Important News!

Hi everyone.
Firstly my sincere apologies for not getting the giveaway sorted. Thing have been a bit manic lately. To cut a long story short I discovered another jeweller trading under the same name as me. I looked into it and she had been trading longer so I decided I should change my company name. The new name - Penny Masquerade - has been accepted, but I have had to open a new shop, create a new twitter account and move my blog.
So competitions and giveaways will now be held at my new blog: http://www.pennymasquerade.blogspot.com and jewellery will be available from my new shop http://www.pennymasquerade.etsy.com The new shop will open on Wednesday 19th May (in 3 days time!) and to celebrate the launch a giveaway will go live on the new blog then. I may even have two prizes to make up for the lack of giveaway here this month. My new twitter page is http://www.twitter.com/pennymasquerade and you can view some of the designs that will be available on the new shop at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennymasquerade
I think that explains everything. Hope you all like the new designs and the new shop! Thank you so much for your support here and I look forward to seeing you - albeit virtually - on the Penny Masquerade blog.
Sarah x

Happy Easter

Hello and Happy Easter to you all! I hope you're all munching chocolate and enjoying yourself. I know I am. Just wanted to check in and apologise for the delay with the giveaway. I have been suffering with severe RSI for the past couple of days and this is the first day where I actually feel able to type again. Really need to learn to touch type! With any luck will get the giveaway sorted this afternoon.
Right now I'm off to eat a yummy easter lunch. Ta Ta for now! :)

Congratulations...

to Risyaa who won this month's competition! The Birdy on the Branch necklace is now yours and will be shipped out to you as soon as possible. Don't worry if you didn't win as another competition will begin tomorrow. Watch this space!

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents the March Giveaway!

Hello lovely fans! It's competition time! Would you like to win my Birdy on the Branch necklace? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge January Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of a bronze bird charm, a bronze flower bead cap, bronze trace chain and glass pearls. The bird charm measures 30x25mm and the chain is 18" long. The chain length can be adjusted if desired. 

TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog (please let me know what you have done in a message below). Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen. A winner will be picked on 30th of March. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

P.s. If you want to purchase it outright, the Birdy on the Branch necklace is available for purchase here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38021315

Congratulations and Thank You to Sugar Magazine!

Firstly congratulations to Rossella aka Sissi who won this month's competition. Your Alice necklace is on its way to you! Don't worry if you didn't win as you will have another opportunity to win a piece of Ruby Rouge Jewellery from the 12th to the 30th of March.

Secondly, Ruby Rouge Jewellery's Alice in Bronze necklace (pictured here) has been featured in the April edition of Sugar Magazine! It's modelled by the stunning Amber Atherton - entrepreneur, fashion student, style editor at Beyond Black magazine and creator of myflashtrash.com. Many thanks to Amber and the staff at Sugar!

xxx

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents The February Giveaway!

Hello lovely fans! It's competition time! Would you like to win my brand new Drink Me Alice in Wonderland necklace? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge January Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of an image of one of Tenniel's Alice in Wonderland illustrations which I have set in a rectangular antiqued silver plated frame and sealed, an antiqued silver plated bow charm, a white glass pearl and antiqued silver plated trace chain. The frame measures 22x18mm and the chain is 18" long. The chain length can be adjusted if desired. 
 
TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog (please let me know what you have done in a message below). Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen. A winner will be picked on 1st of March. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

P.s. If you can't wait to see if you've won, the Drink Me necklace is available for purchase here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40546497

Congratulations...

...to Eliane a.k.a. Lilly from Brazil who won the Snow White locket necklace! You prize is on its way to you! Don't worry if you didn't win, another Ruby Rouge Jewellery contest will start on the 14th February! Ta Ta For Now xxxx

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents The January Giveaway!!!

Bonjour lovely fans! It's competition time! Would you like to win my brand new Snow White necklace? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge January Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of a brass locket on which the name "Snow White" has been embossed, gold plated trace chain, a brass apple charm and a sparkly swarovski crystal. The locket measures 25x18mm and the chain is 18" long. The necklace closes with a lobster clasp at the back. The chain length can be adjusted if desired. 
 
TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog (please let me know what you have done in a message below). Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen. A winner will be picked on 1st of February. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

P.s. If you can't wait to see if you've won, the Snow White necklace is available for purchase here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38807228 

Congratualations....

...to puffpastry who won my competition! Your Ahoy Matey necklace will be with you very soon! To all those who didn't win, don't worry your lovely heads because I'll be starting a new competition on Monday and you will have the chance to win one of my new designs! How exciting! To browse the new collection before then go to http://www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com
Au Revoir for now!
Sarah x
P.s. You can now give money to the Haiti relief appeal through my blog by clicking the tab on the right. I'm sure even the smallest donation will be helpful to rescue teams and aid workers.

