Glitterysah

...and the winner is.....

2011-06-05T07:14:00.000-07:00

........ the wonderful, gorgeous Sophie, of Trinket Box fame. Congrats!! Sophie earned herself extra entries by tweeting and re-tweeting the giveaway, thank you so much for spreading the Glitterysah love!

Sophie now gets to choose from the following prizes:

a custom-made piece of jewellery or accessory

a £15 gift voucher for glitterysah.com

OR a suprise mystery goody bag!

Drop me an email with your choice shopkeep[at]glitterysah[dot]com

And, of course, we musn't forget the two runners up! The two lucky winners of a Glitterysah £10 gift voucher are Fiona Brodie and Hollie Bishop (@holliefb). I will email you both later today with your prizes! :)

Thank you so much to everyone who took part, stay tuned for the next giveaway - coming soon!

xxx

Giveaway!!!

2011-05-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

I thought it was about time to do another giveaway. They're always fun and hopefully a great way to spread the Glitterysah love to even more people! :)

So, here's how it works. There will be three winners, drawn on Sunday 5th June. The 1st prize winner gets to choose either:

a custom-made piece of jewellery or accessory

a £15 gift voucher for glitterysah.com

OR a suprise mystery goody bag!

Two runners up will each receive a £10 gift voucher for the shop. Nice!

And what do you have to do to be in with a chance of winning??

Simply follow my blog if you don't already and leave a comment below to say so. You can also earn entries for following me on Twitter and tweeting about this giveaway, 'liking' me on Facebook and sharing a link to this giveaway, or promoting the giveaway in some way! Let me know (via email, a comment here, Twitter or Facebook) about all the ways you are sharing the Glitterysah love! Big thanks in advance :)

Entries must be in by 23.59 GMT on Saturday 4th June 2011, when this giveaway closes. Winners will be drawn using a random number generator and will be announced on Sunday 5th June. Please make sure you leave a way for me to get in touch with you, if I can't contact you then a winner will be redrawn. This giveaway will be open to anyone from any country worldwide. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me!

Good luck! :D

xxx

Super Cuteness

2011-05-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

I have been having a spring clean recently - of my website and my products. If you pop over to the new site hopefully you will notice some changes (and hopefully you'll love them, too!).

I will be working my way through updating all the photos in the shop, plus adding some new products. In the meantime, I'll leave you with my newest and favouritest new products to be added to the shop, my super cute purses! They are all made from recycled hoodies, and I hope you'll agree they look pretty darn sweet!

Sah xxx

Super Sale!

2011-04-08T08:33:00.000-07:00

Wow, can't believe how long it has been since my last blog post... Huge big glittery sorries for neglecting you! But maybe this wee surprise will help me make it up to you??

Over at glitterysah.com I am now having a huge sale with 50% off everything. I will be closing the shop for a few weeks on April 23rd so you've got until then to grab some gorgeous bargains!

Enjoy! xxx

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-25T01:32:00.000-08:00

Just a quick post to say a huge thank you to you all for your support and friendship over the past year. I hope you and your loved ones have a lovely, relaxing and safe holiday and wish you all the best for 2011!

Love, Glitterysah x x x

Spookiness

2010-10-06T23:30:00.000-07:00

Its getting closer and closer to my favouritest time of year, halloween!! Are you going to a party this year? Getting dressed up? Or do you just love all things spooky and cute? Good, me too. So I thought I'd find some lovely halloweeny products for you to swoon over.

Firstly, here's one of mine :)

He's such a cute wee ghostie, isn't he? I'm planning on wearing this brooch all year round, but even if it'll just be for Halloween you can get your very own Spooky Ghostie Brooch over at my shop right now!

Or how about this gorgeous wee ghostie stamp? How cute?! Skull and Cross Buns makes so many amazing handcarved stamps, but this is definately one of my favourites. Perfect for adding to cards or gift bags this Halloween.

Next, we have an awesome bat pendant from Sneddonia Designs. I LOVE the gorgeous beads she's used in this, plus its a bat which is just plain cool! (You may remember my fondness of bats). Have a peak in her Etsy shop at her other amazing wire creations.

