May 11, 2009

Lisa Leonard and a Giveaway!

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Lisa Leonard’s jewelry is a breath of what we all need now and then: simplicity and inspiration. She has generously offered to give away a $50 gift certificate to a Pink of Perfection reader. Leave a comment on this post by midnight EST Thursday May 14 and you’ll be in the running; I’ll draw a name on Friday, May 15. But you don’t have to be a winner to get a deal on some new jewelry. Lisa has offered a 10% discount code to use on her site. Enter tellafriend at checkout.

When did you start making jewelry and what have you learned about yourself running your own business?

I started making jewelry in high school, but got serious about it after my first son, David was born.  I’ve learned that I am more driven that I thought.  Sometimes it’s hard to stop my brain and just rest.

What or who most inspires you?

I definitely get inspired when I’m outside.  I love the sunlight and the contrast of green grass to blue sky or warm sand.  My sister Chrissie is amazingly insightful and creative.  And she totally ‘gets’ me. When we are together we talk talk talk and it’s hard to keep from getting inspired!

What’s the essence of great style?

One of the most beautiful things a woman can be is herself.  I love to spend time with friends who are genuine and willing to share their hearts openly.  So great style would be a woman who is comfortable with herself and maybe a great haircut and the perfect pair of jeans.  I’m always looking for the perfect pair of jeans.

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What’s some of the best advice you’ve ever gotten?

I clearly remember my dad pulling me aside one day and asking me what I wanted to accomplish when I grew up.  I shared some dreams and he challenged me to dream bigger.  I think his advice shaped me.

What’s your surefire way to unwind after a stressful day?

Surefire way during the day is a pedicure.  Heaven.  But at the end of the day-snuggling on the couch with my husband and watching our favorite shows.  Have you seen Better Off Ted?  Hilarious!  Oh and maybe a cup of decaf with lots of cream.

What’s in your fridge right now?

Our fridge is stocked with kid snacks like string cheese, yogurt, apple juice and raisin bread.  And my favorite snacks are fresca, toast with apricot jam, and lowfat milk with cereal.  And of course lots of cream for my coffee!

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Comments

  • Betsy: “Squeeee” (like a little girl)! How much do I love the pearls and pendant? Enough to trade one of my own dear children!1 year ago

  • Meredith: I have watched Lisa Leonard’s beautiful work for years now, but I never noticed those darling baby spoons before! I think I may have found my new signature baby gift!1 year ago

  • Christi Higham: I love this kind of jewelry! And Lisa seems down-to-earth and admirable. thanks for the giveaway!1 year ago

  • Melissa: Love her stuff and this blog1 year ago

  • Kelly: Beautiful necklace! This is a wonderful Monday morning post.1 year ago

  • Jennifer: What a beautiful and simple necklace1 year ago

  • Sara Rose: Ok this is off topic, but where do you find these people with such great hair? I’m suffering total hair envy from the people you’ve been featuring!

    I want to be in the running for the certificate, please. I think I’ll head over to her site now for virtual shopping.

    What a beautiful, eloquent way to ask your kids about what they want out of life “What do you want to ACCOMPLISH?” I love it!1 year ago

  • miss fae: i have to say, i’m partial to that leather cuff, and am now imagining what i would have it say.1 year ago

  • Zannah: I wasn’t aware of Lisa’s work before this post, but now that I am, I have to say, I LOVE IT. What a generous giveaway! Thanks for always featuring such amazing artists.1 year ago

  • Lindsey: What a treat! Love your blog!!1 year ago

  • Meghan: Aw, that necklace is darling!1 year ago

  • Faith: That’s a gorgeous necklace. Thanks for the tip for the great jewelry site, Sarah!1 year ago

  • Linda: What a great giveaway! Thanks so much for the chance!1 year ago

  • Lucy: Sweet necklace, and what a generous giveaway!1 year ago

  • Meg: Oh, gorgeous! I’m in love with the Star necklace. Thanks for the excellent find!1 year ago

  • Phoo-D: What fun! Love the necklace and baby spoons. Her Dad’s advice to dream bigger, is very good advice.1 year ago

  • Valerie: What a sweet little necklace, and a generous giveaway to boot! I’d be tickled pink if I won. :) 1 year ago

  • Sarah: I love Pink of Perfection and Lisa Leonard. Amazing stuff. Thanks for the wonderful blog and opportunity :) 1 year ago

  • Diane Carol: Can a necklace be yummy?!!!! Thanks for a great interview too! :-) 1 year ago

  • Lisa: What beautiful jewelry. Thank you so much for letting us know about her.1 year ago