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents The December Giveaway!

It's competition time! Would you like to win my "Ahoy Matey" necklace? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge December Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of an 18" gold plated chain, a gold plated ship's wheel charm and pink pearlised glass beads fixed asymmetrically up one side of the chain. The chain is 18" long and the necklace fastens with a toggle clasp above the charm. The chain length can be adjusted if desired.
TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog (please let me know what you have done in a message below). Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen. A winner will be picked on 1st of January. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

November Giveaway Winner!

Thank you so much to everyone who has entered the Ruby Rouge Jewellery November Giveaway. The winner this month is (drum roll please).........Shannon! CONGRATULATIONS! Your teapot necklace will be on its way to you a.s.a.p! Don't worry if you didn't win, there's always next month! xx

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents The November Giveaway!

Hello everyone! So sorry for the delay with this month's competition. I completely lost track of time! Would you like to win this "Who's For A Cup of Tea Necklace"? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge November Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of an 18" antiqued silver plated chain, a silver plated teapot and teabag charm and a pink pearlised glass bead. The chain length can be adjusted if desired.

TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog/my facebook fan page (please let me know what you have done in a message below). To become a follower on my facebook fan page scroll down this page until you see the facebook fan page box, click on the "Become a Fan" tab and follow the instructions. Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen.

A winner will be picked on 18th of November. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

Polly's 21st Birthday!

Instead of doing the usual "go to a party dressed like a zombie" thing on Halloween, I attended the most glittering, fabulous and fun 21st party imaginable. It was for my best friend Jess's baby sister Polly who is one of the most amazing people I've ever met. All the women and girls wore the most gorgeous full-length dresses and the men and boys were very smartly dressed in tuxedos. There was a fantasy twist to the party so some had props to go with their outfits. There were two Dr. Who's, a fairy princess, a unicorn, Poison Ivy, vampires and people with elfin/glowing ears! I went as the Goddess of War and had a bow and arrow which was great fun. The party was held in a restaurant that Polly's parents had hired out for the night. When we went in there was a huge cocktail bowl complete with dry ice which was pouring out of the top of it. The restaurant was candle lit and each table had a theme! There was a Cinderella table, a Wizard of Oz table, an Alice in Wonderland table, a Harry Potter table, an Atlantis table, a Never Never Land table and many more I can't remember! Polly's cake was in the shape of a fairytale castle and had the most amazing sculpted dragon on it. We had a very yummy dinner and then listened to the nicest speeches from Polly's dad, Jess and Polly. Jess presented Polly with a book with messages in from all of her friends. The restaurant then turned into a dance floor. There was another room with a piano in it and guests from the party began to play (very well I might add) while everyone gathered round it and sang. We returned to Polly's and crawled into bed at about 3am. All the coaches turned back into pumpkins and all the footmen back into mice but even though it had come to an end we will never forget the magic and splendor of that wonderfully unique evening.

(Photo 1: Me and one of my other best friends Johanna; Photo 2: Jess in black with Polly in white; Photo 3: Me with my bow and arrow!)

The Adventure! With Pictures!!!

Here are some pictures from my holiday for you all to enjoy. The holiday began with a night in London before getting the Eurostar to Paris. We spent four nights in Paris and visited/saw Montmatre, the Moulin Rouge, the Amelie Cafe, Notre Dame, the Shakespeare and Company bookshop, the David Lynch window displays at Galeries Lafayette department store, the Palace of Versailles and the Jardins des Plantes (botanical gardens). After our four days were up we then got the TGV from Paris to Irun where we caught an overnight sleeper train to Lisbon. We then caught a connecting train from Lisbon to Faro. In Faro we met up with some of my boyfriend's family and stayed with them in a gorgeous villa complete with pool in Quintas de Lago for six days. During our time there we visited Albufeira, Silves and a beautiful Portugeuse nature reserve (the name of which escapes me). We ate our body weight in barbequed food, went for evening walks on the beach and celebrated my boyfriend's grandma's birthday. After the six days were up the family returned home and my boyfriend and I went on to Lisbon. Whilst I'd been to Paris and the Algarve before, Lisbon was completely new to me and I really didn't know what to expect, but I have to say I absolutely loved it. We spent four days there and during that time we went to the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum - set in the most beautiful parkland, complete with outdoor beds! - the Lisbon Oceanarium where I saw and fell in love with sea otters, the beautiful Baixa area of the city complete with bright yellow trams and stunning architecture and the Marionette Museum. When our time in Lisbon was at an end, we boarded another overnight sleeper train to Hendaye. We then caught a connecting TGV back up to Paris where we spent a final night (in a hotel with a stunning view of the Eiffel Tower) before getting the eurostar back to London. It was a fantastic adventure and I'll never forget it.