Kim of Finest Imaginary designs some amazing laser cut jewellery, one of which is this ace zombie necklace! I love the detailing, like the dangly eyeball and bite out of his head. CUTE!

Magpie Market

2010-09-09T13:51:00.001-07:00

If you're in or near Edinburgh on Sunday, then head down to Magpie Market at The Lot, Grassmarket from 12pm where you can meet me and loads of other cool, crafty peeps!

I was at Magpie last year and it was wonderful, so am really excited to be there again this year. While you're in the area you can also visit the awesome The Spider and the Fly shop (run by Magpie Market organisers), the new Hannah Zakari shop AND a whole bunch of other awesome vintagey and craft shops nearby.

Oh my goodness...

2010-08-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

I actually suck! I'm so sorry for being a neglectful blogger recently, can't believe how long it has been since my last post!

There are lots of exciting things coming up at Glitterysah HQ over the next few weeks:

My 1st birthday bash!
The current 30% sale across everything in the shop!
A few awesome craft markets and events
A shiny new shop website
Lots of new products that I'm currently making and designing
The launch of Glitterysah Jewellery Making Parties
And some other stuff I'm sure I've forgotten about...

I will be updating you on all of these things over the next few weeks, so keep an eye out. Head over to the shop and bagsy your favourites before they disappear for ever! Oh, and here's a wee sneak peak of part of my new shop design - just ordered some Moo minicards and this will be one of them :)

Hope you're all well, drop me an email shopkeep[at]glitterysah[dot]com or give us a shout on Twitter, would be lovely to hear from you xxx

And the winner is...

2010-05-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

...Lucy! Of the amazing Lucy Jackson Designs! Well done ma dear :D You're gonna have to pick one of those purses now hehe.

As you can see, number 3 was picked by random.org, and according to my list Lucy was the 3rd person to enter the giveaway at 1.43pm May 24th 2010.

Well done again to Lucy (I'll be in touch soon!), and a huge big thank you to everyone who became a fan or suggested Glitterysah to friends in the last few days. You guys all rock! x

Free Stuff is the Best!

2010-05-23T05:07:00.000-07:00

Seeing as its gorgeous and sunny and its put me in a good mood (and also cause I'm impatient!) I decided to start my giveaway early. Anyone who also follows me on Facebook will know I've been saying that when I reach 200 followers I'll do a giveaway.. well 175 is almost 200, so I decided just to start it now.

If you head over to my facebook page you can enter now! You've got a week and it couldn't be easier. The rules:

Invite your friends to like Glitterysah using the 'suggest to friends' link on the left of my page. Then leave a message there to say you've done it & what your favourite Glitterysah item is, easy! The winner will be picked after 10.30pm Sunday 30th May and will win their favourite item AND a goodybag worth £20. Sweet!

Good luck xxx

Photos and Photoshoots...

2010-04-18T10:33:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, hope you're all enjoying the sunshine!! I can't believe how gorgeous the weather has been lately, its amazing how much it affects my mood and makes me smile. This past week has been so good, I hope its been just as sunny and gorgeous where you are!

I was at Sloan's Market with SpoiltPig yesterday and it was great to get some pictures of my handmade prettyness in the sun! Here's a couple for you to see, head over to Facebook for more.

Not sure if it's the sun going to my head or what, but I've had an idea and hopefully you can get involved! It might be a bit mad but have a wee read and leave me comments or email me if you think you can help me.

Basically, for ages now I've wanted to do some kind of proper photoshoot involving my jewellery and accessories. And lately I've been thinking how fun it would be to collaborate with folk and do some kind of joint photoshoot with all our stuff, that we'd all equally benefit from. No money would exchange hands - instead we'd be sharing knowledge, skills, experience, publicity, cake and hopefully lots of giggles!

So if you're a designer, maker, crafter, creative person, photographer, stylist, model or just someone who wants to come along and bring some cake - let me know!! I see this as being something Glasgow/Scotland based for now. We find some awesome localtion (in my mind its somewhere kitschy-retro-vintage-awesome-tastic), we all bring along some stuff (clothes, jewellery, accessories, homewares, props etcetc.), potentially some photography geek looking for experience gets clicking a camera though I'm sure we can all pitch in, maybe someone who knows stuff about lights too? Got Photoshop/Gimp/photo-editing skills? Then you can do any editing that needs done - and voila! We've got ourselves some cool indie photos that we can all use, providing credit is given to everyone involved. Get in touch through commenting here or emailing me and hopefully we can get something cool and indie orgainsed! :D

Vintage dreams...

