Savvie Designs Holiday Gifts

This month is starting to fly by!!  There are less than 10 days until Christmas, I can't believe it!  I'm sorry it has been a little while since I have written.  It has been so busy, I got a second job and it is in retail so the month of December has been spent working like crazy!!  There has been so much going on and I have to catch you up!

On the wedding side:  I now have bridesmaid dresses!! They are exactly the color I wanted (which is very important considering I am very color oriented at times) and we had our food tasting :)
Groom - check, Wedding Dress - check, Dresses - check, Food - check, Hotel - check....I am slowly getting there!

Now on the art side:
I proudly had a table at a holiday bazaar and did very well :)  I was so nervous!!  This was the first table holiday bazaar I have done.  I had been getting ready for the past few days and on the night before I had a wicked headache but had to keep preparing.  That was really hard, trying to make sure I had everything that I needed, trying to prepare and pack for the unexpected AND having to do it with a pounding in my head.  I find it so hard to even think sometimes when I have a headache.  I was nervous for the event and nervous I would still have my headache in the morning.  Luckily I didn't!!

At the Barn Sale the weekend before I sold over 50 pieces of jewelry and even though I did really well and hear such positive feed back about it, I still got nervous that I wasn't going to do well.  I don't think that will ever change, even years down the road.

The holiday bazaar went great!  It was fun talking to people about gifts, shopping, and about my products.  I displayed a few drawings, paintings, bracelets, earrings, and even a coin purse I painted.  Here is a picture of my table:

Special for the holidays, I am putting new items up on my etsy shop.  You can even email me with requests and I will let you know what I can do and put it up on etsy just for you.  AND I have a surprise...until the end of 2012 you can use coupon code:  FREESHIP12 to receive free shipping!  This way we are closing the year out right and whatever orders I receive tonight and on Wednesday the 19th, I will be sure to ship out on Wednesday and Thursday and depending on the post office, maybe some of you can receive your items before Christmas :)  I will be adding more items to my etsy shop on Thursday as well.

Here are some great gift ideas for your family, friends, and yourself!

Bracelets - My bracelets fit more than one wrist size and they are very delicate, simple, and very pretty. They are great stocking stuffers too!

Earrings - Earrings are always a perfect gift to give and receive!  They are the most interchangeable piece of jewelry and at times the first piece people see when they look at you.  My earrings are light weight and just as delicate and pretty as my bracelets.

Drawings & Paintings - Perfect for a desk at work or at home.  They are great decor that you are able to enjoy and change around seasonally.

You may ask yourself, what is the best part of buying my Savvie Designs items?
I put a great deal of thought, effort, and passion into each piece of art.  All of my pieces are hand crafted works of art made in Rhode Island.  I take care in packaging my items and creating them.  If you every have any questions or requests,  please do not hesitate to email me:  savviedesigns@gmail.com.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do :)

Always,
Savannah

The Week Is Here

The week many people wait for every year is finally upon us!  Not only do you get to see friends and family surrounded by delicious food BUT you also get GREAT deals shopping!!
Thanksgiving is the holiday dedicated to being thankful for all that you have, especially the food on the table.

Here are some of my great pinterest finds:

If you are hosting Thanksgiving and are trying to find the perfect decoration for the center of your table,  you can put three of these (possibly different sizes with the larger one in the middle and 2 that are  the same size on either side.)  You don't have to put the dried corn in it, you could have candy corn, acorns, different seeds...whatever you see fit for the holiday.  Then at Christmas time you could use the same glass votives and fill it with cranberries or ever green or even pinecones.

 These pilgrim hats are adorable!! For the bottom cookie you can use the E.L.Fudge chocolate strip cookies and put the Reese's peanut butter cup upside down over the hole in the center.

Now on the jewelry front!
I have made a few more pieces and even have stands for my earrings now!

It's so funny, my fiance and I will be out to eat and he's showing me the cuts on his hands from the sheet metal and different things he works with every day.  Then I show him all of my little cuts from constantly getting stabbed by wire while making jewelry.  His cuts are always worse and deeper than mine.  But I just find it funny how I tell him how much cuts stink when mine are tiny compared to his!
I have many more pieces to show you but I will leave some for next week :)

I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Always,
Savannah

And So It Begins

All of the stores and malls already have Christmas music and decorations up and in full swing.  With Thanksgiving being next week (that came so fast!), Christmas decorations are now on the brain.

