All my bracelets get covered up with bulky long sleeved coats, and my necklaces hidden behind woolen scarves. So not only do the birds and flowers come out in Spring, so does more of my jewelry.
Carla Marcey has teamed up with her boyfriend to create a great store for lots of spring jewelry called Spunk by CM. I like a lot of color in my jewelry, and Carla's store is definitely filled with vibrant Springtime color.
The hustle and hustle of city life is a big inspiration for the Spunk by CM creative duo. They admire the fast-paced lifestyle and the structure of city life, and yet also appreciate the independence and freedom of nature. Together, nature and the city inspire them to create pieces that are a fusion of the two worlds. Contrasting colors, materials and sizes are all ways that they achieve this juxtaposition on their jewelry. Living in Toronto means that they have access to the multiculturalism of the city, and yet be not too far from the peace and serenity of the natural world.
The variety of Toronto excites Carla. She loves that she can experience what she calls a "global vacation" in the span of one day. She can experience Korean Bibimbap (one of my favorites), Greek Souvlaki, French Crepes, Chinese Dim Sum, Indian Chicken Biryani and an Italian Cannoli all in one day
Aside from creating jewelry and exploring the international culture of Toronto, Carla likes to surround herself in other forms of art. She enjoys visiting museums and galleries of all different sizes and backgrounds. She also loves to bake. It isn't rare for her to be baking cookies at 1am to quench a sudden cookie craving.
Carla is generously giving away a necklace to one lucky reader. You will win a Swarofski Pearl Necklace in your choice of color (peach, pink or blue). To enter, please leave a comment here telling me which color you'd like if you won, and also what some of your favorite international cultures to explore are. I will announce the winner next week.
(PS. The winner of the Simon & Ruby giveaway is Leigh).
84 comments:
Lovely bijoux!!! all colors are nice but my fav is peach! and as for the cultures I am curious about Chinese one!!! fingers crossed!!!KISSES
Love the pearl necklace! Soooo pretty!
What a lovely necklace!
I'd pick pink.
danaan at gmx dot at
Oh my gosh - so pretty and such awesome work in their shop! As an artist who also works with my husband I am a sucker for other couple creatives. Great story :)
I would love the peach version!
Well... I've traveled quite a bit and was so enchanted with Turkey and exploring Istanbul when I was there. The people were so warm and welcoming and there were just so many beautiful, fascinating things about the culture and the people.
I would LOVE the peach one!! So pretty. As far as cultures to explore, I always wanted to go to Greece, Greek history always was a fascinating topic in school.
The pearl necklace is gorgeous!
I just stumbled upon your blog today -- its really stunning! I love they way you do your posts. :)
Ohh I love pearls!! They are beautiful!! I would pick the peach colored pearl! I love to explore European cultures. They are so many countries in the same area but the cultures are so vastly different! Beautiful shop! I gotta check them out more!
Melanie's Randomness
Thank you for this lovely post. The pearl necklace is certainly lovely! The pink would be my favorite! But blue would also be adorable this spring! I've always been curious to know more about certain Southeast Asian cultures. Seems like we never hear enough about them.
helen_ono at hotmail dot com
I love this whole post and those necklaces are gorgeous!!
I adore the pearl necklace in blue! My love for pearls started when my great-grandmother, who passed away before I met her, left me her pearl engagement ring for my sweet sixteen.
Two years later, I moved to Munich and fell in love! Germany was never on my "must-travel" list, but life led me there! My favorite discovery? That I could enjoy pretzels to my heart's content and not gain weight because I was walking everywhere! Since then, I've been fascinated with all the history of Munich and all the history that has happened there.
Joie de Veralynn
another lovely giveaway, dionne!! although i doubt random.org will be good to me again, i think the peach one is perfect. new zealand was my favorite international country to explore - so many fun things to see and do!
I love the peach one! The blue is pretty but the peach really is gorgeous. I would love to learn more about all cultures but particularly ancient ones like Greek or Roman.
I am so excited to have own!!!!!!!! Thank you for the great giveaway.
I don't wear much jewelry in the winter either. I love to dress up my clothing with pretty scarfs and broaches though!
Nicole
Those are really nice pieces but I think the peach is great. I want to explore Korean and Chinese culture. I think there are lots of things I need to know.
Hey Dionne! Beautiful pieces, I love the peach necklace. As for cultures, I have always been interested in the Scottish and Irish cultures, perhaps because its in my blood.
