~ Winner of my 5th Etsy Anniversary Celebration Giveaway ~

I would like to thank everyone for visiting my Etsy shop,
and to welcome all of my new friends following my blog, facebook and on Etsy.
Thank you all for your kind words and lovely compliments on my work.
They are very much appreciated :)

I am pleased to announce,
The winner of my 5th Etsy Anniversary Celebration Giveaway is
julie cavender ~ Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who participated!
Hope you all have a Wonderful Holiday Season!
Julie

Celebrating My 5th Etsy Anniversary with a Giveaway

I will be giving away this, Harvest Moon Wind Chime
on December 7, 2011
~ Wouldn’t this just brighten up your moon garden ~

My Copper & Stained Glass Harvest Moon ~
I sculpted copper into a frame of a moon and embellished it with copper swirls and clear faceted acrylic beads.
Hanging from the copper moon are 3 circles of amber stained glass.
A large black acrylic flat tube bead with a amber glass bead hang from the bottom of the moon.
The glass is strung together using amber glass beads.
A swirled copper hook is attached at the top & is ready to enhance your home or moon garden.
The total hanging measurement is 9-1/2 inches long and 6 inches at its widest point.
Exposed to the elements the copper will patina into a dark tone.
I hand cut the glass, sanded it to perfection, and then drill them.
My name is etched in the glass.
Copyright c 2006-2011 Julie DeGroot
Thank you for the interest in my art.
Have a great day,
Julie

All you need to do is simply:
#1 ~ Visit my gardens in my Etsy shop.
See if there is something you like ~
*Add it to your Favorites on Etsy & Post the name of the piece here*
Thank you for stopping by!
JewelsInTheGarden.etsy.com
~ Optional ~ *For extra chances to win* If you do have an interest in my art and would like to support my work, Share the Love, it would be very much appreciated!

Include these extra chances to win in the, *Same Post Altogether*
#2 ~ A Follower of my blog
#3 ~ A Fan of me on my facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewels-In-The-Garden/122250003658
#4 ~ Add Jewels In The Garden to your "Circle" on Etsy
#5 ~ Add Jewels In The Garden to your "Favorites" on Etsy

Open to the US and Canada. First Class Shipping included.
The contest ends midnight December 6
The Winner will be chosen at random on December 7 and will be contacted and announced here on my blog.
Thanks for stopping by!
~ Wishing you all a Wonderful Holiday Season ~
Good Luck to all!
Julie ~ Jewels In The Garden, formerly, "gardenjewels"

~ A Celebration SALE is also going on in my Etsy Shop ~

~Winner of my Summer Solstice Giveaway ~

I would like to thank everyone for visiting my Etsy Shop, and to welcome all of my new friends following my blog and on facebook.

Thank you all for your kind words and lovely compliments on my work. They are Very Much Appreciated :)

I am pleased to announce, The winner of my Summer Solstice Giveaway is

MaryLee ~ Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who participated!

More giveaways to come ~

Hope you all have a Wonderful Summer!

Julie

Fairy House Festival ~

Create an inviting home and Welcome a fairy into your garden! Crafting a fairy house is easy, just look to Mother Nature for your supplies. Construct them out of all natural elements, bark, moss, grasses, twigs, stones, feathers, nuts, dried flowers, etc...... take a hike into the woods to find your materials, a fun afternoon in itself!

Reconnect your children with nature, get them outdoors enjoying the natural world. It is a good way to encourage your children to appreciate and respect Mother Earth and our environment.

My Daughter, Granddaughter and myself created a fairy house for an event this past weekend held at Art Park in Lewiston, NY.

"A Fairy House Festival"

It was a Beautiful Sunny Day for the affair!
The welcome sign post led you to fun and excitement in every direction. Sweet little fairy houses were scattered under the trees throughtout the woods. Created by so many talented children and their families. Music and Merriment filled the air, along with story telling on a magic carpet under the trees.


Fairy dancers performed and fluttered in the sunshine ~


Face painting, arts and crafts for the children to enjoy! We had a Grand time!



Our entry was a Fairy Nursery. So Very Sweet!

It consisted of sticks we collected and turned into a tree. Tiny gourds strung from the tree swaying gently in the breeze. These gourds held our new born fairy babies, wrapped in leaves.

A nurse fairy sat in the tree to watch over and take care of the baby fairies.

She consisted of a hickory nut head with hair made from the blossoms of an oak tree and an acorn top hat. Her dress of dried flower petals and wings of a dried lily pod. She sits in the tree rocking a baby fairy.

On the forest floor sat a tiny house made of sticks, leaves and moss. A feather bed inside to change the little ones and a comfy mushroom chair to sit in.

Moss covered the ground floor, with a path of pebbles that lead you through the garden to a cozy camfire, to sit a spell, tell stories, rock the babies and sing to them. (Complete with marshmallows on a stick to munch upon)

Introduce your children to the wonderful, rewarding and magical art of a fairy garden. Get them outdoors and enjoying nature ~

Help them create their own special space to experiment with plants and garden art. Where they can sit and play, plant flowers, read stores, decorate with their own garden art and let their inagination run wild. Keeping them busy every year tending and adding to it. Bringing them hours of enjoyment, accomplishment and respect for Mother Earth!

