A hoop giveaway for you all!

Hello everyone!!


I am hosting a hoop giveaway in my etsy store!!  All you have to do is "like" my sacredspiralz facebook page and "share" the image found on that page for a chance to win a FREE polypro or taped day hoop! One winner will be chosen March 27th.  I will also be promoting this contest on instagram and twitter!

Good luck everyone!


Blessings,

Beth

Some custom hoops..

Hello everyone! Happy Friday.. the weekend is here!

While I am sitting here at work waiting for an assay to finish, I thought I would post a few photos of some custom hoops I have recently cranked out.

The above two hoops were purchased for an Ohio State fan.  Can you tell from the colors?  Hah!

The above two hoops were purchased as Christmas presents for two beginner hoopers.

This hoop was made for a girl headed to South America!  I have since added this hoop to the etsy shop.  It is called retro rainbow.  

This hoop was created for Lauren Lionheart, a hooper and visionary artist from Florida.  You can check out her website here!  http://www.facebook.com/laurenlionheart and http://www.laurenlionheart.com.  I may add this hoop to the shop in the near future... named after Lauren, of course :)

I am always excited about custom work.  Shoot me an email at bethnouveau@gmail.combethnouveau@gmail.com if you would like a completely customized taped or LED hoop!! There is also a listing for a custom hoop in my etsy shop.

Have a beautiful weekend, everyone!

A February Giveaway!!

Happy February everyone!

Spring is in the air here in South Carolina.  The flowers are beginning to bloom and the daytime temperatures are beginning to rise.


I have decided to run a little facebook giveaway!  All you have to do is log in to facebook and "like" my facebook page, BethNouveau and share the following image (that is posted on my facebook page):

TWO random winners will receive one item of their choice from my etsy shop.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone and good luck!

SALE SALE SALE!

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday surrounded by friends and family.  My holiday was very restful and I am very thankful for it.  My body and mind needed the break.  I caught up on some much needed rest and I feel energized!!!!

I have decided to mark down several items in my shop that are ALREADY MADE and READY TO SHIP in an effort to clear my inventory out.  I am ready to craft some new items and the old ones need to go!!!  I am also running another special:

The free shipping coupon is good in both of my etsy shops, bethnouveau for handmade feather jewelry and accessories, or sacredspiralz for custom taped hula hoops, polypro hoops, or custom LED hoops!!

Here are some of the sale items available at bethnouveau right now!

For those hoopers out there, I also have lime green polypro hoops on sale as well!!!  $22 for a 5/8" OD UV reactive polypro hoop!  This is the absolute cheapest anywhere online!!  And you can use free shipping as well!!   Just use coupon FREESHIP at  sacredspiralz ...  This coupon will only be active for a few days, so grab it while you can!!

Thank all of you for your business.. I am so blessed to call myself an artist.  Enjoy your upcoming week!

xo  beth

Some new designs..... and a wedding I designed for!

Happy autumn, everyone!  I have been busy busy busy this summer and fall!  I have added a couple new pieces to my store.

This piece is entitled Tribal Warrior and features rooster feathers and peacock feathers.  These feather earrings are super long and are two sided, with feathers on the backside of the earrings.

This gorgeous headpiece is entitled Madame Darkness and features trimmed peacock eyes and black rooster feathers.  It is perfect hair fascinator for a formal event!

This headpiece is entitled The Black widow and features one trimmed peacock eye feather with peacock swords and black rooster feathers.  The black feathers are somewhat irridescent, as you can tell from the photos!

This gorgeous headpiece is entitled Absinthe Dreams, and was designed for a customer's wedding.  I loved it so much that I added it to my shop.

Here are some shots from her wedding.  Thank you, Susan for the photos!

I would love to create you something unique for your special day!  Shoot me an email at bethnouveau@gmail.com!!  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!  xoxo

A little summer sale for you!!

Hello everyone! I apologize that I have been so quiet lately. I recently moved to a new residence and that pretty much took every ounce of strength and energy that I had. After a month of recovery and putting all my ducks in a row, I am back in full force!