2010-04-12T01:50:00.000-07:00

Wow, its ages since I last blogged! And the crazy thing is I've got lots to share! I will be posting later this week about upcoming markets and schemes I'm working on, with maybe some sneaky-peak photos of new things I've been making... But in the meantime I have some folksy gorgeousness to share with you.

I've been in a mega vintage mood recently. I like to think of it as channeling my inner crazy-old-lady.. she's called Maude or Flora or something like that, and she likes gin and pearls and tea parties and cut flowers and doilies... ahem. I have been listening to loads of vintage jazz on Last.fm and have been desperately hunting for some gorgeous, vintage shoes to fit my monster feet (I'm a UK size 10 which is a total bitch when it comes to buying pretty shoes). And so I thought I'd show you some of my favourite vintage finds from Folksy:

A gorgeous, cherry scented soy candle from Mr. Wick

Its not secret I love all of Trinket Box's jewellery, but I particularly love this vintage-style pendant which would look fab teamed with a vintage tea dress

If I was skinny I'd buy this dress by Neopolitan Dreams in a flash! So pretty!

Again, if I was skinny.... I LOVE this top by Tea at Aunties

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Super Sah!!!

2010-03-10T09:17:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited that today I finally finished watching the entire Batman: The Animated Series, its taken ages cause I only watch it on my own, but I got to the end today (and then went right back to the start! I may also point out that I have watched all of them before already..... geek-face!). So to celebrate, I had a wee hunt on Folksy to find some awesome batman & bat inspired goodies, and I found some great ones!

You may think bats are rather hallowe'en-y for this time of year, but anyone who knows me well and has seen my flock-of-bats tattoo will know I LOVE bats all year round :) So here are some of the amazingly cute bats I found...

How cute is this wee guy?!!! I want him (and all his super-hero pals!) Go visit Nifty Knit's folksy shop to see them all!

And what about this gorgeous wee dude?! Want want want!! Kooky Bat Brooch by Tailor-made (she has a notebook like this too!)

If I didn't already have my bats tattoo on my chest, then I'd sooo be buying this for myself! Black Bat & Full Moon Necklace by Ich Bin.

And finally, I neeeeed this bag!! Its covered in kitschy retro kids cartoons including batman (who you can't see in this pic) - awesome-tastic! Tote Bag by Heiress Apparent.

Cute-Ass Bows

2010-03-06T09:15:00.000-08:00

So I thought I'd share with you some pics of my new bow hair clips - I'm in love with them!! I wear them all the time and they look fab and retro with a high up ponytail, or cute and chic with a messy side bun. It doesn't really matter what your hair style is: THEY. LOOK. UBER. CUTE!!! Oh, and if that wasn't enough, they're also all made using upcycled and pre-loved tee shirts and hoodies! The cutest way to be eco-friendly! :D

Apple Blossom Bow - cute pastely shade of green, yum!

Aqua Bow - soft and puffy, big girly bow!

Green Emerald Bow - bright and kitsch!

So what do you think? If you could wear any kind of bow in your hair, what would your favourite colour, pattern or fabric be?

You're it!

2010-02-25T03:54:00.000-08:00

I got tagged by the awesome shellbell of Chapped Lips and All - go check out her blog its gorgeous!!

the rules of this tag are:
1. open your first photo folder
2. scroll to the tenth photo
3. post the photo and the story behind it
4. tag five or more people

Awesomes! So here's the pic...

It is a family heirloom teacup - my great granny handpainted this beautiful tea set years and years ago, and its been passed down to my mum, and I do have my eye on it :) She has several dinner services and tea sets that my great gran painted - all beautiful and unique! I took this photo randomly about a year or so ago, I think I used it on the first incarnation of my blog, before I started using blogspot.

