Today we celebrate the second day of the week of giveaways with ceramic goodies from Melanie Brooks of Earthenwood Studio!
One lucky winner will snag this assortment of ceramic beads and toggles. They come courtesy of Melanie and her online shop. Melanie is a talented designer and component maker who always seems to be in the vanguard of jewelry design. She has a gift for taking the cultural pulse and creating really unique pieces that seem ahead of the current fads and trends. She was one of the first designers to really embrace Steampunk and adapt it from a literary-based fringe movement into a viable style that was brought to the forefront of the beading and jewelry world. When she started working with Steampunk, only a handful of people knew what it was... now, if you Google it, there are over 26 million results.The great thing about Melanie's components is that they are so versatile. One of her faux bois toggles could be incorporated into an edgy ode to The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, or be used completely different in a whimsical fairytale-themed piece. The possibilities really are endless.
For more examples of her work, check out her Etsy shop or her online shop. You can also swing by her blog for the most current information about what she's up to or where she'll be exhibiting next. (Don't forget to sign up for her online newsletter HERE.)
To win this treasure trove of ceramic pieces, all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post. A winner will be randomly selected from the comment section of this blog post on Monday (September 27th) at midnight EST. Please leave your name and contact information if it doesn't already appear next to your comment. This giveaway, along with all the other giveaways this week, is open to everyone, including international readers.
98 comments:
Oooooh, yes please! I love, love, love Melanie's work. I would put these to very good use!
Thanks Melanie and Andrew and Happy Birthday!
I love Melanie's work! These pieces would find a happy place in my bead boxes......
Alice
thepetersons13@mchsi.com
wonderful giveaway, love the toggles.
how are the kittens?
Ohh la la! Great prize today! I have a love of Melanie's work as well! I have a feeling I will probably love everything this week, that you are giving up!
How cool and fun!! Love them!!
suzannebake@gmail.com
I love Melanie's work! I would love to be able to win today's giveaway! What an awesome birthday week idea! Have a great week!
Beth
Happy Birthday Andrew! I'd love to get in on this drawing. And I also posted information about it on my log today as well!
(http://amybeads.blogspot.com)
Happy Birthday & I love her toggle clasps
Again, happy birthday! I hope you are celebrating! What a great giveaway!
So intriguing *smile* hmm...makes me ponder, think about what would I do if I win it.
But I'm ready to win it *grin* and ready to accept the challenge of creating something interesting from this second 'antique' giveaway *yippiee*
My email :
heritage_indonesia@yahoo.com
Love the toggles! and of course would love to win them! wishing you a happy day number two, of your birthday week! hope its grand........
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I so love Melanie's work and would love to own a piece for myself!!!!!
Hugs
Andrew, thanks for doing another one for your birthday week - I hope you are having a great week!
Happy Birthday! What a lovely giveaway. Hope it will find it's way to Sweden :)
The toggle clasps are amazing!
Thanks for the giveaway.
I have a serious addiction to all things that Melanie creates. I love her blog, it is very refreshing to read and her process makes the work that much more special. She is a kind and generous soul. I have been in love with these faux bois pieces and agree that they are completely versatile. Thanks for sharing Melanie and Earthenwoods with your readers!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
This is a great selection of Melanie's work. I would love to own them. swopemelmel
I can just echo the others: I love Melanie's work! This is one fab giveaway.
Happy Birthday!
Melanies ceramics are really Wonderful! This is a really Great Giveaway Andrew. Thank you for the chance!
Happy Birthday!!
Also, I love Melanie's work!
Happy Birthday, what a great time of year to celebrate.
Melanie's work is outstanding, I love it as well.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Chris
khakit@verizon.net
Happy birthday week, Andrew! I love the idea of hosting these giveaways to celebrate :) And I really love this assortment of Melanie's work... *swoon*
I love Melanie's work!
I love thos beads and of course I do. I too love Melanie's work!
I love steampunk and Melanie's work!
Very unusual and fall like...love her work, stopping by her blog now.....Agnes
Oh, they're wonderful! I love these steampunk styled toggles and ceramic gears!
And Happy Birthday!
So different and yet so beautiful. Love to win some. Be happy!
I am a lover of Melanie's pieces too. What a great give away. Happy Birthday to you Andrew, (mine is the 24th). September babies rock!
I adore Melanie's work, and I'm so pleased that her giveaway introduced me to your blog. Happy birthday, sir.
HAPPY birthday week! Thanks for a great giveaway
~Sharon~
lunrei@yahoo.com
Another great giveaway! Sign me up.
I hope you have a happy birthday.
Shannon
formysweetdaughter@hotmail.com
Ilove Melanies work and visit her blog every day. This is a fabulous giveaway.
I just love Melanie's work. So kind of you to think of us in giving away this great work!
LOVE Melanie's work! Thanks for this great giveaway.
This is a great give away Andrew! Melanie's work is so wonderful!Happy Birthday!
