Possibly the last Bracelet and Earrings I make this year

I made these bracelet and earrings for a friend.  She just loved my necklace and I thought they would be the perfect "thank you" gift for her.

I also made the clasp myself, and worked with copper wire, fire polished beads and polymer clay beads.

A Birthday Gift

I made this gift for a friend.  Her birthday was a few days ago but I will see her on Friday.  She wanted something red. 

I hope she likes it. I have made a chain attachment with a clasp so she can wear it short or long.

My Dear Friend's Choice

Yesterday I met with my dear friend.  We had a lot to talk about since we had not gotten together for over six months.  Between her travels, mine and my pregnancy we had not been able to set some time aside for us.  We caught up; we went together to a personal activity we share and after that lunch.  I had a great salad and some fruit.  It was a wonderful morning!

Now back to jewelry... this is the set she picked out.  I have to admit that this is the one I thought she would.  It looked fantastic on her.  I am glad she is taking a little reminder of me when she leaves town.  I will miss her and always have her in my heart.  And of course, there are phones, and she will be coming to visit some family every once in a while.

This set is made of fancy marble beads and sterling silver chain, spacers and beads.  And of ccourse, SS wire.  The clasp is handmade.

These are the matching earrings.  Not that you need me to tell you this.... :)

To enter my giveaway of a Polymer Clay Pendant and Beads CLICK HERE for instructions.

Autumn Jasper

I have been pretty busy doing some fall cleaning and organizing in my house.  God knows we need to make space, recycle things that others can use and declutter.  I had not been able to sit in my studio until yesterday.

What better stone to make a set in autumn?  Well, this set started as a gift for a dear friend.  When I finished it, I loved it but it did not seem to match with her.  I ended up making another set.  Since I like this one so much, I will let her choose.

 

It is made of Atumn Jasper squares, rounds and donut, Fire polished glass, sterling wire, sterling rounds and sterling chain.

The matching earrings are also made of sterling and Autumn Jasper.

To enter my giveaway of a Polymer Clay Pendant and Beads CLICK HERE for instructions.

Some more earrings....

I took out my glass beads and started playing around.  Not too much because the idea was to make simple earrings.  I have had so many people ask for red earrings that it seems I am not making enough of them.

Has this ever happened to you, having everyone asking for the color that sold out?

To enter my giveaway of a Polymer Clay Pendant and Beads CLICK HERE for instructions.

Simple Necklaces That Always Sell

I have learned that different people have different taste.  The other day I made a necklace that I did not like, but in the past these have sold, so I displayed it with the rest of my jewelry.  Do you want to know which one sold first?  And the one that sold third was one that had been sitting in my display for a while.  You never know when the match to your necklace will come.

These are some simple necklaces that I always keep in my display, why? Cause they always sell.  I am always making these simple sets, and believe me they are the first ones to go.  First, they are simple and some people just like that in a necklace; second, since they are easy to make they are cheaper to sell and third, they are light; not all people can wear a fully strung necklace because the suffer from neck pain. 

So who can resist good price and simplicity?

To enter my giveaway of a Polymer Clay Pendant and Beads CLICK HERE for instructions.

More from Challenge Swap 5 - My Focal: Wood Marble

I was looking at a book at Barnes&Noble because I wanted to buy one. None of them were worth buying, but they all had one good idea that took me back to my stash and illuminated my creation. I do not like to copy models, but I do like some ideas of a piece of jewelry that take me to my own creation. That is what I call inspiration.


I am still planning on buying a book, because I also like to buy books compulsively, not only beads. But it will be when I get back home. I found a scarce display of jewelry books at this B&N. Nothing that I would kill for.

So, this is necklace is made with materials from the challenge swap and my stash. It has nothing to do with the necklace I saw in the book, aside that the one in the book had a square wood focal and mine has a Wood Marble oval donut style focal.

It is made of beads from my stash: fire polished glass beads, wood marble focal, dyed agate, orange glass bead, metal chain, copper wire and handmade copper clasp.  From the Challenge: dyed agate and blue stone (Dagi thinks it's Turquoise). I Edit: Kokopelli has posted it is dyed howlite

Matching Earrings are made with Dyed Agate from my stash and challenge kit, metal ear hooks from the Kit, glass beads and metal chain from my stash. Ohhh... and copper wire from my stash.

