I’m so excited to be finally offering these pieces inspired by the cool breeze of the forest canopy and cool water of a creek or stream running over tumbling rocks and twisting roots! I hope you are all staying cool and will enjoy our second Official Offer here on the website. We aim to keep it relaxed but the Lullaby Links admin team will be around (mostly on Facebook) if you have any questions. This form (linked below) will be open for entries from 9:30am to approximately 9:30pm pacific time Friday, September First. The offer has a lot of variety but I am only planning to make 50-60 pieces total. Invoices will be sent this weekend and due Wednesday September sixth. Any unpaid invoices will be canceled and redrawn Wednesday evening. All pieces will be made to order within 3-6 weeks but if I can make them in less than three I’ll be thrilled to ship them out even quicker. The prices below do not include tax (only on orders shipped within California) or shipping costs. The form to place your order on this offer: https://goo.gl/forms/CL2UaTpKRZztvFKj1 (this link may need to be copied and pasted into a browser to open) Now more about the leaves, pods, roots and rocks! Cinerea is also called silver dollar eucalyptus and has beautiful rounded leaves that grow in pairs on delicate branches. It has always reminded me of lace and I was so excited to make this necklace inspired by it. The mixed metal version will have two leaves in 24k gold (bottom left and second to the right on the top in the below image). Cinerea Mixed $592.00 Cinerea Silver $160.00 The chains will be listed separately but the Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces and I would not recommend the Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) as it would only allow you string through to give a clustered look or drop the links vertically. Either style Connection Chain would allow you to wear the pieces horizontally as shown here on a Wheat Convertible Connection Chain (WCCC). Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) is a tree that is native to Australia that was brought to San Francisco a century after the Gold Rush in a period the promoters called the Eucalyptus Rush in effort to reforest the city with hardwood trees. Today they are a big part of the city’s landscape and this city has my heart. They are similar in shape to Eucalyptus Grandis but their seedpods have a more distinct shape that I tried to capture in the little orbiting pods on this piece. The mixed metal version will have two of the seedpods made in 24k gold. Blue Gum Mixed $420.00 Blue Gum Silver $140.00 The chains will be listed separately but the Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces and I would not recommend the Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) as it would only allow you string through to give a clustered look or drop the links vertically. Either style Connection Chain would allow you to wear the pieces horizontally as shown here on a Wheat Convertible Connection Chain (WCCC). Gone to Seed is a single leaf with an exploding bud of the Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus). It is described as looking like a white sea anemone when in bloom. The little exploding bud is a little labor of love and I will only be offering three of these pieces so as not to slow myself down the entire offer. Gone to Seed $125.00 Any style Connection Chain would work with this piece but it also works really well on the Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) as shown below. The Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces. This is Paulownia. The leaves are formed like the heart-shaped leaves of the Paolownia tree, they are hand-marked and there is a little seedpod that floats around one of the leaves. The mixed metal version will have the sweet little seedpod made in 24k gold. Paulownia Mixed $215.00 Paulownia Silver $75.00 The chains will be listed separately but the Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces but any of the other selections will work with this piece. The Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) would allow you string through to give a clustered look or drop the links vertically. A Connection Chain would allow you to wear the pieces horizontally as shown here on a Wheat Convertible Connection Chain (WCCC) or a variety of other This is Redwood Sorrel. It is made with the three heart shaped leaves that grow clustered together. It has five little petals and one little round center attached to the leaves like the five petaled flowers it grows with. The mixed version will have just the itty bitty center made in 24k gold for a little pop of color. Redwood Sorrel Mixed $250.00 Redwood Sorrel Silver $130.00 The chains will be listed separately and while the Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces any other chain would work. The Ready-Made Argentium Chain would simply string through to give a clustered look like this or with the links dropping vertically. A Connection Chain