I don't do Black Friday & the winner is ......

I don't do Black Friday, so I did a giveaway instead, because every piece I make is made for order and not mass produced. There is no extra stock because everything is made with love and with intention. I won't go into all the waste / landfill that comes post Black Friday too. So to celebrate the month of November outside of its typical holidays, I decided to giveaway TWO of my Citrine ☀️Heart Shaped Padlocks! Citrine, named after the citrus fruit but also known to be a ‘gift from the sun’.

The giveaway was full of positivity and happiness for the arrival of summer, especially with borders reopening soon. It was great to hear everyone’s heartfelt responses and their relationship with the sun! Thank you to everyone who took the time and participated in my giveaway!

There were so many wonderful answers, but here were the winning entries:

the sun means stability. It always rises and sets, it’s a constant. To me it symbolises steadiness and strength.

To me, the sun is a symbol of my gorgeous friend Emma, who is always excitable, warm, and happy. With her blonde hair and Cheshire Cat grin she is just like my own human sun ☀️ 

I loved reading everyone’s different responses, so I thought you might want to read some too! Thank you again to everyone who participated and continue to support Serpent and the Swan! Keep reading on for ALL answers:

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thank you for tagging me otherwise I'd have missed this gloriousness! For me the sun symbolises hope. It also is a harsh mistresses that scorns me often 😂😂😂

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To me the sun is the giver of life, and as such should be revered 🌞🧡 The radiant sun embodies life force & hope — it is tied up with the idea of time itself and so I feel like it represents so many aspects of what it means to be alive and to be a human on this beautiful planet! P.S. I know you would love this

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new beginnings ☀️ what about you?

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To me the sun symbolises DANGER- sunburn and cancer 😂 but also the sun is necessary for good mental health and vitamin D... Quite a complicated relationship

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the sun symbolises the upcoming Christmas summertime when Queensland finally reopens its borders to New South Wales, so we can be reunited with family again

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the sun symbolises kindness and warmth coincidently the energy that’s always around when i’m with you 🤍🌞

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the sun symbolises days spent picnicking in the garden with friends and family ❤️💐🌞

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the sun represent regeneration, summer time and sweat trickling down my back. It makes me think of picnics in the park and the setting sun from the back porch. The sun makes me think of when I will see you next and how you are so bright in my life. It is raining when I type this, I miss you sun, Ill hope to see you soon x

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The sun symbolises happiness and health @alice_nian 🌸 🌱

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the sun symbolises healing to me ❤️‍🔥

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The sun symbolises for me happiness and energy

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the sun symbolises for me growth and vitality

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the sun to me symbolises happiness and good memories

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 sun and moon combined balance life, light and dark etc. Pure happiness all wrapped up

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The Sun warms my soul with it’s golden light and symbolises new life and the dawn of a new day

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the sun symbolizes growth- for our souls when we bask in it and for my plant babies too 🌞💖

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 the sun reminds me to go outside and enjoy being in nature 🌷⭐️

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when I think of the sun I think of happiness and a warm hug from the universe

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The sun for me shows that darkness doesn’t win, it’s only temporary

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Sun symbolises peace love and deep connectis

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The sun 🌞 for me symbolises big yellow sunflowers as tall as the fence, the nostalgic feeling of the warmth on my skin while going to the beach with my grandparents, coconut sunscreen and reading books in the sand. 💛

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 ☀️ = days at the beach, warm skin that smells like sunscreen and my toddler’s little chubby legs in shorts ❤️

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for me the sun symbolises healing, growth and forgiveness

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 the sun represents warmth and happiness. I always try to incorporate sunshine and what it represents into all my actions.

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I love these padlocks. I think the sun has to symbolise happiness, blooming flowers (which I obv stop and smell!) and memories of falling asleep with jet lag on an Athens rooftop and getting sunburnt with you hahaha 😘 🌞

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 the sun signifies late summer drives to Kmart where it’s too hot when you first go in and cold when you get out

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the sun reminds me the sunflowers, the happiness in the fact that we're following a good light who'll never block us from doing whatever we'd like