ANNOUNCEMENT

~ANNOUNCEMENT!~

Good morning! We are half way through our CHRISTMAS IN JULY SALES EVENT on Etsy! Woo-hoo! For all my Facebook fans, today only, Wednesday, July 17th, you will receive FREE SHIPPING on ALL JEWELRY SETS (as seen here in this example), plus 10% off at checkout by using coupon code CIJ10 AND a bonus coupon code for our Black Friday/Cyber Monday Event. TODAY ONLY - FREE SHIPPING ON JEWELRY SETS (including vintage). Woooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know before you purchase so I can take the shipping off the listing. If you get so excited that you forget, I'll deduct the cost of shipping for you and refund it. Yay for free shipping!!

Mosaic Jewelry Set: 2 Pendants and Buckle

Stay peaceful,
Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

CIJ Etsy Sale Has Started!

Starting today, July 11 through July 21, Etsy is having a Christmas in July Sale Event. Purchase items from any of the participating shops and get all kinds of savings for your holiday gift giving! I'm doing this event with the Creative Trends team and will be sharing their items, making treasuries and doing some nice promotion for them during this time. Stay with me because they are all fine artisans!

Here are my picks for today.

Amber and bronze necklace
ShopPretties

Confetti Tree Painting
EnzieShahmiriDesigns

Camisole Vintage Lace
RevampReuse

Pierced Earrings
SweetchildJewelry 

Tree Trio Rubber Stamp
norajane

I'm working on combining jewelry pieces together and selling them now. I have 5 set up so far, so I thought I'd share one here as my contribution to the above.

Mosaic Jewelry Set
earthmothermosaics

The auction last night at tophatter.com was a lot of fun! It lasted about 35 minutes and I had over 1,000 people stop by to take a look. I sold 6 items and although I definitely made no profit, it was a great way to share my things with potential customers. I have to say I got sidetracked a bit when someone popped in and asked how she could bid on the purses! Made me laugh. Some people obviously entered the auction by mistake and this poor woman was quite confused. A nice bidder and myself tried to guide her back to where she needed to go. Some folks weren't happy with the cost of shipping. I have to say I had mixed emotions about this. I sold some items for $1 and because I have to use what I get with each sale to ship the items I couldn't reduce the fees. Should I do this again, and I think I might, I will increase the bidding prices of the mosaics so that I can cut the cost of shipping. I did offer to combine shipping with jewelry but no one thought that was a good deal. And the second thing I'll do is make sure I let them know if I've overcharged and it's more than $1, I will reimburse them. I didn't even think about doing that until the auction was over. 3 haven't yet paid for their items and may change their minds, which is fine with me. I wanted to try this and I did it! Woo! Here's what was purchased (paid for) so far.

I'm happy to know these will be going to a new home. No profit was made but the joy of creating is priceless. That's what I bring to this mix!

And speaking of creating, I worked a bit on the glass-on-glass project yesterday. I'm actually surprised I'm doing so well with it. I didn't think I'd be able to do what I'm doing but I felt I needed to push and grow a little.

I'm not sure where it's going or how long it'll take me, but I'm off to a good start.

Stay peaceful,

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Sales Events Happening This Month

I'm so excited to be having so much activity centering around my shop this month.

Tomorrow night at 7 PM EST, The Tophatter Community Auction Event for Earth Mother Mosaics begins! As this is my first time having an auction, I'm hoping more than a few employees from Tophatter and I show up! Please come and support the arts and have some fun. Some items up for bidding start at $1. Here's another sneak peek of what's in my auction.

Join in the fun and watch with me to see what people bid on and win! I've got 40 items total in this auction including wearable art, home decor and wall art. Mark your calendars for tomorrow, July 10th at 7 PM and come visit and bid!

And the Christmas in July Sale is just about here! Make a purchase on anything in the shop during the Christmas In July Sales Event from July 11th-July 21st and get 10% off. Use COUPON CODE: CIJ10 at checkout. Click on the link below to head on over to Etsy.

CIJ Etsy Sale

As part of this event in conjunction with The Creative Trends Team (shops listed above) I'll be sharing items in treasuries for the duration of the sale, pinning items from these shops and sharing them on Facebook too. Each shop on this team is giving a 10% discount. The Creative Trends Team presents high quality artisan-made items that make wonderful gifts for the entire family. I'm honored to be included in this event with this awesome team!

