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Snowman Skelly

I just love these...they make me giggle.

SoLd OuT!

Merry Christmas

from Dark Decors...

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Who likes jewelry? I do! I do!
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To enter simply...
1. Visit our online jewelry shop, CalKat, tell us what you what you would buy in our shop with your $25  gift certificate and why. Leave your comments right here at the end if this post...it's that easy!

2. PLEASE be sure to leave your contact information, either your email address or Etsy shop if you have one, so we can reach you when you win! The winner will be contacted on or after December 20, 2009. If after 24hrs if we haven't heard from that winner, we'll pick another winner.

3. We will draw the winner's name on December 20, 2009 after 5pm/pst.

Gift certificate can be sent electronically, so that you can use it during the holidays! We can also ship world wide if you prefer a printed copy. All are welcome to participate in this fabulous drawing! Good luck everyone and Happy holidays from Carrie & Kathy

Etsy Blog Carnival is....

We had a choice between choosing between a December tradition from around the world or your favorite holiday recipe.  I've decided I'd try to learn of something new and look to see what kinds of traditions are celebrated around the world in December.  Wow, was I surprised of how many there really are besides the usual ones like Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and of course Christmas.

I found one I thought was interesting, St. Lucia Day.  This particular celebration takes place in Sweden, it's one of the biggest celebrations on December 13th.  The celebration comes from stories that were told my Monks who first brought Christianity to Sweden.

St. Lucia was a young Christian girl who was martyred, killed for her faith, in 304AD.  The most common story told about St. Lucia is that she would secretly bring food to the persecuted Christians in Rome, who lived in hiding in the catacombs under the city.  It was told she would wear candles on her head so she had both her hand free to carry things. 

December 13th was also the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, and a pagan festival of lights in Sweden was turned into St. Lucia's Day.

It's now celebrated by girls dressing in a white dress with a red sash around her waist and a crown of candles on her head.  The crown is made of Lingonberry branches which are evergreen and symbolizes her new life in winter.

In homes often the eldest girl plays St Lucia for her family, bringing them "lussekatts", St Lucia's day buns flavored with saffron and dotted with raising which are eaten for breakfast.

St Lucia's Day first became widely celebrated in Sweden in the late 1700's.  St. Lucia's day is also celebrated in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Bosnia and Croatia.  In Denmark it is more of a children's day and in some parts of Italy, children are told the St Lucy brings them presents.

Happy Holidays which ever one you celebrate!

We have a winner...

 Congratulations to Kat of Rhode Island for being our 
Holiday Give-Away winner!

Thanks to all who participated in this fun event! We loved reading all of your wonderful comments and cordially invite you all to come back and 
try your luck at winning a $25.00 Gift Certificate from our

sparkly handcrafted jewelry shop CalKat.etsy.com.


Happy Holidays!

Our festive Mr. Snowman made it yet again in another Treasury!

Thanks PCAGOE Team for including our Mr. Snowman in this wonderful treasury!

Be sure to click on the picture to see

more of these incredible polymer clay artists.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Magical Holiday Artist Etsy Team Give-away!

Be sure to check out this wonderful winter give-away

full of fabulous items to win.

Just click here!

Our Mr. Snowmen are featured in a treasury!

Our Mr. Snowmen are located 

on the top right hand corner....

but be sure to check out all these 
other incredible snowmen and

items from some very talented artists.  

Happy Holidays!

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Happy Holidays

to all our

Cyber friends.

We at Ametista are offering FREE SHIPPING from now through New Years in ALL of our shops. We have an array of items to choose from artistic apothecary bottles, our signature MoNsTeR bOxEs, jewelry, polymer clay supplies and for the person in your life that just loves Yoga...our Yoga Fairies to add that extra Zen.

    

We hope to see you there!

Happy Holidays!

"I believe" treasury

I've been collecting santas  for about 10 years or more now, so I decided I would take a look on Etsy to see what kind of "santas" I could find.  Here are just a few in this treasury I did....

Free Holiday Gift Drawing...

It's that time again... Roz Petal Studios is giving away a handmade polymer clay pendant or you can simply use it as an ornament for your tree.

All you have to do is click here: www.ametistadea.blogspot.com and enter for your chance to win this adorable piece.

You could be our next lucky winner!

We'll see you there...