Welcome to the Cyber Monday Festivities!

Welcome to the B.B. Bellezza Cyber Monday Festivities!

Today is going to be a fun day of Discounts, Free Gifts and Door Prizes!

There are a few ways to participate:

1.  Be a newsletter subscriber!  Just by subscribing you'll get 2 chances in each door prize drawing for the door prizes.  You'll also get a free gift with your order of $12 or more!

2.  Like my facebook page.  You'll get 1 entry for each door prize drawing.

3.  Tweet about the sale or door prizes (Find sample tweets below!  make sure to get my twitter handle in your tweet so I know you tweeted @KimberlieKohler)

4.  For every $10 purchase from my shop (today only), you get 1 entry for each door prize.

Discounts:

Available in my Etsy Shop only.  Choose either:

20% off your entire order, use code CYBER20
or
Free Shipping, use code:  CYBERFREE

(You don't have to use paypal in my etsy shop.  You can enter your debit or credit card!)

Free Gift with Purchase:

If you are a newsletter subscriber, you'll get a free gift with your order over $12.  When you check out, make sure to put that you are subscriber in the "notes to seller" and what email address you subscribe to me with so I can verify it.

Door Prizes:

As a reminder, here are the ways to gain entries in the door prize drawings.  I will be monitoring each of these prior to each drawing, so you can join in throughout the day even if you missed some of the drawings.

• 2 entries for joining my email newsletter;
• 1 entry for liking my facebook page;
• 1 entry for tweeting about the festivities (the sale or the door prizes);
• 1 entry for every $10 purchased from my online shop today only.

Important:

I will choose the winner at the time indicated from all possible entries at the time of the drawing.  The winner will be announced on my facebook page, twitter and under each door prize here.

The winner has until 12:00 midnight tonight (Monday) to contact me with their mailing address to claim their prize.   (Email:  BBBellezza@hotmail.com)

Sample Tweets:

I just entered to win a Cyber Monday Door Prize from @KimberlieKohler & you can, too!  Find out how here:  http://www.BBBellezza.com

Having fun with @KimberlieKohler 's Cyber Monday Sale & Door Prize drawings.  Find out more:  http://www.BBBellezza.com

I hope I win the __________ during @KimberlieKohler 's Door Prize drawings and Cyber Monday Sale!  http://www.BBBellezza.com

Here are the Door Prizes:

All of the following times are in United States Eastern Standard Time.

Click on the Link to read more about similar products.

9:00 AM EST

Hardware Earrings
$12 Value

Winner:  Steph Parsons

12:00 noon EST

Clock Hand Earrings

$12 Value

Winner: Terry Scholl

3:00 pm EST

Joy Glass Tile Pendant/Ornament
$15 Value

Winner: Helene Colleu

6:00 pm EST

Upcycled Chandelier Crystal Ornament
$12 Value

Winner:  Robin Hartman

9:00 pm EST

Glass Tile Ornament/Pendant with Matching Cord

$20 Value

Winner:  Meghan Barbato

Good Luck!!

Don't forget the great deals in my etsy shop today!  You choose your own deal either 20% off your order (CYBER20) or Free Shipping (CYBERFREE).

Click here for a handy tutorial that shows you how to use coupon codes on etsy.

Any questions, let me know!  

Sneak Peek at the 2010 Fall Line....Fabric Flower Necklaces

Here's another sneak peek at my 2010 Fall Line!  

These flowers are made from clothing that I have reused or from scraps leftover from other projects.  The buttons are vintage and the pearls are reused from a vintage necklace.

These necklaces (and much more) will be available at the Online Release of the B.B. Bellezza 2010 Fall Line on September 2nd, 3 pm Eastern.

(Others will be available at Building Character on September 3rd 6pm - 9 pm at the in person release.)

Stop to see the flowers....

Picture Rocks, PA, originally uploaded by B.B. Bellezza.

(smell the roses, take a photo of the brown-eye-susans....etc.) This photo was taken in Picture Rocks, PA on a trip to visit my family who live nearby. Time passes way too quickly! It's been an entire month since this trip. I don't even know where the time went!!

Nor do I have any idea where the time has gone here on my blog. This or that comes up and I just never get back here to fill you all in.

Later tonight (and I hope I'm not making promises I can't keep) I'll be sharing some photos of some more of the new pieces I'm working on for my fall line.
My Fall 2010 Line Debuts online this Thursday!!! (Talk about time flying!) September 2nd, 3pm Eastern Standard time. From 3 pm - 11:30 pm, you can get 15% off all the new pieces.

The in person debut is at Lancaster's First Friday. Stop by my booth at Building Character 342 North Queen Street, Rear Warehouses, Lancaster, PA 6 pm - 9pm September 3rd and you can get 15% off all the new pieces then, too. (I may include my entire booth in the deal that night....)

After Thursday and Friday, the pieces will continue to be available at their regular prices and new pieces will be added continually.

More about the new pieces later tonight.

