Just Some Bits and Pieces Today

I have just a few things I would like to share with all my readers today. One October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. In honor of that my blogs will be all pink for the whole month of October. Join in and show your support, and turn your blogs pink too.

I am still looking for six more crafters, any craft not just jewelry, to become part of Friends of Melissas Jewelry. It is on the left hand side of this blog, and you will see five links already there. I am looking for five more, to make ten. This is a new feature I am trying to get going. Once I get ten, those links will remain there for 90 days, at which time I will try to get ten new ones, or the others can re-apply. So just tell me you want to join in the fun, and leave me your link to your site. Remember I need six more, so tell your friends too.

48 HR Sale Emerald and Green Sapphire Ring

This weeks 48 hour sale in my Etsy store is for an Emerald and Green Sapphire ring. This sterling silver, size 6 ring is right now $24.99 until Friday July 2nd, at 8 PM. Don't miss out to purchase this simple yet lovely ring. Click this link right here to go to my Etsy store.


I still have five spots left for my Friends of Melissa's Jewelry section. To see how to get your site there read the post directly below this one.

I Am Looking For 8 Crafters!

If you look over on the right hand column of this blog you will notice the header, Friends of Melissa's Jewelry. This is a new feature I have started. I need eight more crafters to add to the list, before it can officially begin. You must have a craft, and it can be a blog, or store, and can be supplies for crafters. Simply email me at melissaruede@yahoo.com with your site link, and the first eight to contact me will get it posted. After I have ten total, they will remain there for three months, at which time I will repost to give others a chance. Don't miss out on this opportunity, contact me today!

A Couple Of New Features For This Blog, Get Your 125x125 Widget On Here

First of all the new layout. Do you like it? If you have a blogspot blog then you know have some new options in designing your blog. They have a nice selection, and after a little bit of working with it, it wasn't that hard.

I have been so busy this blog has kind of been neglected. I still post, and do the traffic to it, but I just have not had time to put a little extra into it. Now it is summer vacation, and I have some free time.

I will be accepting 10 text links of blogs that are either about jewelry, crafting, gemstones, or collecting that will be under my Friends of Melissas Gems header. The first ten people to contact me at melissaruede@yahoo.com will get their link shown. I already have one that contacted me, so that only leaves nine spots left. The links will remain for two months, at which time I will remove them, and see if ten others would like to be featured there. A reciprocal link on your site to mine, would be appreciated but is not necessary. I will not be doing any other free links other than the ones I already have posted.

If you would like to have your 125x125 widget on this blog, it is a PR2, that is $2.50 per month, payable via Paypal. I have all this space, and I might as well try to make a little cash to help buy new supplies. To purchase your spot for your 125x125 widget contact me at melissaruede@yahoo.com for payment details. Please be sure to specify if you want the paid widget or the free text link listed above, remember there are only nine spots for that.

If you really want to get your site noticed, and no it doesn't have to be a blog you can purchase advertising on any of my other blogs with these rates: Melissas Barefoot Blog $1.00 per month for 125x125 box, Melissas Homeschool $5.00 per month for a 125x125 widget. I will not accept sexually explicit, violent, illegal, or hateful sites, and they will be checked. I am pretty liberal with just about anything else. Use the same email listed above to contact me getting your paid ads on any of these sites. I have lots of space available.