If you're already subscribed, no worries, you're automatically entered to win! And not only are you in the running for this prize, but I have four video tutorials planned in the coming months exclusively for subscribers, as well as awesomesauce holiday coupon codes and PDF lessons, all only available through my newsletter. But I promise... I wont hit your inbox with general ramblings five times a week or anything excessive. I like to keep things mellow and on point and only share with you goodies, deals and new releases. 

• Giveaway is open world-wide. I'll ship anywhere! 
• All you have to do is click the link above and subscribe! 
• Giveaway is available to new subscribers through June 30th, 2018. 

Thank you so much for all your continued support, for being part of my creative family here on my site and my social media platforms. Every day I'm blessed to read your comments, your encouragement, learn about you and share a bit of myself with you in return.

​Check it out and good luck! 

​Nicole

I'm very excited to announce a new giveaway... "Win it before you can buy it" for one free entry into the new Art Jewelry Online Retreat and any ten PDF tutorials from my available selection of lessons. This is a prize valued at more than $150, and one winner will receive it entirely free!

I've been invited to take part in a fantastic all-inclusive online retreat, featuring 19 art jewelry designers and 24 beautiful video lessons. Stay home, use your favorite tools, work at your own pace, and complete fabulous art jewelry projects while participating in a great community of creative individuals.

My video project "Pocket Watch Pendant" demonstrates how to set cabochons (of most shapes and sizes) in a wire woven bezel, suitable for any intermediate wire worker. 

Entries are accepted October 18-23, 2015, and a winner will be chosen and emailed on Saturday, October 24, 2015. To enter, simply use the form below. (Now closed!)

And if you don't win, you can still take advantage of this opportunity, community and 24 projects by 19 teachers, for only $99. The retreat will be open for purchase October 25, 2015. Classes will begin in January 2016, but access to the community, list of teachers, projects and necessary materials will all be available for early viewing. Purchase your seat in the first three days (October 25th, 26th and 27th) and you'll be entered to win one of 100 goody bags.

Good luck!

Nicole

Join me SUNDAY May 8, 3pm-3am US Eastern
on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolehannajewelry/

Oh yeah. I’m doing it. I’m making this big. 10,000 is huge. It’s a monolith of creating, sharing, conversing and, I dare say, I enjoy a fair bit of selfish glee as a result. I get to do what I love for a living. I get to share it with all of you. That’s a fantastic gift with a whole lot to squee about.

So, I’m starting it off early.

For every 1000 Facebook “likes” between now and the big day, a goodie goes to live with someone new. Four pieces of jewelry will find new homes between now and 10,000 Facebook “likes”. Both the item and the winner will be picked at random, but to win, a certain level of interaction will be required. I promise it wont be painful, and I’ll explain in a moment. First let me take a moment to talk about that monolith. Cue 2001 Space Odyssey intro…..

10,000 Facebook “likes” is, to many, an arbitrary number, a meaningless representation of marketing and business. But to me, each like is a person. It has a face, a personality, a presence in this world. And that presence has chosen to take a moment out of his or her day to share something with me. When you click “like”, comment on a post, send me a message or share your work, I become a part of something bigger than myself. I become a part of your day, your life, sometimes even your creative process. This is mind-blowing  to me in its immensity. And I’m humbled.

Because of you, each one of you, I can wake up in the morning, tell my husband I’m going to work, then walk out to my couch and play with wire. This…. well… it’s a gift that is staggering in its beauty. And if I can share my appreciation in that gift and reward the time you generously give me with your likes, comments and posts, I’m going to do it big.   I’m doing it with a day consisting of twelve glorious hours of constant freebies. Twelve winners. One every hour. Oh yeah… You heard me. I mean business. Every hour, someone present for the giveaway and actively commenting will win a Tree of Life Pendant, similar to the one pictured above. Growth is a good thing. Growth in business, sure, but creative growth as well, and in relationships fostered through interaction. This is a journey you’ve all shared with me, and I want you to continue to be a part of it, to continue to allow creativity a place in your life and, I’ll admit, my life as well. I’m a selfish creature at heart. The thought of a world without art, or the ability to create it is a numbing one indeed.

But wait… there’s more! Once every hour, on the half hour, during our giveaway day, a brand new tutorial will be given as well, to anyone present to claim it. Twelve brand new lessons, just for you.

Yet… somehow…. there’s still more!

There will be one Grand Prize, super duper winner, who will receive a custom seed bead embroidered necklace.

Now here’s how to win…..

