I am very thankful to be living in a safe and warm environment.



By the way, have you met Edward Cullen? I have! I made him for a custom order. I would have done him a little differently if it wasn't for a custom request (like the eyes and hair) but he is still cute, no? His outfit even matches Robert Pattinson's movie promo photo shoot. If you love him, I can make you one (I love you and all, but not for free silly!), and if you love Twilight, then come and browse my Jeweled Ambrosia Bella bracelets and Twilight jewelry!!



Anywho, I thought I would celebrate by sharing a yummy recipe I happened upon. So enjoy!

Redonkulous Cookies Recipe



ps, Andies Mints, those drops of minty heaven works best in these!
pss, if you crave Girl Scout Thin Mints year round, then THESE Keebler Elves Grasshoppers will hold you over, my friends!! Oh, those naughty elves!



NOTE! Horrid lacy curtain is not mine, I ganked this image off the internet ;)


Matsutake Squirrel wooden pull toy

I thought it VERY important to post info about the CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) testing that will be effecting us ALL in February 2009. It is a ridiculous safety test for toy/clothing makers of children (under the age of 12) that will drive prices to sky rocket as well as shut down MANY small business and stay at home moms. It would be MORE efficient to have raw materials already tested and not to import dangerous goods into the USA, but this is just another way for the gov to make some money. Read here for info and write your state reps to have this law amended!! HERE is a great post and HERE is another great post that breaks down testing product cost for the small time mom who makes bibs, hair bows and such, (warning, upsetting!) That means, you can't buy cute things such as THESE either EVER again, or not for a remotely affordable price! Also, this law will prohibit ANY donation or resale of used toys and clothing. That means no more donating to homeless shelters, Goodwill, no more selling your kids outgrown clothing to Kid ti Kid or on ebay, craigslist, gargage sales...

"Keep in mind as well, that is law will forbid fair trade in the US. There are literally thousands of families in developing countries, making beautiful and safe children' items, and selling them through fair trade initiatives such as Ten Thousand Villages. This law will eliminate the ability of women across the globe to support their families. This law will also make it illegal to recycle clothing of any kind, toys and all other children's items. The way that this legislation is written will force retailers to dump all untested inventory as of February 10. That could amount to millions of tons of pure waste in our country's landfills. To anyone who truly believes that this is unimportant, all I can say is that you are incredibly naive. This nation was built on the backs of entreprenuers... this law effectively kills the American dream for thousands of people." -lillipopsdesigns

Of course we want our toys and children to be safe and non toxic, but this law is designed to CRUSH the little guy and moake LOTS of money for large corporate monsters.



Fancy Bib Onesie by La Petite BeBe Boutique

I also wanted to show a piece from jewelry designer June Shin. She is a delight to work with, so take a peek at what she has to offer! If you love my jewelry designs, then you will love hers too!



One last cookie recipe from The Crocheted Baby (go check out her shop!!) I like how she gives the idea to wrap the top with colorful cellophane and tie with a bow, lollipop style. They would be cute like that in a little basket for party favors/yummy decor!



EASY SANDWICH COOKIE LOLLIPOPS

1 pkg (10-12 ozs) vanilla or white chips
2 Tbps shortening, divided
1 pkg (16 ozs) chocolate and crème sandwich cookies (such as double-stuffed Oreos) – you’ll have some left over
24 wooden popsicle or craft sticks
1 cup (6 ozs) semisweet chocolate chips


In a microwave or double boiler, melt vanilla chips and 1 Tbsp shortening; stir until smooth. Twist apart 24 sandwich cookies. Dip the end of each popsicle stick into melted chips; place on a cookie half and top with another half. Place cookies on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; freeze for 15 minutes.

Reheat vanilla chip mixture again if necessary; dip frozen cookies into mixture until completely covered. (You should run out of melted vanilla chips before all 24 cookies are dipped – just put them back in the freezer with the others for now.) Return the dipped cookies to the baking sheet; freeze 30 minutes longer.

Melt the chocolate chips and remaining shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. You should have enough leftover melted chocolate to dip those 4 or 5 ‘naked’ cookies. Store them in an airtight container - in the refrigerator if your house is warm."





