We have a WINNER & Auction!

We Have A Winner!!

The 600+ fan giveaway that I donated to

over at Amethyst & Indigo Boutique has come to an end

and I have the winner of the beautiful pair of earrings!

Congrats to

~ Annette Bowdler ~

There were many other prizes won from other 

vendors - all winners have been notified via the email

that they entered with - so check your email just in case!

Now the giveaway has come to an end the AUCTION is just about

to begin!! It should be open at some point later today.

The auction is also hosted at Amethyst & Indigo Boutique, there are many vendors 

with tons of super low starting bids including this beauty of a necklace that I

have put in:

Isnt it lovely?! One of a kind and definitely one of my favourite necklaces.

There will never be another the same.

The starting bid on this hand blackened brass tulip necklace is $17

So head on over to Amethyst & Indigo Boutique on Facebook - you can find it 

Here

~Good Luck~

Giveaway Time!!

Want to win this gorgeous pair of  one of a kind 

"I Love You" Heart earrings??

Of course you do!

I have donated this pair of hand blackened brass & frosted glass earrings

designed & created by me to Amethyst & Indigo Boutique's 600 fan celebration!

Not only can you win these earrings, but there are many other prizes to be won by lots of 

other small businesses of different types as well.

Giveaway is open until June 26th.

Pop on over to Amethyst & Indigo Boutique on Facebook,

after you enter the giveaway, check out all of her super cute creations!

She makes the cutest lil hair bows & has all sorts of other fun items for little ones.

Go & enter the giveaway 

~Here ~

Enjoy & Good Luck!

Holiday promo code to use year round!! Get it here :)

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

What a year it has been. 

As a Thank You

to all of my lovely friends, fans, followers

and customers, I am offering a coupon code that

will be valid through all of 2013!!

Simply use the code

"SAVEMESOME15"  at checkout in the

Tumblestone Etsy Shop to receive 15% off

of your entire order - for any orders made throughout

the year of 2013!

Write down the code or bookmark this

page in to your coupons folder so you know where

to find it as it is needed.* No limits!!

*Valid only through the Tumblestone Etsy Shop

So enjoy, and keep an eye on the shop, lots of

new beauties being created this week and 

all year long!!

Thank you for your continued support,

Dana Lang,

Tumblestone Studios

And the Giveaway winner is:

The winner of the Christmastime giveaway was chosen

randomly by Rafflecopter to win the lovely Victorian style necklace

designed and created by me, Dana Lang of Tumblestone Studios and

a beautiful lot of altered and hand forged jewelry components from

Sharyl McMillian Nelson of Sharyl's Jewelry!!

And the winner is...........

Anne Watson!!

Congrats Anne!!

~**GIVEAWAY**~

It's about time for another Giveaway!!

The lovely Sharyl McMillian Nelson from Sharyl's Jewelry and I

have come together to give you a chance to win a few

lovely goodies this Holiday Season!

I will be giving one lucky winner a beautiful Victorian style necklace,

designed and created by me, Dana Lang of Tumblestone Studios.

For those of you that arent familiar with me, I love to use hand blackened

brass from the talented ladies of Fallen Angel Brass - It has a rich, chocolate 

like patina. The photo below is the necklace the lucky winner will be receiving!

This necklace has a retail value of $32.00 and shipping will

be FREE for the winner world wide!!

The next prize up is a beautiful package of components

from Sharyl. I have used quite a few of her components and they are

a joy to work with! 

She is generously giving a jewelry maker's set of components 

which includes:

One Vintaj altered embossed brass pendant, 

one hand made copper & brass necklace clasp, 

a set of tangerine patinated raw brass connectors/dangles 

and beautiful matching bead caps

 and one set of patinated altered raw brass sunflower dangles 

with matching bead caps. 

The total value is approx. $30.00 - The winner will also receive free shipping!

Wow! Thank you Sharyl!

If you would like to see what other components Sharyl creates

or any of her gorgeous jewelry that she makes using them

please do have a look through her shop! It

can be found HERE

Come have a look at the other hand blackened brass jewelry I have

in my shop as well!  If you like the necklace above, 

you are sure to find other lovely things as well! 

I am having a free shipping world wide promotion until

January 1st 2013 - Just use coupon code FREESHIP at checkout.

You can find my jewlry shop HERE

So enter below - The giveaway will run from today December 21st

until midnight Sunday December 23rd.

The first two on the Rafflecopter form are mandatory:

1. Like Tumblestone on Facebook

2. Like Sharyl's Jewelry on Facebook

The next three are optional but for extra entries you can:

3. Follow @Tumblestoneshop on Twitter

4. Follow Tumblestone Studios Blog

5. Follow Sharyl's Jewelry & Reflections Blog.

Use the entry form below.

