Pieces from Ireland’s Past
This week we’re giving away a $75 Gift Certificate to the Liam Shard Jewelry Store on Friday… and $20 Gift Certificates on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Liam, who also happens to co-host.. the Irish Fireside Podcast, collects broken dishes from around the world and turns them into beautiful pins and pendants. The types of shards he recovers in Ireland include Belleek, Nicholas Mosse Pottery, Donegal Parian, as well as transferware shards from the 1800s that would have come out of Ireland’s “Big Houses.”
Get 15% Off Just for Being Irish
The winner of the gift certificate will be drawn will be drawn Friday, Dec 17, but you can start shopping today. He has offered everyone at the Irish Fireside a 15% Off code. Enter ARKLOW when checking out and 15% will be deducted from your shard jewelry purchase (cannot be combined with other codes, expires January 15, 2011).
Liam collecting shards of antique transferware at Annestown Beach in County Waterford, Ireland.
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The winner of this prize will be chosen Friday, Dec 17, from those who reply below.
Congratulations! Tuesday’s $25 Gift Certificate goes to Mary Knapke!
Congratulations! Wednesday’s $25 Gift Certificate goes to Betty Lydon!.
Congratulations! Thursday’s $25 Gift Certificate goes to Kelly G!
Congratulations! Friday’s $75 Gift Certificate goes to Tammy M!
And several random $20 Gift Certificates have also been given out… Liam was feeling especially generous!
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Love Liam’s jewelry, especially the pieces with Shamrocks……… I am leaving a note about the website out where Santa can find it………..
I am feeloing lucky tonight;)
Okay, I helped Santa along…….. I ordered it…….. now all he has to do is wrap it. Win-win situation!
Beautiful pieces shown here, as always, will have to check out all the other goodies on the site!
Liam’s work is beautiful!
I never fail to receive compliments when I wear one of Liam’s pieces. Another one would sure be good for my ego…..
That design is exquisite; beautifully thought out. Mr. Liam, you are quite talented. Reminds me of running aroung in some open fields outside of Galway and looking for lucky 4-leaf clovers, lol.
OMGosh.. that is beautiful… Connamara Marble???
Pretty!
What is truly magical is that Liam gets to express his artistry, we get a “sparkly” and a part of the past gets a whole new life! Beyond that everyone who sees it gets to think abotu it all
Truly Liam you have a gift from the Gods and we are blessed to have you Lad! Now to be honest I might be usin that 15% off for meself 
Cheers to you for bringin that living history to us all.
FYI – One necklace is made from a shard of an Irish Belleek dessert plate (shamrock & basketweave pattern) the other is a piece of transferware recovered in Ireland.
I LOVE Liam’s jewelry!
These pieces are gorgeous…Nice work Liam.
Beautiful!
I am the proud owner of two of Liam’s pieces. They are both gorgeous! I can’t bear to hide them away in my jewelry box when I’m not wearing them. Instead I have one displayed in a curio cabinet with my Belleek collection. The other hangs on the handle of a little display cabinet in my living room. It means something very special to me and has a story behind it.
My sister Pam and I purchased the piece in Ireland on one of our trips together. It was a small Belleek pitcher with a woman’s face on it. I’ll never forget the day she called me very upset because her young son had slammed the door and sent a whole shelf of Belleek tumbling to the floor. She wanted me to look for a replacement on my next trip. But unfortunately it was a retired piece. So she glued the poor little girl pitcher back together and put it in a safer place. Three years ago Pam died of breast cancer and I was entrusted with clearing out her house. I sent a bunch of her broken china to Liam. I was surprised to get a package in the mail from him about a year later. He had cut the undamaged face out of the broken pitcher and made it into a necklace/ornament. It is now a treasured remembrance of Pam.
Thank you Liam! Not only is your jewelry unique and beautiful but you are a very thoughtful man. And what a great giveaway for the Fireside.
Michele
Beautiful work!
love these pieces,pick me guys,i will be thrilled!!
Beautiful work! I’m off to shop at his site now!
I have been eyeing Liam’s jewelry for some gifts – would love to win a certificate!