I have some exciting projects and collaborations coming up. I will be designing a new line in the next two weeks and having another professional photo shoot with a local photographer. ...

I love love love trading skills and have the opportunity to design a couple LED hoops for friends. In return, I am getting an incredible handmade macrame necklace from my friend Jess of Anthropologica jewelry... Now this is not the hippie hemp macrame you might be thinking of.. Jess makes incredible traditional macrame pieces with precious stones. I am also getting a Muse dress from Niko at 2611 clothing. I recently reviewed the 2611 designs in a previous post.

I also recently formed a hoop troupe with four other incredible ladies in Greenville, SC called the Cirque Spin Tribe. We recently performed on Fox Carolina News and will be performing at the prestigious Beach Ball Foundation Benefit that takes place in late August. We have been choreographing and hooping like mad in preparation for these performances!! There will be 2 LED and one fire performance... more details will be posted soon :)

In any case, that's where I have been.... I figured I would run a little sale to kick off the return of BethNouveau with a 20% off coupon good in my etsy shop. The coupon code is 20OFF and is good on ANYTHING. I will only keep it up for a week, so hurry if you want to use it!

Have a lovely weekend and keep your eyes peeled for future updates..

xox

beth

My recent trip to the rainy northwest... and new hatchlings in my shop!

Hello everyone,

I just returned home from a work trip to Seattle and returned home with my allergies in full blown irritation due to all the trees blooming here.  I have been to Seattle before, back in 2007, and the weather on that trip was gorgeous.  On this trip I got a real dose of Seattle weather, with dreary fog and pouring rain every day.

Despite the weather, I did get some great shots with my new iPhone that I wanted to share with you all.

Intense Mountains... I am thinking perhaps the Tetons based on our flight path..

 

Pike's Place Market in the rain

Our hotel was quite posh!

I pretty much despise lengthy traveling itineraries, because they always upset my exercise schedule, but they do afford me a lot of free time to knit, which I hardly have the time to do anymore.  I spent about 10 hours on this trip knitting on this scarf, which I began knitting a few years ago.

Actually, the story with this scarf is that I knit this exact item previously for myself, and it took so long to knit that I swore I'd never knit another one again.  I came home with the finished scarf and my mom threw an absolute fit for it.  She loved it so much that I ended up giving it to her for Christmas and never got to wear it.  I started knitting a replacement, but got so busy, it was shuttled to the unfinished object bin.  

Anyway, I only have 35 more rows until it is done!! I hope to wrap it up this weekend.  It is knit up in several shades of Rowan Kidsilk Haze.  It is incredibly soft.

This afternoon I added two new items to the shop.

This first piece is entitled Sun Dancer and remind me of a bright summer day, with cheery hues of yellow and teal blue.

These earrings include multiple layers of trimmed peacock eye feathers layered with yellow and blue rooster hackle and peacock body and sword feathers. The feathers are securely attached to a backing. These are roughly 7-9 inches in length and 3-3.5 inches at the widest point including the sterling silver ear hooks.

You can find Sun Dancer here in my etsy shop! I had the inspiration for this pair a few years back but just now added them to my shop.

This lightweight feather hair clip is entitled Absinthe Dreams and was originally designed as a custom piece for a customer wedding.  It features multiple types of peacock and purple rooster feathers and is suited for multiple hair types. The clip is totally hidden and easy to put on. The piece is meant to be worn on the side of the head, with the peacock swords angled either up or down. It is very lightweight.

You can find Absinthe Dreams here in my shop!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

more new items... and a shop you should check out...

I hope you had a very happy Pi day, yesterday!  I, for one, am thankful for the discovery of this number, and makes calculating the length of tubing to cut my hula hoops so much easier!!  ((diameter*pi=circumference for the mathematically challenged))

I first want to bring a new etsy shop to your attention.  2611 clothing is co-foundered by fellow hooper, Niko Nicole.  Their designs are SICK.  I am going to be ordering this hooded dress ASAP.  I adore the design on it, especially the feather!!

The model in the photo is Niko.  You can like their facebook page here.

