Etsy Feature-Fire & Stone Jewelry by KD + Giveaway!!!

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**UPDATE: I am going to leave this open for a few more days {1/6}**
Okay I know that this is just a little late for Christmas but how awesome would it be as a gift for right after?!?!
Fire & Stone Jewelry by KD is one of my fave Etsy shops! Katie not only makes all of the molds for her jewelry but she also searches for the jewels with her husband! So when you purchase from Fire & Stone Jewelry by KD you know you are going to get a magnificent piece that she not only loves but that you will love too!

Decked with Plumes

I got to ask Katie a few questions about the shop, her inspiration and designs{YAY}!!
What made you want to open your shop?

I researched different ways to share the jewelry I was making with a larger group of people. Etsy was perfect for me.

What is best or your favorite part of making jewelry?

Besides the adrenaline of playing with fire it's the simple idea of creation. During the soldering process the silver can look quite ugly. There is an excitement while working that this ugly piece of metal will soon be worn to compliment a person’s style.

The Spider Bracelet

How do you find & create your pieces?

I buy a majority of my stones in their raw form. Usually, I find these in small town rock shops. The stones are first put into a saw that cuts them into slabs, then I choose a section I like and it is cut out with a tile saw. My husband helps me with this stone process, we both have fun! After a rough shape is cut from the slab it is finished off on a lapidary machine. My silver work mainly starts in a sketchbook but sometimes adrenaline takes over on the torch and I'll make things up as I go.


What is a favorite piece that you've created past or present?

My favorite piece so far is a ring I made from actual coffee beans. Using the Lost Wax process I cast 5 coffee beans with Sterling Silver. After casting I soldered them together so it looked like a large flower.

Greenhouse Sax & Beats Necklace

What is your creative process like?
My creation process happens in many different ways. Sometimes I’m inspired by a stone, sometimes it happens while sketching, and other times it happens in the midst of a playful mistake.

Large Cut Montana Agate Ring

*update:the amount went up*


Fire & Stone Jewelry has kindly offered $50 towards an item to one Ma21cuteboy reader!

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Contest Rules:
Contest will end on January 6nd at 11:59 pm MST
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*Disclosure: I was not compensated in anyway for this post. The opinions expressed are that of my own & others' may differ. Thank you Fire & Stone Jewelry by KD!

Rock This Way, Rock That Way!{Giveaway}

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Some of us can afford the big ones and some of us just dream of having them ~.~.~.~.<---{me dreaming} I am talking out Diamonds people!
DiamondEarrings.org is an ecommerce site that is going to be selling diamonds online. DiamondEarrings.org sent me out a really gorgeous pair of simulated princess cut earrings in sterling silver. They arrived in an adorable black velvet, heart shaped earring box. I pulled them out right away and put them in. I think they look smashing if I do say so myself. I went to pick Chucky up from school and when we got into the car he said, 'Oh you look so gor-ge-us{how he says it} in your pretty sparkly earrings!' I was so excited that he noticed;}{Blushing} I said, 'Thanks little man, do you like them?' 'Yeah, they make you even more beautiful than you already are!'{melt}

DiamondEarrings.org is giving away free earrings as part of a promotions to get people to check out their site, all you have to do is mention DiamondEarrings.org anywhere on the web and pay the $3.77 shipping & handling and you get a free pair of earrings!! That's not a lot for a pair of simulated diamond earrings and you will look and feel amazing!

sorry for the gross picture

Win:
DiamondEarrings.org has offered on Ma21cuteboy reader a pair of simulated diamond earrings of their own!!

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*Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post a product was provided to me in order to facilitate this review. The opinions expressed are my own and others' may vary. Thank you to DiamondEarrings.org for this opportunity. I do disclose as to the FTC.*

Great Conversation{Pieces}

 

When I came across Conversation Pieces I was absolutely enamored not only by the sheer uniqueness of this shop, but by the people behind it! Conversation Pieces is a shop where you can get specialty chosen one of a kind clothing and accessories from independent-indie designers-they are unique, favorably priced and well-'Conversation Pieces!'


Daydreamer Necklace $22

Audrey's Bio: When I started Conversation Pieces in my bedroom eight years ago, I couldn't have possibly imagined what it would become or the enormous friendships that it’s brought me. We've grown so much over the years, sometimes in small ways (but in many big ways too),



Then, I had just relocated from Singapore to Los Angeles. Clueless in a new land, I found young people online who shared my passion in fashion and design, who were interested to showcase their works beyond the United States. In my bedroom, on a laptop, I built a website to host the works of these designers.


Richest Wrist Bracelet $9

 Word of mouth within the indie industry soon sent other design students from fashion schools as far as Spain, the UK, Australia and Greece to us, and soon a global design community formed. I had known nothing about the fashion business. All I wanted to do was create a venue for young indie designers to be able to sell their creations.

As people started to hear about us, we grew.



Seafoam Dream Blouse $36



I moved the business from the bedroom, to

the living room, to our guest house. My               
techie husband upgraded me to a more
powerful laptop, I continued to take photos,
write descriptions and ship out of our home.

Conversation Pieces has grown steadily
and shoppers at Conversation Pieces know they can get unique,
one of a kind, limited quantity creations, while at the same time supporting indie fashion around the world.

Conversation Pieces is all the buzz they have been featured in CaliforniaApparelNews.net as well as on other blogs and in various magazines such as Posh Glam, Going Home to Roost,  Spoiled Little LA Girls, Just to name a few!

Wow & Forever Dress $42

Right now Conversation Pieces is having a Wife/GF Appreciation Week with 15% any order!



*Check out Conversation Pieces for full details*

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*Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. It is a site that I enjoy & would love for my readers to check out & enjoy. Thank you Audrey for being so kind and talking with me about how you started Conversation Pieces. The opinions expressed are my own & others' may differ.*