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July 18, 2011

Jewelry Making Tips and Tricks Contest

Prize Earrings

Making jewelry is a wonderful practice that fulfills our need to create and to surround ourselves with beautiful things. There’s nothing quite like that spark of energy we feel when we’re in our zone and the ideas start flowing. No matter when you started making jewelry, no doubt you became better with time and picked up many tips and tricks along the way. Some tricks save us time. Some ease stress on our hands. And others improve our technique.

Imagine if we all share just one tip how much we could all learn and help each other along. Surely there will be something new for everyone. Share your favorite jewelry making tips and tricks for a chance to win these beautiful handmade earrings, featured in Stringing, Summer 2011, and with a retail value of $150.00.

You have until Monday, July 25th to share tips and tricks. Leave your tips in the comment section. One random comment/tip will be drawn and announced as the winner the next morning. While employees of Nina Designs are eager to share our beading tips, rest assured we will be excluded from the drawing.

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May 3, 2011

Review our Silver Charms and Findings for a Chance to Win $200 Shopping Spree

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, Giveaways, silver charms, Website Improvements — juanita @ 10:50 am

For each Nina Designs silver charm and jewelry findings you review, we will enter you into a drawing for a chance to win a $200 Nina Designs SHOPPING SPREE. Remember, the more reviews you write, the greater your odds of winning. You have until May 31, 2011, to write as many reviews as you can. The winner will be randomly selected on June 1st, 2011, and announced on our blog the same day. Good luck!

To write a product review:
1) Log into your Nina Designs Account.
2) Find the product you want to review and click the “Be the first to add a review/comment” link.
3) Give the product a star rating on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the best).
4) Write a brief review about what you like or dislike about the product.

You can find this window in the description of every product

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March 2, 2011

Reviewing our Silver Charms Pays Off Big Time!

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, Giveaways, Website Improvements — juanita @ 12:05 pm

It’s time once again to announce the winner of another Nina Designs shopping spree for silver charms and jewelry supplies. But before I do I’d like to thank all our contestants who took a little time to review our products. Writing product reviews is an effective way to get your voice heard. We read every review and take into account your constructive critiques to improve our products and design future ones. Reading product reviews is also a powerful tool for shoppers because it provides them with information about our silver charms and jewelry supplies they trust. We appreciate your feedback!

Now without further delay . . . drum roll, please . . . the winner of a $250 Shopping Spree is randomly selected product review #136 written by Jennifer King! Congratulations! Please contact juanita@ninadesigns.com by March 16, 2011, to claim your prize.

We will launch another product review giveaway in the near future, so stay posted . . . and continue to write reviews.

To write a product review:
1) Log into your Nina Designs Account.
2) Find the product you want to review and click the “Be the first to add a review/comment” link.
3) Give the product a star rating on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the best).
4) Write a brief review about what you like or dislike about the product.

You can find this window in the description of every product

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February 28, 2011

Winner of Jewelry Design Studio Contest #2

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, Inspiration — juanita @ 10:46 am

It was really exciting to witness how passionate voters were about their favorite jewelry design studio. The three front runners were Molly, Amy and Brandy. It was a really close race, but after all was said and done, Molly took the win by 1 vote. Congratulations Molly! You are the winner of $100 SHOPPING SPREE at Nina Designs. Everyone loved the light, the lovely view, and the cozy kitty in your studio. It just looks so comfy and cozy. A perfect spot to create.

Voter #14, Diane Hill, and Voter #87, Michelle Perry, are also winners. Please contact me at juanita@ninadesigns.com to claim your prize from our jewelry stash. And a big thanks to all the voters for taking the time to vote.

Congrats Molly! You're the WINNER!