Competition Winner!

Congratulations to lin3arossa who won this month's jewellery giveaway! Your Cinderella necklace will be on its way to you very soon! Sorry to those who entered and didn't win. Don't worry if you didn't though, there'll be another chance to win a piece of jewellery on the 1st November when the next competition begins! xx

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents... The October Giveaway!!!

Hello everyone! So sorry for the delay with this month's competition. I have been travelling for a few weeks and have only just returned. I'll put some photos up in the next couple of weeks so you can all see where I've been and what I did on my travels so have a check back if you're interested. My etsy shops have just reopened today and I'll be adding lots of new pieces over the next few days so make sure you keep checking back there too. 

Right. Competition time! Would you like to win this "Pumpkin Coach Necklace"? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge October Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of an 18" gold plated chain, a vintage style gold plated coach charm and an 8mm wide peach coloured crackle glass bead. The chain length can be adjusted if desired. 

TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog/my facebook fan page (please let me know what you have done in a message below). To become a follower on my facebook fan page scroll down this page until you see the facebook fan page box, click on the "Become a Fan" tab and follow the instructions. Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! Each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message as I will be using a random number generator to pick a winner. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen.

A winner will be picked on 22nd October. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

September Giveaway Winner!!

Congratulations to Wendy a.k.a. "A Family of Boys" who was this month's winner! Your Cutie Pie Bow necklace is on its way to you! Don't worry if you missed out this month, there's always next month's giveaway. The October giveaway will begin on the 8th instead of the 1st as I will be taking my first real break from the business this year between 17th September and 8th October. The etsy shop will be closed until I return but keep your eyes peeled because when I do, lots and lots of new goodies will be making their debut into the Ruby Rouge Jewellery store! Yay!
xx

I Got Interviewed!

Once Upon A Time there was a jewellery designer named Sarah. She loved all things colourful and playful and worked hard at making a collection that reflected this. One day a lovely Style Consultant named Sharon got in touch and asked her if she'd be happy to be interviewed for her blog, "My Passport To Style". Sarah was very pleased to be interviewed for such a wonderful blog and she answered all of the questions the lovely lady had. Sharon posted the answers on her blog for all the people in the land to see. People read it and enjoyed it terribly! They commented on it and became followers of Sharon's marvellous blog and everyone lived happily ever after.

THE END

Read the interview, comment on it and follow Sharon's blog here! http://mypassporttostyle.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-passport-to-style-guest-interview.html

Ruby Rouge Jewellery Presents the September Giveaway!!!

Would you like to win this "Cutie Pie Bow Necklace"? Well if you enter the Ruby Rouge September Giveaway you may well do! It comprises of an 18" gold plated chain, a vintage style gold plated bow and a 10mm wide glass pearl. The chain length can be adjusted.

TO ENTER all you need to do is visit www.rubyrougejewellery.etsy.com find your favourite item and post a reply to this message telling everyone what it is and why you love it. SIMPLE! I will ship internationally so anyone and everyone can enter. Multiple entries can be gained by blogging and/or tweeting about this giveaway on twitter (please provide the link to your post below as evidence) and/or becoming a follower of my blog/my facebook fan page (please let me know what you have done in a message below). To become a follower on my facebook fan page scroll down this page until you see the facebook fan page box, click on the "Become a Fan" tab and follow the instructions. Each extra thing you do will gain you one extra entry! This month each thing you do to gain an additional entry needs to be listed in a separate message. I had so many entries last month and it took so much time to write names on paper for the draw that I have decided to use a random number generator this month. Once the number has been generated I will go down the list of entries until I find the entry that corresponds with it.

PLEASE REMEMBER to leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. If I can't contact you another winner will be chosen.

A winner will be picked on 12th September. GOOD LUCK!!! xx

Castle Howard Craft Fair

Thanks to everyone who attended the Castle Howard Craft Fair. Even though it was cold I had an absolutely amazing day. The surroundings were lovely and I got to speak to some really nice people. The jewellery went down really well again too.

I just need to work on some new display techniques. It takes me so long to get everything set up at the moment. I desperately need some time saving solutions! Will keep you posted when I find some!

I'll also let you all know about upcoming craft fairs as soon as I get some more booked. I have three booked in Leeds for December but need to book some more before then!

The September jewellery giveaway begins tomorrow. Don't forget to enter!!!

xx