Giveaway! McGowan & McClain Handmade Designer Jewelry

by MissMalaprop on August 30, 2010

Laura Jones, one of the two designers behind McGowan & McClain handmade designer jewelry, recently contacted me to let me know about her line, and to offer up one of her creations for a giveaway. Laura told me, “I think your readers will love our jewelry because it is different.” Personally, I think she’s right!

Laura and her cousin Marian are both classically trained in metalsmithing and jewelry, and they’re based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Yay for Southern girls!) They use natural elements like geodes and stalactites in their work, and cast a lot of their creations from organic objects such as seeds, pods, and peanut shells. The natural world is combined with sterling silver and gold vermeil for an earthy, yet upscale look.

The talented ladies from McGowan & McClain have generously offered up one pair of earrings like the ones pictured above to one lucky reader! To enter to win, all you need to do is leave a comment here and let me know what your favorite piece is from the McGowan & McClain website or Etsy shop! Post your comment by midnight on Sunday, September 12, 2010 (Central Standard Time – go here to figure out what time that is where you are).

This particular giveaway is limited to US residents. The winner will be chosen at random from the comments. Please use a valid email address, as that’s how I’ll be contacting the winner. (I won’t share it with anyone, I promise!) If you are chosen as the winner, you must respond to my email within 1 week from the date I send it, or an alternate winner will be chosen.

So what do you think? Do you like what you see??

[UPDATE: we have a winner! Congrats to commenter #2 Rach LaRoche!]

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Julia August 30, 2010 at 9:14 am

I love the Black Garnet Druzy Necklace in their Etsy shop! http://www.etsy.com/listing/52101371/black-garnet-druzy-necklace

It looks like the perfect piece to wear for a Saints game and “WHO DAT?!” in style.

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Rach LaRoche August 30, 2010 at 9:35 am

Definitely right, their pieces are so cool! And such a great giveaway. I looove the Stalactite Necklace, but have my fingers crossed for those earrings :)

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Kelly August 30, 2010 at 10:05 am

Those are gorgeous! Thanks, Mal, for finding all of the great stuff for us!

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Bridget August 30, 2010 at 10:12 am

Wow, their stuff is amazing. I especially like the “open pod” earrings and necklace.

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Ashlee August 30, 2010 at 10:41 am

i think the Long baby geode earrings are so beautiful! I love the creativity in their designs, like a child collecting treasures from outside, then casting them as gold jewelry, just awesome!

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Angela August 30, 2010 at 6:29 pm

That is some beautiful jewelry! I am crazy about the banana peel cuff! It’s very original.

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Christy August 30, 2010 at 7:53 pm

Oh.my.god.

Can I please just have everything? I love any jewelry that looks like it was forged from the earth and these are just about the coolest pieces I’ve ever seen. My favs are definitely the banana peel cuffs. They are so chunky and organic and certainly eye catching.

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hannah August 30, 2010 at 8:17 pm

i love all of the pieces but my favorite is the banana peel rings on their website. they are very simple the texture really makes them one of a kind.

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Jen August 31, 2010 at 12:45 am

I can’t decide between the gold open pod earrings and those gorgeous cuff bracelets. If only I could actually afford something like this on my meager student budget!

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Robyn August 31, 2010 at 8:31 am

loving the banana cuff! beautiful art for your wrist!

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Donna Warrington August 31, 2010 at 1:14 pm

I love the Large sterling bubble necklace the best….

Donna

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Carol Langstaff September 1, 2010 at 4:41 am

I really liked one of the necklaces, but since there are no product descriptions on the website …. ANYWAY, it has a double strand (one silver-tone, one gold-tone). It really is neat stuff. Now if they could just get a little more work out of their webmaster –

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Christina LeBlanc September 2, 2010 at 10:59 am

I love the chunky banana peel cuff. I think the product # is M2402-GP. Beautiful!!

