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AHA Marketplace Giveaway

Valerie Ashley — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:04:47 +0000

Welcome to my Marketplace Tent!

To celebrate the opening of the AHA Studio Marketplace the artists of AHA are having a give away!

My 1st giveaway item is this spooky Halloween Bunny Ornament accented with agate rondelles.

My 2nd item is this gorgeous ‘ Dark Heart’ Choker- Polymer clay focal accented with blood red vintage crystal, czech glass beads, ruby rondelles, and lace agate. Gorgeous piece to go with your Fall wardrobe!

I have chosen two lucky numbers, and all you have to do is leave a comment below, if your comment number matches my chosen lucky numbers, then you win! Winner will be notified on September 12th.

Each stop offers a chance to be entered into a prize giveaway just for visiting. There will be many chances to win, to participate leave a comment on this post along with your contact information should you be the winner of my blog giveaway.

Now on to the NEXT booth!

Participating Artist Blogs:

anotherlinda

Back In The Day Originals

Folk Art From The Heart

Ginny Diezel Studios

Golders Creaky Gate

Granny Wolf Originals

Grunge Goddess Primitives

Howling Mood Designs

Lowell Country Designs

Lynnelilly’s Dog Art

Mother’s Dream Artworks

Seasonal Whimsies

Skellyton Art

Smirking Goddes Studios

The Christmas Corgi

The Goode Wife Of Washington County

The Snippets

Whimsical Endeavors

Wings And Paws Whimsies

!!Good Luck!!

Spirit of the Oak

Valerie Ashley — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:35:00 +0000

Nature’s beauty! I am really enjoying using gemstones for healing and well being with my leaf spirits lately, and although this could be worn as a pendant, I have transformed this lovely imprint of a Burr Oak, also called Mossycup Oak, as an ornament. Fashion forward fairies or renn folk could do double duty and use this as a focal pendant worthy of a goddess or fairy queen.

Sculpted using a combination of translucent Kato and pearl clay, I’ve added a layer of antiquing to bring out the detail in the veins and to show depth as well.

The hanger is multiple copper spirals accented with genuine Tiger’s eye and a fire polished czech bead. A piece of lovely hand dyed raw silk ribbon finished with quartz leaves adds a lovely finishing touch!

Tiger’s Eye is a stone of protection that is also very grounding. It enhances integrity, willpower, practicality and correct use of power. It is a stone that enhances good luck, and brings prosperity, often in the form of money.Spirals represent the cycles of life and interconnectedness of all things.

Spring Fairy Necklace

Valerie Ashley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:09:00 +0000

I love pastel colors and the weighty feel of certain gemstones. So, while digging around in my box of goodies pulled out these amazing adventurine nuggets that I’ve been saving for a rainy day. On a recent trip to one of my favorite findings manufacturers, Wolfe E Myrow, I also grabbed some gorgeous fire polished Czech beads in a stunning Jonquil color. (some of which I will be adding to my Etsy shop)

The necklace was created using sterling silver and alternating the stones to create a 16″ choker. I also added two more inches using Czech beads as an extender and finished with a hand forged sterling clasp.

As the focal piece I’ve used a carved Amazonite leaf and created a small flower that sits nicely on top of it using iridescent pink Drusy beads and a Swarovski center.
I’d debated keeping it for myself or putting into my Etsy shop. I usually post things I’ve created on my Facebook page to show family and friends first. A wonderfully talented polymer clay artist,
Cheri Desiree purchased it shortly after it was posted.

New Leaf Ornaments

Valerie Ashley — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:57:00 +0000

I finally was able to list some new leaf ornaments in my Etsy shop today. For the past year I’ve tried to do my art full time and although I’ve definitely made forward progress, I can’t keep up with the economy, so off I’ve been to job hunt.
Tedious, boring…necessary.

Anywho, here are three new pieces I’ve been able to complete. I also have a 6″ full sculpt of a tree nymph I am working on as a companion to my leaf ornaments. They have asked for a “gopher”, and, as the leaves are my muses who am I to say no?

The first two are from my Sugar maple tree and the third is a gorgeous Silver maple leaf from my daughters yard. As a final step I’ve also smudged all the pieces to keep the yucky energy from job hunting away.

All three pieces are available in my Etsy shop: http://elysianfields.etsy.com/

Perfect Little Purses

Valerie Ashley — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:46:00 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see my work featured on Purfect Little Purses’ blog. She really makes the coolest bags and is a super gal. Have a look won’t you?
Elysian Fields on Perfect Little Purses