HANDMADE SHOP CLOSING + SALE

On April 1, 2012, Jenny and I will be closing our handmade shop on Etsy. We have loved making and selling handmades, but have really found our passion and niche to be graphic design. :) We will continue to do a couple shows here and there, with plans to participate in the Indie Craft Experience in Atlanta during the holidays. For those of you who have been customers of our handmade items, we want to thank you for your support and love!!

We are very excited about where Maiedae is headed and we have a lot of great changes and plans for this year. This is a first step in a new and refined direction for Maiedae and we can't wait!

If you would like to purchase a goodie from the handmade shop before it closes, be sure to enter coupon code: CLOSINGSALE at checkout for 35% off of your order!

Thank you!!

LEAP YEAR SHOP SALE!

Happy Leap Year! This month, I thought it would be fun to celebrate the odd year with a handmade shop sale! Get 29% off of your entire purchase by entering LeapYear at checkout!

Visit the MaieDae Handmade shop here! --- We have plenty of sparkly geology rings (our most popular item), custom glass necklaces, recycled key and coin rings, as well as some beautiful bullet necklaces! The sale will run until midnight on Thursday the 29th. Open internationally. :)

Treat yo'self!

GEOLOGY RINGS ARE BACK + GIVEAWAY! (CLOSED)

Laura & Kaylah wearing our Geology Rings!

After a little hiatus from our shop, the Geology Rings are finally back! I've gotten a couple requests asking about when these sparkly little rings would return and I'm excited to announce their arrival in six colors. :) Each ring is set on an adjustable brass plated setting and is nickel//lead free. I love wearing this ring paired with other rings like Laura above. It's the perfect touch of sparkle!

Giveaway Time!
Want to add a little glimmer to your outfit? Win a Geology Ring in your choice of color! Details on how to enter are below. One winner will be selected at random and announced within the week. :) Giveaway is open internationally.

Here's all you have to do:
Main Entry:
* Leave a comment letting me know if you won, what color you would choose. :)

Bonus Entries (please leave one comment per bonus entry):
* Follow Maiedae via Bloglovin.
* Follow Maiedae via Facebook.
* Follow Maiedae via Twitter.
* Tweet about it! To make it easy, you can copy and paste this: @MaieDae is giving away a sparkly geology ring! http://maiedae.blogspot.com/2012/01/geology-rings-are-back-giveaway.html

Three cheers for sparkles!! Best of luck!

Cyber Monday Sale!! -- Nov 28-30

Get 25% off your entire purchase today through Wednesday by using coupon code: CYBERMONDAY at checkout! This is the only holiday sale we will be having for MaieDae Handmades, so be sure to get your Christmas goodies purchased in time for the holidays!

We have tons of new products and special customized pieces. Each purchase comes packaged beautifully, ready to give. :) Not sure what to buy? Take a look at our Holiday Lookbook for inspiration! Happy Christmas shopping to you!

PS - Looking to pick up a few pieces from our Closet Sale?? Use coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY50 to get 50% off of your entire purchase! We are closing up the closet shop soon, so be sure to pick out a few of your favorite pieces! 

New Items in the Shop + Holiday Deadline

Along with our Holiday Lookbook, we've also loaded up the shop with lots of old and new pretties for Christmastime shopping! We have a couple new pieces, that I'm loving, as well as some different variations of older beloved pieces. :)

If you would like to purchase a MaieDae Handmade piece for someone you love during the holidays, we've set a holiday shopping deadline in order to make sure your gift arrives in a timely manner. All U.S. residents need to purchase their items before December 14th and all International residents need to purchase their items before December 5th. Some of our items are made to order, as well as customizable, so we want to give ourselves plenty of time to make your pieces, package them up all pretty, and send them safely to you. :)

Here are a few of my favorite new pieces in the shop! Above, we have our romantic "Darling & I" necklace that you can customize with you and your sweetheart's name and to the left of that, we have our new custom silhouette necklace that will resemble you and your love! 

1. Recycled Vintage Key Rings - Choose from several styles and shapes.

2. Vintage Buffalo Nickel Necklace

3. Men's Bow-Ties - Made from vintage fabric and clip-on, also way cute for women.

4. Bullet Necklace - Comes in silver and brass. 

5. Chicago Earring - Our bestseller feathered Chicago earring now comes paired with a raw amethyst or citrine stud. 

6. Double Quartz Rings

7. Geology Rings - Another bestseller now in Glitz and Rubies! 

All items can be found in the shop here. Happy Christmas shopping to you!

PS - Looking for some extra clothing?! Our MaieDae Closet Shop is running an early black friday sale! Get 50% off your ENTIRE purchase by using coupon code: BLACKFRIDAY50 at checkout!

MaieDae Holiday Lookbook is Here!

This has truly been a labor of love! Jenny and I have spent many hours visualizing the look and feel, making jewelry, scheduling and organizing the photo-shoot, and taking hundreds of pictures of our fabulous models. We want to send a HUGE thank you to our models: Madi Thornton, Hannah Ausband, Anna Ward, Wes Sherwin, and Christian Turner. They were absolutely fabulous to work with, so helpful, and were extremely enthusiastic about the shoot and our products. :)

We've had an amazing experience putting this together and are thrilled with the results! And now, I proudly bring to you, the very first MaieDae lookbook! Enjoy!

Like what you see?! All products you see in the lookbook are now available in our shop, just in time for Christmas!