What beautiful pieces of jewelry! I'd get the necklace in blue, I think. As for which cultures I'd like to explore, I'd love to travel to Spain and Morocco to learn more about those cultures.
yay! so prety! I Love the blue one :D
and culture? I'd pick europe... hmm... maybe czech... or Russia! :D that's gotta be interesting =9
i like pink or blue .
mediterranean , arab , and indian cultures are awesome to explore like Turkey to Greece to Morocco to India as well as the other Asian cultures like Thailand ,Japan etc.. Spanish
mexican
love the pink! thanks for the opportunity! Meredith dot Targarona at Gmail dot com
Is the pearl in the picture pink or peach? Whatever shade it is, it is perfection.
South American cultures are incredibly interesting to me, but I love the fact that I live in Canada and it is super multicultural.
I'd pick blue to be my Something Blue on our big day! I love exploring Italian culture, especially the gelato! ;)
yepfinleywedding at gmail dot com
I would love to win the peach necklace and I love exploring Greek and Italian cultures!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com
I LOVE this necklace! I think I'd go with pink!!
I've really been wanting to travel to Greece to photograph the country so I'd love to discover the greek culture as well!
Thanks for the great giveaway!! Fingers crossed!
Hana
the MomTog Diaries
The pearl earrings are beautiful!
I think I would pick a blue one...I love pearls!!!
Thanks for the fab giveaway!
wow! lovely necklace.
I would like to have the pink one:)
love it!
thanks for this giveaway!
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I would pick peach! It's all so pretty!
hrfarley at gmail dot com
I like the Blue...and I'd like to explore the culture in Guatemala.
i would pick blue.
i have been exploring every cultur i came across all my life and all of them fascinate and amaze me in their own right.
I'd love the pink one, and I'd really like to learn more about Japanese culture.
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I think I'm partial to either the pink or the peach.
I can't wait to explore the cultures of Brussels, Paris, and London this summer.
I like the peach best and I love Italian, Chinese and Japanese cultures to name a few!
maryleebythesea(at)gmail(dot)com
I'd love the peach color! I have a lot of family in Slovenia, and I have a huge interest in Slovenian culture.
marija.majerle at gmail dot com
I would choose the blue! My best friend is Chinese, so I've learned a great deal about Chinese culture, and it's fascinating!
urchiken at gmail dot com
I would pick the peach necklace - I went to India a few years ago, and I've been fascinated by Indian culture ever since.
thedisneychick(at)gmail(dot)com
love this giveaway!!!i would like the Blue one if i win!
i want to explore westren culture. shadab_muslim at yahoo dot co dot in
i want a pink one :)
Right now I am very curious and wanted to learn more about the Japanese Culture..
punkme15 at gmail dot com
I love the pink one :-)
the Spanish culture is interesting to me
roniros (at) gmail.com
I like the pink one. And I don't know if that counts, as they don't exist anymore, but I'm totally into the Inkas culture. Since I was like six. Seriously. ;)
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I'll pick the blue one. I wanna learn Turkish culture... kinda intriguing with how the Turkish would call themselves either as Asian or European because it's a country of two continents. I wanna know the language too because by the looks of it, it's the hardest thing to learn.
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I would choose blue! I'm curious about Latin culture. :)
monikalintang@hotmail.com
peach would be great! jmmccarr@gmail.com
I would pick Pink. I have always wanted to go to China and India.
mframe00@gmail.com
I would choose blue. I would love to explore the Scandinavian countries.
I'd choose peach. I'd like to continue exploring Spanish culture.
amo11314(at)gmail.com
id like a blue one. I'd like to continue exploring the french culture.
Can anything be more adorable than the pale pink necklace? Beautiful.
My favorite explorations take place in Italy. Art, glass, gloves, masks, scarves....oh my. It never ends.
Dionne, I really like the pink necklace, and am glad your scarves are going away for a new season. (Spring is peeking out in Chicago, too.)
Our new neighborhood is near a large Polish neighborhood, and we have been having fun exploring their restaurants and department stores.
Fondly,
Glenda
blue here and Mexico
Liza767[at]roadrunner[dot]com
I'd love the peach. I am most interested in the Italian culture :)
sswpss at yahoo dot com
I like the pink one. I am interested in Indian culture, Bali culture, and Korean Culture.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
I would choose the peach colored pearl. Just lovely. As for cultures I'm interested in experiencing, there are many. German, from a family history standpoint, native Hawaiian from a historical view, and Indian just because their culture seems so vibrant and rich.
wordygirl at earthlink dot net
i love the pink pearl necklace
i like the italian culture so romantic
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i love peach colored pearl
anna_k67 at yahoo dot com
I love the pink necklace - my favorite color! :)
I want to learn more about Italian culture... especially the food!! :)
cambridgechic (at) gmail (dot) com
I would pick the peach necklace.
