Lisa Leonard and a Giveaway!
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.
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!
Betsy: “Squeeee” (like a little girl)! How much do I love the pearls and pendant? Enough to trade one of my own dear children!2 years 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!2 years ago
Christi Higham: I love this kind of jewelry! And Lisa seems down-to-earth and admirable. thanks for the giveaway!2 years ago
Melissa: Love her stuff and this blog2 years ago
Kelly: Beautiful necklace! This is a wonderful Monday morning post.2 years ago
Jennifer: What a beautiful and simple necklace2 years 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!2 years ago
miss fae: i have to say, i’m partial to that leather cuff, and am now imagining what i would have it say.2 years 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.2 years ago
Lindsey: What a treat! Love your blog!!2 years ago
Meghan: Aw, that necklace is darling!2 years ago
Faith: That’s a gorgeous necklace. Thanks for the tip for the great jewelry site, Sarah!2 years ago
Linda: What a great giveaway! Thanks so much for the chance!2 years ago
Lucy: Sweet necklace, and what a generous giveaway!2 years ago
Meg: Oh, gorgeous! I’m in love with the Star necklace. Thanks for the excellent find!2 years ago
Phoo-D: What fun! Love the necklace and baby spoons. Her Dad’s advice to dream bigger, is very good advice.2 years ago
Valerie: What a sweet little necklace, and a generous giveaway to boot! I’d be tickled pink if I won.
2 years ago
Sarah: I love Pink of Perfection and Lisa Leonard. Amazing stuff. Thanks for the wonderful blog and opportunity
2 years ago
Diane Carol: Can a necklace be yummy?!!!! Thanks for a great interview too!
2 years ago
Lisa: What beautiful jewelry. Thank you so much for letting us know about her.2 years ago
Emily B.: what loveliness! thanks to Lisa for the $50 giveaway! crossing my fingers…
2 years 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.2 years ago
Marsi: Cool baubles! Please count me in on the drawing.2 years ago
Amanda: Thank you for introducing me to this artist and her beautiful work!2 years ago
Juliette: Wow, what beautiful jewelry! I have long admired the hammered/stamped technique and hope to learn someday.
2 years ago
Shannon: lovely! her pieces are so simple but sophisticated- not fussy. that’s what i need.2 years ago
Jessica I.: Lisa’s art is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
2 years ago
Katie: I love her Be Still necklace – beautiful jewelry!2 years ago
eliz: so pretty! i am imagining having a sugar dish because of how beautiful the spoons are!2 years ago
Suzy: Very, very pretty!2 years ago
Trude: What lovely jewelry! Thanks so much for doing this!
2 years ago
Erin: Pick me, pick me!!
2 years ago
Annie: Wow! Such beautiful stuff. Thanks!2 years ago
Katie: Decisions, decisions…Sweet & Simple Birdie or Be Still???2 years ago
Margaret: love the birdie!2 years 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
2 years ago
Jen in Quincy: I love the necklace. Please add my name to the drawing!2 years ago
ann: I’m always looking for the perfect pair of jeans too. Love Lisa’s jewelry!2 years ago
Shandell's: Fabulous jewelry, but the baby spoon is my favorite.2 years ago
roohi: lovely giveaway! thanks lisa!2 years ago
Angella: thank you for the chance!2 years ago
Nancy: Great looking stuff, thanks for the giveaway!2 years ago
Mary: Beautiful jewelry!2 years ago
Jessica: Wow, beautiful. Thanks for alerting us to this great designer.2 years ago
Chelsea: I LOVE your blog. And that jewelry is beautiful!!2 years ago
Christina: Her jewelry looks beautiful!2 years ago
Katie: What a great post…I need a little inspiration on Mondays!2 years 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?!2 years ago
lisa: pretty!!!2 years ago
Meredith: It’s so intricate and just, beautiful!2 years ago
Rez: Pretty hair, pretty jewlery!2 years 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.2 years 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
2 years 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!2 years ago
Ashley: amazing necklace! thanks for sharing with us!2 years ago
Nora: Cute!2 years ago
Joy: This jewelry is amazing! I would love to win!!2 years ago
Brooke: Another inspiring post… I wish I had discovered Lisa’s jewelry before Mother’s Day! What a great giveaway.2 years ago
Nicole: omg love her designs! how talented!2 years ago
Betsy Peggy: Sign me up – such beautiful work!2 years ago
katelin: wow what a great great giveaway!!2 years ago
Erica: i love love love love love her designs!!2 years ago
Cristina: What a fun giveaway!2 years ago
Tricia: Fantastic jewerly and artist….love the inspiration.2 years ago
Bethina: Wow–just beautiful.2 years ago
Vikki: I check your blog everyday- it’s beautiful!2 years ago
k a t: I love the spoons!2 years ago
Emily: Very creative! I love it!!2 years ago
Autumn: So lovely!!2 years ago
Jen: awww, everything is so beautiful!2 years ago
Linda: Really nice jewelry. Thanks for posting.2 years ago
Hillary: wow, that’s great jewelery.2 years 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!)2 years ago
Kelsey T.: I really like her jewelry. That’s a great picture of her, too.2 years ago
Jennifer: That is a great necklace!! Beautiful!2 years 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.com2 years ago
Suz: What a beautiful necklace! Thank you so much for doing this!
