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About My Site -
Welcome All to
my Kingdom of Innisfree Designs! I am your very servant, Cecelia Sperling (mundane name Karen Conrad), and do hope
that your visit here is enjoyable, your fancy be tickled, and perchance you to find some beauteous jeweled item to add
to your collection...
Now, there is little I loathe more than boring, minimalist
websites myself; if you are here, you likely concur. I believe that it befits a site such as mine that
you leave here with a notion of shared interests and style- I make what I would like to wear myself and that my
customer has shown appreciation for. That goes also for my website- why not be inviting and give a person a reason to
loiter for a while? There's a real un-cubicled fellow human behind all this- So go ahead, sit on the sofa, make yourself
comfy, look about, click on something- who knows where it may lead? You may find a smallish but choice collection
of Old Master pics, a little Renaissance Art & Culture (can't help myself, double-minored in History!), some Period
music, the occasional poem or two (maybe something I've written myself), and I'm constantly adding new & worthy
items and links as well. Enjoy!
About My Goodes -
My designs are Mine Own; I don't copy from bead
magazines. I do make a concerted effort to replicate what I see in the Old Masters, usually portraiture from the
Early Renaissance on. However I am no Purist when it comes to working in various Historical Periods (the SCA generally
considers the Renaissance period to end at 1600 CE - http://www.sca.org/) and I enjoy coming up with pieces that push in either direction; Gothic on the earlier side or Restoration pearl chokers,
say, on the other end. Thank you, but for now I am resisting Pirate Chic!
I proudly work in generally better quality materials. This
means whenever possible thicker gold plating when plate is used, gold-fill as affordable, some sterling silver. I also
use GP (gold plate) or SP (silver plate) pewter elements as well; to achieve the "right" period look for an item sometimes
quality pewter cannot be beat. I will always indicate if the pewter used in an item has lead or is lead-free.
I am virtually allergic to clunky,
gobby acrylic "gems"; there are very nice natural (leaded glass or crystal) substitutes out there. Acyrlic "jewels"
are what I adorned my old Barbie doll with- my ladies shall not go out into the Known Worlde in over-priced gobby
acrylic monstrosities! Egads! I adore the look of real Old World gemstones- onyx, agate, jasper, lapis,
serpentine- and I most often work with these. For pearl items I use freshwater pearls (FWP) or better quality
glass-based (GB) "pearls"in order to keep things affordable. I string everything on steel or brass cable, doubling through
if the weight of the material indicates that would be wise. I had a gem strand break on me on the subway once (not
one of "my" items!)- I will do what I can to prevent that from happening to you!
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How To Order-
You can safely order your lovely
item from me on-line using a credit card or bank check card (logo) which is done through the Linkpoint Merchant processing
system, which is a third-party system. This is really easy & works like a charm and I've had no complaints
or problems with it at all. When you have selected an item, click on it and it should bring you to the"store" portion
of the site, then check out at the Shopping Cart.
If ordering via credit
card through the store, an e-mail will be sent to me of your order and a confirmation e-mail will be automatically sent
to you. I'll send you your item(s) super-pronto (I use Fedex Ground).
Perhaps you would rather place an order by fax?
That number is 864-963-1131. You can let me know to expect your payment and I'll have your item ready to send when payment
arrives. If you would rather not use an on-line credit card processing system I do also accept money orders.
This can be done very easily using that Shopping Cart- just enter all the info as requested, print it up (one copy for me
and one for you), and then delete the transaction instead of entering it. Mail it to me at:
Innisfree Designs
905 Fargo St.
Mauldin, SC 29662
And your item will soon be on its way!
Karen Conrad (aka Your Very Servant Cecelia)
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Events
In the process of deciding which Events to attend, here in the Kingdom
of Atlantia. Broken ankle doing well, and I have hopes of getting to a number this year; I will certainly post
information on which ones as soon as possible.
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Introducing a new page, Lovely Bejewelled
Ladies,
wherin I present a few of my lovely pieces
on the Good Ladies who have supported
Innisfree Designs...
Click right here to go...
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One of my favorite local
places- a very authentic Olde Englishe Pub, right by Lake Greenwood here in SC. Below's a pic of my Lord and Liege,
and myself enjoying their fine fare...
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Welcome to The Monthly Manor!
Wherein
I present a fine manor house, mansion, palace or castle (some I've been to myself, and some I can only salivate over!) If
you're into All Things Castle then this part of the site is for you!
We are still in France for September,
and here I present to you the most exquisite castle- the Chateau de Montbrun. It is perfect, it is ancient, it is the
Real Deal! Truly Medieval, and with authentic (not-too-messed-with) interiors. The grounds look lovely too.
Here's the listing:
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This site is maintained by Karen Conrad (aka Your
Very Cecelia)
Copyright 2007-2008 Innisfree Designs. All rights reserved.
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