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies"...Sir James Matthews Barrie (1860-1937)

In Celebration of The Summer Solstice ~ Giveaway

I will be giving away this Stained Glass Moon Ornament, "Moon Shine", June 21, 2011, The First Day of Summer

Sorry this giveaway has ended

~ Wouldn't this Moon shine nicely in your Moon Garden ~

All you need to do is simply

#1 ~ Visit my gardens in my etsy shop

See if there is something you like, then post the name of the piece here.

Thanks for stopping by!

http://gardenjewels.etsy.com/

For extra chances to win ~ Please ~ include in the "same post altogether" that you are.

#2 ~ A follower of my blog

#3~ A Fan of me on my facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewels-In-The-Garden/122250003658

Open to the US and Canada, First Class Shipping included.

The contest ends midnight June 20

The winner will be chosen at random on June 21 and will be contacted and announced here on my blog.
Good Luck to all and hoping you have a Beautiful Summer! Julie

Earth Day Tribute to Mother Nature ~ Giveaway ~

Sorry this Giveaway has ended

April 22 marks the 41st anniversary of Earth Day. A movement started by U.S. Senator, Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin in 1969. His idea was for a "National Environment Teach-In", a day set aside to stimulate awareness of the crisis state of our environment. The following spring, April 22, 1970, was dubbed, the first "Earth Day". A celebration of our Beautiful Mother Earth and the awareness of the environmental impact we all have on our world.

Just think about it....... what we do everyday affects our water, our forests, our air, our land and pretty much, just about everything.

Take action to reduce your footprint on our earth.

Educate yourself

Grow a organic Garden and/or Buy from your local farmers market

Plant a tree

Recycle ~ Reuse ~ Use less

Start a Compost

Be a smart consumer ~ Teach others

Do it for yourself, your children, your grandchildren and for all the generations to come.

Let's keep our world Beautiful! Make everyday Earth Day :)

Inspiring words spoken by so many

"We are not the owners of the land, We are the caretakers for Mother Earth"

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~ Earth Day Giveaway ~ In Celebration of Earth Day,

I will be giving away this Wind Chime on April 22 Mother Nature Forest ~ She enters the forest without touching a blade of grass ~

At the top of this chime is a piece of organic brown Salvaged Vintage glass, that I've hand painted with the Kanji symbol for Mother Nature.

The chimes consist of ~ 2 pieces of opaque green glass and a piece of clear glass textured with fern leaves, which I've hand painted the words: ~ She enters the forest without touching a blade of grass ~ It's fun to see if someone can answer the riddle of "who she is?".

At the bottom are organic looking amber, black and tan glass beads. The chimes are strung together using different shapes, sizes of amber, black and tan glass beadsA ring is created at the top & ready for you to enjoy in your home or garden

All you need to do is simply:

#1 ~ Visit my gardens in my etsy shop. See if there is something you like, then post the name of the piece here. Thank you for stopping by!

http://gardenjewels.etsy.com/.

For extra chances to win ~ Please ~ include in the *same post altogether* that you are,

#2 ~ A Follower of my blog

#3 ~ A Fan of me on my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewels-In-The-Garden/122250003658

Open to US & Canada ~ First Class Shipping included.

The contest ends midnight April 21The Winner will be chosen at random on April 22 and will be contacted and announced here on my blog.

Good Luck to all!

Julie

~ Make Everyday Earth Day ~

A Celebration of Summers End

It all began when I placed a teeny tiny door I made, with a teeny tiny stone walkway leading up to it in my Granddaughter, Madison's fairy garden. A garden I gave her to call her own. Where she could sit and play, plant flowers, read stories, decorate with her own garden art and let her imagination run wild.

Well, Madison was certain that fairies were afoot inside that teeny tiny door. Knocking at it every time she came for a visit, asking the fairies to please come out and play. Leaving letters, drawings and gifts for them, as they also returned the favor :) I told her, "They can't come out just yet. They were very busy preparing for the fairy festival". "Fairy Festival? What's that?" she asked. I explained the fun that was to be had with the fairies at the end of summer. So each time she came to visit me, I kept her idle hands busy, as we planned and crafted decorations and games to play for Our Celebration of Summer End, Our Fairy Festival.

We had such a Beautiful sunny day for the affair. I decorated the trees with ribbons as they waved in the breeze and decorated her fairy garden with tulle and a jeweled wind chime tree. I placed flower cards inside the draped tulle, each with a special game for us to play.

We all put on our fairy wings and journeyed into the garden. Oh the fun we had! We played games, won prizes, sang songs, played music, went on a fairy treasure hunt, had a sidewalk chalk contest, read "Flower Fairies Stories from the Garden" by Cicely Mary Barker and ended it with a grand tea party.

We were served teeny tiny sandwiches, scrumptious cakes, jelly rolls, brownies, fruits and loganberry tea, all courtesy of "Those busy little fairies that live at Grandmama's house in Madison's Fairy Garden" :)

Glass Art Inspired by Nature

~ SALE ~ End of Summer Celebration ~ SALE ~

~ Ends September 22 with the Autumnal Equinox ~

www.gardenjewels.etsy.com