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Patty: Beautiful necklace. Thanks for sharing the interview.2 years 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.2 years 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…’2 years 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!2 years 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!2 years ago
harmony: Beautiful jewelry!2 years ago
Kacee: Ohhhh I love Lisa Leonard! Pick me, Pick me!2 years 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!2 years ago
Anna: absolutely beautiful jewelry!!2 years 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.2 years ago
Sarah: Very pretty jewelry. Thanks for sharing.2 years ago
lisa: That necklace is goooooorgeous. I will definitely need to check her site out!2 years ago
b: I like the custom leather cuffs.2 years ago
BEL19: i love the cherish necklace!2 years ago
Jena: I’m not sure which one I’d pick! The love necklace? The Believe keychain?2 years ago
Jeanne: Love, love, love ALL of her jewelry!2 years ago
Alison: gorgeous jewelry…count me in!2 years ago
Carla Paola: Great interview and absolutely fabulous jewelry.2 years ago
Kaitlin: Beautiful! Count me in
2 years ago
Annie W.: Gorgeous jewelry- so simple and thoughtful. There is something for everyone in her collection. Thanks for sharing her!!2 years ago
Genna W.: I’m looking for some spring jewelry just like this…gorgeous!
2 years ago
Christina: Very lovely & perfect!2 years ago
Sarah Nannen: lisa’s stuff is wonderful! i’d love one of these pieces!2 years ago
Jennifer: The bird necklace is positvely adorable….dainty and unique.2 years ago
Tasha Wallace: Very nice! I know where to get my jewelry from now on!2 years ago
Kate: Gorgeous pendant!2 years ago
Crystal: Love it!2 years ago
zann: Such nice design work in her jewelry and great craftsmanship. Thanks for the inspirational nudge!2 years ago
Bonnie: Pretty.2 years 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.2 years ago
steven epstein: My girlfriend would love a little shopping…shes keeping her fingers crossed2 years ago
Hope: So pretty and so simple. What a perfect compliment to any outfit. Lovely!2 years ago
iamchanelle: wow, what a gorgeous pendant, and a sweet interview. very inspired.2 years ago
Lisa: oooooh, pick me! pick me!2 years ago
Heather: So pretty!2 years 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!2 years ago
syd: This is so precious–just perfect for summer!! Thank you.2 years ago
gwen: This is beautiful!2 years ago
Rae: Such lovely art, thank you for sharing it with us!2 years ago
Sarah Jane: Lisa has some charming designs. Thanks for the interview!2 years ago
Amy: Love the spoons and your fathers advice! I shall pass it along to my boys. Dream bigger!!!!2 years ago
Sarah P: Oooo – how gorgeous!! I would absolutely LOVE to be in the running for the gift certificate. Her things are just lovely.
2 years 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.2 years 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!2 years 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::2 years ago
Angela Zito: Consider me entered!2 years ago
Misty: Oh, how I love her designs! I hope I win!2 years 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!!!!2 years ago
Nina: What a beautiful necklace! Perfect for spring.2 years ago
Bridget: what a lovely jewellery, I’m going to go and drool over them now.2 years ago
Miss Jennifer: Yes, a new haircut and a perfect pair of jeans can do so much!2 years ago
Ashley H: Cheers for getting nails done! Today just might be the day…2 years 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.2 years ago
Amber: Wow, her jewelry is gorgeous!2 years 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.2 years ago
Jen: ooooo! I <3 that necklace!!2 years ago
Beth: Fantastic jewelry. Love it!2 years ago
Kristen: The simple, clean style of her jewelry is just right for spring!2 years ago
kat: Thanks for pointing this one out.2 years ago
Kristy: Yipee! I heart Lisa Leonard jewelry!2 years ago
Joanna: What beautiful jewelery!2 years ago
Robin: Simple and chic!2 years ago
Claire Benjamin: I love that necklace and love giveaways! Thanks for the opportunity! Fingers crossed!2 years ago
fran: I love the fonts you use–they’re fun and funky.2 years ago
jami anderson: Lovely stuff – thanks for the heads up!2 years ago
Becca B: Love the bird pendant…and love Pink of Perfection as well! Thanks for inspiring me!2 years ago
Karen: I love her jewelry! I have yet to own a piece, so maybe this will be my lucky day?2 years ago
Heather S: It’s all so beautiful!2 years ago
Suze L.: Beautiful! Love her style!2 years ago
B.: I absolutely love that necklace and find it so classy and glamorous that I would be honored to wear it.2 years ago
thehoopiestfrood: Wow, that necklace is stunning.2 years ago
mulberry204: Thanks for the link. Gorgeous jewelry.2 years ago
Emily: What a gorgeous necklace- thanks for introducing us to Lisa.2 years ago
i.e.: That is a beautiful necklace…and her dad’s advice, is perfect.2 years ago
echo: I love the spoons.2 years ago
sarah: so amazing! those spoons are so lovely!!!2 years ago
KT: That necklace is gorgeous in its simplicity. It is simply lovely.2 years 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.2 years ago
Cheryl: I’d love to have one of her necklaces!!2 years ago
maddy: looooove that necklace!2 years ago
JJ: Delicate yet strong pieces. Great artfulness yet usable, wearable!2 years ago
Kylee Duff: Wow, awesome giveaway! I love stamped jewelry.1 year ago