You lucky ladies and gents!!

With the weather getting warmer and May Day fast approaching… and my appreciation for you guys, of course… I thought it was time for a little giveaway and what better than to give you a chance to pick something up from one of my favorite jewelry designers and artists!Woo~Hoo!

Seriously, I have oooo’d and ahhhh’d over Dornick Designs since my very first ever Etsy purchase back in 2008. I even wrote a review post last year on Dornick Designs in true fangirl fashion. What can I say? I love pretty things. I am proud to say that I have even turned some of my friends into Dornick Designs lovers, too! They know a good thing when they see it. Why else would they be friends with me? hehe!! ;)

I didn’t just want to just give you guys something awesome… I wanted to really introduce you to Dornick Designs. There is something very special about what Kathy creates and I absolutely admire her story on how Dornick Designs got started. She took a hobby that brought her happiness and has turned it into something much bigger. She did not begin with a whole lot of knowledge or a lot of money…

…in 1990, I had to have an operation that had me unable to lift anything over 10 lbs. or drive for six whole weeks. I was going crazy! After 2 weeks, my mom drove me to the local craft store and I was intending to purchase a few cross-stitch kits, or something that I could make while recovering from my surgery. Lucky for me, the store had just started carrying imported beads and real stones [up until then, all you could find was plastic stuff in bags at TG&Y...and this was way before the internet!] My mouth started watering and my heart started pounding…I thought I had died and gone to heaven at that very second…I think I even pinched myself. All I had was $25 to spend and my mom gave me $20 more, just because she could feel my excitement. The girl in the shop taught me how to make an earring and that was the only “bead lesson” I’ve ever had in my entire life. So, with my $45 worth of beads, I started making jewelry. I was just making things and giving things away…not really thinking about “selling” anything at that point. But, those beads were my new obsession…every extra dime I had was spent on a bead, or two. 

About a year after I started making jewelry, the craft store had a contest. There were 5 categories and you could enter something in each one. The winner of each category would receive a $100 gift certificate to the store. I entered a design into each category and waited for the winners to be announced. Days went by and I had heard nothing, so I finally called the store to see if I could pick up my entries. The woman on the phone said “well, we want the winners to leave their designs here for the remainder of the month”. I said “oh, I won one of the entries” and she said “Kathy, you won all of the entries..we were going to call you today”. At that exact moment my life turned around. Here I was with $500 to spend on beads! …

~excerpt from Kathy Hardy’s bio Never Bored

So, here we go… You know the drill!! Enter via Rafflecopter!
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Our lucky winner will be announced May 1st!

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p.s.  Be sure to stop by and say hi to Kathy & take a peek at all the beautiful things she creates!
Web: Kathy Hardy’s Homemade Life
Etsy: Dornick Designs
Facebook: Dornick Designs