Good Luck All!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway Heads Up!!

A super quick heads up.....

I have collaborated with Sharyl McMillian Nelson from

Sharyl's Jewelry

to bring you a lil' giveaway! 

I will be posting details tomorrow - It's going to be short and sweet

so keep your eyes peeled !

See you tomorrow and Good Luck!!

Looking for customer photos!!

Hey All!!

I am looking to put together an album over on the 

Tumblestone Facebook Fan Page

that is all customer appreciation photos, comments and feedback.

I've already got a few but would love to have some more!

The more creative the better!!

So if you have a photo of your child with a custom 

sewn stuffie I have created or you with a lovely 

Tumblestone pair of earrings or even a fun photo of just the

item if you like - anything goes - send it on in to me!

Also looking for comments and feedback as well, even without 

a photo :)

You can either write comments here, over on the Facebook page HERE,

or you can email me your comments and/or photos to

tumblestone.handmakery@gmail.com 

If I get enough, I would like to put on a contest! 

So get your comments and photos of your Tumblestone

goodies in! I would love to see them.

Dont have your Tumblestone goody yet? 

Have a look in my online shop HERE!

I have lots of beautiful hand crafted jewellery to choose from,

sewing wise though, I am closed for custom orders. Once I

catch up (I'm whittling down a 3.5 month wait list!) I will be launching 

the new website and will be taking custom orders again!!

It will be a bit of a wait for that but I'm working on it!

So send in those photos and comments!!

Wow! Great mail day! :)

Who doesnt love a good mail day?!

A few weeks ago I won a beautiful artisan bead set

from The Classic Bead on Etsy - This is what I won!: 

I fell in love with everything that she makes, so

of course I put in a big order!!

Here are a few of the pretties that I chose from her lovely shop:

There's many more where that came from!

I bought quite a few and she has many more in her shop :)

I also got 7 different shades of Irish waxed linen - beautiful!

Go check out The Classic Bead:

Facebook Page

Etsy Shop

Also, stay tuned to Tumblestone's Etsy as well.... I will

be adding some lovely jewelry made with these pretties soon! 

Winter Bridal Earrings

I have absolutely fallen in love with

this stunning pair of earrings!

Without much thought, this is Tumblestone's favorite new

jewelry piece of the week!

They would look perfect on a winter bride or even to accessorize 

that little black dress - I will be releasing a small number 

of these earrings, at the moment there is only

this one pair!

The sleek brass earwires complement the wire wrapped frosted

Preciosa faceted glass drops so nicely

and look at that cut in the glass!

Love this pair too? 

Find them in the Tumblestone Studio's Online Shop,

Are you afraid that your ears are too sensitive for blackened brass?

Test out Tumblestone's 100% Money Back Allergy Free Guarantee when you

switch out the earwires for niobium. 

Read about it in Tumblestone's policies which can be found HERE, near

the bottom of the page.

Free Shipping Worldwide for the Holidays!

Tumblestone is offering Free Shipping Worldwide for the holidays!

Just use coupon code: FREESHIP at checkout in the Etsy Shop

Canada Post is recommending that Christmas gifts be purchased & sent

by December 10th to be received in time.

Got no time to gift wrap? I'll do the wrapping for you, include a card, and ship directly 

to your favorite people just in time for the holidays!  

If you would like that done simply send me a convo and I would be happy to :)

Enjoy!

WIX - My experience so far

Some of you may have seen in your Facebook News Feed, 

an ad for an easy way to build your own website using templates

over at WIX.

I was looking for an affordable way to have my own nice and

professional looking website for my business so I decided to check it out. 

So far I am super pleased with it! 

I dont know much about building websites, let alone anything to do with

"behind the scenes" type of stuff to do with computers

and the internet, so when I saw how easy it really was and that it

is fairly inexpensive - even to upgrade to Premium - I decided to try it out.

As some of you may know, I will be splitting Tumblestone up

in to two separate entities in the coming new year - This blog, The Tumblestone Facebook Page and 

of course the super pretty Etsy Shop will remain "Tumblestone" but the name will

slightly change to "Tumblestone Studio" and will only be my beautiful jewelry.

I will be growing my custom sewn business as it has been so 

successful and it will have it's own name - Which is a secret for now!

Once it launches, it will have it's own Facebook page, blog, Pinterest, Twitter and Website - and

that's where the WIX site comes in! 

I am so happy with how easy the WIX site has been, I'm finding it quite similar to

using Blogger templates - but a little more fun!

I bought my own domain name from GoDaddy and hooked it up to my new site

which was super easy and have been steadily working on it - making it

exactly what I had envisioned - This dream is becoming a reality and I am SO excited 

and having so much fun watching it unfold and grow!

