Morning Surprise

Amy here- I woke up this morning to find us featured in two lovely treasuries on Etsy. Salalknits featured our Sea and Earth Anklet in her Girl from the North Country treasury. Did she know that Erin and I grew up in northern New York?



Chic Boutique Jewelry featured our Little Twist Ring us in her Orange You Happy treasury.



Thanks for the features!

My Head is Cold

Erin here - I was luckily enough to grab a Treasury yesterday and of course I froze as to a title - so I went for the obvious - my head was cold. Of course, why is it cold? Well, I lost my hair - yes, I am going through the joys of Chemo therapy. I found out in January that I have breast cancer. DON'T PUT OFF YOUR MAMMOGRAM. My cancer was found during a routine mammogram - scary fact - it takes 5 to 8 years for cancer cells to get to a depth to be found on a mammogram. DON'T PUT OFF YOUR MAMMOGRAM. If I had put mine off a year I would be in a whole different circumstance and not have a great prognosis. Amy has been steering the reins at UnStrungSisters - I can't thank her enough. While bald may be beautiful you still have a cold head.

To be Part of Such Lovely Company

Lilysoffering of Etsy featured our Blue Earth Necklace in her gorgeous treasury.

Hammering as therapy

It's amazing how pounding away with a hammer can take away some of that daily stress! I've been having fun making rings, as I posted previously, and other mixed metal jewelry. Yesterday I cut, hammered, textured, oxidized, tumbled and polished about a dozen rings and the cute pair of petite earrings above. The earrings below were made a few weeks ago. More to come to UnStrungSisters.com soon. ~ Amy~

Still Ringing in the New Year

There are some new items on UnStrungSisters.com... rings.

I've recently started making rings and find it quite addicting! Thick bands, thin bands, textured, twisted, oxidized... oh the options!

If you see an item that you like in our shop and need it in a different size please contact us.

~ Amy ~

Valentine's Day UnStrungSisters Special

Time for another UnStrung Special - buy a $20 UnStrungSisters gift certificate and we will add some Valentine Love to it and turn it into a $25 gift certificate. We will also take care of everything - mail the gift certificate in an appropriate card, include your message, and we will include instructions on how to make a purchase on Etsy.

This special starts today and runs through Sunday, February 8, 2009. Need it even faster we can e-mail a copy directly to you or your recipient. How does this work?!? Go to our Etsy Shop - Gift Certificate Section - buy a $20 gift certificate (you pick the style) and in the message to seller add "Happy Valentine's Day" or you can "convo" us after you complete your purchase. We will also need some information from you - the full name of the recipient, who the gift certificate is from, type of card (Valentine, birthday, or everyday), a message for the inside of the card and where you would like us to mail the card and gift certificate. We will be happy to add a "Do Not Open Until ..." to the front of the card.

We do have a few gift certificate rules -
***Gift certificate only valid at UnStrungSisters Etsy shop.***
***Gift certificates bought through this special will expire on February 15, 2010***
***Gift Certificate is not redeemable for cash.***

A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane

Hi, Erin here -These pretty lampwork beads immediately caught my eye on my very first visit to Sassy Glass Designs and of course they had to be mine - at least until I played with them and decided to pass them on to someone else. (I've blogged about my lampwork bead problem in the past!) The little flowers remind me of a huge Lilac bush in the side yard of the farm Amy and I grew up on - the flowers were such a deep purple they looked black from a distance. I can remember the wonderful fragrance of these delicate little flowers, the joy I felt bringing a bouquet to my teachers and the people who would stop to ask for a small bouquet (there were plenty of blooms - we always gave huge bouquets) or even better a cutting so they could have their own Black Lilac Bush. Thank you Sandi for the great walk down memory lane.