~ I Am Alive! ~

It's been a while, I know. I have been super busy with a new job and tons of other stuff.  I finally had a bout of creativity and made some new simple jewelry!  And I even got some time to arrange the front page of my shop!

Here are the new items!  I hope you like them and I hope everything is going well with you!  I will try to post more regularly soon!

~ Independence Day Sale & New Earrings ~

I am so excited about this weekend that I decided to have a big sale at Happy Cloud Moments and Happy Cloud Supplies!  Just put in "Happy4th" for 20% off everything!  Also, I can combine shipping for both shops.  Just check out as usual and I will refund the extra shipping fee via Paypal.

And just in time for the sale, I made new earrings!  I love these so much.  I am keeping a few pairs for myself.  Every time I wear them, people tells me I am pretty.  Ok, I am just kidding.  They said the earrings are pretty :)  I called these Adrianna and they come in 5 colors:  Moss Green, Soft Blue, Black Mist, Powder Pink and Plum.

I am off to baby sit and some shopping!  I hope you have a wonderful long weekend!

~ New Jewelry and Accessories Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean ~

This past weekend, pirates took over my living room. I never saw Pirates of the Caribbean III so I had a little Pirates of the Caribbean marathon to get myself ready for the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.  After seeing all those pirates, I got a little bit inspired to make some pirates-related items!  First, a pair of earrings...

These skulls are super sparkly and I love the muted blue tear drop crystals!  I added a little golden shadow in there for extra beachy sparkles!

 

Another skull item is this awesome purse hook.  I put this charm on a white pearl cabochon on this hook.  Have you ever used a purse hook?  These are awesome!

This is like the star fish on Bill Turner's face right?  Ok, not really.  This one is much much prettier!  I love it! Check it out in my shop here.

 I also have a little pirates theme going on at Happy Cloud Supplies with these skull charms, crown charms and skull key charms.  I threw in the flower because it's awesome.

Did you see the new Pirates of the Caribbean yet?  What kind of pirate DIY projects have you done?

~ Customer Highlight: artwithheart ~

Catherine from artwithheart recently purchased a set of gift boxes from my shop.  She was so kind and sent me a picture of how she decorated the box.  It's so pretty!!!! 

Catherine is a very talented lampwork artist.  She has many beach-inspired items in her shop and has a solid rating.  I absolutely love her beads and her pictures!

She has sold about 800 items just on Etsy!  I am very tempted to get one of her beads because it's like a piece of everything from the beach, encased in glass.  Please visit her shop to see more!

~ Happy Memorial Day with New Handmade Jewelry ~

Happy Memorial Day!  I hope everyone is having an awesome long weekend!  I spent my weekend watching movies, eating and making jewelry!  I thought it would be fun to make some patriotic items for Memorial Day and upcoming Independence Day.  Here's a bracelet...

Here's a necklace... this one is fun!  Love it!  

I was going to make some earrings, but I already have simple star earrings in red, blue and clear.  These match pretty well together.  

I will be having a BBQ today!  Hope you are having a wonderful time too!  

~ New Earrings for Happy Cloud Moments ~

I was suddenly inspired to make earrings a few nights ago and I ended up with 12 pairs!  It's wedding season so I made a few bridesmaid sets.  I don't know about you, but I love the idea of bridesmaid wearing different dresses in the same color theme.  With the different dresses, of course there should be different earrings!  My first set is a Powder Rose, classic soft pink, that's sophisticated enough for weddings and not too girly.  This set has 4 pairs.

I may list this pair on its own.  I love it and I am keeping this pair for myself.

Here's a blue set with light blue pearls, bright blue crystal spacers and deep, almost turquoise crystals. 

I started using this to show the length of the earrings.  Is this better or should I go back to using my hand for scale?

My favorite of course, is this yellow set!!  I saw somewhere that gray with a pop of yellow is a great color for weddings for summer 2011.  Well, These will be great with steel gray dresses with a yellow sash and yellow bouquets.

I think my favorite in this set is the one to the right.