Thanks for the giveaway!
artgiote at gmail dot com
what an amazing and cute sharing. I just love the blue crystals, pink pendent and the peach necklace. But really all of them are more then perfect. too good
I'd choose blue & the international culture I'm most interested in learning more about is Japan.
Dana Beeman : danabeeman(at)gmail(dot)com
Beautiful necklace! I would choose the pink! I would love to learn more about Brazilian culture.
tdecoria@gmail.com
So pretty! I'd choose peach.
Right now I'm learning more about the Japanese culture.
skklemm at gmail dot com
I would love the blue! I love learning about Greece!
WOW! this is awesome!! I would probably pick the blue one!! greece all the way!!
I would choose the pink...love the necklace and other pieces you have posted.
In light of the disaster in Japan, I have been wanting to know a little more about their culture. I was surprised to hear that the citizens of Japan don't consider the nuclear plant workers as heroes, but rather, doing their job and what needs to be done. I'm sure Americans have a tendency to overuse the term hero; however, if one is going into a situation where death is almost certain, that would have to rank as hero status in my opinion.
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I would love the pink one...I also would love to explore & learn more about the Turkish culture.
danielleaknapp at gmail dot com
I like all of the colors, I think my favorite is the peach though.
I would love to learn more about the Spanish culture, it has always fascinated me!
steph4575 at msn dot com
if i win, i would like to get the peach one.
i think that before exploring some far-away cultures is important to know your own. i am still ashamed that i don't know that much about my own culture, so i would like to explore more the Romanian culture (my native country) and Portugal culture( where i live now).
violet.porto[at]yahoo[dot]com
peach i think...
i'd like to learn more about greek culture
lotusko at hotmail dot com
Peach please!!!! So pretty. As for cultures, I am very interested in exploring and learning more about the culture of Finland. It is a part of the world I know so very little about and I think it would be fun and enjoyable to travel there and meet the locals and enjoy the cuisine. Thank you so very much for the chance to win this superb giveaway. Carolyn, Samandcarolyn1@aol.com
I would love pink! It is gorgeous!
I enjoy learning about the Japanese culture!
FBSumner@hotmail.com
Pearl definitely! It really stands out!
I would like to explore ancient Greek culture, I am very interested in their mythology and philosophy.
so.warm.so.fuzzy (at) gmail.com
The Pink one looks so pretty! (:
One of my favourite international cultures is Indian! I love their food!
ejhtan at gmail dot com
I LOVE the pink pearl necklace! So pretty. I really enjoy learning about the German culture. I've been learning the language for about 7 years now and am taking a German poetry class this semester. It's a very interesting culture, as are many others! I've explored Greek, Roman, English, Norwegian, Polish, and Irish cultures so far through college and people I've met, but I'd also like to explore Chinese, and Japanese culture more! There are just so many interesting cultures in the world!
dasmodehaus[at]gmail[dot]com
I'd love it in blue.
I would adore to one day explore the culture of Japan. It has enthralled me for years on end... :)
so.kitsch at gmail dot com
I like it in color blue.
I want to explore and learn the culture of Korea, Japan, and Thailand. I never been there but i love their foods and cuisines.
cristina_sunga(at)ymail(dot)com
What a beautiful necklace! I would chose the color of the pearl in the picture on your blog. Is that the pink or the peach? It is gorgeous. :)
I was lucky enough to travel to Peru during high school. I loved it! Someday I hope to travel Europe and Asia.
kari@bklenz.net
I'd love a pink cutie and I'm exploring the Latin American culture at the moment, finding out lots of things that I've misjudged in the past.
alex_sup3rgirl[at]yahoo[dot]com
The blue sounds pretty. Right now, I'm curious about the Spanish culture
Cynthia.Richardson@azbar.org
I'd love the peach one. I'm interested in English and Irish culture.
~Kristin
anticonformity_chick (at) yahoo (dot) com
i would love it in blue!
this is gorgeous!!
i am really interested in the south american cultures, specifically the ancient mayan.
mary.c.digiorgio at gmail dot com
thanks for the chance to win!!
I would love the blue, this is such a beautiful necklace. I would love to learn more about the German culture.
Me want turqoise one or pink :)
About the international culture, i am interest with hawai culture, with hula hula etc :D
Much Thankies for the chance dear
Good luck for me and everyone :)
liz_crowny(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would like pink.
I love exploring Spanish culture. Spain is such an interesting country, especially Andalucia (Southern Spain)
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