I wont be launching it until my custom sewn wait list has been whittled down

quite a bit more - It's currently sitting at about 3 1/2 months long - So it will be

awhile yet! But in between sewing away, creating jewelry and building my new site, I

have been trying to tie up loose ends, such as purchasing my new sew in labels with my brand

name and website on them - I researched this quite a bit and decided to go

with RememberWynn on Etsy - they have some neat, different and fun 

labels, I cant wait until they come so I can actually brand my creations properly :)

Does anyone have any advice they can give me for starting up

a new website or branding? 

Do you have any good sites that you can point me to with resources 

or anything I may need for my business?

So far I still need a logo and business cards - I'm sure a lot more... 

Black Friday Sale starts at 1am!! Details:

It's finally here!!!

Tumblestone's Black Friday - Cyber Monday Weekend long SALE!

Sale starts at 1:00am PST tonight!!

The sale will last until midnight on Cyber Monday

(Nov26th)

At midnight tonight I will be revealing lots of beautiful one of a kind

artisan designed & created jewelry especially for this sale

so dont miss out! 

Come early on in the sale for the best selection.

No rainchecks! Etsy shop purchases only.

~> Tumblestone's Online Shop <~

Look what I won!!

I love to enter little giveaways now and then

when I see something that I would really like to win. 

Last week I saw one moving down the ticker on my Facebook feed,

a friend of mine had entered so I went to go have a look at what it was. 

It was lovely! 

Tracee Dock of  The Classic Bead was giving away this 

beautiful set of hand crafted beads:

And I won them!!!

I had never heard of The Classic Bead before, so I went over

to her Etsy shop and immediately fell in love with so many pieces.

I love to create jewelry from artisan made components 

and I have been looking for something different in addition

to the hand blackened brass jewelry I make - So I put in a big order

to be shipped with my winnings!

Go have a look at her beautiful things!

The Classic Bead Etsy Shop

The Classic Bead Facebook Page

Thank you Tracee!!

Allergy Free Guarantee!

Have you fallen in love with a pair of Tumblestone earrings but are worried that your 

ears are too sensitive, wondering if it would just be a waste of money since 

you cant seem to wear "anything but gold"?

Niobium, which is the most hypoallergenic metal available - Yes - even more 

hypoallergenic than GOLD (certain karats)! The most sensitive people can't even 

wear 10k gold since there is too much alloy in it. 

24k is great but very expensive and quite soft.

Niobium makes the perfect earwire as there have been no reports 

of allergic reactions and while moderately expensive, still 

much cheaper and harder than gold.

If you have sensitive ears and think you have little choice and fear 

an allergic reaction, I would like to invite you to test my hypoallergenic guarantee. 

For a small charge of $3 (since niobium has a larger price tag) 

I will switch out ANY earwires in Tumblestone's jewelry collection 

with niobium wires upon request (some are already niobium - it will say in the description in store), 

if you have a reaction to the wire I will give you a 100% money back guarantee!

That is how confident I am that you will love them and not get any reactions 

using the niobium wires - most have never heard of it - it's time you have! 
You have choices out there! 
You dont have to stick to gold! 
You can get any pair that you want and can slap a niobium wire on them! 

You dont have to feel so stuck :)

For info on Tumblestone's Niobium Allergy Free Guarantee,

 read about it in the shop policies in the link below. 

You can find it in the section "additional information".

~> Allergy Free Guarantee <~

Stay tuned for Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale!

Gotta love a good Sale!!

Especially a 3 day long Black Friday - Cyber Monday Sale!!

Join Tumblestone Handmakery in store between

1:00am Friday, November 23 - Midnight Monday November 26th

to get a whopping 25% off STOREWIDE!*

I hope to see you there!

I will be unveiling new pretty, one of a kind hand crafted

jewelry especially for the sale - Dont miss out!

Lots of good deals to be shared, beautifully packaged and ready to give

as a gift for Christmas - Or for yourself ;)

If you dont want to wait til then, in fear that you may miss out on that special piece

that you have your eye on at the moment,

take advantage of my Free Shipping Worldwide promotion!

Just use coupon code FREESHIP at checkout!

Other sale details such as the actual coupon code are available

in store HERE

*The sale excludes gift certificates

Craft Fair Fun!

I had such a great time at the 31st Annual Christmas Craft Fair 

here in Mission, BC.

It was my 1st ever Christmas being a vendor and was it ever fun!!!

Honestly, I wished it could just keep going every day!

I met so many other great vendors there as well that

were so welcoming to the scene and invited me to other fairs that are coming 

up this Christmas season. 

