a farewell to blogger, and to typing in all lowercase.

well, readers and friends,

the time has come for me to move on over to wordpress.

wp offers more flexibility, blah, blah, blah. but really, it's because max designed a beautiful new blog-centric website for me. so, find all further posts at:

www.marlonoel.com

but while you're here, go ahead and post a comment to:

my feature at the bright side project!

you could win a $200 gift certificate to my shop just by leaving a comment answering:

What piece(s) of jewelry in Marlo Noël's Etsy shop would brighten your day? How would you wear it or who would you give it to?

i feel like this is turning into self-promotion...

which, it is, but it was supposed to be like an inside look at my life, or something. you know, beyond the jewelry. that sounds like a backstage tour. an incredibly exciting backstage tour. i promise i'll try harder!

which brings us to, a giveaway!!


the lovely australian blog, polka dot bride, agreed to do a giveaway of my jewelry for their fabulous readers. how nice of them! polka dot bride is a great wedding resource, with photo galleries of actual weddings (in blogland, i believe they're called "real weddings"), and drink recipes. they're even part of the top 100 aussie blogs. now, i read a few aussie blogs, and they are pretty great, i must say.

so, everyone out there, go enter to win! and i will make you $75 worth of fabulous jewelry if you are chosen. i think it's worth 2 minutes of your time. don't you?

yet another giveaway, friends

the delightful divas in business are running a $50 giveaway to my etsy shop. Delightful Divas In Business (or DDIB) is an online community that promotes, connects, and inspires independent business women. how fabulous. they are even offering the chance for multiple entries. call all your friends, and enter, enter, enter!

thank you, robin and penny :)

another giveaway!

i'd like to thank janie at the bride's cafe for a wonderful feature and giveaway! enter to win a $75.00 gift certificate to my Etsy shop by tuesday if you so desire :)

the bride's cafe is such a useful resource for wedding inspiration, vendor information, and beautiful photos of real weddings. i'm already married, but i peruse the site all the time because it's just so lovely! janie is a talented blogger and an amazing floral designer, to boot. Thank you, Janie.

so go now, and win that jewelry!

Win some jewelry!

okay, so I'm a little late in posting this (days, in fact).. but i promised a giveaway, so here's a giveaway:

The girls over at Wedding chicks were so fabulous to include me on their beautiful blog. They did an awesome job with the collages of my jewelry, so i had to post them here.

You could win a $100 gift certificate to my Etsy shop, so run, tell all your friends, and ENTER TO WIN! Contest is open through next tuesday, march 17.

Thank you, wedding chicks!

a good month

March is starting out to be a good month. I've had a few Etsy sales, made some new friends, paid off my Nordstrom Visa (no, I do not compulsively shop at Nordstrom, as my Mint account would have you believe; I use that card for all my purchases), found a house for my cousins to move into, taught a PaperSource wedding workshop that left me exhausted in a good way, made my bed (but somehow that hole in the wall still has not patched itself..), and made some good jewelry connections.

Today, I am so excited to say that I'm featured on Snippet & Ink, a lovely wedding blog. How sweet of Kathryn to include my name in her Friday discount section! Kathryn posts absolutely gorgeous wedding inspiration boards that definitely inspire me in so many ways. Here are pretty much the first three I found, because they are all equally amazing. So you should go now and read her blog everyday.

#343: Backyard Picnic

#351: Wizard of Oz

#352 Sweet Tooth

Watch for a very special post later today... Hint: free jewelry is involved, so tell your friends!