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Giveaway » March’s Facebook Fan (& blog!) giveaway
For last month’s giveaway, we were drawing for one of our Connection necklaces (our modern interpretation of a ‘family’ necklace). We randomly drew a number between 1 and 51 and got #32, which corresponded to Katherine M’s comment about what her specific Connection necklace (seen below) would mean to her. If you haven’t read her comment, [...]
Mention » Blend Creations on Daytime Ottawa
It’s Vivian’s first appearance on TV! She talks about Blend Creations, designing modern jewelry and our Valentine’s Day collection.
Giveaway » February’s Facebook Fan (& blog!) giveaway
We’re pleased to announce that after all the sneak peeks on our Facebook page, our Connection necklaces are now available in the store. The Connection necklaces are our modern interpretation of a ‘family’ necklace — a ring for each family member with a colored Swarovski crystal accent to represent their birth month. (The quartet [...]
Giveaway » January’s Facebook Fan (& blog!) giveaway
First off, Happy New Year! We’re back in the swing of things and doing our first giveaway of the year.
Congrats to Martha S., blog commenter-extraordinaire who won last month’s giveaway of a round washi necklace. Martha chose this lovely modern jewelry piece.
This month, we’re giving away something of your favourite colour!
To enter, comment below [...]
Events » Today is Shop for Anissa Day
Today is “Shop for Anissa” day. Anissa Mayhew, is a mother to three and blogger who recently suffered a severe stroke. She’s an avid blogger and originally started as an outlet in dealing with her youngest daughter’s bout with leukemia.
For today only, 10% of our gross sales for today will go to Hope4Anissa a fund [...]
Mentions » Itty Biz’s 2009 Gift Guide
Naomi Dunford of Itty Biz posted her annual Gift Guide and kindly mentioned Blend Creations‘ Metal for Monsters line. Thanks Naomi!
Events » Shop for Anissa day is December 10th
From our friends at Cool Mom Picks we found out about Anissa Mayhew, a young mom and blogger who recently suffered a severe stroke.
The story is both heart-breaking and compelling since Anissa started blogging as an outlet during the ordeal of dealing with her youngest daughter’s leukemia, and now she’s facing her own medical battle.
We’re [...]
Gift idea » Secret Santa Surprise
We’ve just added a “Secret Santa Surprise” to our store — what’s inside the pretty box? Well, no one will know until they unwrap it!
But here’s a hint: it’s a small stainless steel pendant featuring one of our paper inlays. It could be what’s shown on the right or another washi, Nepalese, or Brazilian [...]
Giveaway » December’s Facebook Fan (& blog!) giveaway
In the past, we’ve done a Facebook-based giveaway where we would giveaway a product to one of our Facebook fans. We’re changing it up a bit since Facebook revised its rules for running promotions on fan pages. No longer are we allowed to give something away for your fanship. In fact, the rules clearly state [...]
Shop news » Black Friday sale starts tonight at midnight
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the US. We hope you’re enjoying your turkey and stuffing and pumpkin pie!
Tomorrow is traditionally the biggest retail shopping day in the US, and we’ll be having a Black Friday sale that you won’t have to get up early and wait hours in line. From the comfort of [...]