As far as my shop goes, I recently updated my gallery, adding in new items and separating out the cruelty free items.  I wish all of my items were cruelty free, but unfortunately I don't know the source of some of my feathers, despite my best efforts.  Now the cruelty free items have their own gallery, which will make things less confusing for customers seeking cruelty free feather earrings.

I have posted a few more of my new items below.  They are for sale in my etsy shop.

This piece, modeled by Jeana Marie, is entitled "duchess".  I love this piece because it is so simple and yet gorgeous.  Trimmed peacock feathers are paired with peacock swords and affixed to a backing.  The clip is easy to wear and is suited for all hair types.  I can make this piece, or any of my hairpieces, to be worn on either side of the head.




 This piece is entitled Shakti Fire and features orange, red, and black and white rooster and pheasant feathers.  I don't normally create items in these colors, but I love how these earrings turned out and I will definitely be making more pieces like this in the future.

As always, all of my items come with a pretty teal blue gift box for storage and giftgiving.


Have a great upcoming weekend! 

<3

Beth

A little taste of spring.

The weather is softening here,  and winter appears to be over... although here in the south, the temperatures never did drop very far.. The weather is inspiring me to create some new bright pieces for spring and summer... and I will post them on here as soon as I can.

For now, I have added a couple new items to the shop. I made these back in December but neglected to photograph them until now.

This piece, entitled Lady Godiva features trimmed peacock eye feathers and peacock body feathers set in sterling silver ear hooks.  They are quite small, and are just around 3" long.

I often have people asking me to create tiny earrings for children, so I crafted this next piece, the little parrot, with those customers in mind.  These are made out of tiny CRUELTY FREE blue parrot feathers and are under 2.5 inches long including the sterling silver ear hooks.  Leverbacks can be substituted at no additional charge, making the earrings less likely for a child to lose. 

These earrings feature peacock body feathers on sterling silver ear hooks and are entitled Peacock Shells.  They are also below 3".

This pair, entitled Sioux Blue, features trimmed pheasant and parrot feathers with accents of peacock body feathers.  These are also under 3" and are attached to sterling silver ear hooks.

These earth toned beauties are made of rooster feathers wrapped in real copper wire and set in copper colored ear hooks.  They are 3.5-5 inches long including the hooks.

I have more to add, but it's getting late....Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

My work has once again been featured!!! ... plus my new feathered hatchlings

Happy February, everyone!

This week my work was featured on Etsy Finds.  My Mardi Gras inspired headpiece, carnival girl, was used in the newsletter!

I am absolutely thrilled and thankful to be featured.  

If you have been to my etsy shop recently, you will have definitely seen the beautiful new photos!  A few weeks ago, my friend Sea Jae shot my work on several gorgeous models.  Katie Cotton of Cotton Rouge was our makeup artist/hair stylist, and Christi  Garland of Christi's Closet provided clothing styling.  I assisted with the photo taking, mostly in helping the models with the earrings, but was able to take a couple shots of the primping to share with you :)

 

 The model shown in this photo is pinup star, Jeana Marie, being styled by Katie.  I love her portfolio on Model Mayhem

The results of the shoot are stunning, as you can see below.  Many of these pieces are NEW to my shop!  I have included a favorite from each model.

 

This piece is called Dr. Moriary, because of the sinister use of the bird head. I love the black red and white feathers and the long ostrich plume.  What you can't notice from this photo, are the stripped rooster feathers that stick out of the piece. 

 

Chelsea Santulli is the model shown here.  She is sporting two new pieces.  My super bright DayGlo Navajo earrings and Orchid blossum hair clip. These bright colors will be perfect for the upcoming spring and summer months.

 The model in this photo is Ivy Taylor.  She is sporting my black and white Native American inspired feather earrings, Chickasaw

 

This model is Hope Lucktenberg. She is sporting a new pair of tribal inspired feather earrings entitled Sioux Blue.

 

This is Christi Garland, our stylist.  She is sporting a new cruelty free parrot feather hair clip.  This clip features faux suede, so it is completely 100% cruelty free from feathers to findings.  It is entitled Patchouli.

I will be posting again soon with more photos of my new work.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

xo