Giveaway: More Alaska jewelry.

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This is another in my “support local artists/local economy” giveaway series. It’s the second giveaway of jewelry made by my bestest buddy Linda B.

The response was so great the first time that I thought, “These folks like jewelry. Maybe I should give more of it away. How about for Valentine’s Day?”

It’s a bit early to be thinking about gifts of love, but I think about things differently than most people. (Boy, do I ever…) Seriously, though: Since the U.S. mail system has been struggling lately, I want to allow plenty of time to get these delivered so they can be given as gifts.

Not that you have to give them away. If you love jewelry, then keep it all. As another Donna would say: Treat yo’self.

Or keep some of it, and give the rest to your mother, sister(s) or friend(s). There’s enough to share: The winner will get his or her choice from among the six pendants shown below plus four pairs of earrings.

Linda began with beads and has branched out into resin capture and metalwork. The “work” sometimes means texturing the stuff. When I moved back to Alaska I originally lived in Linda’s house. She’s a night owl and would stay up late working on jewelry. Sometimes I would fall asleep to the teenk-teenk-teenk of her using a texturing hammer on the metal, which made me think of a steampunk version of “The Shoemaker and the Elves.”

(Revisit the first giveaway write-up for Linda’s full backstory. She is a kick-ass Alaska woman and I am proud to be her friend. Humbled, even.)

Once again it was hard to choose from among her many works, but here’s what I settled on: 

Pendant 1

Pendant 2

Pendant 3

Pendant 4

Pendant 5

Pendant 6

Again, the person who wins gets to choose one pendant and will also receive four pairs of earrings. The pendant comes with your choice of a cord or a chain.

Didn’t take any photos of the earbobs. You’ll just have to be happy with the four pairs you receive.

To those who become entranced with one (or more!) of those pendants but don’t win, all is not lost. Send me an e-mail and I’ll put you in touch with Linda about a private purchase.

For your chance(s) to win, do one or more of the following:

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry (e.g., “Subscribed via e-mail” or “Follow you on Twitter”).

The deadline to enter is 6 p.m. PST Monday, Jan. 25. If I don’t hear back from the winner by 6 p.m. PST Tuesday, Jan. 26, I’ll have the random number generator pull a new name.

Note: Due to the high cost of international shipping, this giveaway is limited to U.S. residents.

 

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58 thoughts on “Giveaway: More Alaska jewelry.”

      • Donna-I would love number 2. It is gorgeous and reminds me of the dragonfly windchimes I have on my porch. It looks best with a chain. Thanks for giving us this opportunity.

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  2. All of the pendants are lovely I do especially like the dragonfly I like the appearance of all the small beads underneath the dragonfly

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  6. Donna & Linda, these are just lovely. I lean towards #1 & #6 but my DD would hands down pick the dragonfly. I did not know that the dragonfly was the official Alaska insect, so thank you for helping me learn something today! I follow you via email.

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  13. Beautiful Jewelry, but don’t put me in the drawing – – People look at me funny when I wear that sort of thing! Thanks for doing something for your community.

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  22. I agree with some of the other commenters…the Dragonfly is lovely but then so are the other five pendants. I never knew that there IS such a thing as state insects! I will have to look into Massachusetts insects and see what our special one is. I get your e-mails and I follow you on FB. Thank you for these giveaways…it adds some excitement to this lockdown winter.

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  27. These are gorgeous, Donna. For myself I would go with #1 or #5, but hmm, for a gift, I think my sister would love the dragonfly. I follow via emails.

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  28. Donna and Linda, thank you so much for the opportunity. I can think of a couple of lovely women who would enjoy the earrings, but if I win the pendant will be all mine!

    Best of luck to all who enter!

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