I'm super excited about this giveaway from Cristina for her Etsy shop Miss Mayo Shop because she has some of the most incredible jewelry featuring real flowers inside! Up for grabs is a $30 credit, but before we get to the giveaway here's Cristina to tell you a little bit more about herself and her shop.
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I had just come to live with my mom in the tiny North Spain Mountain village, where I am currently living.
I was working and living in the South cost of Spain before, but when my father suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, I realized how short life is and wanted to be closer to my mother.
I kept the same Job (banking) for a few more months in a Nearby office as my work was kind enough to transfer me here, but never liked the boring statistical work.
To deal with the stress of my banking job, I would take long walks the mountains everyday with my loved dog Nemo, and I saw so many Beautiful tiny leaves and wild flowers all the time.
I wanted to keep a reminder of that feeling I would get seeing all the beauty of the nature on my walks.
As a little girl, I looked up to my parents, they were my world. My mom had a Lovely Vintage pressed flower necklace and I always loved it. I would sneak and wear it to school some days!
I started looking for similar pressed flower jewelry on the internet and did not like what I saw. None of them had the charm of the hand crafted jewelry my mother would wear. I decided to make my own real flower necklaces like my mothers.
I had to learn from scratch and there was lots of trial and error as I wanted to make it with glass (not resin as most pressed flower artist) cause I like the vintage magnifying effect. A lot of them came out with bubbles and reflections and had to make my own mixtures and resins to put all the pieces together. Also I tried for a million different background materials.
Making jewelry became a passion and a therapy for our loss, and I ended up making so many pieces I decided I should try to sell some of them at Etsy.... I Am no longer working at the bank, and now I am making a natural, honest, handmade business my way of living. You can see a little bit more in my about page on Etsy.
I welcome your questions and custom orders as more and more brides want me to create custom jewelry with their wedding flowers. I now spend most of my days walking through the mountains in my nearby Spanish village, picking up bits and pieces of this beautiful area for my pressed flower jewelry pieces. My mother helps me run my Etsy shop and I am very thankful to be an artist who appreciates every precious minute this life has to give us.
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Not going to lie I totally wish I could enter this contest haha, and now on to the giveaway details!
That's so many ways to enter! Good luck everyone!
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Congratulations Jennifer!
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