  • Emily B.: what loveliness! thanks to Lisa for the $50 giveaway! crossing my fingers… :) 1 year ago

  • Amy C: Love the jewelry! And I can “amen” to the snuggling on the couch with the husband at the end of a long day. It’s 12:20 right now and I am already looking forward to 8 o’clock snuggle,popcorn and How I Met Your Mother.1 year ago

  • Marsi: Cool baubles! Please count me in on the drawing.1 year ago

  • Amanda: Thank you for introducing me to this artist and her beautiful work!1 year ago

  • Juliette: Wow, what beautiful jewelry! I have long admired the hammered/stamped technique and hope to learn someday. :) 1 year ago

  • Shannon: lovely! her pieces are so simple but sophisticated- not fussy. that’s what i need.1 year ago

  • Jessica I.: Lisa’s art is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! :) 1 year ago

  • Katie: I love her Be Still necklace - beautiful jewelry!1 year ago

  • eliz: so pretty! i am imagining having a sugar dish because of how beautiful the spoons are!1 year ago

  • Suzy: Very, very pretty!1 year ago

  • Trude: What lovely jewelry! Thanks so much for doing this! :) 1 year ago

  • Erin: Pick me, pick me!! :) 1 year ago

  • Annie: Wow! Such beautiful stuff. Thanks!1 year ago

  • Katie: Decisions, decisions…Sweet & Simple Birdie or Be Still???1 year ago

  • Margaret: love the birdie!1 year ago

  • Jen: I would agree with the other hair enviers that Lisa has the great haircut part down! Fantastically nice, unfussy jewelry, too. Thanks for another potential addiction :) 1 year ago

  • Jen in Quincy: I love the necklace. Please add my name to the drawing!1 year ago

  • ann: I’m always looking for the perfect pair of jeans too. Love Lisa’s jewelry!1 year ago

  • Shandell's: Fabulous jewelry, but the baby spoon is my favorite.1 year ago

  • roohi: lovely giveaway! thanks lisa!1 year ago

  • Angella: thank you for the chance!1 year ago

  • Nancy: Great looking stuff, thanks for the giveaway!1 year ago

  • Mary: Beautiful jewelry!1 year ago

  • Jessica: Wow, beautiful. Thanks for alerting us to this great designer.1 year ago

  • Chelsea: I LOVE your blog. And that jewelry is beautiful!!1 year ago

  • Christina: Her jewelry looks beautiful!1 year ago

  • Katie: What a great post…I need a little inspiration on Mondays!1 year ago

  • Melissa Dorothy: Thanks to both of you lovely ladies for this opportunity to win! I have my eye on that sea star neckace.

    I second Sara Rose’s comment about all the amazing hair-dos we’ve been seeing. Do you all have your own personal hairdressers and photographers or what?!1 year ago

  • lisa: pretty!!!1 year ago

  • Meredith: It’s so intricate and just, beautiful!1 year ago

  • Rez: Pretty hair, pretty jewlery!1 year ago

  • Jackie: Thanks Sarah for this post, but also for your blog. I always find something interesting or inspiring when I visit. Lisa’s jewelry is beautiful and that’s what we need more of; simple beauty.1 year ago

  • Renata N: Beautiful necklace! I love this kind of jewelry. This blog is so inspiring! I’ve been a fan ever since I first read it, about a month ago :-) 1 year ago

  • maureen: i only found your blog a few days ago, but it’s gorgeous! i have been having fun reading back into the archives. inspiring!1 year ago

  • Ashley: amazing necklace! thanks for sharing with us!1 year ago

  • Nora: Cute!1 year ago

  • Joy: This jewelry is amazing! I would love to win!!1 year ago

  • Brooke: Another inspiring post… I wish I had discovered Lisa’s jewelry before Mother’s Day! What a great giveaway.1 year ago

  • Nicole: omg love her designs! how talented!1 year ago

  • Betsy Peggy: Sign me up - such beautiful work!1 year ago

  • katelin: wow what a great great giveaway!!1 year ago

  • Erica: i love love love love love her designs!!1 year ago

  • Cristina: What a fun giveaway!1 year ago

  • Tricia: Fantastic jewerly and artist….love the inspiration.1 year ago

  • Bethina: Wow–just beautiful.1 year ago

  • Vikki: I check your blog everyday- it’s beautiful!1 year ago

  • k a t: I love the spoons!1 year ago

  • Emily: Very creative! I love it!!1 year ago

  • Autumn: So lovely!!1 year ago

  • Jen: awww, everything is so beautiful!1 year ago

  • Linda: Really nice jewelry. Thanks for posting.1 year ago

  • Hillary: wow, that’s great jewelery.1 year ago

  • Emily C.: That bird necklace is lovely! I wonder how the engraving is done… (Also, her hair looks fantastic. Not related to the jewelry, but true!)1 year ago

  • Kelsey T.: I really like her jewelry. That’s a great picture of her, too.1 year ago

  • Jennifer: That is a great necklace!! Beautiful!1 year ago

  • Tricia Chaves: I love the baby spoons. I’d love to get one of these for my friend’s baby gift.