I used to have something like this in my shop before.  They were popular but I found it hard to make them before.  Now, I have practiced and make them better!  These are also shorter and I think they are cuter.  They look very cute on my friend with short hair.  I will resurrect some of the other color schemes that I had soon! 

I love the marquis shape earrings.  They are fun and casual and look so timeless.  I love how sparkly these are.  What should I call them?

I have a busy weekend up ahead, but I am feeling so inspired lately. I hope I will get some time to make more earrings soon!! Please stop by my jewelry shop if you have a few minutes.  I am running an awesome spring clearance sale!  By the way, I love my new macro lens!

~ New Items and Spring Sale at Happy Cloud Moments ~

I have been super busy with work, visits, foster dogs and life that I haven't had a lot of time to make jewelry.  I finally got 1 free night and ended up making a multi-strand necklace and 2 pairs of earrings!  I usually don't make multi-strand necklaces because it looks hard.  It took a lot of time, but I did it!  I used a couple vintage Swarovski crystal daisies, flowers, butterflies and spring color beads and my favorite sterling silver heart chain.

After spending a few hours on that necklace, I put together 2 pairs of simple earrings because I finally restocked these awesome earwires!  I love this Bermuda Blue Heart crystals.  It's just so gorgeous!

These starfish earrings are perfect for summer time.  I can also make this out of other color starfish crystals.  In fact, I already sold a pair in indicolite.  I love it when something sells the day I list them!

Another announcement for Happy Cloud Moments is that I am having a Spring Sale!  Items are marked down by 20-75% off!  Here's a snapshot of the Spring Sale section.  Be sure to check it out!  And don't forget that there's a destash sale going on in Happy Cloud Supplies too!

~ Tax Weekend Sale: 20% off Everything ~

Ah....the dreaded April 15th... It's here!  Did you file your taxes yet?  If you did, good for you.  If not, then you are just like me!  But, no need to fret.  This year, tax deadline has been moved to April 18th because today is a federal holiday in observance of Emancipation Day. So, to celebrate, I am having a big sale in both my jewelry shop and supplies shop!  Use use TAXMONEY for 20% off everything including destash items in the supplies shop!  Have a wonderful weekend!!

~ New Colors for Swarovski Crystal Star Necklaces ~

I got these beads a few months ago and I finally got time to make them into necklaces!  My star necklaces are one of the most popular items in Happy Cloud Moments.  So, here are the new colors...Black Diamond....

Bright blue aquamarine.... you know aquamarine is the birthstone for March right?  This will be a perfect little birthday gift!!

Here's another blue one... a solid deep blue called Sapphire.

Here's light siam, a bright red.

If light siam is too bright for you, here's Crystal Red Magma.  It's more muted but it's a very warm red.

This is a brand new color called Sunflower.  It's between light topaz and topaz in the scale of yellowness.

This is another yellow called Jonquil .... very light and soft.

I finally took a picture of all the colors!  21 colors for the big star and 3 more for smaller stars.  I can make the necklace with a small star for more daintiness.  I love how all the yellow colors look together!!  Which one is your favorite?

~ New Jewelry for St Patrick's Day at Happy Cloud Moments~

Good bye Valentine's Day.... Hello St Patrick's Day!  While it's still about 3 weeks away, I already worked on some festive jewelry for Happy Cloud Moments.  These pieces all feature one of the newer Swarovski crystal shapes:  clover. 

 Necklaces

A simple necklace like this one would be great to show a little spirit at the office.

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Maybe you want something a little fancier.  How about two clovers?  They are so cute together!

Earrings

I made some earrings too!  3 color combinations... this is Shamrock Love...the Midnight Edition.  These are for your St Patty parties at night.

This is Shamrock Love... the Morning Edition.  These are perfect for the parades!

These are Shamrock Love... the Dusk Edition.  Gold clovers and Pink hearts for watching the sunset... with a few beers.

Bracelets

I made a two dainty little bracelets.  The little clovers are embedded in my favorite little sterling silver heart chain.  This is the pure green version.

This is the pot of gold version.  Very simple and perfect for every day wear.

Clovers come in the following colors.  Let me know if you want to customize any of these pieces.