Inspired By My COACH: purse

In my birthday blog, I mentioned my new COACH purse, my first ever COACH purse. The color is brilliant and although a little darker than "coral" I like to call it coral.


Antique Brass Chain
I had ordered 50 feet of antique brass chain at Caravan Beads. I walked out of the store with the spool of chain and my purse. When I ordered it, I had high hopes for its use. When I picked it up, I thought, "What was I thinking? Why did I order SO MUCH?!" However, as I was walking to my car, purse under arm and spool in hand, the colors looked amazing together. Mission: find coral beads!


The Beadin' Path
What better place to look? and use my birthday gift cards? I spent over an hour looking at the same 4 strands of beads and trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to do with them. What exactly DID I do with them?

antique brass chain with lucite and antique brass beads necklace 42"

42" antique brass and lucite necklace

20" antique brass and lucite necklace

Some more things to come
So I clearly need to make earrings to match all of these necklaces, but here are some earrings that would also match perfectly with them. Oh and these would look great, too! Something I'm excited about...my owl. I have high hopes for this little guy!

Is he not SO cute and innocent?!

I LOVE MY MAMA-giveaway

I love my mama. I love giving stuff away...who doesn't?! Do you love your mom? your wife? your sister? your daughter? your grandmother? your own sexy self? Need something special this Mother's day? Enter for a chance to win a Mother's Day necklace.

The Necklace
This is an 18 inch sterling silver necklace with a handcrafted and hammered heart and clasp. Swarovski crystals representing each birth month dangle from the heart. The necklace will be shipped any where in the U.S. at no cost to you.

How Do I Enter?
1. If you have Facebook, go to Koukla Mou Design's page and post a comment, tagging the person you would like to enter, including her relationship to you and ONE word to describe her. *How do I tag someone? Type @. When you type @ all of your friends will show up. Start typing your friend's name. When you choose a friend, the text of your friend will turn blue. This post will then show up on your friend's wall as well. I will leave an example on Koukla Mou Design's wall. (If you have Facebook, but the person you want to enter does not have Facebook, please still leave your comment on Facebook).

2.You don't have Facebook? Who doesn't have Facebook?! Leave a comment in response to this post, including the lucky lady's relationship to you, her name and ONE word to describe her. For example: my mom, Joni, nurturing

Wow, that was a lot of directions. You only need to enter once. I will choose the winner of the giveaway by 9:00 p.m. EST Monday, May 3, so that gives you ONE day to enter. The winner will be chosen at random.

For the men.
I'd LOVE to see some guys participating in this giveaway. So, men, show me what you've got and tell all of the Facebook world how much you love and appreciate the mother of your child/children (Mother's day is next Sunday, March 9).

Game on.

11 DAYS of GIVEAWAYS

*Note the change in time below!*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
My birthday is March 11. I LOVE my birthday. I'll be 29 this year. I'm already planning my 3oth and I'm SO excited about it. But that's a whole year away, so let's talk about this year. This year, I want YOU to love my birthday, too.

THE GIVEAWAY
Each day from March 1 thru March 11 you can enter for a chance to win aquamarine (march birthstone, which I love) cluster earrings. The cluster is sterling silver, with freshwater pearl and aquamarine sea glass from The Beadin' Path. These mini clusters are just the right size and super cute.

HOW TO PLAY
To be included in this giveaway, follow these steps.

1. Visit my etsy shop and find your favorite item (I've been adding items almost daily, so be sure to check back every day).

2. Email kouklamoudesigns@gmail.com between 6:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. (EST) each day March 1-March 11 with "GIVEAWAY" in the subject line. Include your favorite item from my etsy shop in the body of the email (you must include your favorite item in order to be entered).

3. If you are the 11th person to email me for this giveaway between 6:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. (EST) you will receive the aquamarine cluster earrings.

Winners will be announced each evening.

Have fun and tell your friends!