I Heart Macro - It's Sunday!!

My point and click views this week:

(as always, click on the photos to enlarge them)

Around the house I put up the Christmas decorations and arranged the gorgeous wood Santa carvings by my brother and smelled some of our lovely roses.

Camped in the Desert

(which is always an adventure with my two boys!)

The only picture my son would let me take of him (that he knew about!)

Campfire by the Arizona Sunset

Beautiful Scenery!

There's gold on the other side of them-there hills!
The Vulture Mine gold to be exact!

He should have brused more frequently don't you think?

Yes, but it's a dry heat!

Moonrise over the mountains

Cholla

These will hurt!

These will hurt more!

These are just cool looking!

More stick-i-stuff

And, a beautiful, young saguaro!

How was your week - see anything beautiful or interesting you'd like to share?

Hop on over to Studio Waterstone for I Heart Macro today - you'll be thrilled with all the gorgeous photos!!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Beauty in the Strangest Places!

Cheers,

~Shel~

25% Off This Weekend!!

Are You Still Shopping For Wonderful Gifts For All Those You Adore?

Enjoy 25% Off This Weekend Over at the

MiShel Designs Etsy Store!

Use Coupon Code Winter25 Upon Check Out!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Fantastic Savings!

Cheers,

~Shel~

And The Winner Is,...

Patty Wins - Yeah!!

(I've already emailed her to give her the fun news!)

So, there you have it folks!  I hope you enjoyed visiting all the great, unique and fun shops during the Holiday Shop Hop this past weekend!

Keep in mind that from now until January 15th, 2012, the button at the top of my blog that says "Holiday Shop Hop 2011" will have all the shops that participated in the Holiday Shop Hop along with a few more that have been added to the list so you can enjoy browsing their shops, websites and/or blogs during the entire Winter Break.

Many of the shops are running promotions, sales and have all sorts of fun things going on this whole month - so please stop back by and check out their shops and see what's new!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Holiday Cheer!

Cheers,

~Shel~

100!!

I told you back here, in this original post, that I'd be doing a give-a-way once I reached 100 followers and so today's the day! 

Congratulations to the following winners!

Saun, of the blog "Live by the Sun, Love by the Moon" won this lovely set!

Romantic Rose Set Won by Saun!

Carlynne, of Hershberger and Huff Studios won my "Follow Your Heart" necklace!

Follow Your Heart Necklace won by Carlynne!

And, Mariter, won the "Butterscotch" Bracelet!

Butterscotch Bracelet won by Mariter!

Way to go everyone!  Email me at Shel@asicj.com so I can get your addresses from you and send you your goodies!!

Thanks so much to everyone who follows.  I appreciate you joining me and I love to hear your comments!

Plus, join me tomorrow as I give away this cute set! 

Who will win this tomorrow?!

The people who commented on my "Holiday Shop Hop" post from Saturday and Sunday are all in the running - good luck!!

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Fun Give-A-Ways!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Holiday Shop Hop 2011

Welcome to the Holiday Shop Hop 2011

Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday, December 4th

Carved Wooden Snowman Ornament by Gordon W. Baldock
Photo by Michelle Buettner
Graphic Enhancement by Mary Anne Flesch of Handcrafted Serenity Jewelry

We all know it's pretty easy to hop around and shop all over Etsy, Artfire and many other super wonderful arts and craft sites, but sometimes it's a bit daunting and so this was developed (with some generous help from some very wonderful people, I might add!) to be a fun and enjoyable way to shop handmade and support the arts and crafts sector of the small business world during this very busy gift giving season!

"Winter in Nutrioso"
Photo by Michelle Buettner

Listed below are some pretty cool places to find unique handmade items such as Jewelry (I love buying other jewelry artist's designs - they're so gorgeous!!) and Jewelry related items, such as Beads and Supplies (I can never have enough of these!). There's also handcrafted Toys, Wearable Goods, Bath and Body Products, Candles and items we use everyday such as Pens, but these are handcrafted with some really cool flair!

Some of the participants below have listed their online shops for you to browse through while others have listed their blogs, website or Facebook page which is where you will find information on the wonderful items they create and offer for sale.  (The MiShel Designs Etsy shop is listed in the link list below with everyone else's and there's a clickable link over here on the right side of my blog. I've got a coupon code for 20% off posted in my shop announcements for shoppers as well.)

Each participant has created their own unique shopping experience for you and you'll want to be on the look out for a few that are offering specials, discount codes or coupons and even a possible give-a-way or two!

To start things off, I'm going to be giving away a necklace and earring set here on the MiShel Designs Blog. Everyone who leaves a comment at the bottom of this post either today or tomorrow will be entered in the drawing and the participant will be chosen by random.org and announced here on my blog on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.

Necklace and Earring Set by Michelle Buettner
of MiShel Designs

So please, browse through the list below and enjoy the

Holiday Shop Hop!