It is such a bummer that I work all weekend, every weekend

so I wont be able to participate,  but next year!! 

My goals and plans are coming along smoothly, so I'm determined

that I will be able to do ALL of them next year :D

My most popular item by far was my stuffed moustaches!!

They were available in black, brunette, blonde, red, green and blue!

I sold all 20 moustaches that I had in stock!!

They always do great year round, but for Movember they did

even better.

The experience was great - I cant wait to do it again!

Not being able to go to the rest of the Markets that I was invited to

is really motivating me to work on my goals and fill up my portfolio for the 

Springtime launch of my new website!

Thank you to everyone who came down for the event

to support me and the other amazing local talent there as well.

The Tumblestone Etsy Shop has been re opened, since I had it closed during the event.

Barb's Cancer Benefit

Barb needs our help! 

Nearly 3 years ago when Barb was pregnant with her beautiful baby girl,

she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Cancer - Stage 3 Melanoma, which

is very unpredictable and a mean Cancer.

Since then she has had several tumors removed, the most recent being 

removed a month ago.

So far, other than her arm the Cancer hasn't spread elsewhere in her body. 

Here in Canada, the treatment for this type of Cancer is very limited and quite ineffective.

She has been advised by her doctor to seek a treatment 

that is not available in Canada.

This treatment is proven to be affective.

The treatment is in Texas and the deposit alone for the recommended treatment

is a whopping $40,000!....

Which is why her wonderful family and friends are putting on Barb's Fundraising Benefit.

Tickets are $40 each with a cash bar, 50/50 prizes, toonie toss, silent auction and lots of

live music as well!!

The benefit will be held on December 1st at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall.

Tickets are limited, please go to the benefit website HERE for lots more info

I will be donating a $50 Tumblestone gift certificate towards the benefit and also a hand crafted 

Cthulhu pillow for the silent Auction!

If you or your business would like to help Barb's cause,

here is the info to donate either funds or silent auction items.

Please dont wait, she needs as much help as she can get - for her and 

her family.  ~>DONATION INFO <~

(Look on the side tab for the donation and sponsor sections)     

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Giant Christmas Craft Fair! Temp shop closure

I cant believe that it's already that time of year!

Christmas Craft Fairs & Markets galore.

This weekend Tumblestone Handmakery will be vending at the

31st Annual Christmas Craft Market in Mission, BC!

This market is the biggest one in the whole Fraser Valley with 

over 100 vendors, door prizes, raffles and great food - Not one to be missed!!

Entry fee is by donation with a minimum of $1.00

Since set up is the evening of the 2nd on Friday, I will be temporarily closing

up the Etsy shop and re-opening on Sunday evening (Nov 4th) once I

remove all of the sold items from the shop.

A reminder also that if you did not make it on to the Minkie Munkin pre-order list for 

Christmas, this event will be your last chance to pick one up... They are

limited edition and the 10 that I am bringing with me to the market are the last 10 that

will ever be available to purchase. They will be at a special event low price of 

$25.00 as well - rather than the regular $35.00

If you would like to have a look through the shop before it is raided this

weekend, have a look ~> HERE <~

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend - If you arent local - see if you

can find any craft markets in your area! There are so many wonderful and talented local people 

making the perfect Christmas gifts for all - Support your local small business owners, artisans

and crafters this Holiday season :)

It's Small Business Saturday! SALES GALORE!!

Small Business Saturday is Here!

Today is the day to do your shopping at small businesses throughout 

Canada. Over 3,000 small businesses have signed up to give awesome 

deals just for today! Head over to the 

~~> Shop Small Business Website <~~

to have a look at the list of thousands of small businesses across Canada to

find a deal for you. There are so many sales just for today!

A great day to get some Christmas shopping done without even leaving home.

Even I have a deal special just for today!

For today only, use the code OCTOBER at to receive

25% off at checkout in the Tumblestone Studio Etsy Shop!

There are so many pretties in the shop waiting to beautify someone

and 25% is an awesome deal :)

So head over to my shop to get a deal and after that go have a look

at the long list of other artists, designers and a diverse bunch

of Canadian small businesses to get more deals from!! 

Remember - This is today only!

Happy Shopping!! 

Free Shipping until Nov 1st!

Since you are all so awesome, I wanted to thank you for your continued

support through this busy busy time! 

I'm offering FREE SHIPPING worldwide!!

Use code: FREESHIP at checkout in Tumblestone's Etsy Shop.

*Coupon code applies to jewelry purchases only - no limits!

Have Fun and Happy Shopping! 

There wont be much left after the big Christmas Craft Fair Nov 3 &4

The Free Shipping sale is on until November 1st :)