    Tricia Chaves
    Free giveaways every Friday on http://www.triciachaves.blogspot.com1 year ago

  • Suz: What a beautiful necklace! Thank you so much for doing this!
    x1 year ago

  • Patty: Beautiful necklace. Thanks for sharing the interview.1 year ago

  • LisaLisa: I have so loved LL’s jewelry for so long now. How great to read your interview too. Thanks for putting this together. Oh yeah, and I would LOVE to win of course.1 year ago

  • Suzanne F.: As soon as I opened the email & saw the necklace, before I even read the post my favorite quote from Emily Dickinson came to mind…’Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul…’1 year ago

  • Moira McKinnon: I had a conversation with my dad like that too. Thanks to him, I “dreamed bigger” and am now in my first year of medical school. Thanks for the great interview. Your jewelry is gorgeous!1 year ago

  • Mellisa: I almost never wear necklaces and very little jewelry but I will almost definitely break my Plain Jane ways with one of Ms. Leonard’s pieces. So lovely!1 year ago

  • harmony: Beautiful jewelry!1 year ago

  • Kacee: Ohhhh I love Lisa Leonard! Pick me, Pick me!1 year ago

  • Diane Carol: Terrible ettiqute I am sure…but after reading all these posts…I am posting again - mostly because I am brand new to this “world” - so please forgive me! I checked out Lisa Leonard’s website and was so taken by it (beautiful site!) and the beautiful jewelry! It makes me want to quit my day job and become creative! Oh how I wish….:) Tonight, we had drinks with neighbors and I was sharing (or trying to…lamely) and describing Lisa’s craft…I know I didn’t do it justice! (but I still tried!). No matter what…I’m a fan! Thank you for opening my horizons to a great new link!1 year ago

  • Anna: absolutely beautiful jewelry!!1 year ago

  • Karen Chaffee: I checked Lisa’s site. She does beautiful work! I loved her answer to: what is the essence of great style.

    A classy lady.1 year ago

  • Sarah: Very pretty jewelry. Thanks for sharing.1 year ago

  • lisa: That necklace is goooooorgeous. I will definitely need to check her site out!1 year ago

  • b: I like the custom leather cuffs.1 year ago

  • BEL19: i love the cherish necklace!1 year ago

  • Jena: I’m not sure which one I’d pick! The love necklace? The Believe keychain?1 year ago

  • Jeanne: Love, love, love ALL of her jewelry!1 year ago

  • Alison: gorgeous jewelry…count me in!1 year ago

  • Carla Paola: Great interview and absolutely fabulous jewelry.1 year ago

  • Kaitlin: Beautiful! Count me in :) 1 year ago

  • Annie W.: Gorgeous jewelry- so simple and thoughtful. There is something for everyone in her collection. Thanks for sharing her!!1 year ago

  • Genna W.: I’m looking for some spring jewelry just like this…gorgeous! :) 1 year ago

  • Christina: Very lovely & perfect!1 year ago

  • Sarah Nannen: lisa’s stuff is wonderful! i’d love one of these pieces!1 year ago

  • Jennifer: The bird necklace is positvely adorable….dainty and unique.1 year ago

  • Tasha Wallace: Very nice! I know where to get my jewelry from now on!1 year ago

  • Kate: Gorgeous pendant!1 year ago

  • Crystal: Love it!1 year ago

  • zann: Such nice design work in her jewelry and great craftsmanship. Thanks for the inspirational nudge!1 year ago

  • Bonnie: Pretty.1 year ago

  • corrin: I love that necklace. My mom is Bird and my grandma is Birdie, so we have a fondness for birds in my family.1 year ago

  • steven epstein: My girlfriend would love a little shopping…shes keeping her fingers crossed1 year ago

  • Hope: So pretty and so simple. What a perfect compliment to any outfit. Lovely!1 year ago

  • iamchanelle: wow, what a gorgeous pendant, and a sweet interview. very inspired.1 year ago

