Giveaway ~ $50 gift certificate to our shop!!!!

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. CONGRATS To our winner(selected by random dot org) Lauren Eggers!! Thanks to all who played along. Don't worry we will be doing another giveaway soon!!! xo Gem Gals ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hello crafty peeps.
The Gem Gals guess most of you are gearing up in this new year with delicious new designs.
We'd like to help you with that... Gemalicious Beads on Etsy is giving away a $50 gift certificate! Here's a sampling of gems you could get with your $50 G.C. for F R E E ! ! ! !

It's so easy to enter AND you can get multiple entries to increase your chance of winning this droolicious prize!

How to enter: Leave a comment here on our blog. Yeppers it's just that easy!

Get additional entries when you do these things AND leave a comment that you did:
1. Become a Superlicious Follower of this blog
2. Follow / Tweet us on Twitter
3. Become a liker, licker or drooler on Facebook
4. Mention giveaway on Facebook with a link to this post
5. Tweet about giveaway with a link to this post
Tip: You can tweet the giveaway 1x per day for 1 additional entry each day! (Be sure to leave a comment for each tweet.)
6. Blog about this giveaway and link to this post
7. Visit our Etsy shop and tell us what yummy stone makes you drool
8. Pin one of our Etsy shop items on pinterest 
8. Become a "Sneak Peek" by subscribing to our newsletter and get in on the special deals in our shop

VERY VERY IMPORTANT ENTRY RULES:  
1) Leave a separate comment here for EACH additional entry mentioned above to count! Each entry/comment is assigned a number. Total comments number is then put into random.org to determine the winner. No comment, no number, no winning :(

2) Be sure we have a way to contact you. Twitter name, email, facebook name etc.

This giveaway will end midnight EST on Sunday January 26th, 2013
We will announce the lucky winner on Monday January 27th via twitter, facebook and of course right here on the blog.

Good luck to everyone!
xo
The Gem Gals

Monday Blues

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A first for the Gem Gals

Artfire Collection!

   Curated By: The Gem Gals

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Sale continues as we go Chalcedony crazy!!

Superb Chalcedony!

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Be Mine!

The Gem Gals are having a sale. 15% OFF every stone in our Etsy shop.
Of course our Sneak Peekers get an additional 5% OFF during the sale~'cause they're the Bees Knees!
Let us tempt you with some hammer faceted stones.

Click here to hop on over to our shop!

Theses are SO HOT right now, we can't keep them in stock.
You will love working with these! Such an organic look and feel, they will definitely feed the creativity monster stirring in you.
Now if those aren't enough to tempt you, well we have a shipment due any day of delicious Chalcedony, MMMMystics and lots of new rondelles (rutilated rondelles too!)
We'll be adding gemmies throughout the sale which runs until Cupids hits someone with his bow & arrow, so be sure to check the shop often.

Speaking of VD *wink* check out this post on Handmade business and Valentines.
Interesting!

xo
The Gem Gals

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We HEART Chalcedony!

The Gem Gals have gone C. R. A. Z. Y.

Chalcedony crazy!!

Just got a droolicious shipment of stones, in the most delicious colors!!
Have a peek for yourselves but we must warn you...
the following pictures MAY cause uncontrollable droolage
and D.O.T.J., along with bling-blinding!

 

There are more yummy colors waiting to be listed in our shop,
and list we will.... just as soon as we can stop licking them! lol
xo
Amber & Teri
The Gem Gals

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Spooky Birthday Sale

The Gem Gals are having a 'Spooky birthday SALE'
Why spooky you ask? Amber turns 30 on Halloween! To celebrate everything in our shop is marked 20% OFF. (Thanks to etsyonsale.com, a really cool tool worth checking out if you haven't yet)
Of course our 'SNEAK PEEKS' get an additional 5% OFF.
We will be listing new gemmies during the sale and of course will combine shipping, so be sure to check back to see what's new!
 