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Miranda Ward September 3, 2010 at 8:17 pm

I like the SS202-BC earrings

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Nicole C. September 4, 2010 at 6:30 am

I like the Long baby geode earrings.

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PAIGE CHANDLER September 4, 2010 at 12:35 pm

I adore the small sterling silver bubble earrings

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Linda Lansford September 4, 2010 at 4:46 pm

I like Sterlling silver half-pod earrings

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Christine September 4, 2010 at 5:48 pm

beautiful jewelry

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Monique Rizzo September 4, 2010 at 10:08 pm

I like the sterling silver bubble earrings.
Thanks for the chance.
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Leslie September 5, 2010 at 11:52 am

The Long Sterling silver half pod earrings and small sterling bubble necklace are my favorites. Those earrings are killer.

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Annie September 5, 2010 at 7:36 pm

I like the M2103-GP

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Kristi C September 6, 2010 at 1:44 am

I like the Large sterling bubble necklace.

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Lori Hart September 7, 2010 at 1:15 pm

I really love the Black Garnet Druzy Necklace

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Amanda Givens September 7, 2010 at 7:48 pm

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Small Baby Geode Earrings, so neat, never seen anything like them

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katie h September 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm

Mallory, this line rocks – literally! The cuffs are my favorite.

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Tisa September 7, 2010 at 10:08 pm

I love the Stalactite Necklace! ~ :) Beautiful pieces!

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Mary Sully September 8, 2010 at 6:38 am

The medium 18k vermeil banana peel cuff is beautiful as well as the other pieces. Thanks for introducing their work to me!

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Karen Terry September 8, 2010 at 8:29 am

Love the necklaces & especially loved the silver banana peel earrings. Those are great! Thank you to the ladies at McGowan & McClain and to You for giving us this opportunity.

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Christina September 8, 2010 at 11:13 am

I just LOVE the Banana Peel Cuff! Truly elegant!

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Marisa Fields September 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm

My favorite is the silver-colored wide cuff bracelet. It was hard to choose just one favorite, though!

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Janna Johnson September 9, 2010 at 10:06 pm

I like the small silver bubble earrings!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!

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Corinne kurzmann September 10, 2010 at 11:37 am

I absolutely love the banana peel cuffs…..Divine..

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Lucy Schwartz September 10, 2010 at 8:04 pm

I love earrings and as much as I love earrings; it is the necklaces that blew my socks off. I found it VERY hard to pick just one. My choic e finally is M2121 Garnet.

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Nina September 10, 2010 at 9:55 pm

I like the Oxidized sterling silver half-pod earrings

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Yvonne Butler September 10, 2010 at 11:33 pm

I also like the Black Garnet Druzy Necklace. Thanks for the entry for the beautiful giveaway earrings.

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Hoa Le September 11, 2010 at 12:45 pm

I love item M2120! Gorgeous necklace!

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Melissa B. September 11, 2010 at 6:13 pm

My favorite item is the Stalactite Necklace.

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Jennifer R September 11, 2010 at 8:46 pm

I do love the above earrings and I also like the simplicity of the Small sterling silver bubble earrings

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Crystal September 11, 2010 at 10:01 pm

Stalactite Necklaces=Gorgeous!!

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Louis H September 12, 2010 at 1:41 am

I really like the Blue Chalcedony druzy necklace

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Leslie Price September 12, 2010 at 11:57 am

I love the 18k vermeil banana peel bracelet.

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susan September 12, 2010 at 3:50 pm

I love the open pod earring the most! suelee1998 @ gmail.com

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Angela Winesburg September 12, 2010 at 8:05 pm

I love the Oxidized Pod necklace

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Charlene Kuser September 12, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Sand September 12, 2010 at 9:53 pm

I adore the Stalactite Necklace.

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MissMalaprop September 13, 2010 at 7:14 am

And the randomly chosen winner is…. #2! Rach LaRoche!

Congrats Rach! I’ll be getting in touch via email!

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Candy bishop September 24, 2010 at 1:13 pm

awesome jewelry love it all

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