  • Lisa: oooooh, pick me! pick me!1 year ago

  • Heather: So pretty!1 year ago

  • Jennifer Alderman: Love the baby spoons! What a lovely combination of vintage and modern - I know what all my expectant mothers will be receiving soon!1 year ago

  • syd: This is so precious–just perfect for summer!! Thank you.1 year ago

  • gwen: This is beautiful!1 year ago

  • Rae: Such lovely art, thank you for sharing it with us!1 year ago

  • Sarah Jane: Lisa has some charming designs. Thanks for the interview!1 year ago

  • Amy: Love the spoons and your fathers advice! I shall pass it along to my boys. Dream bigger!!!!1 year ago

  • Sarah P: Oooo - how gorgeous!! I would absolutely LOVE to be in the running for the gift certificate. Her things are just lovely. :-) 1 year ago

  • Ashley A.: Simplicity and inspiration is EXACTLY right! I’ve never heard of Lisa Leonard before but her style is right up my alley… I love it, and can see myself spending way too much money at her site.1 year ago

  • Sweet Pea: I just returned from bird watching, checked my e-mail and saw the site and fell in love with the bird necklace. What talent!1 year ago

  • Amy: Her key chains are very cool. Love how moms become inspired and bring it towards their art : )
    Custom design is where it’s at!!!!
    ::thanks for having a contest::1 year ago

  • Angela Zito: Consider me entered!1 year ago

  • Misty: Oh, how I love her designs! I hope I win!1 year ago

  • BECKY: I had not seen any of Lisa’s work prior to this post…I am so happy to have found her!! I adore the bird necklace! I hope I win!!!!1 year ago

  • Nina: What a beautiful necklace! Perfect for spring.1 year ago

  • Bridget: what a lovely jewellery, I’m going to go and drool over them now.1 year ago

  • Miss Jennifer: Yes, a new haircut and a perfect pair of jeans can do so much!1 year ago

  • Ashley H: Cheers for getting nails done! Today just might be the day…1 year ago

  • Erin: Love the artwork on that necklace. Would be a perfect gift for my sister. Trouble is, I’d be tempted to keep it for myself.1 year ago

  • Amber: Wow, her jewelry is gorgeous!1 year ago

  • Emily: Just looked at her site and her stuff is great. I don’t wear much jewelry, but her necklaces are exactly what I like: simple and beautiful.1 year ago

  • Jen: ooooo! I <3 that necklace!!1 year ago

  • Beth: Fantastic jewelry. Love it!1 year ago

  • Kristen: The simple, clean style of her jewelry is just right for spring!1 year ago

  • kat: Thanks for pointing this one out.1 year ago

  • Kristy: Yipee! I heart Lisa Leonard jewelry!1 year ago

  • Joanna: What beautiful jewelery!1 year ago

  • Robin: Simple and chic!1 year ago

  • Claire Benjamin: I love that necklace and love giveaways! Thanks for the opportunity! Fingers crossed!1 year ago

  • fran: I love the fonts you use–they’re fun and funky.1 year ago

  • jami anderson: Lovely stuff - thanks for the heads up!1 year ago

  • Becca B: Love the bird pendant…and love Pink of Perfection as well! Thanks for inspiring me!1 year ago

  • Karen: I love her jewelry! I have yet to own a piece, so maybe this will be my lucky day?1 year ago

  • Heather S: It’s all so beautiful!1 year ago

  • Suze L.: Beautiful! Love her style!1 year ago

  • B.: I absolutely love that necklace and find it so classy and glamorous that I would be honored to wear it.1 year ago

  • thehoopiestfrood: Wow, that necklace is stunning.1 year ago

  • mulberry204: Thanks for the link. Gorgeous jewelry.1 year ago

  • Emily: What a gorgeous necklace- thanks for introducing us to Lisa.1 year ago

  • i.e.: That is a beautiful necklace…and her dad’s advice, is perfect.1 year ago

  • echo: I love the spoons.1 year ago

  • sarah: so amazing! those spoons are so lovely!!!1 year ago

  • KT: That necklace is gorgeous in its simplicity. It is simply lovely.1 year ago

  • Marie: I love the use of text on some of the pieces, and the classic typewriter-esque font. Lisa Leonard does not try to hit you over the head with pretentious glitz and glamour, but gains your admiration through charming subtlety.1 year ago

  • Cheryl: I’d love to have one of her necklaces!!1 year ago

  • maddy: looooove that necklace!1 year ago

  • JJ: Delicate yet strong pieces. Great artfulness yet usable, wearable!1 year ago

  • Kylee Duff: Wow, awesome giveaway! I love stamped jewelry.16 weeks ago

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