Dylan Blue in Lowndes County Georgia

We are proud to announce that Dylan Blue jewelry is now on display in Lowndes County Georgia in Lake Park (just outside Valdosta) at the Lake Park Indoor Flea Market. There are many different designs along with our WINNING local team the Lowndes County Vikings! Handmade treasures you can wear- the ART OF PERSONAL ADORNMENT!

If you are traveling North or South on I75 you HAVE to go right pass it- so stop. If you mention that you read this blog post you will receive a Free Little Something Something from me!

Lake Park Indoor Flea Market

5244 Jewell Futch Road

Lake Park, GA 31636

Traveling South on I75 to Exit 5 in Georgia (almost before you hit FL)

Take Left off ramp onto GA 376 W/ Lakes Blvd

Go short distance- 2nd light - Take Left onto Jewell Futch Road

Follow down and around and Flea Market is on Left.

My shop has front window so look for the only one full of handmade treasures- planning on putting some kinda sign in the window... will update when I do.

Traveling North on I75 Get off at Exit 5 Georgia- (shortly after entering GA)

Take Right off ramp onto GA 376W/ Lakes Blvd

Go short distance -first light- Take Left onto Jewell Futch Road

Follow down and around and Flea Market is on the Left

My shop has front window with crafts and all kinds of pretty things... will be putting up signs... and will update post when I do.

Here are some pics of the Dylan Blue display so far above and the outside of the flea market below. It can be seen from I75

Black History Month Designs

HOWDY! Long time no post- SORRY... BUT it is a New Year... a New Decade! Dylan Blue is ready to go full steam ahead and make this our year with your help. WE love what we do and we LOVE who we do it for!

So without further chit chat... moving right along to February...Dylan Blue presents the first two designs in our "Celebrating Great African Americans" Series. We are proud to reveal these in honor of February which is Black History Month.

We start of course with the Late GREAT Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968).

On the Bright White Background Above~

On Copper Background Below~

The First African American President... President Barack Obama

On Bright White Background~

And this Awesome Likeness on the Copper Background~

Honoring Black History Month

Personalized Pendants

With the economy the way it is this year, people are putting a long more thought into getting gifts that are meaningful, like something personalized. Gifts are best when they make a memory or have a meaning. Like the initial of a bride's new last name, a teenagers first name or a letter in remembrance of someone near and dear to their heart. A gift that someone puts thought into is the best kind, it does not have to be extravagant to be special and meaningful. With this in mind we have come up with a line of initials that are not only beautiful but affordable. We here at Dylan Blue work very hard to keep our jewelry affordable and special. Here are just a few of the letters- as you know, there are many more... I will probably make a listing in out etsy shop Dylan Blue with a few examples like these and take request for specific letters and colors. If you want one before I get the listing up, just comment and I will get back to you and set up what you want!

Dylan Blue Attends IZEAfest 09

I carried some pendants with me to IZEAfest with a few different intentions. I was planning on doing some give-aways and I always keep John's practice in mind, and for those who do not know, when John goes out to sell at shows and markets, and sometimes just when John goes out, he asks for guidance from his higher power to show him someone who he should make a gift to, and that is what I did. First the give-aways were not working as planned. Even my friend Connie had one that no one responded to. Now if you got on stage to give-away something away, the crowd...ME included, went crazy... but as far as people paying attention to Twitter streams, not so much... I did pay attention and won a Sweet grill set from Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce and Life In The House Of Blue. Which BTW is Really good! We grilled steaks last night and I used as part of marinate sauce...the steaks were so good no need for any dippin' sauce.
Here is me kissin' Susan after she gave me my prize... you can read more about it her post 2nd IZEAfest Winner!! Be sure to check out her blog... she is a sweetHEART and I am honored to call her friend.






So one give-away was successful. Christine aka starryskye81 is an AWESOME Chick! She is fun loving, super sweet and a WICKED Designer. Check out her site at Starryskye Designs -especially if you are in the market for some design work done…you know me, I would not steer you wrong…great great designer. She also is now the PROUD owner of a Dylan Blue original. I decided to give out the Turtle one since we were at SeaWorld (& I couldn't find the dolphin one, which is now located, so must be meant to sell to someone on etsy.). I am so excited she won it..she deserves it..a mom who's husband is in the Military. Here she is wearing it and we hope she ENJOYS it and it brings good fortune her way!


The next Dylan Blue original went to Connie (same Connie as mentioned earlier- she has several blogs, so click on this name and her name above for 2 different, wonderful blogs). Connie DESERVED a gift for WAY TOO many reasons to list here.. she JUST DID and I knew it. SO here she is ROCKIN' her gorgeous Butterfly..so appropriate because the animal symbolism of the butterfly is about profound changes of the soul. And Connie is a free open spirit who adapts (changes) and walks with dignity through it! Love you Connie!

The last Dylan Blue that was given was actually given after my trip, as I pulled into town and waited for a pizza to take home with me to get outta cooking. The person who received it IS VERY SPECIAL to me and it ended my trip on a GLORIOUS note! Enough said.
All in All it was a blast. Hopefully a few people left knowing that Dylan Blue jewelry is beautiful... but honestly that is not important... the SMILES you see above ARE! Thanks Ted and IZEA!
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JUST FOR YOU!

Just for You Dylan Blue is Having a Sale! Go take a peek here at what we got!

Regular Pendants $20 (Regular $28)

Small Pendants $15 (Regular $15)

This is an awesome deal and we are doing it JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE YOU.

This offer is for a limited time!

Also follow @craftyGAgal ..starting Thursaday (tomorrow) she will be tweeting from IZEAFest in Orlando and is givingaway AWESOME stuff including Dylan Blue Goodies!!!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Animals

To be listed today in our etsy shop Dylan Blue.
I participate in Wordless Wednesday.