Very Cool Beads!
oh, and happy birthday!
Your right these are beautiful things, thanks for the Birthday Giveaway event
Oh I love Melanie's work! Please pick me!
blogbaby(at)comcast(dot)net
Ohhh what is it about toggles that makes them so interesting and collectible? I do love them!
Thanks for yet another fantastic giveaway.
Karyn
Oh fingers are crossed - I am so in love with her work!
~ Laura (Moags)
moags.and.smeet(at)gmail.com
I don't normally enter the giveaways for the beads since I'm not a jewelry designer, per se, but even I can see the possibilities for these pieces! Please count me in - I am loving your choices this week!
Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com
Beautiful! Thanks for giving us a chance to win this.
Love,
Magali
funkyblogger(at)gmail(dot)com
Happy birthday, and what a generous way to celebrate:-)
Wow! Those are some pretty great toggles!
Love Melanie's Pieces - she rocks, doesn't she? Oh, and so do you, of course !!
~Lynn
beadingheartart@aol.com
I love the gears! They are terrific.
Happy birthday again!
Ann
http://www.mycriticaleye.com
annrishell@gmail.com
Earthenwood goodies! How wonderful!
I've been watching in awe at what Melanie makes for quite a while. It's all so very awesomely modern and fun.
I really love Melanie's pieces--especially the steampunk/industrial things. I would love to add some to my collection.
Erin S
ahhhh... nice...
anna@thebeadgallery.com
These are beautiful clasps! They're so intricate!
Beautiful pieces! I especially love the toggles.
heidig@gmail.com
love Melanie's work- thanks for the opportunity to win a few pieces.
They are SO gorgeous! So earthy and beautiful...
I LOVE these! So pretty!
Absolutely adore these!
Oh, those are beautiful! Sign me up please!
Let's try this again with a link that works.
The toggles are so cool!
Those are so creative and inspiring. Makes your mind race with ideas of how to incorporate them into things.
I hope you have a happy birthday!! And thanks for the opportunity to win this fabulous prize!
Happy Birthday week. Would love to win these treasures.
Vikki
These are absolutely beautiful.
Ilina
Oh, the things I could create!
Absolutely Amazing! The toggles are so amazing and would make any piece a master piece!
Thank you for the opportunity!
Oh what wonderful treasures! Happy Birthday!
Just awesome. Happy Birthday!
Good luck to all :)
Hello Andrew, I shure would like to win these! :-)
How awesome these are!
Happy b'day!
moondepadilla@gmail.com
What a lovely bunch of components! I'd love to win these! :)
knitster23@gmail.com
Beautiful!
HOpe I win.
Would love to win. Love her work.
Hope you enjoy your Bday week-
Debbie
Of all the birthday giveaways this one just stands out. Love these! Count me in :-) Alisa
Of all the birthday giveaways this one just stands out. Love these! Count me in :-) Alisa
Really like Melanie's things - her colors are so earthy. Thanks for the chance.
rmar261783@aol.com
These are awesome and very unique beads and toggles. I would love to use them in crazy quilting and altered art work. How are you feeling? Better I hope.
Shari in Colorado
ladyjspice@aol.com
What gorgeous goodies! Happy birthday, Andrew!
Happy Birthday! These toggles are so unique. I'd love to be able to use them. Hope I win the chance.
I love her stuff! Thanks for the giveaway!
Melanie is awesome! And so are you!!!
WHat amazing clasps! Please put my name into the hat :-)
I would like to be in the fortune wheel :)
Happy Birthday here too:)
Happy Birthday!
Thank you for sharing such beautiful pieces with us. Melanies work is fabulous and I would love to be the winner of even one of those pieces. But the best ones are the clasps, and they are in just the right style and color for this season.
Beautiful stuff...
I love Earthenwood Studio's pieces, and I agree with your comment about versatility.
(Gail Scott, you can reach me on fb)
Melanie is the kind of person I wish I could get into the brain of. Oh, that sentence sucked grammatically, but... her work is gorgeous, but I am intriqued by her ideas and her process...
edie
purpleone@gmail.com
I love ceramics. These are just fantastic! Thanks for sharing your birthday with us.
Her work is beautiful. Thank you for the giveaways and happy b'day.
I love Melanie's work! Would love to win these. Hope your birthday was wonderful.
Another Happy Birthday wish comes your way!! Love how you are including some 'get to know you' information on each artist you are featuring in you birthday giveaway. Special! These are great!
Would love to win, Melanie's work is beautiful.
Vikki
Melanie's work is delightful and would be wonderful to receive. She always inspires such creative designs from others, I would love the opportunity to try some myself.
I am loving your birthday week!
these are gorgeous!
Wow, these are just lovely. YOu are so generous to do this for your birthday! Also, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday
How good of you to give on your birthday.
My best to you.
Chris
khakit@verizon.net
I reposted! These are wonderfully imaginative!
What a gorgeous assortment of goodies!
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