Cartwheels In My Mind

The House Sparrow.

Do I have any necklace lovers in the house today?!? Dude, necklaces are one of my favorite things to wear especially the long ones. The longer the better in my book. I have something special to share with you you today. My gal pal Haley Baker {who you may have read about in Cartwheels before HERE} is making it big y'all! Listen, I called it way back when she was toying with the idea. She told me, "Taylor Swift will be wearing my necklaces one day". BOOM! It happened. Not once... Not twice... but thrice! Perhaps even more than that but she's been captured on camera with it 3 times. She has just launched her Spring 2011 Collection.

The House Sparrow is 100%vintage-antique and made by me! Each piece is one-of-a-kind. From the chain to the pieces that dangle from every necklace or broach, she has given it her personal touch and stamp of approval. She enjoys going to find these lost treasures and can't wait to see you in a House Sparrow original!

 

EXTRA! EXTRA! Just in case you don't believe what I told you about TSwift just check out and see for yourself:

The name The House Sparrow captures the idea of discovering where you’re from, who you are and where you’re going.

“Even the sparrow has found a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may have her young--a place near your altar,

O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.”

 – Psalm 84:3

Isn't that awesome?!?  Aaaaaand she sent some of her collections up to New York City. Watch out for her jewels to be spotted on FOX&friends from 7:45-800, CNN America from 8:15-9:00 and The View at 10 am!  I'm so proud of my friend and all her hard work! Keep it up, Haley! Us Cartwheelers are rooting for you!!!

You can check out more about Haley & her collections HERE.

 RANDOM FACT ABOUT HALEY&E's FRIENDSHIP: We've been best buds since the 7th grade... were room mates in two different houses and shared the SAME room both times {cheap rent, hello!?!}... carpooled to college classes together on a weekly basis... worked at the same coffee shop for 6 years... currently have the SAME profile picture on facebook.

Anthropologie Necklace Winner!

And the lucky lady IS (faint drum roll heard in the distance)...

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Gorgeous necklace! Thanks for the chance to win!

My quirky fact...I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting into a hot car in the middle of summer...really, truly. It's so comforting to me...;)

POSTED BY: MAGGIE M | FEBRUARY 24, 2011 AT 03:48 PM

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Congratulations Maggie! Your fun fact made me smile because I wore out my heated seat on the driver's side of my Rendezvous by using it every single day of the year, summer included.

As for the rest of you...so so fun to hear your little quirks! We are going to be sharing many many more fun facts in the future...(in fact very soon I'll be sharing how it will become a huge part of the site!) so I hope to get to know all of you a little better through them!

x's and o's,

C. Amet

P.S. If you haven't already checked it, run over to Maggie's blog and scroll through her posts. I just love how understated and beautiful her projects are. I think we need her to do a guest spot, yes? :)

New Life For Vintage Jewelry.

 

Whenever I go to antique stores with my friend, we are always looking at the vintage jewelry.  It's so fun to imagine who wore it and to what special occasion they may have worn it.   This winter I bought some fun vintage costume jewelry and decided that since it really wasn't my style of jewelry that I would repurpose it and make it into something new and fun.

The first thing that came to mind was to make some into magnets. 

 

I simply clipped off the pin or earring back on each of them and attached a heavy magnet using E-6000 glue. 

 

I also used some of the jewelry to make clips.  I used the same process, but glued the jewelry onto spring clips used to hold papers together.

 

I have more jewelry in my stash and I plan on making more magnets and clips as well as some decorative thumb tacks for my bulletin board.  I also thought it would be fun to add some to hair clips or headbands.

 

I searched the internet for more ideas using vintage costume jewelry.  I LOVE all of these ideas and may have to copy some of them in the very near future!

Wedding bouquet | source :  www.daisypinkcupcake.blogspot.com

 

Another wedding bouquet | www.christinehallphotography.com 
 

Colorul heart (how pretty would this be framed??) | source:  etsy seller -dotstitch
 

Of course making new, more modern jewelry from vintage jewelry is always an option too.   

source :  etsy seller- dotstitch

 
 
 

So, what are you waiting for?  Go hit those thrift stores, antique stores, flea markets, or maybe Grandma's old jewelry box and see what old jewelry you can find to turn into new treasures!

 

Purple Ring Give-Away Winner.

Congratulations to the winner of our first Fresh Start Give-Away...the purple ring made by yours truly.

How beautiful this is ... and my favorite color too!

POSTED BY: LILLIAN CHILD | FEBRUARY 22, 2011 AT 03:09 PM

Thanks for playing along, Lillian...please send me your address so I can get the ring headed in your direction ASAP!

x's and o's,

Cheryl

Anthropologie Necklace :: Fresh Start Give-Away Number Two.

Hi friends! I'm back...and this time I come bearing gifts! :) 

I was in Anthropologie around Christmastime buying gifts and when I saw this necklace I knew that I had to get it for someone. And today I am going to give it to one lucky give-away winner! 

Want to see?

So gorgeous, right? I just love that Anthro always does something a little quirky with their stuff. 

But onto the important stuff...who wants it? If you would like to be added to the mix of names to be drawn out just leave a comment here with a little quirky fact about yourself (I am obsessed with random facts...they intrigue me so much.:D).

And that's it...comment, submit and pray that your name is drawn!

x's and o's

C Amet.

Who Wants A Little Cartwheel's Love In Their Mailbox? :: Fresh Start Give-away Numero Uno.

Happy Tuesday, my friends! Are you loving the posts we've had from the lovely and widely creative mind of Elizabeth Mudge the past two days? Because I have. So much...it's so fun for me to see her fresh take on the world. And what better time to celebrate that fresh take than the beginning of her new partnership with me as co-owner of Cartwheels In My Mind? 

Speaking of fresh takes...one of my favorite things in the entire world is to sit in the evenings after the kids are sleeping and watch gritty documentaries while making tons of fun jewelry. And just recently I made a small batch of these lovely purple rings...and upon wearing them to run errands out and about this week I've gotten alot of compliments on them...so I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway where you can win a chance to receive one of your own.

What do you have to do? Just leave a comment on this post over the next week and I'll announce the winner a week from today on Tuesday, March 1st. So tell us what you think...about the site, the ring, the articles...anything. Just as long as you leave one you will be entered into the drawing.

Good luck!

xo's and o's,

Cheryl

P.S. Do you have a specific type of post you'd like to see shared on the site? Or one that we used to share but discontinued? We are always 100% open to any feedback you might want to send our way!