A Bead A Day

Blackbeary Mountain

Blue Pearls Handcrafted Goods

Chic and Frog

Crafty Hope

Dragonfly Dreamers

Etania Gems

ExPostFacto Jewelry

Fangdangles

GreenBead Designs

Handcrafted Serenity Jewelry Designs

Happy and Healthy Magnetic Jewelry

Holly Westfall / Silver Rose Designs

Just A Tish

Just Mare Pottery

Keefer Style Creations

Kabs Creative Concepts

Klassy Joolz

Kristi Bowman Design

Lilly Rose Jewelry Designs

Little Rocks

MiShel Designs

Melinda Orr Designs

My Life Under the Bus

Olive Branch Organics

Pine Ridge Treasures

Pink Poppy Studio

Rosebud’s Lampwork Beads

Sand & Sea Designs

SCJ Jewelry Design

Sew Stacy

 

 

SongBeads

 

 

Studio Waterstone

 

 

Sundancegems

Suzanne Stevens

Sweet Creek Herbs

Sweet Water Designs

Wire Worked Handcrafted Jewelry

 

 

We Hope You Have Enjoyed The Holiday Shop Hop!

Although Most Of The Specials and/or Give-A-Ways These Shops Are Having May Only Be

Valid During Certain Times,

The "Holiday Shop Hop" Button

at the Top of This Blog

Will Have These Shops Listed

Until January 15, 2012

So That You May Browse

Through Their Shops During

Your Entire Winter Break!

Enjoy!!

Cheers,

~Shel~

Peace, Love and Happy Handmade Holiday!

Cheers,

~Shel~

With Much Gratitude

It was brought to my attention that I hadn't properly thanked all the wonderful people who helped me with the Holiday Shop Hop that's taking place here on my blog tomorrow and Sunday, so I wanted to take this opportunity to do so!

First and foremost, to everyone who’s blindly jumped in to participate and make this little shop hop a fun event this weekend. Thank you so VERY much!

You’ve tweeted, you’ve facebooked, you’ve blogged, and talked, and emailed and shared the information for the Holiday Shop Hop with so many people and it will be thanks to all of your brilliant efforts when it’s a success! 

Pinterest

Next I’ve got a little “private list” of peeps that have listened to my long, drawn out and rambling emails (You know who you are!!) and who’ve also offered countless suggestions and were there when this was just an inkling and I had no idea what the heck I even wanted to do to help get traffic to people's shops and to help get people to shop handmade, small business and “local” (in their jammies, in their own house!) this gift giving season! Thank you!!

 Pinterest

I want to give a big shout out to these wonderful women as well:

Lori Anderson – Lori’s listened to many of my rambling emails, gave suggestions and offered help despite her own very cool and successful Virtual Craft Fair she’s got going on this entire week over on her blog, Pretty Things! Thank you so much Lori, your suggestions, offers of help and ear for listening are greatly appreciated and deeply valued!

Lisa Crone:  Lisa got blind-sided as I asked a ton of her one night via email. She had such a full schedule and still said to me “As soon as I’m free, I’ll help out”.  So, when she finished, I said “Oh, thanks, but I’ve got it under control”.  How rude of me – not on purpose, but still - rude of me none-the-less! And, being the gracious one she is, she still helped out! What a class act!  Thank you so much for your support and help!

Regina Santerre: Regina was one of the first one’s to step in and say “Count me in!” and she’s also the one who came up with the actual name “Holiday Shop Hop” – it was her suggestions vs. whatever the long, drawn out and wordy thing I was trying to use was! J Thanks a bunch Regina – I think the name rocks!!

Mary Anne Flesch:  Mary Anne jumped in for the Shop Hop and then she took my little “Snowman Button” and “fixed” him!  Yep, she took the yellow out and made him look all pretty and white like a snowman should! Yeah!! And then, of course, I messed it up again,….what’s new?!! L But, Thank You Mary Anne! You took your time and effort to help me and I appreciate it so much!! And, if I do this next year,…I’ll make sure I use the Snowman you fixed!!   

Mary Anne's nice white Snowman! :)

And not the one that looks like it was made with snow that Santa’s Reindeer peed on! J

Shelly's 'yellow-ish' Snowman

 

 

THANK YOU everyone! I really am grateful.

 Peace, Love and Here’s to a Successful Holiday Shop Hop This Weekend for Everyone!

Cheers,

~Shel~

This or That,...and Some Other Stuff

I'm being reflective today and thinking back on my Thanksgiving Weekend in the Mountains with my family.

We took some walks and gazed at things around us.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day and the day after,

It snowed!

The Fireplace at Grandma Emma's - after the Wallow Fire this summer

Fireplace Stone work my Sister and Brother-in-Law did

Fireplace Handle after the Wallow Fire This Summer

Snowy Branch

The Treehouse my hubby built w/our son after his heart attack in 2007.
It was barely started in 2007 and 2 days after Thanksgiving that year
Mike had a massive heart attack. He said all he could think about while laying
in ICU was that he needed to finish the treehouse with Logan before he passed away.
He keeps adding on to it every chance we get to go up to the mountains.
It's kind of symbolic now I guess!
I love this place!

(as always, click on the photos to make them bigger!)

Until Next Time,

Peace, Love and Pausing,....

Cheers,

~Shel~

Linking up today with This or That Thursday over on Deb Duty's Blog - won't you join in?