Its about time!!!

I don't know why it is so hard to find time to post a few pictures to let you see what I have been up to...I guess mainly it is because Ed and I have been so busy camping all summer. Before we head out on our Caribbean Cruise I decided to add a few more pictures.

Ed and I headed to Cedar City this summer for a fun week with an young college roommate of many years ago (she is young...she is only three months older than I am!!) While perusing one of the many book shops that we wandered through Linda found a FUN book on how to make all sorts of charms ... I have made bottle cap charms and key charm s and poured resin charms and rolled clay charms and as soon as I replace the drill bit for my husband's drill (gee, that would be a nice Christmas present from someone who loves me...my very own drill!) I will make dice charms and scrabble block charms and bullet(!) charms. I am having fun!

Anyway - the Rosy Red charm necklace shown above has some of my homemade charms on it.
This necklace sparkles beautifull with the black, grey, and crystal chinese crystals wired into it. It is called Silver Links and is a lovely charm necklace
FEATHERS ARE IN~ this year everywhere you look you see feathers and so I started making gorgeous necklaces with hanging feathers. This is my Feathery Fun Necklace Set in Red - only $18.00
Now you see it in Turquoise....I also have made it up in green, pale pink, yellow, hot pink, and purple!!! What a fun way to stay in style.
I took a class this summer and learned how to do wire wrap. I did actually wrap two beautiful pendants but finally realized my eyesight was not good enough for that type of wire wrapping. So I learned a different way - This beautiful cracked marble pendant with crystals is wrapped with sterling silver wire and is simply gorgeous. It sells on my Etsy sight for $28.00 but I am putting it on sale here for just $22.00 (and that includes sterling silver earrings with it!)
Last but certainly not least is the Crystal Bezels...I have taken silver toned 4 petal filagrees and wrapped them around a crystal bezel. I strung it onto my favorite 19 strand necklace wire along with silver toned beads, Swarovski crystals and lovely little silver and rhinestone rhondells and created this stunning necklace with matching earrings. This set does sell for $28 for the set due to the cost of the many components.

Hope you enjoyed my newest creations. I made several more different necklaces but I have sold them!!!! Maybe I will find some fun new beads on my vacation

I've been busy

After suffering from 'writers block' for several months (!) I have now started creating necklaces with a vengeance. First of all I stopped in at Ben Franklin and they had some gorgeous necklace kits I fell in love with and had to buy one. I wasn't impressed with the instructions or all of the materials but with what I already had I managed to create this pink necklace. The flowers are made out of a translucent petal that I 'built' and attached to the lacy medallion.

I couldn't believe the compliments I got when I wore it to church on Sunday. The earrings are simple some of the necklace chain that I didn't use, dangling off of hypoallergenic ear wires. I immediately went back to Ben Franklin the next day and bought the green set.

It has a double chain with a toggle closure at the edge of the bronzed medallion. The whole necklace is 17 1/2 inches in length with a 2 1/2 inch drop with the pendant and dangling lilies. . I bought additional bronze 'chandeliers' in which I placed a lovely green swarovski crystal dangling making some really pretty earrings. There is one more kit with a orange flower that I need to get so as to have all three available for my clients. This set is listed on Etsy.com for $25.00

Saturday I took Makae birthday shopping and we bought her a cute turquoise shirt and a cute pink shirt. Rather than settle for the plain earrings at the jewelry shop I told her that I would make her a couple of pair.

This is the pink set - she should have received them in the mail today so I hope she liked them. Her blouse is pink with black and silver design and so I added the black beads with the hot pink and pale pink dangles all hanging off of a silver toned chain. She loves stars so I added the star charm.

She saw a pair of turquoise earrings at the mall with dream catchers. We looked at the bead store and only found one dream catcher...I guess I could have made a mismatched pair of earrings but we decided we liked the metal feathers just as well. You can see I am using chunk turquoise rock and lots of little silver toned beads. What do you think Makae??

