Hanukkah

To my Jewish friends, I send out a very happy Hanukkah.

One of my favorite thoughts is from Charles Reznikoff in his, "Meditations on the Fall and Winter Holidays."

The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light -
in a little cruse - lasted as long as they say;
but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day:
let that nourish my flickering spirit.

Our household will be having latkes for dinner. Yum! Yum!

Shalom

Sale

It time for sales!!

Galleon's Gold is offering 15% our jewelry in our Etsy store. Please use coupon code during check out: thank10

Coupon code is good for a week, until December 3rd, bedtimeish.

Click here to see our jewelry!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Holiday Musings and Sales

It's the holiday season! Thanksgiving will here is a few days, Hanukkah in about a week, the Posada will welcome Christmas in a few weeks, and the New Year will be celebrated in just six weeks. It is hard to believe, yet very exciting, that the festivities are about to begin. I love this time of year. I love the traditions, movies, the music---even the weather!

We have a fireplace in the kitchen and though I am not a morning person, I do love to get up a little early (once in a while) during the winter to start a fire and sip something hot. I love to look over our yard covered in a white blanket and sit in the silence of the early morning to contemplate life and its magnificent mysteries.

We do hope you will think of us for your holiday gifts.  Rene's work is top quality with most pieces being one of a kind.  Stay tuned for Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts, coupon codes, discounts and more!!

Treasury

We made up a fun "Wake Up Little Susie" Etsy treasury. It is a fun collection about waking up yourself or others to the morning beauty then wearing beautiful jewelry. Thought you would like to see it:

Click here to see treasury :)

Enjoy!

Facebook Contest

We are trying to get more Facebook fans---so we will offer our first giveaway after we get 100 fans!! We are close, just a few more to go, so if you are not yet our fan, please become so.  And then invite your friends! Neighbors! Customers! Everyone you know!!

What will we be giving away?  We are not sure yet.  But will let you know before the official contest begins.


www.facebook.com/GalleonsGold


Good luck!

A name is a name

People have often asked us about the name of our business, "Galleon's Gold."  Where did it come from?  What is it? Why is gold in your name when you do mostly silversmith work?

This post is to answer the questions.

A few years ago when we decided to do more with the jewelry than as a hobby, we played around with many names. Rene wanted 'The Galleon' in the name as he has always liked the ancient Spanish Galleon ships. We also discussed the gold treasures that many of the Galleons swallowed when they sunk.  And you know, anything with pirates is always fun to have around!

We came up with, "El Oro del Galeon," which literally translated means The Gold of the Galleon.  We really liked the Spanish name, however, too many people got hung up on the name and some didn't visit our booths -- thinking we didn't speak English.

So we changed the name to its less formal English version and customers seem to like that better. 

We like the idea of the mysterious sunken Galleon ships hiding the old Spanish Gold because we feel that way with jewelry.  There are treasures to be found. I love it when ladies bring in their broken yet beloved jewelry and after Rene fixes it, they are so happy. Many share stories of where the piece came from or who gave it to them...a treasure has been fixed!! 

Sometimes people bring in inherited pieces. They like the gold, they like the gems, but not the design or the piece itself.  They have Rene melt down the gold and create something new that they will like and will wear....another treasure for sure!