Well its been awhile since I posted here, but Ive been so busy- we are getting ready to head out on the road, and I wanted to share the excitememnt;)  Our very first Renaissance Festival is coming up in two weeks and preparations are down to the wire...We will be at the Medieval Fair in Norman, Oklahoma April 3-5. We just got our booth assignment and it looks GREAT. Here's the map- our booth is where the purple heart is...right in the middle of the southwest section of the fair, between the Gypsy Stage and the Gryphon Stage!!:)

Ian has been making displays and getting our tent ready and we realised that in order to talk to one another coherently about Thyme2dream ear decor, some of my pieces need better names!

SO~ as of now~ the
Emerald Forest Elven Ear Cuff at left and all cuffs with embellishments that sit on the ear are officially called Ear Vines.

My ever popular simple cuff is still called an ear cuff:) This is one of the first cuff designs I made, and still one of my top sellers.. And YES you can request this one in any Swarovski colour they make~no extra charge! I also have "ear cuffs" with wee gemstone shape beads; hearts, stars, and moons








Then we have the Bohemian Wraps...Ian with his cheeky sense of humour came up with the name for this style a while ago. He is a big Queen fan and thought it would be funny if my ear wraps which are rather boho and gypsy in style were named after Bohemian Rhapsody...I do humor him sometimes;)

So far, these are called 2 in 1 Ear Cuff Dangles..rather a pedantic name, but the idea is there. With this style, the basic ear cuff at top is embellished by the addition of one or more danglie bits. They are "2 in 1" because I make them so they can be worn with or without the dangles..kind of fun!

My other news is that I have opened up a shop on the new artisans site, Artfire..I still have my Etsy shop open, but I am loving ArtFire more every day...visit my new shop to see all my newest goodies:

www.thyme2dream.artfire.c...

I havent had time to decorate my house yet (that usually happens about Christmas Eve;) so I decided I would decorate my blog with a few more Christmassy looking items.

This is my newest listing, although not a new design~ Brighid's Yule Crown

Originally designed at a customer's request, it began life as a costume crown for Jadis the White Witch of Narnia, along with a Unicorn Horn for her miniature horse ...it was a fun project!


Here are couple more items I have in my HOLIDAY SALE section now through Christmas:

Just wanted to let my Enchanted friends know: I am offering 20% off all gift certificates in my shop, Now through Monday, Dec 1st, ONLY.  That means a $25 gift certificate is only $20, $50 is only $40 and so on. I also have some individual items marked down in my HOLIDAY SALE section just for fun.  Although the gift certificates will only be on sale for 4 days, I will keep the sale section open and add new items every so often throughout the month of December.

I love Alphonse Mucha~ his artistic love affair with Sarah Bernhardt, the jewelry he adorned his portrait models with, as well as the designs he actually had made into jewelry pieces in collaboration with French jeweler Georges Fouquet- I am fascinated by his magical worlds of movement and swirls!!



When I was asked to make an Elven wedding headdress loosely based on the crown Arwen wore in the last scene of The Return of the King, I drew upon Mucha's wonderful flowing lines and the profusion of flowers everywhere in his work to bring a uniqueness to the piece.


This piece is truly a collaboration- I came up with an idea based on a request from a customer...Ian designed the gorgeous celtic weave base, my niece Alicia designed the bead strands (and is the model in these photos;), and I added my crystal flower arrangements and put it all together. My sister did the photos- she is so good she made even these rushed ones look great!

Available in both my Etsy and DaWanda shops:

Thyme2dream Etsy

Thyme2dream DaWanda

AND see my Thyme2dream Squidoo Lens
for a $20 discount now through Nov 26th;-)