Thank you for a great start.

Thank you to all who have come and visited and made a purchase.We now have funds on the board and I am so excited by that.
We have until 14th February,Valentines Day.
So all of you who need supplies or are after a little something to treat yourself you can get it while the savings are on offer.To make sure you get supplies in time to make your stock for Valentines day I strongly recommend you buy early.I also suggest keeping an eye on the web site as I add new stock lines that I have not had before.I am looking to add a few each day so keep checking back.
We will also be having random specials on some items so if you are really lucky you may get an extra bonus special price.

You also go in the draw for a possible $550 worth of prizes. YES a large giveaway pool as well. Just to remind you all I am putting it here again.I have set up the $7 special earring listing so you can treat your friends as well as yourself.At that price they are going to move fast.I have 100 pairs and will wholesale them as well if you are after a bulk lot.

You can use the coupon code in the web store as often as you wish up to Valentines day.The Artfire store sale will run until then as well.I have great gemstones there.Ones I would add to my collection if I was keeping them and they are going to have new ones added there often as well.

This is to be a really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.

Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.Also feel free to repost this as often as you like in any area you wish.I need all the support I can get as fast as possible.Time is slipping away fast.

Thank you again for your Love,Support and Care.
Light and Love to all
Tanya

MAYDAY,MAYDAY, This is your Captain speaking...

Now that Christmas and those festivities are over it is now time to begin planning for the New Year and what you want it to bring.

My title to this blog says it all for what I am planning. I need some help.

About a week ago I was told I will need a major artery repair.If I was back in Australia the cost would be covered in a public hospital.Here in Bangkok I am reliant on my health insurance and when they were approached they said they will not help.Classed it as a pre-existing ailment even though I have had no problems with this before.Here insurance companies change the rules to suit their own requirements and it is totally legal apparently.

So I now have the goal of raising approx $12000USD in a short space of time.About 6 weeks to be exact.

A little bit of background.The artery I have to have repaired is one of the major ones that comes off the aorta,that is the big artery that comes off the heart for those of you who dont have any anatomy in your kit. It feeds the blood into the right side of the chest and into the right arm.

Already I have problems with circulation into my hand and it "falls asleep" often and I have less strength than I used to.Makes typing and writing and so many other tasks difficult.If the artery fails completely my hand will die within a few days and then that will move up my arm and my whole body will die.Needless to say this is quite painful and even reduced blood flow is causing angina like pain in my chest.

So I want to have a SALE!!!! A really BIG BIG sale.A SALE for my life so that you guys get the benefits as I do.

What I am offering.
1. I am going to make a standing 20% discount in my Artfire store www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark until Valentines day.

2. A 20% discount in all areas of my web site www.aardvarksilver.com. This covers jewelry and silver supplies. Code is MAYDAY and can be used as often as you purchase until Feb 14th.

3. We are going to have a $7 earring listing.Let me know about how long you like your earrings,the colour you would want and if you want a post earring or a hook style and we make you a custom pair of earrings using the best silver and stones we can.

4. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GIVEAWAY OF ONE $250 VOUCHER TO ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER AND 2 LUCKY CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE A $100 VOUCHER EACH. WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT 10 PAIRS OF EARRINGS TO LUCKY CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

How to enter the give away???????

Its really really easy.

Make a purchase in any area of my stores.There are a few of these to make it easier for you.
www.aardvarksilver.com
www.aardvarksilver.etsy.com
www.9dollarearrings.etsy.com
www.artfire.com/users/Aardvark

Each $10 of your order gives you one entry into the draw. EASY. The more you purchase the better your chances of winning but also the more likely I am to reach my target and have the funds I need to keep me alive.

Aardvark Silver is silver supplies and Jewelry
AardvarkSilver Etsy is silver supplies only.
9 Dollar earrings is a very small number of items and once they are cleared (and most are discounted by 50%) the store will be closing.
Artfire Aardvark has Gemstones as well as silver supplies.

This is my New Years Resolution.I am raising funds in a fight for my life.
Please feel free to contact me if you are after wholesale lots of any items.

Light and Love to all
Tanya

This weeks Draw

Due to a few set backs in giving things away and an underwhelming response from the people who have been randomly chosen I have decided a new approach.I feel this will give all you lovely people who really like our items a chance to be in the forefront for winning this weeks gift.

I have been busy today getting it made but I ran out of daylight.I cant see well enough anymore to construct things using artificial light and so need to make things in the day time.I can still focus well enough at night to see the computer so I can still work on things from that end after dark.So it is not quite done and I dont have a photo.I wanted to do the best I possibly could for the lovely person who will get this set.It is Black Diamond beads, White diamond chips,freshwater pearls and a surprise chain made by me.I will be unveiling it when the pic is finished.It is a first for me for this style as well so I am going to keep you in suspense a while longer.

I have decided this is a step wise entry and entries will close at 6pm next Sunday night (Bangkok time) to allow for all to be able to participate.I know some of our friends who would like to take part are away at present and this time span allows for them to get back before a draw takes place.

What to do? This is the easy part.Now that you have found the blog and read the blurb I want you to email me by the FB mail and tell me the 5 best tips you use for Time Management. Easy? I thought so.

