Ladies!! Flora Bond is wanting to bestow upon two lucky winners a lovely necklace!! (P.S. It's a giveaway!)

This week is filled with actually 3 giveaways, continue reading for all the frills (info)...

Layer Cake Bridal Necklace, Layer #3

Layer Cake Bridal Necklace, Layer #5

Two lucky people will get to choose their very own Layer of Cake (it's a necklace) a $125 value in the colors of your choice! Yes, even pink!

I was taught that you have to work for what you get, and you will have to work a bit harder then just a little comment on a blog to win, sorry ladies. Show me what you've got! This will be fun!

How to enter:

-Follow my blog (yes you have to be a follower :) xo )

-Comment on this blog about the items in my shop = 1 entry
-Tweet it = 1 entry
-Facebook it = 1 entry
-Follow me on Facebook = 1 entry
Follow me on Twitter = 1 entry
-Blog about it = 2 entries
-Tell a friend on Facebook by posting on their wall about the giveaway = 2 entries
-Tell a friend on twitter by starting with @soandso there is a giveaway at... = 2 entries
-Grab my button and place it on your blog for at least one month = 2 entries

All entries will be placed in a vintage hat and one winner will be picked out of the hat.
 Whoever has the most entries will win the second necklace. If there is more then on person with same amount of entries, they will be placed in a hat and one will be chosen from the lot.

Rules:

-Only one winner per necklace. ONE WINNER IS CHOSEN BY RANDOM AND WHO HAS THE MOST ENTRIES WINS THE OTHER NECKLACE!
-Every time you add an enrty you must come back and post on this blog about it and post a link to your blog, twitter, etc.

-You are welcome to send some of the entries to my email if you do not want to share all of them to the world:
florabond@live.com

-There is no cash value, you win a necklace. Not cash.

-Winner will be chosen on March 15th at midnight

- Your necklace will arrive in 3-4 weeks

P.S. There is a giveaway for a Romantic Silver Screen Star on the Budget Savvy Bride also this week!

Nicole :)

Creme Brulee.....a wedding statement necklace....

I have been experimenting with fabric, turning, twisting, and stitching. Looking at this necklace I think of cream and sugar, the creamiest, dreamiest, sweetest, you have ever tasted.

Most recent bib necklace order...

I really love how this one turned out! Wanted to share it with you. The first Dark Lovely was a special order. She requested the colors black, green, brown, and purple. Sometimes I need some color inspiration. What other colors can I use to make a pretty Silver Screen Star bib necklace?

Frayed Flowers for 2010...

Frayed flowers have been on my mind all winter, You will see more cut fabric flowers with rosettes, of vintage fabrics ( of course ) and amazing fripperies!

More designs to come for spring/summer 2010! Will be listing new items each week. This year there will be more limited numbers, due to the most amazing vintage elements Incorporated into each design. Some of my favorites I have somewhat reluctantly given up and used them, they want to be seen! Right! Not just saved for eternity!

Wedding bib necklaces.... wear big!

Here are a few of my favorite wedding necklaces I have custom designed for wonderful weddings all over. I love working with brides to come up with a perfect design that balances well with her dress. Every design would be different depending on the neckline, length, color and fabric. There have been many brides lately that are doing a non traditional wedding, like wearing a gray dress with wedding colors like, green, gray, and silver.

Jackpot!! New/vintage fabric for bib necklaces!!

Sometimes you just get lucky. This was my day, and I really needed it! Most of them are blue with flowers, I am using the cornflower blue fabric in my new necklace design soon to be listed. Also, I am adding some vintage clothing, just because my love for vintage clothing, and then could not pass them up even though they did not fit me, or had something like it. LOL

Fun and flirty, wear your flower bib necklace...

I am having tons of fun making up these collages! Here is another flora bond necklace paired with some fab couture for inspiration. A dress and boots from Modcloth and a wool pencil skirt and tee from Jcrew, I know Jcrew is very spendy, but this is just inspiration! Go and find something simular, but vintage! This is what I do. I found a nice soft purple wool pencil skirt the other day at the thrift store, and it is just perfect with a nice dressy tee and a bib necklace. You might even have something like this in your own closet!

What do I wear with my fabric flower bib necklace?

I get asked this all the time! Other than a plain tee and jeans, what can I wear with my Flora Bond bib necklace? well there are many options, here is one I quickly thew together for you. I love the color of this dress, and the color of the shoes. This is just some pieces for inspiration. You can buy the dress at Modcloth and also the shoes. I love Modcloth because they have many options in all price ranges and also some vintage clothing, You know I LOVE vintage clothing! My closet is getting a little overloaded with vintage, oh well, I might have to put some in my daughters room. Maybe she will love vintage clothing when she gets older if she has to see the lovely items in her closet ever day. LOL!

New! Eccentric Luxury Chic Bib necklace

I LOVE, love making custom necklaces! This was a custom design for a lady in New York getting married in a few weeks and she needed a necklace to go with her dress. She sent me a photo and I came up with this design. This layout I had sketched out in my book about a month ago. So, here she is! (the necklace) I will be posting photos of the bride in the necklace soon. :)

New Flora Bond OOAK key necklaces

I love making up these fun vintage key necklaces, Found a bunch of vintage feedsack strips of fabric in different patterns. Each one of the key statement necklaces will be one of a kind with fun vintage beads and fabrics. There will be many of them created, some more feminine and some a little retro.

Vacation! is over :(

My sister is a curator at the Tacoma Art Museum and I got to see the Avant -Garde jewelry as many times as I wanted for freeeee! (I have a family full of artists) YAY! so I went three times, and still did not get to reflect on all the pieces. It was fun to watch the 4 min. video on Nancy Worden and her studio. Here are some things she said That I can relate to :

"when you don't have enough piles of junk, you have no vocabulary" (Hear ya sister, lets get my hubby to agree! LOL )

"When it's another countries junk it seems more exotic" (like my french beads from the 20's)

"You basically look at EVERYTHING like a potential bead." (like my "baking" spools of thread some day to be a necklace or bracelet, they are not "done" yet.)

Above is one of my favs, I love the chandelier glass that fells lavish, and the contrast of the old broken coke bottles. the poor maid and dusting the queen's sparkling crown. You must see this piece in person!