First Holiday Show in Santa Barbara 2013

It's a bit of a late posting but I know some of you will still see it so here I am. I wanted to let you all know about my first Show of the Holiday Season which is tomorrow! I will be showcasing some new Holiday themed jewelry and pottery. I'm excited to be making and selling pottery again after taking an eight year long break due to a fracture in my finger. Lots of new and exciting pieces to check out.

Here are the deets (details)
Where:
Monte Vista Elementary School
730 N. Hope Avenue
Santa Barbara,CA
When:
Sunday November 17th
10-2pm
What:
Myself and several other craftsman and women

Hope you all can swing by! Below are some photos of some of my newest work...jewelry and pottery!

Even if you can't make it to the show, and you're in the area, my work can still be picked up locally. Just email me for more info and mention what you're interested in checking out. Or, you can always place an order online anytime from anywhere, even internationally. My jewelry shop is www.AzizaJewelry.com and my pottery shop is here

Personalized Mother's Day Gift Ideas from Aziza Jewelry

If you're like me then every year it becomes more and more difficult to decide what to get for mom for Mother's Day. In fact, I get so stressed out agonizing over what to get and what to do for her that I usually stew about it for weeks and then I forget and then I don't actually get her anything until so last minute that its the day before...or in a couple of cases the day of... Yikes!

Well this year, I'm glad to say I'm starting a new tactic...planning and shopping early! And I invite you, my lovely customers to do the same. :) Thats why I'm offering a 20% off Coupon to my shop, AzizaJewelry on Etsy, so that you can plan and shop for mom early too! Just enter code: MOTHERSDAY2013 at checkout and save 20%.

Now, on to my promise: personalized gift ideas for mom! Here's just a few ideas below(from my shop of course):

1. Classic Mom's nick name Necklace for mom or grandma. In my family the grandmother is usually called Nana. I've received countless orders for that name necklace and people love them! Mama, mommy and momma are also great versions of this!

2. Show some love! How about a Love Necklace instead? With her favorite color heart, charm or pearl attached?

3. Is she really into spirituality or religion? Sometimes you just need a little faith! Well my new Faith Necklace in sterling silver and watermelon tourmaline is available in a variety of other gemstones and birthstones. Why not get this necklace with her birthstone? (Email me for price and availability first)

Happy Early Mother's Day Shopping! Dont forget, my coupon code above expires in just 2 weeks so order now and save yourself some heartache! :)
xo
Aziza

Aziza Jewelry was Featured in the Santa Barbara News Press

There are almost too many great things to mention about living in Santa Barbara since I moved here in December...the weather is great, the air is clean, the people are super friendly... but one thing I am particularly excited about is, that I was recently featured in the Santa Barbara News Press!

The Santa Barbara News Press is a local newspaper which covers current events both nationally and internationally, business, sports and lucky for me, it has some fun sections including a "Style" section. Its kind of like this county's version of the LA times.

I still feel like such a newbie (it has only been 3 months since I moved here) but this town has really embraced me and I feel so lucky and blessed! On Presidents Day, February 18th I received a lengthy two-page feature in Santa Barbara's local newspaper. This is especially wonderful news for me because as someone who is new to this area and new to California, I had no idea what the culture here would be like or where to begin getting the word out, so it was especially nice when an editor of the newspaper found me at a recent show where I was exhibiting my wares and reached out to me wanting to feature my jewelry.

The above is just a snapshot of what the article looked like in the Style Section and a small picture of me modeling my jewelry just below the image of the bracelet.

Its been great hearing feedback from many new customers who I have spoken to and new friends who I have met after being featured. In fact, just a week after the feature, I went in to see my new dentist (a seasoned SB News Press Reader) who remarked, "Hey, that was a great article about you in the paper last week" and then he jokingly remarked, "who did you have to pay in order to get that feature?" (I'm still getting used to his sense of humor).

All in all, I'm so thankful and blessed to have gotten that feature and can't wait to see what other wonderful opportunities will occur for me now that I am living in Santa Barbara.

Til next time!
xo
~Aziza

p.s. If you would like a pdf of the full article, please email me at: aziza@azizajewelry.com

Name Necklaces As Seen on Good Morning America

Name Necklaces are all the rage these days. Really? Yes, really!

I'm not making this up, its as seen this morning on GMA (Good Morning America) Live this morning. The necklaces listed on their show can be seen here: http://gma.yahoo.com/gma-mega-deals-and-steals-online-exclusives-214150201.html

This is a steals and deals segment where items are listed at substantially great deals. I may not be able to offer my jewelry at such crazy lower prices as some of the deals listed there (70% off!) but I still love a good deal!

So in honor of that feature, I'm offering my lovely blog readers 20% off my own name necklaces just by entering coupon code: ValentinesDay at checkout for all of my last minute shoppers! Go to: http://www.AzizaJewelry.com, Just plug in the coupon code at checkout.
This coupon code expires this Saturday, February 9, 2013 at midnight PST.

Happy Shopping!
oh...and Happy Valentines Day! :)
xo
~Aziza

Pre- Valentines Day Show in Santa Barbara!

So, it's been a little over 2 months since I moved to Santa Barbara and so far I'm loving it! I'm still in the exploratory stage so I'm still finding lots of cool places to check out and meeting some really awesome people here as I discover the area and get settled in. In fact, just yesterday on a walk through my neighborhood (downtown in the heart of Santa Barbara) I discovered a well kept almost tropical little park with a huge pond with turtles and ducks...what fun!

Besides finding this cute little park, I'm super excited about my first show coming up here in downtown Santa Barbara. This Saturday I spent most of the afternoon posting up flyers in town blasting our show!

I've been toiling away making some cute new heart themed jewelry and so far the response has been great! Some of my new pieces include work like these sterling silver ruby earrings:

I'm so excited to share my new pieces with you guys. I hope that if you are in the Santa Barbara area and are interested in having a glass of wine and checking out some jewelry for a loved one or for yourself, then definitely stop by! Or even if you dont want to have a glass of wine and just want to check out some lovely jewelry, stop by!
Here are all the details:

Thursday, February 7th at Carr Winery
414 North salsipuedes Street,
in Downton Santa Barbara, California

Oh yea! I forgot to mention, I will also have some lovely new wine themed jewelry for all of you wine lovers, like these wine bottle, cork stopper earrings in 14k gold fill:

Hope to see you there!
xo
Aziza