And the winner is.....

"My Heart's Chatelaine" suggested by Kathy Mary! Here's an excerpt from Kathy's comment:

"...an old reference to a medieval woman’s (usually the wife of the castellan or the mistress of the house.) job of carrying the keys to all the special rooms of the castle, she was in charge of letting the servants into the places that held the silver, spices, special foods - anything that could tempt them to theft, etc....“My heart’s chatelaine because chatelaine can mean the woman who carries the keys or the keys, themselves..."

Congratulations, Kathy! Send your mailing address by clicking on the "Lampwork Diva's email" on the left of the blog and I'll send you the Organic Glass Links!

What's In a Name?

What's in a name? Free beads! Let's re-cap the names suggested for Cyndi's necklace:

Suggestions from Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone's blog:

Spiral Door - Carlene
Fantasy Unlock – Ruth
Lilbitz4U - Elaine
Key to Happiness – Joann
Bowkey or bowkey spiral –missyb30
Key to Memories – Linda
Anyone Home? Karen
Beaded Beauty – mssherrieg
Madeame Labeaux’s Sanctum – Kwikarma - jeb5775@yahoo.com
Romantikee or Romanzkey or Romantique – Lori
The Key to your Heart – Rochelle
Key to Bliss – Shaiha

Suggestions from Cyndi Lavin's blog:

Key to the Kingdon – Joella Miller
Mystic Magic – Candace Parker
Heirloom Chic – Empy
The Key to my Jewels- Sharon Mehalof
Heart’s Key or My Heart’s Chatelaine – Kathy Mary
Lucky – Kelly Trimble
Twisted Truth or Hidden Twist – Hope
Nana’s Treasure or Sweet Catherine – Texastesla
Charming- Dora
The Jailer – Robin
Unlocked Treasures – Li
Unlocket or Unlock It – Debby Dittler-Ratliff
Bell Epoch – Chris
Key East – Rita
Riddle Necklace – Diana
Lady Violet Loses Her Slippers at the Ball – Marzipan
Victoriana – Cristine
Lorelei – Locksmithed Love
Darwin’s Keychain – Liz Roberts

What's your favorite?

Keep the names coming.....

Hello Readers!

At least I hope there are readers...afterall, I don't REALLY know that do I? I mean I can't see you and this isn't a book you take out of the library so I'm assuming someone is reading my blog and not just me when I proofread it.

How I love to digress, anyhoo...yesterday I was telling you about how jewelry designing colleague, Cyndi Lavin and I are trying to come up with a name for a necklace she designed.

Readers have been posting their ideas for a name - keep 'em coming! If you've posted once and think of another idea, feel free to post again. One particularly creative reader added a history which I found unique - you may not read all the comments so I'm going to post it here. It was posted yesterday by Kwikarma

"It reminds me of the 1900's in new orleans when the creole madams would lock their girls in their room and keep time to get the cut. They were very exotice, dark and beautiful. The key is also a replica from that era . I think it should be

Madame Labeaux' Sanctum"

Suggest a Name and Win FREE Glass Links

Are you feeling literary today? I hope so because my jewelry designing colleague, Cyndi Lavin and I need your help. Remember the Collaboration I did with Elaine Ray and Beverly Herman? I loved the color combination so much, I sent a few to Cyndi along with a Glyph Series bead to see what a different designer would do with them.

Cyndi has designed a lovely necklace using the glass spirals and petroglyph beads but since we're like Kandinsky, neither she nor I know what to name it!





Do you?

I know my readers are happy to suggest names, you've done it before with the rings I post.

I'm upping the ante today - post a comment suggesting a name and you'll be entered into a drawing to win two aqua glass links!

You can post a name either here or on Cyndi Lavin's blog. Comments made from today, March 31st until Sunday, April 6th will be eligible. Winner will be announced on here and on Cyndi's blog on Monday, April 7th, 2008.

I look forward to seeing the suggested names! Good luck!

Cindy