NEW Etched Copper Pendants

Happy Thursday! I am excited to share something new with y'all. Dylan Blue is offering etched copper pendants now! These are truly awesome and unique. The pictures do not do them justice- to really appreciate you must see and feel these beauties! This is all John- his creativeness and talent is AAAA~Mazing! He would never say it so I will- his art and jewelry just plain ROCKS!!

Here is the process of the etched copper pendants in John's words ~

"The design is painted on the metal in a protective acrylic coating. The piece is then immersed in a caustic fluid and the uncover surface is etched away, leaving the design in raised relief"

The possibilities of what can be done with this are about as open as with the enameled copper ones- with a few exceptions- if you want to know just ask. John is wonderful at making it work- so sure if your exact idea can not be done- he has an equally as cool idea that you will love!

I will start listing these in the etsy shop by this weekend. Just in time for the holiday season! They will be price the same as our other pendants in keeping with the idea that we are really working hard to make giving someone (or yourself) and original handmade piece of jewelry affordable!

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NEW Design, NEW Designs and NEW Prices

Hello Friends! I have missed y'all! Sorry for be lazy on posting recently, with the kids home summer and John doing local shows and venues.... well really that's all I got in way of an excuse. BUT I am back with some great news and exciting show and tell.
First Dylan Blue, although not posting, is still hard at work and as determined as ever to continue on our path. Our goal 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!
While preparing to revamp up on marketing and networking we have decided to give our Dylan Blue etsy shop and our blog here a 'face-lift'. I worked hard on designing a banner that showcased John's gorgeous talent and utilized our logo that we love! What do y'all think? I hope you like it as much as we do. Love for your to leave a comment on our new banner on etsy- and here on our blog!
We have tons of new designs ready to be listed and others that we are working on. We always welcome hearing what you would like to see on a Dylan Blue pendant, you can always comment below or on our Facebook page. Keep an eye out for lots of designs and design lines to come.
Finally I am super excited to say that John and I have really focused on making our pendants and jewelry AFFORDABLE. We know times are hard, bills keep on coming and the kids gotta eat (and eat and eat) and we really wanted to making something that people could buy without feeling guilty. Everyone needs to buy themselves a nice little something once in a while, us women especially understand this, and gift giving should not wipe out your savings. John and I are regular hard working people with families and we find that in this way we can relate to out customers- which we like to call friends! So our new prices making owning your own handmade gorgeous Dylan Blue pendant something you will feel great about!

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

Give a Dylan Blue Original this Holiday

Still time to get a fabulous, handmade gift for those speical someones in your life. Whether you are looking for a gift for a dear friend or a stocking stuffer for your teenager or something for the person that is impossible to buy for...we here at Dylan Blue have you covered. Did I mention AFFORDABLE too! Ok, affordable too!

If you would like to consider some lovely Dylan Blue jewelry as a possibility for your holiday shopping, send us a message with your email address. We'll send you a copy of our PDF catalog, and will include some special "friends and family" pricing - 30% off, or More! All orders will be shipped FREE USPS Priority Mail.

Orders received by 12/17 will be shipped in time for Christmas delivery. BE this first on your block to make the gift of handmade enamel jewelry!

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!

What Do You Collect?

John and I are starting a couple new collector series pendants. We have been brainstorming and have a couple Fabulous, if I do say so myself, ideas for some different images that would fit into different series, all focusing on the "collector". Collectors are special people, they have a passion for the thing they collect and each individual component or piece of the collection is loved and valued as much as the collection is as a whole. Now certain collectors we will have a hard time with, for example...baseball card collectors, hard to do pendants of baseball cards, yet it is not Impossible for us to do a image of a particular baseball player or even better a certain Teams colors, initials or something along those lines. I do know certain collectors we already have plans for, I know several people who collect all things owl and I had a sale of a crocheted hippo on eBay a few years back that was bought by a sweet woman who had a hippo collection, and a huge one at that. That woman was so thrilled by the addition of my hippo ( who was too cute, wearing a bikini. No joke, here is pic to prove it) that she traced down my number via my return address on package and called me at home. I was really touched. While talking she proceeded to tell me of another woman who usually outbid her on eBay for hippos due to her collection and of her other friend who collected rhinos and was cataloging her collection to make The Guinness Book of World Records. Collectors of certain objects are like lovers of objects, and let me elaborate before you r mind goes to wondering, by lovers I mean, Dolphin Lovers, Dog Lovers, Rose Lovers, Coffee Lovers.... you get the drift. I mean the possibilities are endless... I know some pendants would probably get ridiculous, like Drew, aka Ben Spark, he collects Transformers - take a peek if you think I mean he just has a few...here is his post Photo-A-Day #803 on his blog and that was in 2007 SO sure his collection has grown, I wonder if he would Rock a Transformer pendant, ha, I chuckle as I write it because knowing him, he might just do it... ok so better example needed. My Aunt Marion collects salt and pepper shakers... do not think there is a market of salt and pepper pendants- not with a image of a sale and pepper shaker. Yes there is probably that one soul out there who would, and they will probably be my first comment, kidding (I hope), but you get my point. Collectors are great in that come holiday or gift time you know what they like and it is almost a goal to find a special addition to their collection.
So I would love to get some feedback, here are my questions. What do you collect? What do you love- that would look good on a pendant?

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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