Snow Berry, voter prize

She's Sew Crafty, voter prize

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February 21, 2011

Studio Contest – Vote for your favorite jewelry design studio

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, Inspiration, jewelry design — juanita @ 4:51 pm

Once you catch the jewelry design bug, your life is never quite the same. Your brain is constantly designing, your hands constantly wire wrapping, and what little extra space you have is overrun with beads, jewelry supplies, and tools. Becoming a jewelry designer is a fabulous transformation that I welcomed into my life with open arms. And, from the looks of our 15 photo entries, you have too!

And, boy, do some of our entries got it bad. One creates in her favorite recliner, another out of a duffle bag on the go, a third at her dining room table (taking her meals elsewhere), and another alongside her bunny named Bean. I love it! Thanks so much to all the jewelry designers who shared your spaces. I really enjoyed getting a peek into your very diverse designing lives.

After looking through all the photos, vote on your favorite space by leaving a comment. When casting your vote remember to include the name of the person whose studio you like best. And, to thank you for your vote, we’re entering you into a GIVEAWAY. Two lucky voters will be randomly selected to win either the She’s Sew Crafty Necklace or the Snow Berry Earrings.

Voting ends on Sunday, Feb. 27th and all winners will be announced on Monday, Feb. 28th, 2011. Good luck everyone!

Snow Berry Earrings

She's Sew Crafty

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February 16, 2011

Win $100 Shopping Spree for Jewelry Findings

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — juanita @ 11:24 am

There’s still time for you to get your studio photos in for a chance to win $100 in jewelry findings. We extended the deadline for photos until this Sunday, Feb. 20.

I’d really like to encourage you to share your work space, no matter what state it’s in. Whether your desk is covered in mountainous piles of beads or neat little plastic boxes, doesn’t matter. In fact, I like messy! I’m the messiest maker ever. It’s the only way I can manage to find anything – right where I last left it.

Juanita's Bead Cave

Here’s a snapshot of what my work space looked like this morning. That circled area is the pile of Tucson beads I collected over the last couple of weeks. I will have to do a little organizing to get that integrated into my system. Yes . . . I do have a system. Turns out about every 3 months or so I have to organize my piles.

Contest Guidelines:
1 – Photos should be of your own creative work spaces.
2 – Send no more than 3 photos (JPEG format preferred) to juanita@ninadesigns.com
3 – Please write a short sentence or two about your space & why you love it so.
4 – Deadline to send your photos: Sun, Feb. 20, 2011.
5 – One entry per person for the studio contest.

Don’t be shy. Send your photos out today!

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January 31, 2011

Studio Contest: Win $100 Shopping Spree for Jewelry Findings

Filed under: Contests — Tags: Contests, design process, Inspiration — juanita @ 8:15 am

Where do you turn jewelry findings into fantastic jewelry designs? I love to imagine all the different jewelry designers out there scouting for the perfect beads and silver charms, then diving into their studio excited to make dreamy jewelry, and not coming up for air for many days! I seriously find nothing more inspiring than getting a peek into other designers’ studios. So whether your creative space is a converted closet, a corner of your bedroom, or your garage, we’d love to see them.

If you generously give us a glimpse into your world by sending us photos of your creative workspace, we’ll post them all on a blog to share, and then everyone will vote on their favorite. The one with the most votes will win a $100 Shopping Spree Nina Designs. Plus, voters will be entered into a drawing with a chance to win prizes too.

Contest Guidelines:
1 – Photos should be of your own creative work spaces.
2 – Send no more than 3 photos (JPEG format preferred) to juanita@ninadesigns.com
3 – Please write a short sentence or two about your space & why you love it so.
4 – Deadline to enter your photos: Sun, Feb. 20, 2011.
5 – One entry per person for the studio contest.
6 – One vote per person for the drawing.

Studio photos will be posted in our blog on Mon. Feb. 21, 2011. Voting will be open for a week, from Feb. 21st through the 28th, and both winners will be announced in our blog on March. 2nd. The studio with the most votes wins a $100 Nina Designs Gift Certificate, so remember to rally all your friends and family to VOTE for your photos. Remind them by voting they could win fabulous prizes too!