All the names of all the people who send me an email by FB mail will go in the draw and a winner will be chosen.There will be 9 runners up consolation prizes as well.

So put on your thinking caps and when I have collected all your ideas together I will compile them for you in this blog and we can share as well.

Thank you so much for being a part of the Aardvark Silver Fan club and family of friends.

Light, Love and Success to all
Tanya and Attit.

Our pictures today are new pieces I have not yet listed and so you get a sneak preview.

This week

What a busy one.It has flown past and I still have to work tomorrow as well.Its not fair that my lovely 4 day working week has now expanded out to 6 days especially as I am now more busy with Aardvark Silver.
Oh well I have to learn to use that little two letter word more often...you know the one......No.Thats right.I have to tell myself (and them) No a few more times.That way I will get back to what I want to have for me.

On that note I want to share something I found one time on Etsy and I think is one of the most AWESOME concepts. McFlashPants http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6298514
I cant own one because they wont let me bring one to Thailand but I wanted to let you guys all know about this because I feel it is pretty special.
This lovely lady, not only makes silver she makes it in an eco friendly way by recycling and using old materials that have a new life breathed into them.And the end results are spectacular in my opinion.
So now we can celebrate her work also.Thanks for listening today.
Light,Love,Success and Health to all
Tanya

Today

What a day.It seems that just as I am getting organised and seem to have it all under control the Universe very kindly throws me a curved ball.
Some of you know I am back at school learning Thai.Now that is a fun thing.I can finally read a lot of those funny squiggles and it is getting easier with each lesson.Well classes are fun but they take up 8 hours for the time that I am at school and then about an hour each way travelling for the three times I go.That's 14 hours just for Thai school.
I also teach a little as well.Well that kind of changed into "I teach a lot". I have 4 new private students as well as my usual GED class now and have had to scramble to find 30 hours (No that is not a typo) extra in my next two weeks as this lad needs to be finished in time for a huge exam on 20th. And those hours are on top of my regular 12 hours in the week.And then we have travel time to work as well.So that is 30 hours this week alone going to work.
Etsy is looking like it is picking up and I have been working frantically with the lovely Ingrid to get the Web Page all done.It is revamped and almost open for business in its new format.Next week possibly.So that has meant long hours on stocktake,spread sheets and other set up stuff that I had to do.
My head....well it has been good.Sort of.I had a slight headache the other day but stretched it out and it is now sitting straighter LOL and I feel ok.I am not holding my breath.I am saying Thank You everyday I am able to get up feeling Ok.
And Yes I finally got time to sit and Blog LOL

And so today I want to introduce some work from the lovely Moonbeemz.
http://moonbeemz.artfire.com
http://moonbeemz.com
http://moonbeemz.blogspot.com
You can find her and her work at any one of these links.
I have been wearing her pendants for a few years now and they are so so lovely.If you want a custom made something she makes to order as well.Have a stone of your own to be wrapped? Not a problem...it can be done.
The pics in my blog today are her pieces.A very talented lady who is also a very accurate astrologer and paints the most awesome Mandelas and other pictures.

And so now I am going to work on my time management and see what I can do to arrange things a little better.I know I can spend more time by cutting something some where.It is now a matter of pruning to see what I can cut out and give me back some time.I get the feeling work is gonna have to go LOL.
Light Love and Success to all.
Tanya

Thank you for Being Patient

I only just realized when I looked at my blog page today that it has been so long since I last posted.
I was doing really well after my last puncture until about 3 weeks ago when I felt the pressure rise again.I can feel it change now and am so much more aware.Anyway it then became a real battle to just get through the day and even my listing and creating took a very big back seat as I was having really bad problems even seeing at times.
It is really hard to teach when all you want to do is rip your head off or lie down and sleep and I am sure all the teachers out there will understand that.
We made it to last Saturday and I had another puncture.I have mostly recovered from that now and am taking it slowly.I think I have slept more in the last three days than I have in weeks.My sleep bank now is in credit.I have to keep it that way.

I have met some of the most lovely people in the last few weeks on Facebook and one lady who has a most amazing idea is Melanie Hazen. Melanie has begun an Earring of the month subscription. This is the link to her store so you can check out the details. But what an awesome idea. You pay a little and get such a lot. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=18728630

Melanie also makes the best Lampwork beads and then she has the skill to make them up as well.An all round very clever and very very talented lady.

The pics are of Melanie's lovely work.

Ok I am off for now as I am still resting a lot.I'll catch you all tomorrow.
Promise
Light and Love to all
Tanya

A long time No hear

What a long time between updates.I am sorry for that.
I have been dealing with a health crisis and am now on the mend.I feel that way anyway.
It has been rounds of stupid Drs that know less than I do and them trying to give me very expensive medicines that I dont want or need and them not doing what is needed.I have given up on the medical system here and am going my own way.
But apart from all that all is well and we are fine.I will be putting up pics tomorrow.I still have to get them from the camera.We went to Laos for a visa run.I'll show you more of that later.
Anyway off to play at something else.
I made a new piece recently though.
Check it out.
Light and Love to all
Tanya