Adorable Gingerbread Man ornament by Elsie Marley. Check out her shop for more wonderful things! Get the pattern HERE!

One LAST GOODIE... FREE printable tags from the WONDERFul Black Apple! Go HERE to get your free download :)

Twilight Movie Review

Last night around 7 pm some ladies and I went to Olive Garden and ate a little dinner (a first girl's night out for a lot of us in "a while" please read Edward style). We then went to the theatre to see the midnight showing of Twilight.



Our theatre had about 4? theatres open for the movie. We got there several hours early and the rooms were pretty much full, so we sat way back and on the side... but that was better than in the very front. One uptight little blonde woman got thrown out of the crowd for cusing out the audience, it was rather hilarious!



The movie started out good, but soon turned a bit... awkward and it was a little weird, Edward was a little weird. The story just kind of moved from awkward dislike between Edward and Bella, and then all of a sudden they were in love... it didn't really show why or how that happened, so it was a little sad for the book readers and probably really confusing for non book readers. I have to say first, that I am really happy I read all the 12 chapters of Midnight Sun, it really offered a lot of perspective that made you feel more like an "insider" on Edward.



But, after all of that awkwardness wore off, the characters settled into their skin and it was a great show. Bella and Charlie had some great moments as well. The cast was pretty much perfect in my opinion... but poor Jasper, looked more like Edward Scissorhands than anything else, I actually felt a bit of pain of embarrasment for him more than once. But I TOTALLY blame the director, not him!!



Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Jacob, the "bad vampires"... all did their parts perfectly... even though their parts were pretty non existant! I mean, some made up waitress at a diner who was not even in the book had more air time than sweet Alice! I am not even going to go there, it's just too depressing. I really wish Alice would have tricked Bella into getting ready for the prom, Alice decorating Bella up for events she hates is a big part of both of their characters.



Carlisle, loved him, although his haircolor looked, really... off, they added gray patches to his blonde hair near his temples and it looked weird. Esme was sweet, but not as sweet... she did not kiss Bella's forehead, not even once! The vampire make-up was a bit (okay a lot) atrocious in the beginning of the movie. Some serious cake make-up was used that creaked in their face lines, which is fine for stage (I have done many shows of awful cake make-up so I know what works) but definately NOT okay for screen, especially with HD and Blu-Ray technology. It was quite painful, but towards the end of the movie, the make-up looked a lot better.

The meadow scene was absolutely not magical, not romantic, sweet and sincere though, but not much more. Edward glittered a little, and his angry "I need to show you my skin in the sun" line was a little... weird.



Over all though, I enjoyed it! Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson did an excellent job and they had great on screen chemistry! There was a lot of banter and dry humor that I loved, the audience giggled and swooned at the right moments and really, there could have been more popular quotes and scenes extracted from the book and put into the script in place of unnessecary adaptations, but that was fine (or at least that is what I am telling myself).



Of course, I know some people LOVED it, some people HATED it, I am neither of these people. I thouroughly enjoyed it, will watch it again, but am a little saddened that it wasn't more awesome. But really, you can't please everyone!

Now, go and get this lovely vintage style, Swarovski crystal Twilight Bella bracelet I made! *hint hint wink wink



Note, lovely above images are from movie stills, various photo shoots and Entertainment Weekly photo shoots. Lovely, aren't they?!



(added in later) I have now watched this movie again, and I love it even more than when I first saw it! The first time, I was all uptight and critical, that it was hard to just enjoy it for the essence of what was Twilight, not knowing what would be added in and what wouldn't be taken away that I mostly watched for my favorite parts as opposed to watching they story they offered. But now, with the second time around, I was able to relax and enjoy it for what it was without the anticipation and critiscm already built up. Hope you know what I mean!

UFO and Other Oddities

Sooo, we went to hang out with our new friends this weekend, and I kid you not, we saw some UFOs.

There were 2 that were falling parallel to each other, I thought at first they were comets, but then thought maybe a plane had broken in two pieces and was falling to the Earth, it was horrifying! Then, they just kind of stopped falling, and slowly started to twist symmetrically in a downward spiral and then they stopped, and hovered for about a minute.