I've been in the zone with mosaic work on crosses too! The one I showed yesterday is now ready for grout.

And I pulled out 2 more crosses and nipped up some dish shards to work on later today.

These get completed quickly and I'm loving working with dish tiles at the moment. It is a nice break from stained glass.

It looks like I'll be grouting over the weekend! I'm okay with that because I love how grout pulls it all together.

My mosaic, "Grow, Bloom, Fly" has made it to Cape Cod and I am hoping it will eventually go to a nice home who will love it completed as much as I loved creating it! The Signatures Salon Exhibit runs from tomorrow, July 10 through September 1, 2013 at the Historic Highfield Hall in Falmouth, MA. It's a wonderful opportunity to go see some amazing mosaic work by many talented artists and I highly recommend those that are local to the area or are looking for a day trip, take the time to go. Take some time to check out their website and if you are nearby, plan a trip before the Exhibit ends. It's another great way to support the arts and the artists who create it. http://www.highfieldhall.org/

Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

The Auction is Coming!

This week, as a matter of fact! I just got all the items listed and ready to go. I'm positive I need to tweak the titles and maybe some shipping costs because I did some of them very quickly just to get them posted.

And so, here is the announcement: You are cordially invited to a community auction event Earth Mother Mosaics on Wednesday, July 10 at 7pm EDT. You'll get exclusive access to bid on and buy some of my most popular items. See everything that's up for auction here - http://tophatter.com/auctions/25259?type=partner

I hope you all have a chance to stop by and check it out, bid on a few things and have some fun!

I spent a few more days in bed this past weekend but in between naps I finished up a few things I've been working on.

I got the stained glass tiles on the 2nd cross and it is now ready for grout.

I finished up the funky elephant with it's groovy flowers and it too is ready for grout.

And lastly, I got #3 cross almost finished before I had to go to bed last night.

The 4th cross will also have dish shards but I haven't started on it yet.

And over on Etsy, I'm preparing for the big Christmas in July event! That begins on July 11 and runs until July 21. You can receive 10% off all items in my shop when you use CIJ10 at checkout.

While I was sick for most of last week, I didn't keep up with treasuries. I spent this morning sharing each one I was in for the week on Facebook and Pinterest. My items had been in 16 of them! Whew!!



Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics

Summer Colds Are No Fun

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. My family and I didn't celebrate it this year, sadly, because we've all been sick with a viral infection; my daughter getting hit with it the worst with bronchitis. I've been spending a lot of time catching up on my favorite shows on the computer and when I can sit up long enough to do things, I try to check in on my favorite social media to say hello.

Yesterday I was feeling fairly good after my fever broke and decided to continue working on my latest mosaic.

Today I'm not feeling as well, so it will wait until I'm ready, to get filled in and grouted. But I do think it's cute!

Big happenings next week, starting on July 10th. I'll be announcing these events often to make sure everyone has the chance to check them out.

Head on over to tophatter.com and join in the fun of my very first auction. Partnered with tophatter.com, this auction will have mosaic jewelry, home decor and wall art. To get a glimpse of what will be auctioned off, here's a few photos.

Join me on Wednesday, July 10th, 7 PM (EST) for my first auction! I'm excited!!

There's a big Christmas in July Sales Event on Etsy from July 11 - July 21. I'll be sharing some favorites from a team called "The Creative Trends Team" that is just forming. There are seven of us sharing each shop and items daily during this time. Promotional love is a very good thing.

While this sale is in progress, when you purchase an item from my shop, use COUPON CODE CIJ10 to get 10% off any item in my shop. I'm bringing back some holiday mosaics during this time as well. Check out the Holiday Shop Section in my shop.

CIJ Sale Stained Glass Mosaic, Suncatcher, Green, Red, Light Blue, Upcycled, Recycled, Holiday Decor - 11 1/2 inches

Alrighty then, it's time to go back to bed! Enjoy your day and stay healthy! Summer colds are no fun.

Stay peaceful.

Cindy, Earth Mother Mosaics