10% Sale for Valentine's Day & CNY 2011!

Chinese New Year usually falls on Late January or early February every year, and traditional celebration lasts for half a month! This year, the first day of CNY is February 3, and Valentine's Day falls on the 12th day of CNY.
Red and pink are the traditional color of happiness, love and good fortune, and a popular color during CYN as well as Valentine's Day. What's better than to give your love ones gifts in red or pink?
I'm offering a 10% sale in my shop for everything that has red, and pink in it - starting right now until the 15th day of CNY, i.e. Feb 17! So you'll have plenty of time to browse and choose the best gifts!
What's more, I will include seaglass extras in a special Chinese New Year red packet! The 10% off will be refunded into your paypal account right after I have received your payment.
Check it out here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ecstasea?section_id=7707607
Happy shopping!

10% Holiday Sale

Hi friends! Christmas sale is on again, 10% off everything in my shop at ecstasea.etsy.com! Sale lasts till after New Year's Day! Reward for return customers as well! New items are listed everyday, be sure to check back often!

Doors - A Time Portal

Born and brought up in the city, I am fascinated by anything old and rural. A recent visit to an island that has preserved its century-old way of life sparked my interest in traditional Chinese houses, front doors in particular. These doors are like a time portal, through which one travels back to a different culture, a different way of life!

The traditional Chinese houses almost always have their front doors facing south, and backdoors to the north. This has the wisdom of letting in the cooling south wind through the front doors in summer, while shutting out the freezing north wind from the backdoors in winter.

The Chinese pay much attention to symmetry and balance in everything, this is also reflected in their architecture. I can see that symmetry in doors that are opened in the middle, with hinges on both sides. Comparing to a single, bigger, heavier door, the action of pushing open two smaller doors is a much more balanced movement!

Decorating both sides of the traditional Chinese doorways are caligraphy 'duilian', blessing the occupants of the houses. These are sometimes made up and written by the heads of the families, exhibiting their wit and knowledge! These duilian, paired poetry or antithetical couplets are sophisticated and quite interesting - they are exactly matched in number and meaning of each character. Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duilian

Symmetrical painting of guards from heaven are sometimes pasted onto each door, to protect the occupants from evil spirits. Doors are always painted red, which stands for justice, positive energy and luck.

These decorations are usually renewed yearly before Chinese New Year.

Chinese New Year Promotional Sale!

Chinese New Year is one of the most important celebration amongst Chinese communities, especially in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Taiwan! This year, the first day of Chinese New Year coincided with Valentine's Day on Feb 14!
This CNY is also extra important for me, as well as other shops that belonged to the etsy Hong Kong team, which has just established! 'CNY promotion: free shipping from Feb 16-21' is how I celebrate this special occasion. Some of us are offering free shipping too!

There is a variety of high quality, unique handmade products from our shops!
Take a look at ecstasea, my seaglass jewelry shop, or other shops of the Hong Kong etsy team:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ecstasea
http://www.etsy.com/shop/BejewelledBespoke
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OhSmile
http://www.etsy.com/shop/littleclouds
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RubyMartini
http://www.etsy.com/shop/emilyorpin
http://www.etsy.com/shop/somethingrenewal

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