Mystic Orb Giveaway!

I am pleased to introduce you to my friends, Jeff and Taryn, artists of Mystic Orb  and give my readers an opportunity to win a set of these wonderful sassafras buttons. I met Jeff and Taryn through fellow crafters and Saturday Market friends a couple of years ago, and I am so glad that I did! These folks are modern day homesteaders, living out on the Siuslaw River with their beautiful baby boy, Bracken, and a whole passel of creatures including goats, ducks and dogs. They are by far some of the most inspiring people around, and they are always striving to find and feed the Joy in life. You can read more about them here in this interview I did with Taryn last year:

An Interview With Taryn Kae Wilson, Modern Homesteader of the Siuslaw River.

Now I'll let Taryn introduce herself and this giveaway in her own words:


"Hello! We are The Wilson Family- Taryn, Jeff and Bracken. We live on a small mountain homestead in Oregon and make a living from our home business, Mystic Orb.

We sell our art on our online Etsy Shop and at the Eugene Saturday Market. We offer jewelry made from reclaimed wood and other natural materials. We also offer buttons, spoons, kitchen stirring utensils, bookmarks, signs, and whatever other inspiration comes through that day. We love to create with our hands and we love to share those creations with others. Our motto is "Feeding The Joy... naturally" and that is our intention. We are so grateful to live in the forest and we want to share a piece of that magic in everything we make.

Whether you are in the city, town or country, it feels good to carry the energy of the woods with you.

For the giveaway, we are offering a set of 6 buttons made in reclaimed sassafras wood. Our buttons are great for so many creative endeavors. We've seen them used on knitted sweaters, sewn jackets, and on vintage coats to give them a fresh new look.

In Jeff's words:
"These are not your ordinary flat wood buttons. I start by selecting the most beautiful woods, slicing them, then doing a special process to keep the bark on. Then sand each on 100, 220, 400, 600, 30 micron grit. Then spray with a natural shellac, to help waterproof it, then buff on two different wheels, finishing with a buffing compound used on the surface of eyeglasses to get the glass like finish. Each one lovingly handmade."

To enter, visit their Etsy shop at: http://www.mysticorb.etsy.com/ and leave a comment saying what your favorites are. You can also get yourself a second entry by becoming a follower on Taryn's blog, http://woolymossroots.blogspot.com/.  As a special deal to accompany this giveaway, you can also use the coupon code WOOLYMOSSROOTS and save 10% on their ETSY shop this week!
That's it! I look forward to hearing from you!

Although I'm not entering, I want to share my favorite item, Jeff's wooden paddles. He started out making these gorgeous wooden paddles with Celtic love knots for Valentine's day, and we came up with the fun name, "Love Paddles" while I was out visiting. It was a big hit, and Jeff got included in a lot of really interesting Etsy treasuries with those. Now he also makes them with beautiful carved trees and Celtic knot designs from many beautiful kinds of wood. I love them.