Sep 8, 2009

Please Vote for a Winner of the eSMArts August Challenge

Leather Earrings with Aquamarine, Prehnite, Quartz and Thai Silver

Our etsy street team called eSMArts participated in a fun design challenge last month. The design theme was Nature/Natural.

Above is a studio pic of my Design Challenge entry: black leather fronds embellished with Thai hilltribe silver and featuring prehnite, brown quartz and moss aquamarine gemstone accents suspended beneath my long slimline sterling silver hand forged ear wires.

In our team competition you'll see a picture of this earring sitting atop a knarly piece of bluish green soapstone.

Overall, group involvement in this activity was low :( but please take a look at the entries and cast a vote to help us determine a winner! Here's the voting link:

Poll: (revised 9-7-09) Who Should Win the eSMArts August Challenge? The theme is Nature/Natural

I didn't intend to list this item for sale on etsy right away... but last night Anna, jewelry designer and owner of BellaDonnasJoy of Nova Scotia (a fellow eSMArts team member and etsy seller) brought to my attention that etsy sellers can now rearrange their shops in a variety of new ways to achieve visual appeal... SO, you'll find this creation called Warm Earth Black Leather Earring with Aquamarine, Prehnite, Quartz and Thai Silver now duly nestled within our selection of 'greenish' pieces :)

1 comment:

mary.anne.gruen@gmail.com said...

I'm sorry you were unhappy with the group involvement. Eight people in the middle of summer isn't too bad. A lot of people were probably doing summer craft sales in addition to online sales and family vacations.

I didn't consider entering because I'm not selling and I thought the challenge was more properly for people who were selling. But I can join a future challenge if you want more people.