I also edit: You do see that the left one is missing a link, right? Thanks to the picture I corrected this mistake. The link had disappeared from the tray, and I just finished them without even noticing what I was doing. This is the problem of working with poor light. I am glad to be back home soon with all my lamps and my confortable chair.

More from Challenge Swap 5 - Informal

All these are made from the swap kit.  They use: hemp, coconut beads, wood beads and metal, silver plated and gold plated findings.

More from Challenge Swap 5 - Formal

This set is made combining beads from the swap and from my stash.

Necklace: unakite rounds from the swap, from my stash: fire polished glass beads, unakite squares, gold tone chain, gold plated rounds, wire, terminals and clasp and goldtone message washer

Bracelet: unakite rounds from the swap, from my stash: fire polished glass beads, unakite squares, gold tone chain, gold plated rounds, wire and terminals and goldtone message toggle clasp.

Earrings: all from my stash: fire polished glass beads, unakite squares, gold tone hooks, gold plated rounds,  and gold plated wire.

 

More from Challenge Swap 5 - Carnival Over Black & White

Yesterday morning I started this project, but ran out of silver plated wire. 

It is made from MOP and lava beads from the swap.  The big black stone, the small black stones and the beads and metal charm that form the cluster are from my stash.

I had lots of fun making this bracelet and earring set.  But I did have to play around a little bit with the earrings.

If you want to see what other participants have created CLICK HERE

My First Things from Challenge Swap 5

The theme was natural materials, earth tones.  I got a wonderful stash of beads.  This challenge has been inspiring for most of us.  Lots of people have already been posting as they've been making.  Here is what I have so far:

All the materials are from the kit: hemp cord, mother of pearl and shell chips.  Below are the matching earrigs.  This was the first thing I made.  As I opened the kit I started makig it.  Today I just finished the clasp and earrings.

I wish I could make earrings that would go into your ear with just hemp...

Here I used gold plated rounds, mother of pearl diamonds, stringing wire, terminals and feather from my stash.  The rest of the materials, are from the kit.

These are the matching earrings.

If you want to see what the other participants have been making, just CLICK HERE and be sure to check frequently since we are uploading as we make 'em.

Copper and Polymer Clay

I had a cane with 3 of these squares left.  I started just making earrings, and then thought: why not make a pedant set? I got busy, but.... no copper terminals in my travelling stash.  Thank God there are beadstores everywhere.

You can see I am still haveing light problems... should have brought my lightbox with me, and a lamp!

The set is made of copper wire, fire polished glass beads, bronze tone stringing wire, metal Chinese coin and copper findings.

Don't you just love these little Chinese coins?  I do :)

I promise to start working on the Challege Swap materials from now on... I'll be posting as I make'em

Pearls and Style - Necklace and Earring Set

I made this necklace for my mark in the Beading Daily July Necklace Swap. It has already traveled abroad with her on vacations.


It is made with pearls and mother of pearl beads, silver plated chain and findings and silver plated wire. It also has some crystal beads to give it more shine.

                                                           

Now One for My Mum

My mother saw the last set I published, and fell in love with it.  She wanted something pink, so we chose a pink color combination and this is what came out.  I do not like to make necklaces that look so alike, but who can say no to mom?  I cannot.  She is really a wonderful mom, and deserves to be happy.

Now the Necklace for The Whole Set

Here is the necklace.  I finished it after getting up several times.  I am having back pain and I cannot sit for more that 20 min.  Imagine how bad that is for jewelry making.

Blue, Green and Brown Color Challenge

This is what I submitted for this challenge.  At first, the color combination did not appeal to me.  But I started seeing the submissions and looked through my stash and found the perfect green, blue and brown pearls to be inspired.

Wanna see more entries?  Go to the challenge creator's picasa album:  http://picasaweb.google.com/110061288080178212152/ColourChallengeCreations#

Matching Earrings for Polymer Clay Necklaces

I previously posted some polymer clay necklaces.  I made them thinking of a friend that has metal allergies but annother friend took them home with her.  I have made her matching earrings.

http://imaginativejewelry.blogspot.com/2010/04/polymer-clay-more-from-vault.html

A little bit of Everything

I made this set using different styles of beads.  Metals, wood, vintage plastic, shell, and anything brown I could get my hands on.

Purple Drop Earrings

I have not been beading much lately.  Here is a pair of earrings I made two weeks ago.

Yellow Cluster Necklace

This was the first one I made of this style.  I took a class, really enjoyed it, and this is what came out.

It is made of yellow Czech Glass and gold plated wire, chain and findings.