Island Cowgirl Cool Bloggery

...and the winner is...

  
 
Wow. This was hard. The stories submitted to us were funny, crazy beautiful, full of life, bravery and reverie. Awe inspiring. They were so really real.

Mostly they just made my heart feel...well...just a little bit bigger. In reaching out to hear about inspiration...I was given a gift right back.

We had a hard time picking...but here it is....

The story of the winner of our "Inspire Us" contest is below. Your story was magical...and I am profoundly honored to have had my jewelry reach out across time & space and give you a little bit of faith.

Peace On.

~H

The Angels wing bracelet with the heart was beautiful. I truly loved it behind the glass in the case. I imagined it on my wrist. I already had a beautiful Island Cowgirl bracelet. Could I have one more? Could I spoil myself for no reason? Again?

 

I couldn't walk away. I was paralyzed in place. The heart in the wing locked me in. I needed to see it out of the case. I needed the sales girl to come over, even though she was painfully busy, at the height of their busy summer season, I wanted her to come and get this bracelet out of the case even though I didn't plan on buying it. I needed to see it. It spoke to me.

The salesgirl took the bracelet out and I placed it on my wrist.  It was striking.   I had never seen anything like it.  And then the moment happened.  I flipped it over and read the inscription, "Hope is the dream of the soul awake".

I started to cry.

 

My husband and I had decided to make a last attempt at invitro fertilization in the attempt to conceive another child.

After three years of trying, exhausting our health insurance, having

several miscarriages, we had decided to press on one more time.

I was nervous, confused, sad, exhausted, and depressed.  

But I had hope.

 

I read those words on that bracelet.

I needed to read those words every day.

 

I stared at my Angels wing bracelet and the single heart softly resting on that wing, every day on my wrist. At every doctors visit, every blood draw, every shot of medication,every day, every moment. The reminder of hope.  My wearable reminder of hope.

 

I conceived my son and gave birth to him in November 2008. He turns one year old this month.
I have him. And I had hope. And I had your bracelet and I still wear it every day.

 

~KD

...win cool free stuff

 

 How does Island Cowgirl Jewelry inspire you?

We always get wonderful stories from our awesome customers...so we decided to hold a contest. Tell us how your Island Cowgirl Jewelry has made an impact on your life. Email us stories, poems, pictures...anything!

The winning submission will win an Island Cowgirl Bracelet...of your choice!

The winner will be announced Wednesday, November 10th. Good luck...we can't wait to hear from you!

...love is a beautiful thing

This is a newborn offspring of Taskin, Gypsy Stallion.  The mare laid down after giving birth and the newborn climbed right in her lap.

Love is beautiful. Love is hard & love is rare...but and when you see it right up close...you cannot deny it and there is no language that speaks against it. And after all is said and done...Love really is where it's at.

~H

...he's an outlaw, baby

This is Dougal. He is hard at work.

His tasks include sleeping, begging for food, sleeping on top of invoices, digging through the garbage for banana peels, knocking over boxes and greeting the UPS guy...but only if he has treats. Oh, and on top of his list of things to do...is waiting to go to the park.

Today he is sporting his Island Cowgirl Western Wear. And a cool new hairdo.

Doesn't he look happy?

...what's not to like?

 

Island Cowgirl was voted one of the best (or like I like to say "bestest") companies to work for in Orange County by OC Metro Magazine...not sure how that happened. We beat out bigger & badder companies.

Maybe it was the "free puppy kisses" sign at the store when Dexxy Midnight comes to work. Or Rockin Baily in her pink tutu. Or maybe the impromptu dance contests. I personally feel it is the utter and complete lack of rules & supervision that did it. In any case we made the cover...aren't we too cute.

~H

...hop, hop...

Here it comes....Spring....We do so love spring. No matter how cold & dreary the winter was it always brings a feeling of renewed hope, visions of growth and melts even the coldest of hearts.

Our windows for Easter are very Alice in Wonderland...giant organic carrots, dozens of pastel colored easter eggs, a grass bunny...and my very favorite....enormous handblown glass garden globes suspended from twine.

...bad dog, bad dog...whatcha gonna do?

 

We get our fair share of repairs here at Island Cowgirl...mostly from people that have worn their bracelets sooooo much that they have literally worn them right off their wrists.

Our favorite by far has been a well loved bracelet that came back with an apology note from its destroyer...a very cute terrier named Lilly. Apparently, Lilly loved the bracelet as much as her owner Nancy...just in a different way. We thought the teeth marks added character but were happy to fix it up as good as new.

Thanks to Nancy for raising such a very polite if not mischevious puppy dog.

Happy Trails!

~H

...valentine's day rocks

 

Hearts, hearts, hearts....everywhere there's hearts.

Valentine's Day is our favorite holiday at the Island Cowgirl Flagship store....check out our supercool v-day windows. Rose petal covered hearts and our bird with red showgirl feathers. This is one of our favorite displays yet! Besides the belt-wearing cow...but that is for another post.

Happy Trails!

~H

...we heart Island Cowgirl

Welcome to our new Blog....Here you will find a little piece of our world...we will be posting news on all things Island Cowgirl, comings & goings at the studio, store events and just general silliness.

Namaste.