More photos from the lookbook will be uploaded to our Facebook page later today!

Holiday Lookbook Sneak Peek!

As mentioned in the last post, Jenny and I have been busy, busy bees working on some special holiday projects for MaieDae. This past Saturday, we had the opportunity to work with some fantastic models//helpers for our holiday photo-shoot! We are in the process of editing hundreds of photos for a major shop update and put together our very first lookbook! We are thrilled with how the photos and styling came out and I can't wait to share!

For now, here is just a little sneak peek:

Indie Craft Parade: Our Booth!

I wanted to share more details with you about our booth and how we set it up for the Indie Craft Parade! -- Jenny and I spent a lot of time preparing for the show. One of the things we like to do before our shows is to set up a "mock-table" in my living room to figure out where all of our product will go and if we are missing anything. At our last show, we used a lot of natural wood pieces and created a lovely nature scene to display our work. For this show, we wanted to create a display that was adaptable to other shows, easy to assemble, and practical. Here are some detailed peeks at our booth:

Our display was on an eight foot table and mainly consisted of antiqued crates and boxes that Jenny and I hunted down from some antique malls in our area. The natural wood colors and textures really made our items stand out. Our goal for this go-around was to make everything more "viewable" and easier to see. 

We bought these beautiful knobs at Urban Outfitters and screwed them on the back of an old Pepsi crate to display some of our necklaces. We also scored a pack of clear dresser knobs from Target to use on some of our other pieces to match. :)

One of my favorite finds was this beautiful vintage shadow box that we used to display all of our rings. In our previous show, we grouped a lot of our rings onto tree stumps and into little bowls, but we really wanted them to be on display this time and thought this piece was PERFECT.

We were excited to spend time really perfecting a couple of our popular pieces and that included the "Chicago Earring". We were able to display them at eye level with cute little MaieDae tags and instead of just selling the one earring by itself, we made these sweet little raw amethyst and citrine studs to go with them. Love!!

We have loved the experience of selling at handmade shows. It's amazing to meet so many talented people and we seem to always come home super inspired and excited to take on new projects and continue building MaieDae into the business we dream of. We're working hard everyday to improve our handmade products, peruse new ideas, develop our skills, and keep the momentum moving forward. :) We are thrilled to see what the future holds. 

Greenville was AMAZING and we hope to get the chance to come again next year! I'll be doing another post later dedicated to some of my favorite booths and set-ups to hopefully give you some great inspiration! 

If you'd like to see more photos of our adventure in Greenville, be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page! I'll be uploading pictures throughout the day. :)

PS -- We are currently offering 30% off in the shop to clear everything out. Use coupon code: MAIEDAE30 at checkout to get your discount!

MaieDae Handmades: Pretty Ladies + Shop Sale!!

We are clearing out our current inventory in the shop to make way for the holiday season, so we are offering 30% off everything!! Visit our shop here and use coupon code: MAIEDAE30 at checkout to get your discount! We've got some beautiful key and coin rings left, as well as some chicago earrings and navajo necklaces!

In the meantime, I wanted to show off some pretty ladies who have rocked some of our MaieDae jewelry recently! I love these girls and it makes me smile so big to see these pictures! :)

Laura of Violet Bella wearing a Fire Opal Geology Ring.

Grace wearing a custom glass necklace.

Emma of Food Coma wearing an Amethyst Geology Ring. 

Kaylah of Dainty Squid wearing a Feldspar Geology Ring.

Aren't they darling?! -- If you have any photos wearing some MaieDae goodies, please feel free to email them to me! I'd love to put them in my "Customer Appreciation" photo album on our Facebook page!

Happy Weekend!

Indie Craft Parade

This morning, Jenny and I woke up early and took a road trip to Greenville, SC! For the first night of the Indie Craft Parade, they held a VIP Gala night for ticket holders only. Light crowds, music, complimentary food, giveaways, and a relaxing evening. :) So far, Jenny and I have been AMAZINGLY impressed with the quality, organization, and peacefulness of this show. It's been seamless so far and everyone volunteering has been so sweet and we've had a chance to meet some amazing vendors.

Tomorrow and Sunday are full days! The parade is offering free admissions, both tomorrow and Sunday, and we'll be selling from 9:00am-7:00pm; long day...but we can't wait! I've been showing sneaks peeks here and there via Instagram on Twitter. You can follow me here if you'd like to take a peek!

Photos coming soon!!

MaieDae Handmades: Personalized Glass Necklaces

Looking for something romantic and personalized to give as a gift or capture a special memory for yourself? Personalized glass necklaces are back in the shop!

Bottom photo via my friend Grace's wedding.

Get the names of you and your beau, a favorite quote, or something meaningful of your choice put behind magnifying glass. Each necklace is personalized with ink on hand tea-dyed paper and set on a 25mm bronze pendant and comes beautifully wrapped and ready to give!

James & Grace at their wedding May 2011

Visit my shop here to see more about this piece!

MaieDae Handmades: New Coin//Key Rings in the Shop!

There are some new treasures in the shop! I've stocked up on some beautiful and unique coin and key rings. Each ring is recycled from vintage coin//key findings and have been set on an adjustable brass plated ring setting. Each ring is priced at $15.00 and under, and is a great way to make a subtle statement:

No. 008

No. 010

No. 010

No. 008

No. 007

No. 006

No. 012

Head on over to the shop and pick out yours!