Your mom called, she wants this for Mother's Day

Okay, she doesn't want this particular pendant.  This is my adorable mom and dad.  

But think how much she'd love a Photo Pendant of you, her grandchildren or of the whole family for Mother's Day!  She'll love it.  She'll start to tear up and she'll know how much you love her.

You can even give her a few different pendants:  one of you or you and your siblings (I gave my mom one that had a funny photo of my brother and I making faces, she loved it!), one of the grandchildren and one of her and her hubby, one of her favorite pet.  Or niece.  Or favorite vacation destination.  The possibilities are really endless.

For all this happiness, the price is only $15 per Photo Pendant.  Really!

And, it comes in the cute B.B. Bellezza gift box!

Are you thinking, yes!!  I want one?

All you have to do is this:

1.  Send me an email letting me know that you would like to order one.

2.  Have a digital photo(s) ready that you would like to have made into Photo Pendants.  Send them as an attachment to an email to me.  

Tips for photos:  Simpler is better, a close-up is better, and in the form of a .jpg is the best for me, but I can work with other forms, too.  (Note, I can do cropping if necessary when I get the photos)

3.  I will re-size your photo, have it printed and create your pendant(s) and send you a photo of the finished product

4.  You will get a paypal invoice in your email.  ($15 per pendant plus $3 for shipping)  

5.  Pay the invoice and I'll send your pendants.  (Note, you don't need a paypal account to pay through paypal, just a credit or debit card.)

If you live in the Lancaster, PA area, you can personally give me photos you would like me to use if you don't have digital files of the photo.  (Emailing digital files is preferable.)  Note, the pendants are 7/8" x 7/8".  I can also meet you to give you your pendant(s) and receive payment.

The quicker I get your order, the better, Mother's Day will be here before you know it!

Any questions, let me know! 

January 2010 Newsletter

Happy New Year!!!

Recycling Tip:

Make your New Year's Eve party more recycle-friendly. Check out this article from 1800recycling.com with lots of tips.

New items:

I have added another original photography scrabble tile pendant to my Etsy Shop. (and even more are on the way!) This one, "Wood Street", was taken in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a ghost town with an underground mine fire that has been burning for years. (Actually, you can get a copy of the Outta the Way zine all about Centralia.) This is the street sign for Wood Street and is probably the most unique and cool street signs I have ever seen.

There are also more cord choices listed in the Mix and Match Pendant Section of my Etsy Shop.
Brown Cotton Cord, Natural Cotton Cord, Off-White Cotton Cord, Black Cotton Cord, Black Satin Cord and Ball Chain. (Ribbon Cords will be added soon, as well as pink cotton cord)

And don't forget about the Glass Tile Tutorial I have listed. You can make your own personalized Valentine's Day present. (And the recipient would LOVE it!)

Discount:

This discount is available only to my email newsletter subscribers and facebook fans. Usually the discount is available in my Etsy Shop, but occasionally I will make it also available at my brick and mortar shop at BUiLDiNG CHARACTER. This month is for my Etsy Shop only.

To get the discount, join my email newsletter or become on fan on facebook. (see to the right)

Giveaway:

To make things go a little smoother for me, here are the giveaway rules for this month forward:

1. In order to enter, you just must be an email newsletter subscriber or facebook fan. If you are both, you are entered twice automatically. You do not need to do anything else to enter.
2. To win, you must either have a mailing address in the United States or be willing to pay the shipping to receive the giveaway item if you are not in the U.S.A. If the winner does not have a U.S.A. mailing address and is not willing to pay shipping, a new winner will be picked.
3. I will pick the winner sometime at the beginning of the month and email the winner (or send an email through facebook.) The winner will be chosen with the random number generator at Random.org. (I count the numbers this way: email subscribers are the first numbers and facebook fans are after. It is arranged by order that you signed up.)
   
4. The winner has 3 days to claim their prize by responding to the message I send. The winner should respond with their mailing address. (If I am giving away a customizable or choice of items, they should also respond with their choice, again, within 3 days of my email.)
5. If I do not receive a response within 3 days, I will pick a new winner who will have 3 days to respond. If that person doesn't respond, there will be no winner for the month.
   
6. I will send out the prize within 2 days of their response. (Custom items may take a couple extra days.)

Whew!!!!

This month's giveaway is:
Gettysburg Cross, An Original Photography Scrabble Pendant (which will come with a ball chain)

This is a brand new item that isn't even available to the public as of right now! It is a photo of a monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

(Remember, to join the giveaway, make sure you sign up for my email newsletter or fan B.B. Bellezza on facebook.)

Sales:

I have placed many items on sale in my Etsy Shop, here are a few examples:

Bluebird of Happiness Charm Bracelet
Originally $50, now only $30

Amore Mio Charm Necklace
Originally $25, now only $15
(would make a great Valentine's gift!)

Buttons Charm Bracelet
Originally $30, now only $18

Wine Lover's Charm Bracelet
Now only $30

For all sale items, search for "sale" in my shop, or click here.