Valentine giveaway: Alaska-made jewelry.

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Welcome back to the “support the local economy” giveaway series. This time around, we’re going for a Valentine’s Day theme. Specifically, a trio of heart-shaped earrings made by Cypher Alaska.

That’s the business run by my friend Linda B., who started out with freeform bead-weaving and has added things like traditional beading, resin capture and metal work.

Once she picked up a bunch of flashing at the Habitat ReStore and turned pieces of it into jewelry (Linda has quite the collection of shapes and punches). Then there was the time she purchased a piece of copper piping at the home improvement center, capped both ends and beaded around the middle.

What I’m giving away this week is a bit simpler, though. Three winners will each get a pair of hammered metal heart-shaped earrings. From a distance, these things look like just metal hearts. When you get up close, you can see they bear multiple divots that add texture to the metal.

That’s not a bad metaphor for Valentine’s Day, or for love itsownself: After all, many a heart has been dented in the name of l’amour.

If you’re lucky, that never happened to you because you met The One and immediately paired up. Or maybe you escaped a heart-hammering because you have the ability to shrug over a lost love and say, “Plenty of other fish in the sea.” Or possibly you don’t have much interest in the whole love thing from the start, living just as long and dying just as happy without romance (shout-out to the aro folks among us).

But back to Valentine’s Day. If you’re interested in gifting a pair of shiny earbobs to your Valentine – or to yourself – on Feb. 14, read on to see the goods and enter the drawing.

Silver earrings

These are the ones pictured above. They’re not real silver, and the others aren’t real gold or real copper, either. I’m referring to color, not materials.

 

Copper earrings

I’m partial to this color. If my ears were pierced, I’d buy a pair of these myself.

Gold earrings

Gold is what helped put Alaska on the map, and gold nugget jewelry is still a thing, although less so among the younger crowd. During special events (especially the winter carnival) you’re likely to see baubles bulbous with irregularly shaped gold nuggets. Real ones.

Incidentally, I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. I’m just not a professional shooter. Again, from a distance they look like regular metal but when you get up close you notice the texture. I think the look is quite striking.

Treat your Valentine, or yourself

To throw your virtual hat into the virtual ring, 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 for entering is 6 p.m. PST Saturday, Jan. 29. If I don’t hear back from the winner by 6 p.m. PST Sunday, Jan. 30, I’ll have the random number generator select a new name. 

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

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64 thoughts on “Valentine giveaway: Alaska-made jewelry.”

  3. Linda B.’s jewelry is on another level & these beauties are perfect for a Valentine’s giveaway. Thank you, Donna & Linda B.! I follow via email.

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  4. Pease add my name to the list, as I know my daughter would love a pair of these. I especially love the copper too, but they are all beautiful. I subscribe by email! Thanks for all the giveaways, Donna!

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  12. I would love a pair of these beautiful earrings. Larry and I are celebrating our 35th anniversary on Valentine’s Day, the earrings would be perfect.
    Thank you!

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  17. Hi, been reading for a long time but just subscribed by email today (what can I say? I’m old and technology is not my strong suit!). The silver earrings would be lovely to give to my daughter.

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  18. I follow you here by email. Before I even entered I forwarded the email to my daughters. MAYBE one of these days they’ll subscribe themselves (heaven knows they need money saving advice)

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  28. These sure are pretty! I would love to win these for my daughter who is without a beau for Valentine’s Day. I subscribe by email.

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