Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jewelry. Show all posts

Wear your fork on your sleeve

Actually, I'm wearing a fork on my wrist.

On my walk back to the Metro from our company holiday party on Friday, I passed a little craft show. I browsed, curious to see what was there, and on the lookout for better display ideas than the ones I currently have. When I passed by a man who made jewelry out of hardware: nails, nuts, bolts, washers, etc. He had also cut some stainless steel to make some of his items, and I stumbled across this, which I just had to have:










I'm not an impulse buyer, but when I see totally unique items like this, it's pretty much all over with.

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Celebrate NEDAW!

As many of you know, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week starts on Sunday, Feburary 24. Over the past year, I have been using The Gold Fork Project to help raise money for eating disorders research.

What is the Gold Fork Project?

The gold fork is the logo used by Laura Collins in her quest to promote effective treatment of eating disorders. To me, it is an example of how food -- and the love of it -- can be golden and healthy and wonderful. It's a reminder of how food is so crucial to both physical and mental health. And how proper eating is the first step to recovery.

I've raised almost $150 for the National Eating Disorders Association over the past year by selling these necklaces (half of the purchase price is donated to NEDA; the rest is materials and labor cost, shipping, advertising, etc). The necklaces are tasteful and classy, and you can share as much about your personal experiences with an eating disorder as you would like should you be asked about your golden fork.

And I ship as soon as I receive your order, so there's still time to order and have a necklace for NEDAW festivities.

Check out my Etsy jewelry shop for more information on the Fork You, Eddie! necklace.

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Saturday Night Jewelry Special

My Etsy shop (Frenchroast Designs) needs some lovin'! And because love received means love given, I have a special offer:


**This Saturday only! Free pair of earrings with any purchase over $20 (not including shipping). Buy something by 9am EST tomorrow, and earrings will arrive with your order**



You know you want some jewelry- and it just might get there before Valentine's Day!

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Hump Day

...in more ways than one.

As soon as I finish my paper tomorrow (later today, really), I will be half done with my master's.

Wow.

It's one of those feelings where it seems the semester has flown by, yet dragged on for-freaking-ever. To be honest, I'm exhausted.

I think I've found the career for me, which is a relief. With the other jobs and fields I've been in, I found it interesting but not something I wanted to do for years to come. This isn't to say my anxiety about what I'm going to do after graduation is any lower. At all.

I had an interview this morning for an internship for the spring semester, and I was asked what I wanted out of my career as a science writer. I said that I loved being able to talk to interesting people about interesting things. Which is all very true, but really? I want a paycheck and health insurance.

Seriously.

And enough leftover to keep myself supplied in beads. Though my Etsy sales have been decent enough to self-sustain in terms of supplies.




Which brings me to a second point: I am only $10 short of reaching my $100 goal for the Gold Fork Project fundraiser for the National Eating Disorders Association. The necklaces are $20 each, and half of that money goes directly to NEDA.

Not that I'm dropping any subtle hints here. Not me. Nope nope nope.
My eyes are gradually sliding shut.
'Night.

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New Jewelry Added!

Hi all.

I'm shameless, I know, but I had to let you know that I just added a bunch of new items to my online store, French Roast Designs.



They're really cool. You know you want to buy some. You know you do. They make great gifts for you or your special someone. And by making a purchase, you help support ED Bites in your own little way and get a cool piece of jewelry on top of it!

My rent this coming year is outrageous so help give me money for food so I don't starve to death or anything. That would suck. And then you definitely wouldn't be able to wear such tres cool creations.

The above is quite proof that my career in marketing shall, alas, never get off the ground.

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I'm a science writer, a jewelry design artist, a bookworm, a complete geek, and mom to a wonderful kitty. I am also recovering from a decade-plus battle with anorexia nervosa. I believe that complete recovery is possible, and that the first step along that path is full nutrition.

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