Posts Tagged ‘blend creations’

Giveaway | November giveaway: Custom photo jewelry

Monday, November 1st, 2010

First off, congratulations to Lindsay, the winner of our October giveaway, who chose a green abalone pendant as her prize!  (We randomly chose a number between 1 - 133 using Random.org, and got the number 49 that corresponded to Lindsay’s blog comment).

For November, we’re giving away one of our custom photo jewelry pieces:

To enter:

1) Email us the photo you would want to make into a pendant or necklace*, and comment below with which piece (small, square, round or landscape) you’d want, and who you’d give it to. (It can be yourself!)

*We’ll be showing a gallery of the pendant and necklace mock-ups on our Facebook page! (Just let us know in your email if you’d rather not have us share your photo).

Also, please note that we can only use photos which you have taken yourself, or which you own the copyright, i.e. we will not accept commercial photographs and/or copyrighted artwork unless you verify that you have permission to use the image.

2) Get a bonus entry by following us on Twitter and tweet: I’d love to win a custom photo pendant from @blendcreations: http://bit.ly/akhdG5

3) Get a bonus entry by ‘liking’ Blend Creations on Facebook and posting the photo you’d like to have made into a pendant/necklace on the wall.

We’ll be drawing for the winner at noon (EST) on Wednesday December 1st.  Good luck!

Sneak peek | Lucky elephant!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

This is a little sneak peek of the Select Blend contemporary jewelry piece for October 2010. The first image shows some of the really quick sketches — and we do mean quick! — along with the first engraved wood prototype.  The second image shows the final design, which is the same illustration, but done in the negative so that the whole elephant appears raised.

We’ve always wanted to do something with an elephant, because they’re a symbol of good luck — and I heard they were even more lucky if the trunk was pointed up.

The engraved wood elephant necklace will be available from October 1 to 31st, 2010. Once the month is done, it won’t be available again!

P.S. If you’re interested in seeing other new product sneak peeks, check out our Facebook page.  We usually post photos there first ;)

Event | Blend Creations on the runway at Wear !t Loud 2010

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

The folks over at YYZ live were kind enough to share their photos of the Wear !t Loud 2010 event that took place on August 20th to raise money for Plan Canada‘s Because I Am A Girl campaign.  Some of the Blend Creations modern jewelry pieces  (specifically, the Connection necklaces) were showcased on the runway models wearing fasions from David Dixon‘s Barbie Collection.

(All photos courtesy of YYZ Live.)

Giveaway | September’s Charmer giveaway

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

If you’ve been on our Facebook page, then you’ll recognize our latest necklaces called Charmers. This series is called ‘Oog’ for their eyes, and we’ll be adding more to the Charmers line in the future.

We’re happy to say that they’re now available and this month, we’ll be giving one away!

To enter the giveaway:
1) Comment on this blog post with your name and let us know: Which Oog Charmer would you like to win and with what color of eyes?

2) Get an extra entry by following Blend Creations on Twitter and tweet, “Happy 5th birthday @BlendCreations!“.

3) Get an extra entry by ‘liking’ our Facebook page and wish us a Happy 5th birthday on the Wall using the word ‘charm‘.

We’ll draw for a winner from all the blog, Twitter and Facebook entries on October 1st, at noon (EDT). Good luck!

Mention | Le Mien — 100 Strangers project

Monday, July 5th, 2010

The entire staff of Blend Creations was featured in a 100 Strangers photo project on a blog called Le Mien (roughly translated means ‘here’s mine’).  Le Mien is the work of Kym S. who really, truly does some beautiful portraits.

I feel much more stylish than I really am, just by being part of this project. Check us out:

If you’re in Ottawa and you see Kym and her camera, you might just be chic this week ;)

Make sure to check out Kym’s other blog, Relishing.ca.

Shop news | 48-hour Summer Sale starts at midnight

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

We’re having a Summer Sale and it starts at the stroke of midnight (EDT) tonight!

Get 30% off some of our most popular items — perfect for summer-wearing or summer weddings:
· All Foliage Necklaces
· All Cufflinks
· All Torus Necklaces
· All Paper Inlay Necklaces

They’ll be on sale for June 24th and June 25th only! The sale ends promptly at 11:59:59pm (EDT) on June 25th. (Please note that promo codes aren’t applicable on the Summer Sale items).  Happy Shopping!

Mentions | Ottawa at Home magazine

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

One of our modern family necklaces — a Connection necklace, was featured in the most recent issue of Ottawa at Home magazine as part of a “Home Grown” spread, with other products that are all created here in our hometown of Ottawa, ON.

If you get today’s Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa at Home magazine is included as a special insert, or you can take a peek at the feature here:

Sneak Peek | More modern cufflinks (this time with inlays)

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

We’re working away at adding our new line of modern cufflinks to our selection of jewelry gifts for him, but in the meantime here’s another sneak peek to some of the cufflinks we’ll have with inlays:

Top to bottom, the inlays in the cufflinks are: cork, green bamboo, dyed copper abalone and tiger coral.

Gift idea | Customized engraved wood necklace

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

We recently made this Design Your Own Blend custom necklace for a customer as a gift to his wife.  The artwork was based on a footprint of their little one.  While the footprint is cute, it gets outdone by the back.

Sweet, isn’t it?

If you’d like to make your own custom modern necklace just like this one, you can start by downloading this template and add your own art.

Promo items | Buttons and our own netbook skin

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Aside from being responsible for the product design for our entire contemporary jewelry line, we also take care of designing all the graphics and promotional items for Blend Creations, so we jumped at the chance when our friends at K6 Media offered to wrap our little netbook for us.  Nothing like carrying a little self-promotion around when you’re surfing some coffee shop’s WiFi ;)

netbook.jpg

And if you’ve ever ordered anything from Blend Creations, you’ll notice that we include a catalog, some promo cards (shown in the photo above), and most recently a handful of buttons that you can pin to your jacket or messenger bag that look like this:

(If you’ve ever been to the Blend Creations Facebook page, you’ll know that we’ve given away a lot of these buttons in the past, so come join us if you’re not already a Facebook fan). The buttons are based on the foliage inlays, the engraved wood inlays and of course J.J. from our Metal for Monsters line.

Look for them in your next order :)