(ufo from Builders Studio)


Then, a third one appeared a little to the upper left and it slowly hovered back and forth. The two parallel ones disappeared and we continued to watch the new one. These were so extremely bright and huge compared to passing planes. They had little tails of light as well, it was incredible. The third UFO hovered and every time a plane came near, it totally turned it's lights off and disapeared completely. Once the plane passed, the light came back on. We watched for about 5 minutes and the UFO finally zig zagged down and disappeared. 10 seconds later, a massive military plane flew overhead in the same exact direction the UFO's were. About 2 hours later, a huge comet trailed out of the sky, slowly in the same spot we saw the UFO's earlier. We did film a little bit of it, but only the end, not the crazy parallel part, but here is a video kind of describing what we saw. Apparently, where we live, there have been several similar sightings the past couple of years. Weird, huh?



It was crazy amazing, scary and hair raising. Do I believe in aliens, as in little green men? No. Do I believe something is out there? Maybe....



We were on our way to this yummy resturaunt, Buca di Beppo, and got this wonderful $20 salad, the Apple Gorgonzola. It had cranberries, apples, sugared walnuts... it was so amazing and not too sweet that we just had to take pictures! See HERE for the yummy recipe!! They were about 30 mins late bringing our main dish, so they gave it to us and a yummy dessert for free, score!



Also, today, my teacher friend invited me to bring my jewelery to her school during lunches in the teachers lounge. It was only a few short hours and I made a little bit of money and really got to see how people responded to my jewelry and set up in person. It was a neat experiance and though I have done many craft fairs with my Little Lovables goods (my puppets always do well), I have never done one with my Jeweled Ambrosia jewelery, so it was nice practice. (ps, above craft fair set up is from Plum Vine jewelery. You can go HERE to look at other craft fair set ups of other sellers to get set up inspiration.)



In other weird news, Robert Pattinson, aka Spunk Ransom aka EDWARD CULLEN appeared at the Dallas Galleria Mall today for autograph signings. Thousands of people were there at 4 AM... and he wasn't even scheduled to appear until 6 pm! I wonder how it went, I will have to check the news or something. Funny, how I live about 45 mins away and didn't go, but mega fans drove from 4 STATES away to have a small chance of meeting him. Ladies, he is just a human ;) But, if you want some Twilight Jewelry, come visit my Jeweled Ambrosia shop!

And this pic is one of the many shots taken by my 2 year old. He likes to pose his cars lately.





Here, I am showing the curious minds where acorns come from. It was quite easy, "Up there, in the tree!" Hopefully, explaining other things will go as smoothly. You see what my little turkey muffin is doing? He loves to touch his belly button when is is learning something, sleeping, reading a book, watching a movie... pretty much he does it when is is bonding somehow. Cute little quirke.



Now look at that good daddy. Doesn't he look honorable, trustworthy, honest, hardworking, happy? Hire him already corporate world!





Oh, and for memories sake, I must show you our Halloween pics... we were a family of Scarecrows. My sister, who is now a professional clown (Pookie is available for hire people!) did balloon animals and face painting, I assisted face painting and Grandma took all 5 boys around for the trick or treating. It was a hoot and Isaac still reminds everyone he meets that he was a Scarecrow.

xo
Lisa

Twilight & New Moon Inspired Vampire and Wolf Lover Jewelry

Amazingly, I have my new Twilight Inspired Jewelry shop {mostly} set up... and it took only 2 days to do it! It's exclusively "jewelry for your inner vamp". I will be retiring my Twilight Inspired line once my supplies are gone, so moving it to it's own little place was the best so I can focus more on my vintage inspired jewelry shop. Jeweled Ambrosia is heading into a new direction and I'm so excited! Scroll down the page to see some of the jewelry.

       wolf girl collection - click here to order
  

 

Email me at jeweledambrosia@gmail.com 

Shop at: Jeweled Ambrosia
Not a Vampire fan? See my Vintage Inspired Jewelry HERE!

