I got a nifty little surprise in my mailbox last month – my package of samples to play with for being a Rings & Things blog partner for July. They encourage you to do whatever you’d like with their samples and so away I went, mixing and matching with my own beads in a few pieces.

For the curious,this is what was in the package – I antiqued the charms:

I passed along some of the bounty to my friend Cindy and she whipped up some sweet pieces too including a cute bracelet and some devilish earrings.

And yes, you too can enter the lottery to be a blog partner for Rings & Things over here. Their catalogue is well worth ordering just to stare at the eye candy.