Sleek, Shimmering, Style...
Glamorous Button Pearl Earrings

Sleek, shimmering sterling silver stick earrings with creamy white button pearls. A wonderful gift for the bride to be, or anyone with a June birthday!

Sterling silver bars were hand forged a texture hammer and anvil into these glistening sticks that reflect the light with your every move. A small post was soldered on and creamy white freshwater pearls were added. They move gracefully on handmade sterling silver earwires and measure 1-1/2 inches in length from the top of the earwire to bottom of the earring.

When caring for your pearl jewelry, always remember this rule: Last on, first off! This will assure that the nacre will not be damaged by perfumes, make-up or hair spray.

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Blessings,

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A Change of Seasons
Autumn Jasper

Warm peach, burgundy, rust, olive green and a touch of gray all blend together in this lovely autumn jasper oval pendant. These gorgeous warm colors will go with many of the current fall fashions!

The Change of Season necklace has a hand woven copper wire bale with two tiny swirls is done in the Eni Oken style. The bale has been oxidized and then buffed for an antiqued finish. The autumn jasper stone is 1-13/16" x 1-3/8" (45mm x 35mm), and when you include the bale; the pendant is 2-3/8" in length. To complete the look, the pendant is suspended on a coordinating 4mm wide burgundy suede necklace that is 18 inches long with handsome handmade copper findings.

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Blessings,




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Stunning Prasiolite
- and childhood memories

Prasiolite is one of my personal favorites; it brings back memories of a childhood fascination of mine. When I was little, my family visited my great aunt and uncle's home quite often. My great uncle worked in the factory at Libby Glass for many years. During his tenure there he acquired many large chunks of glass, which he used as decorations in his backyard gardens. These chunks of glass had a divine, green color that I fell in love with! Prasiolite's pale green reminds me of those beautiful decorations in my great uncle's garden long ago.

Prasiolite or green amethyst is a wonderful, transparent stone in the quartz family and is a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale.

This prasiolite heart shaped briolette is a beauty, it has an abundance of facets, which bring a wonderful sparkle to the stone! Sterling silver wire is the perfect compliment to the color of the stone, and this one is wrapped in lots of very fine wire! Including the bail, the pendant is just over 5/8 of an inch in length, and it is suspended on a 16-inch long sterling silver curb chain. It is a timeless classic piece of jewelry and its mint green color will compliments anyone's skin tone!

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Blessings,





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'Burrrr! It's Frosty....' by heartsdesirebeads

Hand-Carved Porcelain Lace F... isabelleabrams... $475.00	Let it Snow Newborn Baby Gir... OopsIKnitItAga... $24.00
Off White SnowflakesThrow Pi... Kainkain $22.00	Free Shipping - Snowflake an... BLACKSWANJEWEL... $34.00
Snow Squall - a single solit... Raceytay $10.00	Ultra Glamorous Bridal Comb ... JMGJewelDesign $36.50
Snowflake Winter Wedding Inv... inkdbykate $1.65	Winter Wonderland Happy Birt... ScrapYourStory $24.95
Fondant Cupcake Toppers- Pas... Clementinescup... $11.95	4 Pint Glasses . Hand Engrav... daydreemdesign... $60.00
Pearl Snowflake Clippies (Se... craftymamadesi... $3.50	Gift tags - white snowflake ... HappyHuismus $6.00
Crochet Christmas Ornaments ... CaitlinSainio $13.00	Snowflakes shawl perfect for... DagnyKnit $105.00
Snowflake IV Blank book Phot... KandiceInWonde... $50.00	Cotton Candy Fingerless Mitt... mirabeans $25.00

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In the mood for a little snow? If not, this frosty silver and powder pink snowflake treasury should do the trick! I found all these lovely items by searching for handmade items with the key word "snowflakes." Enjoy!

Blessings,

A Fusion of Stones...

A gorgeous fusion of amethyst, garnet, peridot, green aventurine, rose quartz, unikite, and much more all woven inside of circle. The crowning touch is a lovely butterfly charm and a freshwater pearl!

This luscious necklace started with sterling silver wire, which was soldered into a circle, then wire wrapped with very fine sterling silver wire. After wrapping the frame, a circle of rich purple amethysts was added, then a great variety of semi-precious stones in coordinating colors. They are as follows: garnet, rose quartz, hematite, unikite, green aventurine, goldstone, peridot, and quartz. Then lastly, a plump freshwater pearl and butterfly charm was woven into the circle.

A unique feature of this necklace, it is reversible! Because of the way it was woven together, either side looks beautiful!

Finally, the circle pendent is suspended on a simple 18-inch long sterling silver chain.

