Great Deals and Fun Tutorials!

I think today is a day for lightness. I found great deals and fun tutorials to share with you.

Get 5 eBooks for $7.40!

Have you heard of Bundle of the Week? Every week is a new topic and you can buy a bundle of five different ebooks on that topic. I LOVE that idea. This week the topic is Paleo as in a way of eating. More and more people are interested in "getting off the grid" as much as possible. People see the value in sustaining a wholesome and healthy life through energy efficiency and savings, growing their own food, creating their own textiles, and believing through sustainable living we will survive this difficult time in history, like our greats and grandparents did! And how our ancestors ate is what a Paleo Diet is all about. Paleo diets are based on fruit, vegetables, nuts, and meats. For those people who are sensitive to gluten, this diet is a very healthy way of eating.

This bundle includes the following ebooks:

• The Paleo Miracle by Joe Salama
• The Paleo Snack Recipe Book by Suzanne Crawt
• Eating Out and Traveling on the Paleo Diet by Aglaée Jacobs
• Toadally Primal Smoothies by Primal Toad
• Paleo Ice Cream by Ben Hirshberg

$10.00 bottle openers!

Karen Thomas has great prices, but now through the 17th of June she's having a great sale on her Beadable Products! She has different kinds of bottle openers, wine stoppers, serving utensils, pens, key rings, swizzle sticks, and beadable bangle bracelets! Great and easy ideas for Father's Day!

 

I'm also having a great sale for a week 50% off EVERYTHING! 

Use coupon code CLEANOUT50 at checkout. 

 Here's one of my favorite tutorials, this Shambala bracelet. I just made my second one last night! TooCuteBeads has a lot of nice tutes; here's my first one.

Here's a wonderful tutorial by Bizsugyar that is simple to follow, simple to execute, great for using my lampwork beads, and very high impact and beautiful! 

The language is not English, but the pictures are worth more than 1,000 words! The supplies are easy to get from the craft and/or hardware store. 

If you like DIY's check out my Pinterest DIY board!

Love of Butterfly Free Bead Giveaway

Love of Butterfly Free Bead Giveaway by monaraebeads featuring a black diamond necklace

 

It's 'Magination Monday here at MonaRAEbeads. For some reason I haven't had many entries to win my butterfly lampwork bead. Maybe you need a few ideas to get that imagination working toward how you might use that extra large bead!

I say string it on a chain, or a few! And don't you LOVE those shoes?! The only thing I love more than those shoes would be if I could wear them !!!! Keep the dress simple, graphic, and statement filled, then add butterflies in pops of color.

Can you imagine yourself with this bead? How would you use it? Give me YOUR imaginative ideas on my Facebook page here!

Did you enter to win? If you do you will also receive 30% at my shop! Just click here for instructions on how to enter, but do it fast because the drawing is on 5/22/13 at midnight PST!

LookBook: Pansy Skies

Pansy Skies is one of my favorite beads. I love how perfectly balanced the amount of colors and the placement of dots turned out. I have an issue with color...more is better I say, but not necessarily better looking. Often my work looks like (at least to me) I just didn't know when to stop.

Margie Deeb

Some people have such a talent in the area of color, and two "masters" I admire are Brandi (Brandi Girl Blog) and Margie Deeb.  

Brandi Girl Blog

There is so much inspiration, but never enough time or money to create all the things I would like. I think that is what I love about websites like Pinterest and Polyvore. They let me plan to create. Here I planned to create a necklace with Pansy Skies using complimentary beads by Lori Bergmann. I had a lot of fun designing an entire ensemble around my imaginary necklace, including a FABULOUS pair of shoes I can only think about wearing!

Paired with beads by Lori Bergmann

If you ever want to see how I would design jewelry with my, or even your beads, subscribe here to my blog, follow me on Polyvore, or just send a request.

Even better, create your own designs with my beads and share them with me on my Facebook page; I'll give you a coupon for 15% off if you do! And if you "Like" my Facebook page I'll give you ANOTHER coupon to combine for a total of 30% off!