Lorelei's Atelier: March of Dimes Sponsor #26

Short story: I.. The self-proclaimed "Baby Makin' Machine," found making a baby isn't as easy as I had hoped. So to take my mind off baby makin' I'm spending a month raising money to help March of Dimes babies. Read the long story about how this fundraiser got started here!
Read my NEW (10/14) latest TTC update here.

I'm so excited to introduce you to our next sponsor! Her name Lorelei Novak and she is a self representing jewelry artist. She presents her artisan jewelry for sale on the wonderful website, Etsy; a great place to find all things handmade and vintage, and displays and sells her work in the wonderful shop: Lorelei's Atelier.
"It may be rather obvious to say but I love everything and anything artistic!" Lorelei said. "At my artist studio, I love designing beautiful heirloom jewelry with a fresh modern perspective!"

She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University. Over the years, she has developed as a jewelry artist and designer.

"I think of each piece I make as unique artwork and my beads, metals and gemstones are my artist's palette," she said.

"My aspiration for my Etsy shop is to give my handcrafted artisan jewelry a chance to shine and be seen by many people and be in the company of other talented artists and craftspeople. I design and craft pieces of wearable art that I truly hope will become treasured additions in many collections as well as provide my clients with thoughtful gifts for many special occasions!"
Her designs are created with the finest hand-selected natural materials, and of course, always with Love from her to you!

"When I create my jewelry, I am inspired by colors, nature, feelings, memories, textures and at some point, during the process of making the piece, the jewelry takes on a life of its own," she said. "That's the moment I know I'm on the right track and the rest seems to flow naturally! For me, each piece of jewelry I create is a unique piece of wearable art. It gives me a lot of heartfelt joy knowing there are people in many parts of the world who are wearing and enjoying my jewelry."
She said she suspects she could say she lives vicariously through her work-- "la belle amour (the Beautiful Love!) and the joie de vivre (the Joy of Life!) --That pretty much sums up my philosophy on life, love and passion and of course the making of beautiful jewelry . "

And beautiful it is, as well as her soul. She believes in an attitude of gratitude, and tries to live a giving life.
She donates 5% of the proceeds from the sale of her handcrafted jewelry to charity and she is a proud Member of Altruism on Etsy Team. You can see all of the great items created by this very charitable team, by using the Etsy search feature to search for the "aoe team."

Lorelei says she has a new favorite saying: "So many beads, so little time!" And boy, does she do so much good with her time! Not only does she donate 5% of her proceeds to charity already, she's donating a $40 Gift Certificate to her shop!!
If you donate just $20 to the charity I'll give you 20 tickets to win this prize from Lorelei's Atlier! Not only are you helping a charity but you get 20 tickets in our GIANT drawing! AND you get a GUARANTEED prize from ME! One of which can be two of these cute baby headbands and hairbows! Look I made these!! (Or you can get a custom doggie bandanna instead) You can donate by clicking the "chip in" button to the right or by clicking here. (Paypal is NOT associated with the drawing, just with donations. Questions about the drawing? Email me at babymakingmachine{at}gmail.com)

This is just one of more than 40 prizes (worth over $1500) that's up for grabs in the drawing! See the full list here. 100% of the funds raised are going to March of Dimes, to help save babies!

Read how this got started here!
Check out all of the prizes here!
Enter my 2nd Cutest Baby Contest here!
Have a giveaway? List it here! Offer extra entries to your peeps for donating!