Wednesday Giveaway : Superhero
Tags:Today I want to celebrate a wonderful blogger, jewelry artist, mother, and life coach who has become a friend: Andrea Scher of Superhero Designs. [ photo below by Boho Girl Denise Andrade ]
Andrea is the reason I began blogging back in 2004. I was working on a project for a workshop about designing with color (& color inspiration) and was searching the internet using the search terms "colorful jewelry." I stumbled onto Andrea's Superhero site (and of course I had to order a handmade necklace as part of my research), started reading her blog and checking out all her inspiring links, and decided then and there that what she was doing was cool and I wanted to start my own blog.
I finally got to meet Andrea in person last summer after corresponding back and forth from time to time over the past four years. It was awesome. She has a heart of gold, a wonderful written voice, and a gift for helping people get in touch with their own inner superhero.
Today, lucky readers, Andrea is giving away a one of her fantastic, colorful bead necklaces. In addition, she has a special holiday sale happening now that includes $20 off necklaces bead necklaces. Passion would make a great gift for a special friend (or a suggestion for a spouse who may need a little help in choosing a Valentine gift).
Here's a little FAQ on her lovely necklaces. She has also added these very cool silver pendant necklaces to her offerings.
To be entered into the drawing today leave a comment that highlights your own personal superpower (or superpowers). And before you think you have none, stop and consider the possibility
for a moment. What is something you are just awesome at? Take a
minute to be proud of something about ourselves and share it publicly.
I bet you are your very own superhero in some very special way.
Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific tonight with the winner posted shortly after.


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My superpower is super sonic hearing. I can hear my 17 month old wimpering in her sleep upstairs over any war movie my husband forces me to watch. I also have super smell. I can get a whiff of a dirty diaper from across the room:-)
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Beautiful jewelry! Wendy said it so well when she said that we as women are so quick to demean ourselves. I have difficulty pinning down my own superpower, but very often people are so kind in what they say, I begin to believe them. So, going by what I've been told, I guess my superpower at this point in my life is "courage". In the past 5 years I've endured many health issues, which meant I had to leave a job that I loved, and that I've had to accept using a wheelchair most of the time. Throughout, though, I've tried to use the experience to teach my children that just because you come to a bend in the road, it doesn't mean that your journey is over. Perhaps it's just begun!
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What a great giveaway! That necklace is beautiful.
My superpower is making the best chocolate chip cookies. I use a very basic recipe, but everyone who has them tells me how good they are. I've even had people tell me that they did not turn out nearly as good as mine when they tried to make them.
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I would say my super power is cooking. I got it from my super-mom. I love being in the kitchen and creating something yummy. I plan my week of menus, make a grocery list, only go to the store once a week, and I always know what's for dinner. I also try to cook healthy meals for my family. That is so important to me. I love to experiment but also have easy favorites that I do often. And from what I hear, they taste pretty good. This was so fun.
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I love the maternity shirt that says something like, "I make people. What's your superpower?" My superpower? I'm crafty! You can decide which meaning. =)
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right now i am superbaker! homemade cinnamon rolls are in the bread maker...it's a cold and snowy day here in New Hampshire (again). I have been a fan of Andrea's since I read your blog but our budget hasn't allowed me to make a purchase.
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I have the SuperPower of creating dreams that are interesting and fantastic and then totally forgotten.
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Make people laugh..sometimes at the wrong times but laughing is good for the soul.
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One of my superpowers is definitely my sense of smell. I can smell things from a mile away, which sometimes is not such a good thing :)
I also think I have a good sense of colour and their values. I have been told that I can put colours together well, both in my decor and my scrapbooking.
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I love one of the comments above about being the finder of all things in the house....I have that superpower as well; but I think my kids would say my superpower is making great cookies :)
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I have Super Smile power. I've learned that a smile can make people feel comfortable, calm tough situations, make babies giggle, get me out of trouble, reassure others, show confidence and make other people feel better.
Once, I took a week-long vacation. When I started back in my daily routine at the gym, an older man stopped me and said. "I'm glad to see you're back - it's always so nice to your smile in the morning." That made me realize how powerful a simple smile can be.
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Wonderful necklace. I don't know about super powers... I can cook a mean beef barley soup! I also wear many many crafting hats, which is fun for my daughter because she loves crafts too... and my beef barley soup.
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Such beautiful beads. I would really feel like a superhero with one of those around my neck. You really make me think this morning. I am a superhero at empathetic listening - honed on years of being a nurse, wife, mother, friend. Able to listen without becoming emotionally entangled with the problem and able to just lend a quiet ear when no advice is desired and hugs are the only answer.
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oh goodness - I need this! But a superpower, huh?
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Well - I'm often heard telling my kids that I can only do 27 things at once - but I suppose that the ability to do those 27 things at once might be in the superhero category. ;)
Take care of you Ali - I'm anxiously waiting baby news!
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I have the power to see things no one else (in my house anyway) can see. I can see the ketchup hidden behind the oj, and the special lovey hidden under 2 weeks of laundry. I can see the clear lego, .2 inches wide, hidden in the bag of 10,000 legos. I can also see when my middle child really needs a day alone with his daddy, or when my oldest is anxious about a new situation. I wouldn't trade this power for any other.
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my superpower? being positive always! :)
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My superpower-the ability to motivate others! I love it!!!
Awesome stuff! As always, thanks Alie for the cool opportunities!
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I'm not sure it's a superpower, but I teach high school and every year I get better at relating to teenagers. It's a constant learning process, but I'm not too bad at it now.
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I adore Andrea's work...the colors are always so great!
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My superpower is the ability to manifest parking spots, even when other people are driving.
Elise
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