This is our second time running this contest. To see the results of the first run, click here.

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January 28, 2011

Review our Silver Charms and Findings for a Chance to Win $250 Shopping Spree

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, silver charms, Website Improvements — juanita @ 8:15 am

For each Nina Designs silver charm and jewelry findings you review, we will enter you into a drawing for a chance to win a $250 Nina Designs SHOPPING SPREE. Woo hoo! That’s a lot of shopping! Remember, the more reviews you write, the greater your odds of winning. Deadline: You have until February 28, 2011 to write as many reviews as you can. The winner will be randomly selected on March 1st, 2011, and announced on our blog the same day. Good luck!

You can find this window in the description of every product

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December 31, 2010

New Years Silver Charms and Prize Drawing!

Filed under: Contests, Giveaways — Tags: Contests, giveaway, silver charms — Anna @ 8:00 am

Guess who's who for a chance to win!

New Years always makes me thinks of new beginnings, a fresh start, and new life. Here at Nina Designs we offer an array of sterling silver charms to celebrate the newly arrived little ones in all our lives.

Honor the special moments of growing up with customizable stamping blanks such as our baby block or baby foot charms. Celebrate baby’s first birthday with their name custom stamped on our new hand print stamping charm. Combined with a petite gold wish bone, the sweet little necklace will bring you and your bundle of joy lots of luck in the years to come.

Feeling nostalgic? Encapsulate the joys of childhood in a menagerie of whimsical charms – like our Sweet Dreams Necklace. A charming little silver rocking horse mingles with a wishing star and dreamy colored tourmalines.

Feeling nostalgic ourselves, we’ve created a menagerie of our own childhood moments. Can you guess who’s who? Compare our childhood photos to our grown up photos on our About Us page. Leave a comment with your best guess and be entered in a drawing to win your own “little Ella Necklace” (left blank for your own customizing)! You will have until January 6th to leave your comments. The winner will be announced on our blog on January 7th.

Good Luck and Happy New Year!

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December 15, 2010

Review our Jewelry Findings Using a Five-Star System

Filed under: Contests — Tags: Giveaways, Website Improvements — juanita @ 10:21 am

You could win $100 in jewelry findings!

Review our jewelry findings and you might WIN this PRIZE GIVEAWAY: a hand picked selection of our Best Sellers.

Trying to find the best jewelry findings for your designs can be difficult at times. You not only want to create stunning jewelry, you also want to use high quality pieces. This is why we created a new shopping feature: Product Reviews. With this tool Nina Designs shoppers, like you, can constructively critique our products by rating each item using a star system, writing reviews, and sharing via Facebook.

Reading product reviews is a powerful shopping tool. You can find out what jewelry findings are exciting other designers and learn why they like or dislike particular products before you buy them. We envision an honest dialogue providing constructive criticism helpful to fellow shoppers. For instance, when we introduced a slightly misunderstood earring finding using a tapered earwire, we received many comments regarding the thickness of the wire via email and phone calls. This is exactly the kind of information other shoppers would appreciate, but at the time there was no way to share this feedback with a larger audience. Now that customers can write product reviews, however, we have a forum to broadcast both positive and negative reviews.

This new feature has not seen a lot of action yet. To kick start its inauguration, we’d like to offer an enticing incentive. For each product you review, we will enter you into a PRIZE DRAWING for a chance to win a hand picked selection of our Best Sellers, worth $100 (Retail value). It’s easy, fast, and fun!

Deadline: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, midnight. Randomly selected winner will be announced Wednesday, December 22, 2010.

You can find this window in the description of every product at Nina designs

To write product reviews:
1) Log into your Nina Designs Account.
2) Find the product you want to review and click the “Be the first to add a review/comment” link.
3) Give the product a star rating on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the best).
4) Write a review about what you like or dislike about the product.

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