For the Fall Barn Sale at Mangiacotti I drew these two acorn drawings:

The same woman bought both of them and I was told that she was raving about them and had wanted more but I hadn't made any more.  This gave me an idea I am currently working on for the holidays.  I know Thanksgiving hasn't come yet and I haven't drawn any Thanksgiving pictures yet but...I started my Christmas ones.

I personally loved my acorn drawings and was kind of hoping that I could keep them myself haha.  Since I liked them and another person did as well since they sold, I decided to draw some Christmas pictures along the same idea.  I have only done two so far but it is a little preview of what is to come in the next few weeks.

 I decided to go along the same idea as the sitting acorns and draw sitting bulbs/ornaments.

 These are drawn with graphite pencils.

 I wanted to try and add a little color but not much.  I used red and green pastels.  I'm not overly thrilled yet with out they have come out so far with color.  I think I need to still work on them and then see how they look in frames with mats.

 Here's one with a set of three ornaments.  I may keep these with only graphite and will try drawing some others with different ornament designs.

I will keep you updated and show you these as finished products next time.  I have many plans on Christmas/ winter drawings and paintings.  This holiday season is my favorite!
I have a bunch of new jewelry that I have been working on as well and will post about that next week.

Always,
Savannah

Thankful November

Being thankful, grateful, and appreciative are concepts that should be recognized throughout the year, not just one month or one day out of the year.  Being thankful is the topic of the month with the upcoming holiday.

There are many things in this world I am thankful for, way more than I could list because it would take waaaaayyy too long!  Here are just a few:  I am extremely thankful for my loving fiance, my family and friends, having food, shelter, clothes to wear, and especially to be ALIVE!
Try and think of a different thing each day of the month that you are thankful for.  It may not seem like a lot but I bet by the end of the month you will have more than 30 things.  I find that the more I recognize and the more I am thankful for, the littler problems seem to be and I end up smiling more.  The more I smile, the more I have to be thankful for and the circle goes round from there. :)

I am also very thankful to have the opportunity to share my love of art and my work through my blog.  There has been increasing interest in my pieces on here, on Etsy, and through people I know.  A friend of mine at work, bought her boyfriend's mom a bracelet and a matching pair of earrings for her birthday and she loved them!!  She is a teacher in Vermont and she has been receiving many compliments on them from her colleagues!  When I heard that, it put the biggest smile on my face!  It makes me happy that something I have a passion for others are able to enjoy.

The winner of my Shades of Pink Flower painting sent me a picture of the painting hanging in her house and I was told how much she enjoys having it.

I'm so glad I got this picture so I could FINALLY show you the final piece!

Lately, a lot of my concentration has been on making jewelry because the holidays are coming and I am going to have a table at the URI Bazaar (Providence location) on Dec. 4th.  I have already sold a bunch of pieces so I have been trying to make lots of different ones!
Here are some of the newer pieces:

 I bought some gold wire, now I have gold, silver, and copper wire to twist with.

I hope you are enjoying these as much as I am!  Let me know if you have any questions or would like any of them:  savviedesigns@gmail.com.

Don't forget to be thankful!!

Always,
Savannah

Twisting With Sandy

With hurricane Sandy, I had the pleasure of having no work!  It is a forced day off that I am spending making jewelry :)  I may draw and paint a few pieces because I have the ENTIRE day off!! That usually NEVER happens!

I have been falling in love with making earrings and bracelets.  I really enjoy putting together the different bead combinations and twisting the wire to make each piece unique.  I had brought a few pieces to work and I unexpectedly sold 4 earrings and a bracelet and received an order for a bracelet and earring set!! Everyone seems to be enjoying them as much as I am, I'm thrilled!

Whenever I start to think about making a new bracelet or earring I first look over all the beads I have and think of what beads go together and what beads/ colors I would use together.  Majority of the time, if I wouldn't wear it myself I wouldn't make it unless it was a request.
Here are some of the pieces I have made (there are a lot!):

I love all of them!  I will be posting them this week on etsy.  I just cannot promise which ones will be up to sell and when this week.  Some of the beads I use I bought years ago and can't find again or I don't have multiples of the same beads.  Some of the bracelets and earrings are one of a kind.  If there are any specific ones you would like or if you have any requests please email me and I will put them off to the side for you or I will tell you when I will put them up on etsy so you can purchase it.  Please email me at:  savviedesigns@gmail.com.

Enjoy and stay safe during Sandy!!

Always,
Savannah