would allow you to wear the pieces horizontally as shown in the second picture worn of the Wheat Convertible Connection Chain (WCCC). This is Rock You 2. It is one of three versions that will come with 1, 2 or 3 pebbles. It is inspired by the stage when little children telling their caregivers exactly what they want them to say. A friend of mine’s daughter used to go to her when she was said and say, “Momma rock you?” because my friend would frequently ask her if she wanted to be rocked. If I could make more pebbles on each piece to symbolize families with more little pebbles rocked I certainly would but more than three starts to get almost as challenging as rocking three little kiddos at once. Rock You 2 is shown here as a Front Clasping All in Ones (FCAiO) but you can select any of the chain options or buy this piece without chain. It is well suited to be worn on a ready-made chain (available in any store that sells jewelry), a cord or even a ribbon. If you don’t have a chain the Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) is a good option for this piece. A ready-made chain comes with one tiny closure and cannot be clasped directly onto the piece but is strung through. The mixed metal version will be the only pebble on Rock You 1, the largest pebble on Rock You 2 and the middle sized pebble on Rock You 3. Rock You 1 Mixed $175.00 Rock You 1 Silver $35.00 Rock You 2 Mixed $180.00 Rock You 2 Silver $40.00 Rock You 3 Mixed $185.00 Rock You 3 Silver $45.00 The chains will be listed separately and the FCAiO will only be available with the Rolling Rocks and Rock You pieces. The FCAiO option in this batch will be made with cute little elephant clasps and the chain will be permanently attached by looping around the centerpiece on one side. The cute little elephants will clasp right into the centerpiece on the other side for a complete necklace All in One piece! The chain lengths on FCAiOs include the length of the centerpiece and are measured from the outer edge elephant’s trunk to the outer edge of the outermost link. The can be clasped anywhere on the piece to shorten with links dropping vertically or clustered in the trunk of the elephant. The total lengths available will be 20″ or 18″. Rolling Rocks is inspired by big boulders smoothed in fast running water with a rough textured root heart and an elephant lumbering towards them it is a reminder to be slow and steady as life keeps rushing through. The heart is a reminder to be grounded in a place of love. At any moment the rocks may start tumbling downstream again but there is a peace in their stillness. Rolling Rocks as a Front Clasping All in Ones (FCAiO) is shown below all in silver but it will also be available in mixed metal with a gold heart root. Rolling Rocks Mixed $300.00 Rolling Rocks Silver $75.00 The chains will be listed separately and the FCAiO will only be available with the Rolling Rocks and Rock You pieces. The FCAiO option in this batch will be made with cute little elephant clasps and the chain will be permanently attached by looping around the centerpiece on one side. The cute little elephants will clasp right into the centerpiece on the other side for a complete necklace All in One piece! The chain lengths on FCAiOs include the length of the centerpiece and are measured from the outer edge elephant’s trunk to the outer edge of the outermost link. The can be clasped anywhere on the piece to shorten with links dropping vertically or clustered in the trunk of the elephant. The total lengths available will be 20″ or 18″. This is Sassafras! The inspiration came from a Linklette on the Lullaby Links Facebook page. To quote her, “It is one of the only if not the only tree that has three different shaped leaves on it, there is a stubby oval leaf, the mitten leaf and the tri-lobbed leaf.” The week before this inspiration was shared I was making little fairy homes with my kids in a park where the sassafras leaves were just starting to turn beautiful colors in Philadelphia. (Second picture below)
The little leaves take some considerably concentration and delicate bending. There will only be 3 available on the offer. They will be available in all silver (as shown) or mixed metal with the middle leaf in 24k gold. Sassafras Mixed $375.00 Sassafras Silver $150.00 The chains will be listed separately and while the Front Clasping All in One (FCAiO) will not be available with these pieces any other chain would work. I would not recommend the Ready-Made Argentium Chain (RMAC) as it would only allow you string through to give a clustered look or drop the links vertically. A Connection Chain would allow you to wear the pieces horizontally as shown here on a Wheat Convertible Connection Chain (WCCC). And what could be better to wrap up and offer than my littlest’s feet stamping?! 🤣 It’s midnight before the offer opening and I am officially out of words for the night. I’m excited to see you all in the morning and delighted to get to work on the pieces ordered in this offer!! 💕 francie 💕 |