The giveaway will occur within a week of reaching the magic number. It will be announced frequently on Facebook beforehand. However, since Facebook likes to hide me in news feeds, if you’d like to get the notifications, it means you’ll have to check in frequently. Some things that help is to like my page, hover over the like and click “Get Notifications”. But even this is sometimes flawed. If you check in every day or every other day, interact with a post or two, then Facebook knows you’re interested in what I have to say and (usually) forwards my posts to you. Many people missed out on my last giveaway day because they received no notifications of the event and didn’t check for news, events and posts often enough. I don’t want you to miss out!

Winners for the tutorials aren’t chosen. You just have to show up. Be there, wait for the post including the link to the tutorial, and grab it. The tutorial will be available for fifteen minutes. Why fifteen minutes? Because I’ll be posting oodles during the day, and I’m a little obsessive compulsive and removing the links at set times keeps me mentally organized. Plus, these are for you… who have followed me, supported me, encouraged me for months, sometimes years. Removing the links prevents the links from being shared across the web as a whole. This is not a thank you for strangers, but for you, those of you reading this right now. YOU are not a stranger to me. You’ve been a part of my journey, and it’s my gift to you. Yes, you’re bound to miss some, but I’m hoping 12 hours allows those of you from all over the world to get something, at least once. I’d stretch it to 24 hours, but given my significantly broken and woefully human body, there are (unfortunately) certain limitations to which I must be a slave.

Now, some deets…..

• Announcement for the giveaway will be posted on Facebook once the monolith arrives. Announcements will be repeated daily for a week, before the giveaway commences. You must be present to win either a Tree of Life Pendant or the tutorials.
• To win the GRAND PRIZE seed bead embroidered necklace, you just need to comment below, directly on the blog post. If you see no place to comment, please access from a laptop or desktop. This site may not be optimized for all phones, and particularly hates iPhones. Androids rule! Ahem. Sometimes, flipping your phone sideways helps reveal the “Comments” box on some models. You do not have to be present to win, but should check my Facebook page for the winning announcement and contact me with your shipping information. International winners should include a phone number or email address for our US customs forms.
• I will not message, via Facebook, any winners. Facebook considers this spam. Please watch the posts for the announcement of all winners, as they are announced. If you win, please message me with your shipping information. International winners should include a phone number or email address for our US customs forms.
• The giveaway will run US Eastern Time 3 pm to 3am. This should give plenty across the pond time to participate. I will ship anywhere. The giveaway is open to all who are present to win, or who comment here to win the grand prize.
• 3 pm (US Eastern) begins the giveaway with a Tree of Life pendant drawing. The post will be open to comments for 15 minutes, after which a winner is chosen at random and announced. This follows on the hour, every hour, thereafter.
• 3:30 pm (US Eastern) a new tutorial is posted and left available for  15 minutes. This follows on the half hour of every hour, thereafter.
• 9:30 pm (US Eastern), a new tutorial is posted and left available for 15 minutes. After which, the GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED!
• 2 am (US Eastern) the last Tree of Life Pendant is posted, left open for comments for 15 minutes, after which a winner is chosen at random and announced.
• 2:30 am (US Eastern) the last new tutorial is posted and  left available for 15 minutes.
• 2:30-3 am (US Eastern) Tutorial BLAST. Random tutorials will be awarded in short 5 minute bursts.

Shew. I’ll be sure to have a supply of cheese, olives, and Diet Pepsi at the ready, because it’s going to be a ride.

I hope you’ll join me for it.

And if you have any questions about the giveaway, comment below. Which could actually be considered your entry for the GRAND PRIZE. Two birds, one stone and all that jazz.

I’m very excited, and I hope you are as well! I’ve got so many great things in store for the coming year, and I thank each of you for the opportunity to make it happen. You are all golden to me!

Happy creating!

Nicole

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED

On September 8, 2013

Back in December, a multi-talented jewelry artist, Marcy Bell, challenged me to wire wrap a pair of elf ears for her. It was a frustratingly magical, fairy-filled bag of what-was-I-thinking that, if truth be told, made me want to scratch out my eyeballs with the mangled remains of wire quickly piling in the graveyard of failure. But…. I persevered and finished what would be the most curious piece of wearable wire I’ve managed to craft to date.

A couple weeks later, I happened upon a Felicia Day vlog in which she was discussing her latest guest appearance in a season 8 episode of Supernatural titled “LARP and the Real Girl”. Having mentioned she’s never LARP’ed (Live Action Role Playing), I felt the familiar tug settle over me of a subliminal, masochistic, motivational challenge and my second pair of elf ear cuffs was born.