I'm dead nosey and love looking at other people's photos. Sorry this one wasn't more arty but the tea cup itself is pretty so hopefully that makes up for it! I'm looking forward to seeing photos from these lovely people:

Abbi of Edwina.Simone
Lee of Bonbi Forest
Abi of Birdcage Creative
Maria of The Scarlet Butterfly Co.
Sophie of Trinket Box
and Kim of HipHopSideProject/ Finest Imaginary

Enjoy! x

Winter Warmers

2010-02-24T04:38:00.000-08:00

Wow... two blog posts in about 12 hours of each other... clearly I'm not well! ;)

Seeing as it's sooo cold outside I thought I'd warm you up with these gorgeous earwarmer headbands - renamed Lugwarmers by my besty pal Peg :) I love their new name! If you click the pics it'll take you to their page on glitterysah.com - and I've also added them to my Folksy shop too!

Oh, and if you have 2 mins I'd really, really appreciate it if you could complete my survey. Its all about shopping and will help me make my site and prettyness much better for you! Thanks to all the lovely folks who've done it already :D

Thanks guys, stay warm!! xxx

Folksy Pick-Me-Up!

2010-02-23T13:24:00.000-08:00

Well todays been a bit of a blah poopy kinda day for me... not really sure why, I've just been feeling a bit low and uninspired... so I decided to have a quick browse on Folksy and pick out some awesome, bright and cheery goodies that made me smile as soon as I saw them! Some of these I favourited a while ago and some I just found today. Enjoy!

First up is this gorgeous resin necklace, made by the awesome Chrissy of I Love SpoiltPig! You can often find her at Sloans Market in Glasgow if you're up this way of a weekend!

Next, is this absolutely amazing clutch by Dani of NelliD. I am in love with the pinkness, sequins, flowers and pearls - pure kitschy girlietastic!

This table by Nova+Lorsten is just totally awesome... I am a sucker for anything rockabilly, 50s, Elvis etc. so obviously as soon as I saw this I was in love! I want it!! Maybe one day I'll have the pennies...

And last up is this super-cute ring by Tias Glass. It's called Weirdo - LOVE IT!!

2010 Review So Far...

2010-02-17T07:35:00.001-08:00

So at the start of the year, I set a few resolutions/goals for myself and my business... I thought it was about time to review any progress I've made so far.... eek!

1) Be more professional and organised about designing, making, my website and my business

This one is difficult... I guess I'm still struggling to be confident in my ability to make this a success... However, I have started writing a business plan, which I feel is the first step in treating this seriously and looking at it from a professional point of view.. I've been very good at procrastinating when it comes to actually writing it though! I'm gonna aim to get it done by this time next month.

2) Find 3 new stockists for Glitterysah

Not any further forward with this, other than having a list of people I should contact. If you know of anyone you think might want to stock Glitterysah, or you yourself want to, let me know! All suggestions gratefully accepted :) shopkeep [at] glitterysah [dot] com

3) Have a stall at at least 2 markets

Done! So far this year I've been at Magpie Market's Dolly Mixtures in Edinburgh and Glasgow Craft Mafia's Handmade Haven in Glasgow. PLUS I'm gonna be at the next Handmade Haven in March, AND I have a list of some other markets etc. I'll be applying to as well! I was a bit nervous about the whole market/selling in person thing but so far, its been a lot of fun!! Fancy sharing a stall sometime? Just let me know!

4) Put together a new collection for the summer

I've chosen a couple of themes, have been looking at possible materials, supplies etc. I'll be starting work on this in March/April time - I can't wait to tell you more about it but you'll have to keep guessing for now!

5) Blog more often!!

Hmmmm...... I've done ok at this one, but not brilliantly. I will put in more effort this month, promise! :)

6) Despite all the above, have more of a social life and spend more time with my friends and meeting new crafty folks!

I've been to a couple of parties this month and have finally filled in my Glasgow Craft Mafia application, so slowly making some progress here! I'm on the look out for some kind of dressmaking class and some other things like this in Glasgow, so as well as skilling myself up I hopefully meet some lovely folks! :)

Soooo, for the next month I'm gonna concentrate harder on these things, and hopefully have more to report back to you at the end of March! If you wanna see what other things I've been getting up to and ticking off, go see my goals on 43things! xx

Sunshine Award!

2010-02-06T00:18:00.000-08:00

The lovely Maria of The Scarlet Butterfly Company has given me this blog award - how nice is she?!! Very! (Sorry its taken me so long to actually post this Maria!)