I think the special part of this, other than the incredible craftsmanship that the jewelry shows, is that it is taking something from the past and reusing it for another purpose now. Sort of a “going green” approach to jewelry, an appropriate measure for the Emerald Isle’s most dominant color. Great work Liam — the site is wonderful and filled with incredible things.
Love this! You have some great giveaways!
So beautiful! I can never watch qvc when he’s on because I want to buy everything!
I LOVE the shamrock necklace! How Lovely!
I would love one of Liam’s pieces, to remind me of my 2007 trip over to Ireland, maybe it will bring me luck and I can go again.
I hope Santa hears me. Such beautiful jewelry!
I work with glass make stained glass windows so I know how precious Shard is. Love the old Shared jewelery from the 1800′s, and Liams work is beauitful.
I have just discovered Liam’s beautiful jewelry. It is wonderful! I have been listening to the podcasts for some time now. I have wanted to travel to Ireland and read about Ireland since I was young. No Irish blood that I know of, in me, but I love it. I listen to the podcasts, and music and read books. Summer of 2011 I am planning on a trip to Ireland to paint with Irish plein air painters I have “met” via their wonderful website, Plein Eire. As an artist, I am very much looking forward to painting, and meeting Irish people, in a non-touristy way. Can’t wait!
Such a beautiful gift. I’m sure that it will be cherished forever!
Liam’s work just keeps getting better every year! My favorites are the Irish Belleek Shamrock designs. Amazing that something broken can find a new life recycled into such a beautiful art form.
Liam’s jewelry is beautiful. I had a chance to see it at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Celtic Christmas Boutique and I was so impressed.
Liam, I love the designs and am thrilled that the art in this world has thoroughly surpassed stick figures! Mine are awful! Lol
Nothing could be more beautiful except Ireland itself.
Still treasuring my fantastic memories of our trip to Ireland last March!! And dreaming on the time we get to go back and make more Irish Memories! Maybe my Santa Baby (and travel companion or and lovable husband) will be so kind…..and I will find one of Liam’s masterpieces underneath the tree this year!! :0D Merry Christmas everyone!! God Bless!!
Amazing work…Just added this to my Christmas List and Birthday List…Liam’s work is so Beautiful..Thanks for sharing..HoHoHo
What a nice way to re-purpose a broken dish. I love it!
Oooh! Pretty!
I would love a piece of the shard jewelry. I especially love the ones with shamrocks, which I assume is Belleek.
Beautiful! You do wonderful work, Liam. What a great way to give a piece of Ireland!
Very Pretty. I don’t yet have one of Liam’s shard pieces! This would be lovely!
I want one!!!
Have a number of pieces and enjoy each one! Beautiful work!
Received many compliments–
Have several cat pin/pendants and love every one of them.
Love all of Liam’s creations! Makes me wish one of my cherished china pieces would “accidently” break so I can keep the piece closer to me!
Liam, Love your work, as you know. I have a few pieces and I love each one. Love to have witnessed your business grow. Continued success!
Liam, I own over a dozen of your pieces now and still look forward to seeing your new designs every year. I really enjoy giving them as gifts because people get so excited when they open them. The pieces are truely works of art!
I have four pieces of Liam’s ‘treasures’ and would love to have more! They are so special, and it has been a true pleasure to learn more about the man behind the art! Liam, keep up the wonderful work. It would be especially delightful to have some of my grandma’s china put into pendant or pin form for my daughters! Wishing you a blessed holiday season and a happy, prosperous 2011!
Love Liam’s works of art! I love jewelry that is different and one of a kind!
What fun to enjoy beautiful jewley
I am the PROUD owner of 7 of Liam’s pieces. Recently I was participating in an art/craft show and as I walked by a neighbor’s display to take a peek she said to me “Is that a Liam?” I said “Why yes it is.” She then proceeded to push her hair out of the way to display her own Holiday Liam. You do get around Liam. It must be very rewarding to have friends recognize your artwork. Look forward to adding more and more pieces over the coming years. Happy Holidays.
Thanks Liam, for turning my mother’s broken teapot and creamer into 11 pieces of beautiful jewelry. Now it can be shared with all the females in the family and won’t sit forever in the back of my cupboard. I can hardly wait to see you at the 4th AV street fair in Tucson this spring.