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Blessings,




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Whiskey Quartz, Garnets and Peridot, Oh My!!!

A very vogue circle necklace with a hammered texture that is adorned with a stunning flame shaped whiskey quartz briolette. This beautiful stone is surrounded by peridot rondelles, faceted garnet rounds, a spessartite garnet briolette, and one plump freshwater pearl.

This stylish necklace started with sterling silver wire and chain, and of course all the splendid stones. No store bought findings outside of the chain for this necklace! The head pins and the circle that the stones are suspended on were created with sterling silver wire and a torch. Each stone is lovingly wire wrapped, and floats freely around the circle. Every little round garnet has a swirl of wire wrapping around the stone and finishing at the bottom. This detail is repeated on the two round garnets which connect the chain to the circle.

The circle was hammered for an interesting texture which captures and reflects the light; the back side of the circle has a smoother finish. So depending on your mood, you could wear this necklace with the texture or smooth finish side up.

Each detail of this necklace was thoughtfully considered, from the choice of warm colored stones, to the textures of the metals. It is my hope and desire that you will enjoy this necklace as much as I did in creating it for you!

Thank you for looking!

Blessings,





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A Fascination....

With cooler weather upon us, it is time to pull out the sweaters, hats, coats and scarfs. Once again, I must decide which these items will be worn another season and which will go to Goodwill. Despite the fact that I am not the cold weather girl, I am excited to be wearing my favorite pair of boots again!

As of late, my jewelry designing thoughts are consumed with a fascination for pins! It seems the perfect time of year for them, after all they bring new life to those old knits! So this week I pulled out several of my jewelry making books and began searching for ideas on making fibulas. Trying to be frugal, I started working with nickle silver wire to make prototypes, but found that the wire was wonderful to work with, it looks great, and is cost effective too!

These are some of the pins I put together this week! What do you think?





Be sure to check out the Fibula section of my shop in the coming days, I will be adding these soon!


Blessings,

Teardrops From Heaven

An eye catching necklace made with two beautiful teardrops, one an enchanting shade of turquoise blue, the other like an ice crystal. The primary bead is a smooth turquoise magnesite in a voluptuous teardrop shape. It is paired with a spectacularly faceted quartz crystal briolette. Both are wrapped with very fine sterling silver wire and suspended on a divine 18 inch sterling silver cable chain. The magnesite drop is 1-3/4 inches in length and the quartz crystal is 3/4 of an inch long.

Do not forget to take advantage of Free Shipping within the USA, offer good through January 1, 2011!

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Blessings,



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Copper Wave
A Bangle Bracelet for Petite Wrists

A very basic, yet classic copper wave bangle bracelet is especially sized for smaller wrists. This bracelet is a petite 6-1/2 inches in size and will fit wrists measuring 6 inches or smaller. It has a wonderful clasp that is easy to work with just one hand, yet is sturdy and durable to keep the bracelet on your wrist!

Please note that because the copper used in this bracelet is natural and untreated, the metal will darken with its own patina over time. If you prefer a shiny look to your copper, soak it for 10 minutes in a lemon juice bath!

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Thank you for looking!

Blessings,





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Ready for Sweater Season
A Heart Shaped Fibula

A lovely heart shaped copper fibula perfect for dressing up your loosely woven scarf, shawl, hat or sweater! It is adorned with handmade copper beads and a beautiful green turquoise rondelle! Including the dangle, this shawl pin is 3 inches in length; and 1-7/8 inches in width. Because of the width of the pin, I would not recommend using this on tightly woven knits or silks.

Thanks to Julie Siqmund for her wonderful tutorial!

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Blessings,




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Reclaimed/Recycled......
Sterling Dot Ring

A tiny dot of reclaimed sterling silver graces this sweet little ring! Perfect by itself or can be combined with my stack rings for a bolder look! You can even pair it with rings you already own! This ring is ready to ship in a size 8-1/2 US or I can custom make one in your size if you like!

Do not forget to take advantage of Free Shipping within the USA, offer good through January 1, 2011!

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Blessings,






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Cobalt Blue Lampwork Earrings!

Gorgeous cobalt blue lampwork beads and Swarovski crystal bicones combined together to swing gracefully on handmade sterling silver earwires. They are created especially for you by heartsdesirebeads on Etsy!

The lampwork beads have a small piece of silver foil encased within the glass that reflect silver and turquoise blue, and are wrapped in swirls of white. They are paired with sapphire blue Swarovski crystal bicones and topped with sterling silver beads for a simply elegant pair of earrings. From the top of the earwire, these earrings are 1-3/8 of an inch in length.

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Blessings,




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