Facebook Winners

Life has been hectic, know y'all can relate. Not only does life not slow down but my computer did...to a complete stop! I think it was a little hint that I need to set limits and that working at home does not mean that you work the entire time you are at Home. Well computer is back up and running and so are I and even better Dylan Blue NEVER stopped. Have no fear , while I was away from y'all here, we have been working diligently and with a PURPOSE...the purpose of making people happy and Spreading our Jewelry Piece by Piece as far as we allow ourselves to imagine. That is a nice thought huh?
First updatee... we have made another sale...which we are incredibly proud of because, one, it has been a slow across the board pretty much and two, well it was our first INTERNATIONAL sale. The celtic blue piece is on it's way to the United Kingdom! Thanks to our VALUED Customer!
Also John has been working his tail off, we came up with a line of Local Football Pendants for my local area, Valdosta GA, TITLETOWN USA...ok a little bragging there. But it is Known fact we take football very serious here in South GA and they play to WIN and WIN they do. I will have a post showing you the finished set coming soon.... got more to share. John has also been doing some fine art work...amazing stuff that I am super proud of and will also share coming soon, I promise IT IS gonna BLOW YOU AWAY! And while I am talking about John and production, I have items sitting that are ready to be listed so he is crackin' them out, while along filling wholesale orders for places such as book stores and for retail shops and boutiques....while working his "real job" aka the one we want to get rid of!
And last but not least....WE have a winner to our contest we ran on our Facebook Fan Page. We are so thrilled at the turn out and gained 46 fans in the allotted contest period. I ran the contest through a site called RANDOM.ORG . Where I typed in the numbered ordered list of entries (each entry was the person and the fan they got to join) and ran it through. Below is shot of WINNERS.... who are DUM DUM DUM (that is a drum-roll).... Elizabeth M. Duquette and Mike Watson! Congrats guys, I will be in touch and I can wait to see what you pick... plus I have stuff to list like I mentioned...so we will definitely chat!. Wow that was fun (even if I was running behind). We plan to run other contest in the future..probably with a totally different idea. Have a good idea...leave us a comment.Go ahead and become a fan of our FACEBOOK page we refer to as Dylan Blue Community because we could not do this without y'all NOR would we want to. We are also constantly thinking of ways to use ourselves and things we learn to be of service to others.
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What's Your Sign?

What's your sign? No I am not quoting the cheesey pick-up line...Why you ask? Well here at Dylan Blue we are working on and will shortly be introducing a line of Zodiac Sign pendants. We are also working on having customizable set of pendants/necklace, such as initials.

We really like the idea of people having jewelry that is special, that has meaning to them. We also have a discussion started on our Facebook page asking for design ideas. Go here to start submitting design idea, you not only may see your design come to be a beautiful pendant but may also get to name the pendant...how cool is that? Go here to submit your ideas- I know you have something. If it is an idea that we like, and you have an example image we can send you a regular e-mail to send the image to. In the same respect, if you have a design, and would like to order a set for a special occasion, like as gifts to give to bridal party, for members of a club or organization, or any other reason you could think of, we can handle big custom orders and are more than happy to do so. Just send us a convo on etsy or a message on our Facebook page or even a comment here and we will get back to you.

Hope everyone have a terrific weekend and are planning on MAKING IT A GREAT WEEK!

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CONTEST

This is our first contest and we are gonna make it a good one. Here is how YOU and a Friend can EACH win a pendant/necklace of your choice. Become a fan of our Facebook page and post entries here
Rules are simple ...

First if you are not a FAN that would be first, become a fan of Dylan Blue on Facebook. Then get a friend to become a FAN of Dylan Blue page here and you and the friend you get to join get an entry into the contest. After you get your friend to become a FAN, come back to this thread and put your name and the friend's name that you got to join. EACH friend is an entry and you can enter AS many times as you want by simply inviting more people
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The contest will end Sunday August 23 and the WINNERS will be announce HERE on this page on Monday August 24th.
The winners will be able to have there pick out of our shop http://dylanblue.etsy.com
That is it...easy peasy....

*an easy way to invite people it to go to our main page (top of this page "back to Dylan Blue") then under our profile pic there is a menu, if you drop that down there will be the option "suggest to friends" and then pick who you want to send it too, or you can use the "SHARE" at the bottom left corner of our main page. MAKE sure that your friends let you know when they join so you can come back an post both your names to get your entry. PLEASE make a NEW entry for each friend that becomes a fan...not list 4 friends in one post.
Hope y'all are as excited as we are

I want to give credit where credit is due. I found this contest on Dalkullan Jewelry's Facebook page, where Heather is have the same type contest for a great pair of her signature "Lifesaver Earrings" for the winner and their friend. Find the contest here, find Dalkullan Jewelry on etsy and her blog. Not only is she super sweet, her jewelry is beautiful. That is what we are about here a Dylan Blue, making great friends along the way...and we are proud to call Heather one! Thanks Heather! Y'all go check out her contest, shop and blog~ her talent will brighten you day.

Introducing Dylan Blue

Welcome to the blog for Dylan Blue. Dylan Blue set for it's big reveal and I can hardly wait. It took all I could not to just load this post up with gorgeous pictures of our handmade treasures that we have designed and made just for our etsy shop but I decided that everyone is going to have to wait till the shop opens. But do not worry we are working diligently and with purpose to get it up and running as fast as possible.
I know that y'all are going to love what we have coming and am looking forward to doing what we set out to do here at Dylan Blue which is "to create beautiful creations for beautiful people, while forming beautiful relationships along the way. Our process is unique and our desire to provide excellent customer service is unmatched!"