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Disclaimer: My shop, jewelry designs and interpretation of the books and movies are inspired by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series and Summit Entertainment's Twilight saga. I do not own copyrights to the Twilight books and movies. I am NOT affiliated with Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, NECA or any part of Summit Entertainment. This is not official or licensed Twilight merchandise. All fan art belong to rightful owners.

(vampire girl collection, click here to order)

 wolf girl collection - click here to order

 

 vampire girl collection, click here to order

 wolf girl collection - click here to order

charm bracelet with huge 18mm swarovski crystal heart and a real hand carved wood wolf
bracelet collection - click here to order

love these detailed motorcycle charms!

vampire girl collection - click here to order

 lion fell in love with the lamb with red swarovski crystal heart

vampire girl collection - click here to order

"under a vampire's spell" with red jewel (also available with heart crystals)

vampire girl collection - click here to order

Twilight New Moon Inspired Charm Bracelet

bracelet collection, click here to order

"vampire girl" charm with red swarovski crystal heart

vampire girls collection - click here to order

"kiss me in the treetops" with red jewel

vampire girls collection - click here to order

 

Design your own Quote Jewelry in both Copper and Sterling- click here to order

Quotes include: be safe, la tua cantante, dazzle me, lamb (heart) lion, bite me, newborn, paw print, forever, imprinted, bitten, runs with wolves and some ctr ones that aren't pictured. They will be added to chains and you can choose from a wide selection of lovely red or topaz jewels, red or clear hearts, or a copper or silver wolf  to can hang beside the quote charm. So pretty!

Bella Inspired Bracelet with 18mm Swarovski Crystal Heart and Real Hand carved Wood Wolf- 

click here to order

 

Alice Inspired Turquoise Ring - click here to order

Bella Inspired Bangle Bracelet Cuff - click here to order

Vampire Girl features a 14mm Swarovski crystal in either clear or red
vampire girls collection - click here to order

Kiss Me in the Treetops with  tree and Forest Green Glass Flower
vampire girls collection - click here to order

Forever Love Sterling Silver - design your own with your jewel choice

*forever charm only available in a circle- click here to order

Spring Wolf Necklace with soft lovely green hues and a Pewter Wolf:

Natural moonstone gem is a rainbow moonstone, adjustable band is sterling silver. The stone is milky white and transparent, with beautiful flashes of blues and other colors in the light, and there is a webbing effect within the stone. Beautiful! - Click here to order

Bella movie inspired ring, featuring a sterling silver y band 

and a genuine natural moonstone- click here to order

Bitten Sterling Silver - design your own with your jewel choice

*bitten charm only available in a circle- click here to order

Under a Vampire's Spell Charm Necklace, jewel varies

vampire girls collection- click here to order

Bella movie inspired ring, featuring a sterling silver y band 

and a genuine natural moonstone- click here to order

Bella movie inspired ring, featuring a sterling silver y band 

and a genuine natural rainbow moonstone- click here to order

Design your Own Handstamped Necklaces with Jewels

supplies vary - click here to order

(Alice Cullen Crest inspired necklaces no longer available)

Bella Inspired Charm Bracelet - Design your own - some charms vary

bracelet collection - click here to order

Design your Own Handstamped Necklaces with Jewels 

supplies vary - click here to order

Red and Black Charm Bracelet - click here to order  

Optical Lens Assemblage Charm Necklaces - click here to order

 Bella Inspired Charm Bracelet - Design your own

bracelet collection - click here to order

These are some jewelry designs I sent off to the Breaking Dawn Release party. They have all been sold, but if you see something you like, I may be able to replicate it or make a similar design.

Email me at jeweledambrosia@gmail.com

Shop at: Jeweled Ambrosia
Not a Vampire fan? See my Vintage Inspired Jewelry HERE!

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Disclaimer: My shop, jewelry designs and interpretation of the books and movies are inspired by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series and Summit Entertainment's Twilight saga. I do not own copyrights to the Twilight books and movies. I am NOT affiliated with Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, NECA or any part of Summit Entertainment. This is not official or licensed Twilight merchandise. All fan art belong to rightful owners. 

Has anyone seen the Entertainment Weekly this week about Breaking Dawn and the movie? Well, I haven't been able to find a copy, but here are some of the amazing pictures and a link to the article.