Heart Necklace Contest

The Necklace:
This necklace is an 18" Koukla Mou Designs original handcrafted, hammered sterling silver heart with white freshwater pearls, sterling silver chain, and handcrafted, hammered clasp.

The Rules:
1. You must nominate someone other than yourself. It can be your wife, your girlfriend, your mom, your teacher, your sister, your aunt, your grandmother, your daughter, your niece, your friend, etc.
2. Send an email to kouklamoudesigns@gmail.com and tell me why the deserving woman in your life should have this necklace for Valentine's day. This contest is not based on the number of nominations.
3. Have fun! and check out new items listed in my etsy shop!

*Nominations must be in by Monday, February 1, 11:59 p.m. (Portland, ME time) to be considered for this contest.

All The Single Men

"Excuse me, do you have a girlfriend?"
Trivia night at Margarita's is always a good time. Endless chips and salsa, a sea of useless trivia and lots of...single men?! I have never looked at men in the way I did Wednesday night. With my business card in hand, I planned to lure them in, hand them my information and hope to make a sale for Valentine's day. I hoped, as I approached each group of men, and asked, "Excuse me, do you have a girlfriend?" that they would reply "yes." This is the first time in my life that I've been so bold. This is the first time I've HOPED for unavailable men. My next words would have been, "Well, you should buy her some jewelry for Valentine's day," as I handed my business card over.

"No"....What do you mean, no?!
I talked to 9 men. Not one of them had a girlfriend.

A Win-Win situation
If I ever want to find out if a man is single, I can use this line. If he's single, at least I know he's single. If he's unavailable, well, then perhaps I gain a sale. Either way, the outcome is a positive one for me and I leave still feeling confident...even if my friends are completely embarrassed by my actions.

3 things

I became aware of 3 things this week:
1. I need to start a blog.
2. I need to wear my designs as much as possible.
3. Dance whenever I can.

I'm attacking #1 and #2, I'm on to #3...

Last week, I started "bus dance Fridays" and had about five 1st graders dancing with me (time will only tell how long the rest of the bus joins in). I figured if I had to ride the bus on a Friday afternoon, I was going to have fun doing it! Rules were established and we were off... On Saturday I car-danced from Newburyport to Worcester, MA. I was car-dancing so hard, I was sweating. If you've never done this, or haven't car-danced until you sweat, try it. It is an instant picker-upper. I tried to show off my jewelry as much as possible, but really, can anyone see that much while driving? Doubtful.

Try a new dancing destination this week. And show off your KMD.