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.

The rules for accepting the Sunshine award

~ Put the logo on your blog or within your post

~ Pass the award onto 12 bloggers ~

~ Link the nominees within your post ~

~ Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

~ Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

Wow, so only 12 bloggers, huh? Thats very hard, there are so many blogs I read and people who inspire me.... I've done my best to pick just 12 lovely people whose blogs deserve this, please don't be offended if you're not here! I almost definately think you rock! Or you've maybe already received this award from someone else. Go have a peak at all of these blogs, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do:

Andrea's blog Fit To Be Seen
Steph of Owl On The Sill
Abbi of edwina.simone
Jennifer of Magic Alice
Fairly Girly
Cinnamon Jewellery
Danni of NelliD
Lisa of noodleBubble
Lady Luck Jewellery
Hotdog and Me
Dollipops
Chiyo

Thanks to all of you for your beautiful, inspiring and awesome blogs! xxx

Free Stuff Rocks...

2010-01-16T00:40:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged by the awesome Abbi of Edwina Simone to list 10 of my favourite free things! You can see what her 10 things were here, some very good answers that I would have to agree with. But what are mine....?

1.. cuddles! You cannae beat a good cuddle, its one of the best things, ever!

2.. Frosty sunny days. I know the weathers been a bit horrendous lately but I really do love wintery weather, especially if it means its cold and crisp with a lovely clear sky. Added bonus if theres snow!

3.. Rummaging through my bead collection. Technically I did need to buy most of the beads in the first place (or steal them or get them donated by lovely friends or inherit them from family) but I love just pouring them all into a tray or big box and literally just rummaging through, mixing them up, finding things I forgot I had or coming up with ideas for new jewellery - very relaxing!

4.. having a nap! Either curled up on the sofa or hiding under my downie, I seem to nap a lot these days!

5.. getting a bag of clothes/jewellery/random stuff given to me! My friends are awesome and I've been given quite a lot of stuff to use in the shop. Clothes that can be chopped up, broken or unwanted jewellery, bits of ribbon or bags of beads or the odd buttons you get inside clothes... Loads of awesome free stuff that I LOVE rummaging through and magpie-ing!

6.. clean hair. I've been trying to stick to a new beauty routine type thing.. basically using less nasty alcohol based products and more essential oil-based ones, and also washing my hair less.. ideally once a week. I used to wash it every day and its bad for your hair, plus it meant my colour would fade faster. I can usually get to about 5 or 6 days before I go crazy and wash it, but I'm trying to get that down to once a week. But it means the best feeling is the day I do finally wash my hair, it feels and smells amazing! I use this awesome Lush conditioner and it makes my hair so lovely and shiny and yummy-smelling :)

7.. flowers. Whether they're outside or in the house, I love flowers and they just instantly make you feel sunny and smiley. I wish we had a garden at this flat, it would be lovely to be able to have a wee flowery garden.... maybe in the next place we live.

8.. laughing. The kind of laughter where you almost pee a little and just can't stop giggling and smiling! Its usually with friends or the boy or watching something awesome or listening to a Richard Herring or Josie Long or Robin Ince podcast. And then if you remember it later on and randomly laugh out loud and people think you're a weirdo hehehe :)

9.. the boy calling me silly petnames. Like angelpie or babyface or c*ntoid (it is in a loving way I promise!) or babydoll or Sahface... hehe I don't know what it is but anytime he calls me any of these or others it just makes me smile all the way down to my tummy, I love it! (And I call him c*ntoid too, don't worry! I've probably pissed off a lot of feminists now... ah well)

And finally, 10.. a clear starry night sky. I LOVE it when you can see the stars at night. It doesn't happen often now that I've moved to Glasgow, but back home in Middle-of-the-countryside-ville you could see them at night and it just makes you feel so tiny and awestruck and smiley at the same time!

So, I'm gonna tag Sophie of Trinket Box and Suzy of Suzy Loves. Both lovely ladies who make gorgeous things, go check them out! I also tag anyone who wants to do this, just let me know or link back to me if you do! :) xx

New Year, New Start! :)

2010-01-06T13:44:00.001-08:00

Firework Display - Hogmanay Street Party, Dornoch, Scotland, originally uploaded by foxypar4, via Flickr.