For those of you who celebrate Halloween, Enjoy!
xo
Teri & Amber
The Gem Gals

P.S. Leave a Birthday message here for Amber or find her on Facebook (<~clickable link) and send your condolences for the loss of her 20's 
Bwuahahaha 

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Celebrating 1000 Sales!!!!!!!

The Gem Gals are super excited about our 1000th sale on Etsy.
This calls for a HUGE celebration. We'd love to fly every one of you in to help celebrate...but since that is not possible, we've come up with something almost as good.

We've decided ONE lucky customer will get their ENTIRE purchase FREE!
    F   R   E   E!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we get a *squeeeeeeeee*

Here's how: Our 1000th sale and all sales afterwards (all sales from 1000th to Sunday 10/17/10) the customers name will be put into a hat.
On 10/18 we'll draw a name and refund in FULL to one lucky duck!
Now Can we get another *SQUEEEEEE*
There will only be 1 winner...but don't worry, everyone else will get 10% OFF their purchase.
~>Click here to be taken to our shop

Thank You to all who helped us get to 1000 sales and Good luck to everyone.
xo
The Gem Gals


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And the winner...

In our "Gemalicious Beads Love" giveaway is Monica

We used random.org to select our winner:

Congratulations Monica!
We can not wait to see the delicious designs you create with these yummies.
Email The Gemalicious Gals to get your booty of free beads!

Huge thank you to everyone who entered and hang in there, The Gemalicious Gals will have another giveaway of gemmies real soon!
xo
Teri & Amber

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Worth licking...

um, looking.
Just drooling over some delicious new gems!
Yes,  The Gemalicious Gals are temptresses and beadaholic enablers.
First, meet temptation called Sapphire.
Amber did a fabulous post on the awesomeness of sapphires.
It's very informative and definitely worth the read. You can find it here

For Sapphire Lovers

Delicious enough to eat~
 but that would be a waste

Sparkle that could quite possibly blind the eye!

*lick here*

 Prehnite and Iolite and Quartz

OH MY!

Hope you enjoyed the preview
Soon showing at Gemalicious Beads

xo
The Gemalicious Temptresses

On January 15th we will celebrate 1 yr in business!

Who "We" are:
Amber Bryce
The baby that was delivered on Halloween by Dr. Harley Grim. No joke. All hospital personnel attending the birth were dressed for the occasion!
The preschooler who called cemeteries god's garden, butterflies-flutterbys and steam from our local nuclear plant...cloud makers.
The grade school child who refused to "stay inside the lines & use the right colors!"
The teenager who's creative, unique and often rebellious ways had me at school more than once. Mostly to fight for her right not to fit into a mold.
Procurer, photographer and lister of all the delicious gems for our shop.
#1 daughter, sister, mother, wife, writer, artist, jewelry artisan and sole owner of Blue Scarab Jewelry.
Oh and a personal note: she has lots of tattoos. Some she did herself.
You can find here hanging around Facebook here and here

Teri Lindenschmidt
I know that is a mouth full. I get-so you are..."Linda Schmidt?" alot. It's hell-o trying to put that into forms online. It is often rejected. What can I say...Married into it.
Happy escapee of the corporate world. 2 yrs in June!
Cat lover & advocate for TNR (trap neuter return)
Bug fancier. Not all, just spiders and such.
Thrift shop lover times two.
Breast cancer survivor. (fingers still crossed)
Organizer of beads, shipper and book keeper for all the delicious gems in our shop.
#1 Mother, grandmother, stepmother, wife, backpacker, splunker sorta, kayaker, nature lover and all around outdoorsy kinda green person.
CTO(chief twitter offical) for Gemalicious Beads 
And on a personal note: I have 1 tattoo that I panic about from time to time. It's a commitment issue.

*Whew* now that you know us better...
And in sincere appreciation for all the support that kept us in business for the past year, we've decided to GIVE AWAY 365 BEADS & GEMS. Seriously.
On January 15th we will post here a fantastic giveaway!!!
Are you ready?

Much love,
The Gemalicious Gals