New and beautiful

There are many new items posted on the website www.totaldelights.com but the one that to me is the most striking is the pair of earrings that Deb made and the photo of them, in fact I placed them on the home page. The photo is great and shows the earrings off so well, That I had to place them on the front. I love to change things around on our front page because I feel that reflects who we are always changing. We have so many flavors to our designing. That I hope that everyone will be able to find things that they like.

Magical moments

This fun handcrafted bracelet is made with 3 beautiful lampwork beads that have great swirling in them. Then gold freshwater coin pearls and plum pearls. Handwired with sterling silver and Swarovski crystals 7 in of magic. Will soon be found on www.totaldelights.com

Red again

You gotta love the Red Hats.

My passion for pearls part 2

So you all already know that I have a passion for pearls and this handmade bracelet is no excemption. It is made with the most wonderful cranberry red freshwater pearls and then a Bali sterling silver bead framed by black swarovski crystals and I am going to have a hard time parting with this one. It will soon be posted on www.totaldelights.com so come by and check it out.

Dragonfly bracelets

So this is one of the latest dragonfly bracelets, that was recently ordered and just shipped out. To date these bracelets have been our best sellers. These are wonderful handcrafted bracelets that we offer made to order with a birthstone color.

We also offer a copy of the waterbug poem/story with the purchase of these bracelets.

The Water Bug

Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in a while one of their colony seemed to lose interest in going about with its friends. Clinging to the stem of a pond lily it gradually moved out of sight and was seen no more. "Look" said one of the water bugs to another,"one of our colony is climbing up the lily stalk. Where do you think she is going?" up,up,up it slowly went.... Even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight. It's friends waited and waited but she never returned. "That's funny!" said one water bug to another..."wasn't she happy here?' asked a second...."Where do you suppose she went?" wondered a third....no one had an answer. They were greatly puzzled.....Finally one of the water bugs gathered it's friends together. "I have an idea, how about the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk, promises that they will come back and tell us were he or she went and why!" 'We promise they said solemnly.One spring day not long after the very water bug who had suggested the plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. Up, up, up he went. Before he knew what was happening he had broken through the surface of the water and fallen into the broad and free lily pad above.When he awoke, he looked about with surprise....He couldn't believe what he saw. A startling change had come over his body. His movement revealed four silver wings and a long tail. Even as he struggled he felt an impulse to move his wings.... The warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from his new body. He moved his wings again and suddenly found himself above the water. He had become a DRAGONFLY! Swooping a dipping in great curves he flew through the air. He felt exhilarated in the newatmosphere.By and by the new dragonfly landed happily on a lily pad to rest. Then it was that he chanced to look below to the bottom of the pond. Why he was right above his old friends the water bugs! there they were scurrying around, just as he had been doing some time before. Then the dragonfly remembered the promise. Without thinking, the dragonfly darted down. Suddenly he hit the surface of the water and bounced away. Now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go into the water...... "I can't return!" he said in dismay. "At least I tried, But I can't keep my promise. Even if I could go back not one of the water bugs would know me in my new body. I guess that I'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies too.Then they'll understand what has happened to me, and where I went," and the dragonfly winged off happily into its wonderful new world of sun and air......Author Unknown

Red Hat fantastic

So Deb has our done herself this time with his new Red Hat necklace come and check it out at http://www.totaldelights.com/

As promised

The Red Hat collection is now up on http://www.totaldelights.com/ it is just the beginning there is much more to come.

Do you know any Red Hats?

The Red Hat Society is where there is fun after fifty (and before) for women of all walks of life. they still believe silliness is the comedy relief of life and, since they are all in it together, they might as well join red-gloved hands and go for the gusto together. Underneath the frivolity, they share a bond of affection, forged by common life experiences and a genuine enthusiasm for wherever life takes them next. To us this seems like a wonderful group and we are going to start to design jewelry for them. There is the fun and funky costume jewelry out there but this group even though they may be fun and light hearted still deserves to have some handcrafted jewelry that is quality and will last and still make a statement about who they are. So to you Red Hats out there we tip ours to you. You will find the Red hat collection at www. totaldelights.com next week.

a little gold

So a little gold is in order for the day This set is made with cherry quartz and freshwater pearls, swarovski crystals and brass spacers and then a gold vermil clasp. The matching earrings are made with the same things except for gold filled wires. This set will be posted in the next few days on www.totaldelights.com

Passion for pearls

So it's out I have a real passion for pearls, just about every shape and color. They have always been a favorite of mine when in high school I bought my first "real " piece of jewelry. You guessed it a pearl ring. I still have that ring. But for me pearls are the best, you can wear them out to dinner, dressed to the nines, or with a pair of jeans. And today they do come in every shape and color. And the picture above is some pearls I just got in the mail today. But I had to take a picture before dividing them with Deb. Check in at http://www.totaldelights.com/ and see the wonderful pieces made with pearls and more. But don't forget to check back in the weeks to come and see if you can spot the pearls that are pictured above.

Early bird

Ok so it is time for a new coupon and are you ready, better make sure that your sitting down. . . . Ok so I'm messing with ya, but it is time for a new coupon and the deal is FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $50.00. now you add that to the fact that your items come ready for giving and what more could you ask for to really get a head start on you shopping. Just type in, you guessed it early bird at check out and you will be on your way to enjoying the season stress free and finished early. http://www.totaldelights.com/ There are 83 days left till christmas but more like 70 if you shop online. check out this countdown till christmas site http://www.christmassantaclaus.com/clock.asp

I have been struggling with taking a good photo as of late and for selling jewelry goes that isn't good. I just made a new light box and I hope that will help. I need to get a light source from the top worked out and then I hope that it will be better. But for now things will just have to do. The above necklace is new and has yet to be posted on the website that will be done in the next day or so, I guess this is then a seek peek at the new things to be posted

The black and gray necklace is made with ceramic hearts and Bali Sterling Silver, The black rounds are actually Swarovski pearls they are called mystic black and have the glossy look instead of the pearl finish.
The pink necklace is made with a beautiful pink dicrohic glass pendant and is very hard to do justice in a photo. It also has sterling silver and chinese celestial crystals.
The bracelet is made with red bend jasper and blackstone the center has a bold Bali sterling silver bead that is framed by the beautiful beads.
These all we be listed soon on www.totaldelights.com check in and see what else is new.