Hey folks, Happy New Year! :) Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, no matter what you got up to. I thought I'd share with you some of my New Years resolutions - I don't normally make them as they never get kept but this year I am determined! :)

1) Be more professional and organised about designing, making, my website and my business
2) Find 3 new stockists for Glitterysah
3) Have a stall at atleast 2 markets
4) Put together a new collection for the summer
5) Blog more often!!
6) Despite all the above, have more of a social life and spend more time with my friends and meeting new crafty folks!

If you're interested, you can see more of my personal goals and resolutions over at 43things.com. I'd love to hear what your resolutions are. I plan on revisitng this every month or so to see how I'm doing.

Best wishes for 2010 everyone! xx

Inspirations for Springtime at Glitterysah...

2009-12-29T09:52:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has been having a fabulous festive period! I'm sure santa was good to all of you, and whoever you were with and whatever you were celebrating - I hope it was fun! I've certainly had a lovely time, and been eating waaay too much! :/ But I've also been doing a wee bit of work and playing around with designs for the new year...

I can't work out whether I'm way too early thinking about this, or if I'm way too late.. either way, for me it feels about the right time to start planning what will be on offer at Glitterysah in the new year. Once the current 20% sale ends on 31st January '10, it'll be out with the old and in with the new! :) While a few things will still be available, a lot will be taken out of stock - so you better hurry if something has caught your eye!

But what will be replacing all your old favourites??! Well, you'll have to wait and see! I've been drawing and playing about with fabrics and designs... its all very exciting :) I can promise you there will be loads of new prettyness in the next collection, but thought I would share with you some of my design inspirations, as a sort of sneak peak...

Cherry Blossom and Spring Time Flowers

Images via 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

The Fair Ground

Images via 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

It doesn't give too much away, while at the same time it should hopefully excite you as much as these subjects excite me :) Theres nothing like bright lights, candy floss and teeny tiny cherry blossoms to perk you up and get rid of the winter blues! I can't wait to show you all the new stuff... I'll keep you posted xxx

I've got a pressie for you.......

2009-12-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

........ Facebook Fan #54!! (Psst, thats you Laura Sheerin!)

Yes, Laura you are the lucky winner, my 54th fan, chosen totally at random via www.random.org

Laura, I'll contact you through Facebook to organise getting your pressie to you, exciting! :)

To everyone else - thanks so much for getting involved! I really appreciate you joining my page and the feedback you've been giving me on my prettyness. So to say thank you, and as a wee consolation prize, I have another surprise for you...

The sale thats running on glitterysah.com has now been increased to an even better 20% off!! Save even more pennies and get your Xmas shopping finished, yay for cheap stuff! :) You've still got time to place your order in time for Xmas - last order date is midday Friday 18th Dec. Just like before, theres no complicated code or anything to worry about, your discount is applied automatically so just shop away and fill that basket!

Thanks again folks, hope you all enjoy the holidays! x

How-to Sunday

2009-12-13T02:36:00.000-08:00

Heehee, check me all looking embarassed and not wanting my photo taken!!

While I was looking a bit tired and stressed on the day, I've had loads of compliments on the pink display frames I used for my necklaces. So I thought I'd share how I made them - it was dead easy!

Materials:

Big sheets of strong cardboard (I used left over Ikea boxes)
Ruler/measuring tape
Pen or pencil
Stanley knife/craft knife/sharp scissors
Spray paint
Glue
Tinfoil
Drawing pins

So, firstly you need to work out how big you want your frames to be. I made each section of mine about 1ft or so wide. Multiply this by 3, then make sure your sheet of cardboard is at least that big. With a pencil, mark out the outline of your frames. I made mine all curly like an old fashioned picture frame, you can use whatever style you fancy.

Make two score lines down on either side of the centre section. This will ensure your frames fold into themselves and stand up. DON'T cut right through the cardboard. TAKE CARE WHEN USING A KNIFE!

Now cut out your outlines with your stanley knife/craft knife/scissors. TAKE CARE WHEN USING A KNIFE! Do this on a cutting board or some kind of protective surface.