Now I cannot stress the depths to which my inner geek will go to touch something that touches Felicia Day. I loved her in season 7 of Buffy. I loved her in The Guild and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog. She made the final season of Eureka one of the most endearing on TV. Her YouTube channel, Geek & Sundry, gives my children a reason to talk to me. The show she does with her brother, Co-Optitude (in which they play vintage video games) is hilarious. Dr. Mario, I think of you often. Sniff. And because I’m a properly creepy fan, I sent her a pair of elf ears hoping she would at least mildly admire them before snorting sarcastically (yet adorably) and passing them to one of the thirty-five assistants I imagined she has. Because she’s fabulous!


But no. No…. she doesn’t snort sarcastically at all! Well, maybe she does, but in my head, she totally cooed. In fact, I get an email from her assistant (one of the thirty-five, I’m sure) that she would be wearing them on an upcoming episode of Co-Optitude, “Secret of Mana”…. and I will tell you something…. I have never experienced a tizzy until that moment. It feels something like a Christmas morning during which Jesus blesses you with wine and Santa showers you with chocolate, and then they hug each other and pat each other on the back in a hearty, manly fashion for keeping the spirit of the holiday alive for alcoholics and Snickers junkies.

Yeah. It was pretty perfect.

I watched that video thirty-two times. I figured if I was going to act creepy, I might as well commit. And the comments… wow, the comments were so amazingly supportive and made me smile and love even more that I get to make jewelry every day.

Then she tweeted about it. Totally tweeting. I don’t even like using the word “tweet” unless also followed by “-y bird”, but I actually opened a Twitter account (@NHJewelry) because Felicia Day tweeted about my ear cuffs.

I’m pathetic. Don’t judge me.

And now I’m planning my very first Twitter contest. I’m not even entirely sure how to tweet contests. I even Googled how because I’m a sad, sad over-achiever. But still, I was confused. I don’t understand the @reply nonsense and the hashtag whatchamacallits, and even called it “twittering” before my 16 yr-old threatened to emancipate himself from my care, but I’m going to try this because someone should win a pair of sterling silver elf ears.

I introduce to you the #earnyourears Elf Ear Giveaway! There are multiple ways to earn an entry.

• Follow me on Twitter, via @NHJewelry.
• Tweet #earnyourears @NHJewelry with a link to this blog post!
• Tweet #earnyourears @NHJewelry and tell me where you would wear your sterling silver elf ear cuffs.
• Tweet #earnyourears @NHJewelry with a picture of your ear. Because I’m eccentric…. And since this is a little creepy, it will earn you two entries! (Who says I’m not a giver!). Dirty ears get you -5 entries so take a Q-tip to those bad boys first. And if I find your ear picture in some random Google search, I’m raining down upon you some mildly insulting shame for being a cheater. Don’t do that.
• Mention the #earnyourears Elf Ear Giveaway on Facebook and tweet @NHJewelry with the link. Remember to adjust your privacy settings of this Facebook post to “public”, otherwise I can’t see it!

Now that’s five different ways to earn up to six possible entries! Thems good odds.

Mostly.

Because, see… here’s the thing: this contest will not close until I reach 1000 Twitter followers. I know, I know. I’m only at 70, and that’s a tall order, but it can be done! Twitter is massive. Facebook is massive. Spread the word and this can happen.

The winner will be drawn at random. But, here’s the good news… there will be more than one prize. The grand prize is a pair of sterling silver elf ear cuffs, valued at $130. But there will be two random pendants (valued at $50 each) given to two random winners as well! That’s even better odds, right? I’ll tweet pictures of the pendants when I decide what I want them to look like. Because I’m a procrastinator  and like to stew in the creative juices of indecision.

Now, because it’s required, there are some rules:

• Do not create multiple accounts in order to increase your chances to win because…#shameonyou.
• Do not post the same tweet repeatedly. It wont count anyway. One of each of the tweets above and that’s what you get.
• Don’t forget the @NHJewelry in your tweets, as detailed above, so I’m notified of your new content.

With that said, tweeting reminders about my contest with fresh, original content will help spread the word and reach the finish line faster.

And that’s it. I think I covered all the bases and gave you multiple ways to win. And hopefully you followed this long-winded post with the 2am enthusiasm with which it was written.

Good night my little Lords and Ladies of the Ring. Sleep tight and dream of sexy elves.

Nicole

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED! Winner is @Oxana124!