March’s Giveaway: $$ Gift Certificate $$

Now that February’s Personalized Gift Box Giveaway has come and gone (Congrats to Jen P!), it's time to move into March's contest.

We are now a week into March and I’m happy to report that some of the snow around here in Wisconsin has begun to melt! Over the weekend, I spotted a dozen Sandhill Cranes poking through a neighboring farmer’s field- a sure sign spring must be on its way!

Easter is coming soon, and Mother’s Day will soon follow. Have you thought about a Mother’s day gift yet? Since jewelry can be a very personal thing, la Naváa will be introducing Gift Certificates! They are perfect for those who are particular, (I’m one those- my fiancée will agree) and great as a last minute add-on gift.

To kick-off la Naváa Gift Certificates, I’m giving away a $15 Gift Certificate for la Naváa’s two shops on Etsy:

la Naváa ~ the Beautiful Jewelry
Giving with Love Gifts

As a bonus to this month’s contest, you can increase your chances to win with multiple entries!

You can get up to seven entries simply by:

- Following la Naváa on Blogspot
- Following la Naváa on Facebook
- Following la Naváa on Twitter
- Following la Naváa on Flickr
- Adding la Naváa’s shops (three total) to your “Etsy circle”

Get an unlimited amount of entries by sharing la Naváa with your friends/followers:

- Post a link about this contest on Twitter mentioning @lanavaa
- Post a link about this contest on Facebook referring to @lanavaa
- Post a blog about this contest leaving the link here in a comment

Every time you share la Naváa with a link you will receive an entry.  You can be creative too; post a facebook link or tweet about your favorite necklace, earrings set, or gift box from la Naváa.  Every link counts!

After you have followed and/or shared, leave me a comment letting me know what you did so I can count all of your entries!

So go ahead and enter! Someone must win- it might as well be you!  ;)


Good luck to everyone,
Much♥Meg


PS... March's Contest closes March 27th.  The la Naváa Gift Certificate will be emailed, or mailed to the winner depending on their preference.

Bzzz...

Bzzz..., originally uploaded by la Naváa.

New to my Gift Shop on Etsy!

Mr Bumble Bee Gift Boxes. What makes Mr Bumble so cute?

• 100% recycled papers
• Hand-folded origami style
• Yellow Box top with a contrasting Black bottom
• Black and White stitched ribbon wrapping the box top
• and... the cutest little bumble bee hand-stamped atop colorful layers

For giving... with love!

♥Meg

February's GiftBox Giveaway: and the winner is...

This past month, la Naváa offered a Personalized Initial Gift Box from the GivingwithLove gift shop on Etsy.  I am thrilled to announce the February's Giveaway winner! 

JAYAREP! 

You have won your very own la Naváa Gift Box!

Here is your purple "J" box handmade with 100% recycled papers.

Please contact me (info@lanavaa.com) with your mailing address.  I will happily get your personalized gift box on its way to its new home.


Thanks to all who entered.  March's contest to be unveiled soon...

Much♥
Meg

The Grandiose Tiger Eye Gem Collection

Tiger Eye is a well loved gemstone by many.  Its colors are extremely versatile and the stone itself is very strong and dense.

The vertical luminescent yellow and brown alternating bands that resemble that of a tiger give this Quartz stone the name: Tiger Eye.

I recently put together a Tiger Eye collection called Tigre d’olive. I came across the most beautiful Tiger Eye Gemstones through a friend of my mother’s. This truly grandiose assortment gems consisted of the most extravagant faceted nuggets and colossally lustrous Tiger Eye beads I’ve ever seen!

Being so thrilled to work with them, I instantly began pairing them with beads and baubles. I came up with this Feline Fatal combination that compliments each other greatly.

 

 

The Tigre d’olive line consists of a dynamic combination of Tiger Eye Gems and exquisite Cats Eye beads. I find it interesting that Roman solders used to wear Tiger Eye as protection when in battle believing that it was "all seeing." I suppose this intermingled duo I created would have been sought after by the greatest of kingdoms... :)

The strong and striking Tigre d’olive collection is not for the faint of heart!

Find the full line including Necklace, Bracelet and Earrings my Jewelry Shop on Etsy.

Much♥
Meg

Fabulous in February

The month of February is fabulous with colors of royalty: Amethyst. 

A popular gemstone, Amethyst is a purple hued Quartz mineral.

The unique and intense color of purple has been known to adorn nobility; early monarchs were enthralled with Amethyst due to this.  Since purple dyes were scarce and pricey back in the day, Purple was reserved for those who could afford such luxuries (ie, Royalty).  Naturally occurring Amethyst gems were used to in the crowns, scepters and jewelry of Kings and Queens. 

Here are some of my lovely creations crafted with February's finest:

la Naváa's Passion Collection: now available in my Jewelry Shop on Etsy.

Much♥!
Meg

Announcing February's Contest

For February 2011, la Naváa will be giving away a personalized Initial Gift Box of the winner's choosing!  FREE!

New to la Naváa are these colorful, funky gift boxes in hot pink, white, black and purple.  Each box has a hand-stamped initial in a elegant font and is wrapped in Polka Dotted ribbon.  My Gift Boxes are hand-folded, origami style using 100% recycled paper.

To Win:

• Comment here on la Naváa's Blog
• or on la Naváa's Facebook wall
• indicating your box choice (1, 2 or 3, as seen below)
• and the initial of your preference

Contest closes Feb 28th at 6pm CST.  The winner to be drawn via Random.org.

Once announced, the winner is to privately provide the mailing address as to where the prize should be sent.


Best of luck to everyone who enters!

Much♥
Meg

PS... Check out my new Giving... with♥ Etsy shop to see all me new Gift Boxes and other paper gifts!

Custom Creation :: Hot Chocolate

It's been awhile... too long actually.  It's been about a month since I sat down and wrote to my fellow bloggers.  I have an excuse though, I've been keeping busy!!

Recently, I've been working on custom creations: Baby Showers, Bridal Showers and Weddings... oh my!

My most recent creation is that of one for a shower with a pink and chocolate theme.  It was quite fun working with all the pink satiny ribbon, and scrumptious looking chocolate colored papers.

labchic6, of Etsy, contacted me looking for the perfect favor boxes for her sister's shower.

I hand-looped each bow with a rich pink ribbon, and hand-folded each of the chocolate colored origami style favor boxes. 

I'm pretty pleased with the turnout!  Hopefully labchic6, her sister and their guests will be pleased too!

Love² :: Double the love

Love² :: Double the love, originally uploaded by la Naváa.

New from la Naváa's Giving with ♥ shop:

Note Card & Gift Box sets. This Love Hearts set consists of 8 Hand-folded cards and matching purple envelopes.

"love" is hand-stamped in purple atop lilac purple hearts. The set of cards is packaged within their matching gift box... also handmade.

la Naváa Handmades Paper goods are for giving... with ♥

Just one of many gift sets!