You should end up with something like this! :) Awesomes! Now to paint it...

So I used pink spray paint I had left over from a previous project. USE SPRAY PAINT IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA WITH A FACE MASK! Oh, and protect the surface you're painting on! I just sprayed around the edges as I was running out of paint and knew I was going to cover the centres. You could also use any technique or add anything you want - paint splashes, stencils, collage, glitter etcetc. Once the paint was dry, I cut out tin foil rectangles just slightly smaller than each section of the frame and glued them on. I then stuck drawing pins in where I wanted to hang my necklaces. Adapt this in any way that suits you and your needs and you'll end up with something like this....

Yay! I hope all of this makes sense... ask any questions at all and if you make one of your own let me see how it turns out! I'd love to see what it looks like :)

Pressie Time!

2009-12-12T16:09:00.000-08:00

Its the time of year when trees are getting decorated, cards exchanged and presents given... and I've got an extra special Glitterysah pressie for someone... !

Help me get at least 120 fans on my facebook page by 8pm GMT on the 16th Dec 09 and I'll draw someones name at random... and that lucky person will be sent a pressie from me! All wrapped up and in time for the 25th, full of goodies from my shop. Awesome, eh?

So get inviting and spreading the word! And if you're not already a fan, go fan me up now!! :D

Sah xx

(Photo by Zellaby via Flickr)

Fun at the fair!

2009-12-07T13:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I did my first ever craft fair, and what a fair it was! Magpie Market, at The Lot in Edinburgh, was a great success and hopefully the first of many more to come. I met loads of lovely crafty folks (many of whom I've been stalking online hehe) and even sold some of my prettyness (yay!) - all in all I had a great time. The market was busy all day, and Emily and the fab team of magpies should all be very proud of themselves for holding such a great event. I really hope they do another one, bagsy me a stall if they do!

The photos below are of my stall, let me know what you think of my display! I still need to perfect it but I was quite pleased with how it looked in the end. If you look closely you will see my stall neighbour, the amazing Lexi of Orangefishy Plush and her man; they were so funny and cute all day and her plushy goodies are awesome!

Challenge-tastic v2.0

2009-11-20T08:36:00.000-08:00

Wow, a blog post two days in a row?? What on earth is wrong with me?!

Anyone who followed my old blog before I moved back to Blogspot may remember a little challenge I was participating in. The lovely Katy of Girl Industries originally posted this back in July, and by signing up to her challenge I agreed to do the same on my blog. I've been meaning to re-start this here on the new blog for ages and keep forgetting - so FINALLY I am doing so today...

Want me to make an extra special pressie just for you?? And for free??? Awesomes!

I am entering into a contract with the first 5* people who comment on this post and then commit to do the same on their blog.

Just read below and if you feel up to the task, copy the following into your blog and leave me a comment.

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make - whatcha get is whatcha get
2. What I create will be just for you, with love.
3. It'll be done this year within a year (Nov 2010)
4. I will not give you any clue what it's going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not cyber
5. I reserve the right to do something strange or weird
6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post.

So what are you waiting for?? Sign up! *There are only 4 spaces left as Katy originally signed up for this when it was on the old blog.* Quick quick, before theres no spaces left at all! x

Christmas Market Time!

2009-11-19T13:07:00.000-08:00

How rubbish am I at blogging?? It's been ages since I last posted anything, even though I have about 20 posts written in my head! I have lots to share with you, and will make an effort to post more over the next couple of weeks. Pinky promise!

In the meantime, I'd like to share some excitement with you. Glitterysah will be setting up shop at the upcoming Magpie Market, Sunday 6th Dec in Edinburgh.

The market is being held in The Lot, a fabulous converted church building in the Grassmarket. There will be loads of amazing sellers there, with all kinds of awesome treasure on offer. Meet them all here! If you're Edinburgh-based or can make it through for the day I'd love to see you there, and you'll be sure to get all your Christmas shopping done nice and early! :) Bonus!

Halloweeny Give Away!!

2009-09-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

So today I added some new Halloween Awesomeness to the shop, some really cool jewellery and beads, and to celebrate I'm having a giveaway! :D

Up for grabs are these little cuties!

