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Infinite Week Contest Winners
Congrats to @lunitaBere for winning our Infinite Blues Art Print http://fireandicereads.com/2010/08/infinite-blues-art.html
and Chas for winning the I Love Wickham scrabble tile pendant
http://fireandicereads.com/2010/08/wickham-scrabble-tile-pendant.html
Please email us your mailing addresses and we will send out your prizes. Today is the last day to enter to win our Infinite Days inspired necklace made in collaboration with author Rebbecca Maizel. Good Luck!
Novel Novice Infinite Days Contest
Contest Winners
and Ashelynn Sanford who won the New Cassandra book ~Clockwork Angel! Email us your mailing address and thanks to all who entered.
New Infinite Days Inspired Necklace
…a tiny pile of glittering dust. It looked as though sand was mixed with mica or tiny diamonds…I dipped my thumb and index finger in Rhode’s remains.” p 23
Rhode has brought my jewelry box form Hathersage so it was easy to find an old blood vial and fill it with a handful of Rhode’s remains. I hung it from a braided chain around my neck.” p.24, Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
The “Remembering Rhode” Marcasite pendant necklace is made from a rice vial tiny bottle approx 1 2/8″ – 1 5/8″ tall w/ silver plated vial cap vial opening is approx. 4mm wide
4mm swarovski crystal bicones fit inside this vial stacked in a single row. The vial is filled with marcasite glitter powder
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Contest ends September 28, 2010 and open internationally
Infinite Blues Art Print
This art print goes along with the beach at Wickham and the way Lenah describes the blue of Rhode’s eyes in the book Infinite Days by rebecca Maizel…. donated by Deep Creek Studios
SIZE: 8×12
PAPER TYPE: Matte Fine Art
DESCRIPTION
This photograph is printed on matte finish, acid-free fine art paper using archival inks, and will last a lifetime. it will be signed and dated by me, and mailed in a rigid, protective shipping container. Please see my Seaside Memories section for more images like this one.
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additional entries
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+5 for posting this giveaway on your blog
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+1 for commenting on our Review post below of Infinite Days
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Contest ends September 27, 2010 and open internationally
Wickham Scrabble Tile Pendant
“Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends—-whether he may be equally capable of retaining them, is less certain.” Pride & Prejudice
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Contest ends September 25, 2010 and open internationally
Black Tears Bookmark
For our “Infinite Days” Giveaway today we have a Black Tears bookmark donated by DeesNaturalTreasures
Natural semi-precious gem stones have been my personal favorite for earrings. For years I had searched craft shows and stores for the perfect earrings to accent my wardrobe. I decided a couple of years ago to create my own designs. Semi-precious stone earrings were very difficult to find due to so many makers moving to glass/metal beads. I have made earrings for entire wedding parties matching the brides color scheme. Brides love them as affordable gifts as well as a momentos of their special day. I create all my earrings as if I am making them for myself. They are rich in color, natural stones, swaroski crystals and accesory items.
Description
This booklace is dark, fun and affordable. It is made with a 20mm teardrop clear with black swirls bead with a 6mm round black agate gemstone and 4mm bicone ruby swarovski crystal. Embellished with spacer and bead caps at one end. The opposite end has a 15mm oval onyx gemstone with 4mm and 8mm bicone ruby and black swarovski crystals and bead caps. Embellished with a heart charm with skull engraved. This booklace bookmark is perfect for paperback and hard cover books and will not damage binding. It measures 14 in from end to end.Booklaces are a perfect way to mark your favorite reads. It is also the perfect fun gift for all booklovers.
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+1 for each retweet @FireIcePhotos
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+1 for commenting on our Review post below of Infinite Days
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Contest ends September 24, 2010 and open internationally
Book Review- Infinite Days
by Rebecca Maizel
published August 3, 2010
by St. Martin’s Griffin
details Paperback, 310 pages
isbn 0312649916
4.5 stars
“Throughout all my histories, I found no one I loved more than you…no one.” Those were some of Rhode’s last words to me. The last time he would pronounce his love. The last time I would see his face. It was the first time in 592 years I could take a breath. Lay in the sun. Taste. Rhode sacrificed himself so I, Lenah Beaudonte, could be human again. So I could stop the blood lust. I never expected to fall in love with someone else that wasn’t Rhode. But Justin was…daring. Exciting. More beautiful than I could dream. I never expected to be sixteen again…then again, I never expected my past to come back and haunt me…
I picked up Infinite Days at the store after our interview with author Sheralyn Pratt who highly recommended it. Within the first couple of pages I discovered it was “another book about vampires” and I almost put it down…so glad I didn’t! Rebecca Maizel is a masterful spinner of stories and she left me captivated. It’s been several days since I finished and I can’t seem to get my mind off of her book. The first thing that drew me in was the cover. Five stars to that. It is made of opalescent paper which shimmers when light hits and the photo itself fits the book perfectly. It’s one of those covers you’ll want to touch and feel quite frequently. So while author Myra McEntire carries her books as a woobie blanket, I pet my covers for comfort.
But, on to inside the cover, which just blew me away. The beginning scene introduces Lenah Beaudonte, left to hibernate for 100 years and changed by the pure love of her soul mate Rhode Lewin into a human. Her past life as vampire queen in Hathersage, England is transformed into a new beginning as a High School Junior at a prestigious private school on the East Coast named Wickham. The thing that I love about Lena is her innocence in experiencing life. She re-reads human emotion and relishes in every day things we would normally take for granted like the sun on our skin. Two of my favorite scenes are of her standing in the rain and in a greenhouse with newly developed human senses of touch and smell. Of course it helps that Justin Enos,the schools biggest hottie is there with her! Which beings me to another reason I love this book. She has several layers of life all brought into one day and time, and as well several love interests to spice things up. Rhode, who changed her, Vicken whom she created and Justin in the present day. My prediction is that all three men will play a part in the sequel and things are about to get very interesting.
The overall theme that I picked up was that evil thoughts lead to evil actions, and it is pure intent which matters most. Change is possible and can ultimately mean the difference between life and death. Between flashbacks and a menagerie of interesting scenes from her past you will get sucked into the plot. And Rebecca has a way of awakening your senses along with Lena’s with chocolate chip cookies, the different colors of a grain of sand and the smell of an apple orchard. Truly a memorable debut. To learn more about Rebecca Maizel visit her website at http://rebeccamaizel.blogspot.com/ where you can enter to win a free audiobook and read excerpts from Infinite Days.
Remembering Rhode Pixie Dust Necklace
I live in Port Washington, Wisconsin in the U.S. I graduated college with a bachelors of science in applied mathematics and also work as a tutor. I enjoy spending time with my husband, playing the cello, horseback riding, singing, cooking, making things by hand and playing with our dog Obie. We adopted Obie in August of 2008 when he was nine years old and underweight. He was not wanted by his old family who had him two years prior. We have no idea where he was before then. We love him so much and even though he is a senior dog, he has so much life in him, is so sweet and has great manners. Please support your local animal shelter!
Additionally, my sisters Jan and Vivian are creative forces in this shop. Vivian makes jewelry and knits. Jan makes jewelry too. Be sure to check out their sections in the shop.
Description
This necklace features a bottle of pixie dust wire wrapped with cut crystal beads. The pendant portion is about two and a quarter inches from top to bottom. The chain is twenty-one and a half inches long.
To Enter to win the pixie dust necklace: leave your name below
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additional entries
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+5 for posting this giveaway on your blog
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+1 for telling us your favorite scene in Infinite Days
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Contest ends September 23, 2010 and open internationally