You will be winning everything you see in the picture:
A Skull and Pumpkin necklace and bracelet set
A Zombie Face, Frankenstein Face and Pumpkin Face Brooch
And a purple Bat Ring.
All made just for you!

PLUS, you'll also win an item of your choice from the rest of the shop!

Awesome, no? And what do you need to do to enter? Simple:

1) You must be following me here, on Twitter, on Facebook or on Myspace to enter.

2) Comment below and tell me what your favourite item in my shop is! Thats it, how easy is that!?

3) You can earn extra entries by publicising this giveaway - Twitter it, email your mates, share the link on Facebook, post about it on your blog - anything! You just need to provide me a link to whatever you've done here so I can keep track of your entries. If you're on Twitter, mention me in your Tweet (@glitterysah) and I'll be able to track entries that way.

4) I ship internationally so feel free to enter where ever you live! :)

5) Giveaway ends at 9pm GMT on Wednesday 23rd September 2009. I will then announce the winner that evening!

Good luck folks! xxx

#FollowFriday ... on a Saturday.....

2009-09-12T08:42:00.000-07:00

So this is something I've been wanting to do for aaages and have finally got round to doing. On Twitter (for those of you who still have your Twitter-virginity...) theres a thing on a Friday called #FollowFriday (or #FF or variations on it) - basically you recommend awesome folks for everyone to follow. I've picked up lots of followers by some lovely people recommending me - and likewise I've found some really cool peeps to follow from others' recommendations. I haven't been taking part myself the past few weeks, so I'm going to make up for that now hopefully, by doing some #FollowFriday blog posts. My plan is to do this most weeks, and I've got some lovely folk for you to check out to start things off!

Firstly, Maria of The Scarlet Butterfly Company! She is a lovely girl who makes and sells some amazingly pink, flowery, girly things - like these earrings and compact mirrors:

Not only does she sell gorgeous, handmade girly items but also a great selection of accessories, cards and stationery by East of India and Juicy Lucy - and loads of other pretty things! There are links to all of her shops on her blog, go have a peek at the prettyness! Oh, and follow her on Twitter!

Another girl who makes some amazingly pretty things is Clare of Pretty Green! She makes the most wonderful upcycled knickers and bras - so gorgeous! I also won a giveaway on her blog recently and won this beautiful, handmade totebag!

You can see more of Clare's gorgeousness in her Etsy shop, follow her blog and follow her on Twitter!

Another lovely person you should check out is Andrea of CrowNology:

She has two blogs, 'Beauty and Old Things' and 'Echo of Me'. Both are inspirational blogs to follow, full of gorgeous photography and beautiful quotes. AND she'll soon have an Etsy shop! I can't wait to see it. Visit her blogs and follow Andrea on Twitter.

Are you like me? Love glittery, shiny things? You'll love Laura of Glue and Glitter then! She makes gorgeous resin jewellery and buttons - and jewellery tags! Here are the super cute tags she made for me and one of her awesome necklaces:

You can see more of Laura's gorgeous creations in her Folksy shop, follow her blog and of course follow her on Twitter.

And lastly for this week, Edwina Simone! Another maker of gorgeous, quirky jewellery and accessories. I especially love this cute wee ice cream necklace and fused glass earrings:

You can see more of her beautiful things on her site, follow her blog and you should definately follow her on Twitter!

Thats it for this week - if you're a crafty person I follow on Twitter and you're wondering why you're not here - never fear! I am going to try and remember to do this every week so maybe you'll be here soon!

Sah xxx

Welcome!

2009-09-11T03:46:00.000-07:00

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Hey folks - Welcome to Glitterysah's new blog!

I was having problems with the old one so have made this shiny new blog to keep you updated with Glitterysah shop news, my crafty adventures and random other prettyness. I have loads of stuff planned - I had kinda hit a blogging rut with my old one and wasn't posting very often (I blame Twitter!) so my aim is to turn things around here. So stay tuned for lots of exciting stuff coming up soon... (hint: GIVEAWAY!).

I love hearing from you so follow me on Twitter, add me on msn (msn[at]glitterysah[dot]com) or send me a big long rambley email hello[at]glitterysah[dot]com

And now, I'll leave you with a few pretty pics of new products at the shop - go have a wee look, theres lots of super cute stuff being added all the time!