I needed a simple fuschia necklace to go with a blouse I bought. Of course I really love the simple illusion necklaces and so I made this one for myself. I did make some fun dangling earrings to go with it...I could replicate this set for $18 for the set ($15 for friends on my blog!)

Kecia showed me a pair of hot pink shoes that she has that she needed a necklace for. I made this one for her (I only re-did it three times until I was happy with it!!) Now she has decided she wants another necklace so this one is available for $18/$15 also.

I made this set for a friend that is looking for a gift for another friend. She wanted BIG beads and that is what I have used. It would sell on Etsy for $22.00 a set. The earrings will probably drag the shoulders but that is the style her friend likes - bright and fun!

I had so much fun making the hot pink chunky necklace I decided to use the big turquoise beads I had. This necklace is 33 1/2 inches long, Although it could be shortened very easily. The matching earrings are made with mini chain and three dangles. This set would sell on Etsy for $25.00

Now for the most fun. When Makae and I stopped at the bead store on Saturday afternoon Jeanne showed me some wire wrapping that she had started to do. She invited me to come any morning to learn how to do it. I fell in love with the look....so Tuesday morning I went over and started to learn how. This necklace took me THREE hours just to do the pendant. I am sure I can get faster but it will still take a couple hours at least to complete the necklace and earrings.

I started with a rose quartz flat rock about 1 x 1/2 inches and learned how to take the square wires and tape them together and then wire wrapped them. It is wrapped with sterling silver wire. I wrapped the stone with the four strands of wire and then held the rock in place while I worked the wire around it. We created a bail to hang it with and then started making the pretties. I bought the square wire, half round wire and round wire that each project needs. I purchased it in silver, gold, copper and antique bronze so I can sit up on the mountain this summer and made lots and lots of pretties. I even bought a pair of nylon clad pliers so I could bend the silver and gold wires without damaging the wire. You will be seeing a lot more of this style in the future. Besides wrapping the rock I also wrapped four little rose quarts beads. I placed two of them along with some rose pink quartz and some Swarovski crystals on the beaded necklace chain. I connected the pendant directly into the chain. The necklace is about 18 inches in length. The earrings (with a couple more wrapped beads) are hanging from sterling silver ear wires making it top quality.

If you scroll back up to the hot pink necklace I made for Kecia you will see that I wrapped some of the beads on her earrings.

If you have seen something you like then send me an email and I will work you a deal. I am looking forward to making lots of pretties!!

New Necklaces with Stones from Arizona!

I apologize for the weird colors in some of these pictures - I have tried to edit this post and delete these pictures but they won't delete!(???) So I will just ignore them

Of course, the way I uploaded theses four necklaces the one necklace that didn't come out of Quartzsite is the first one on the site. Actually, the amethysts in this necklace were bought by my husband Ed when he was back in Philadelphia a year ago- gorgeous polished stones interspersed with lavender Chinese crystals and fun antique silver toned beads. I call the necklace Amethyst Dream and it has a toggle closure. The earrings are made with the chinese crystals and a smaller antique silver bead. The earring fish hooks are made of sterling silver and the set sells for $25.00
The Pendant is removable - it is a Swarovski crystal element. The necklace is 20 inches in length.

Gilded Rose....this necklace and earring set is made up of tiger eye stones in different shapes with antique gold spacer beads. The pendant is a hammered antique gold toned rose.The necklace has a gold toned rose toggle closure and the earrings are chandelier style with a single drop. $20.00 set. The necklace is 27 inches in length with an addidtional 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 pendant
This 22 inch necklace is called Jasper Sandstorm. The polished rocks are made of jasper and I have added antique gold toned beads and also two strands of brown seed beads. The necklace has a toggle closure
I was going to bead the entire main necklace but since I was using real stone rather than plastic look alikes the weight of the necklace got too heavy. So I connected the beaded strand to gold toned chain. It worked great. $22.00 set The matching earrings are made of rock chips that match the jasper in the necklace.
This beauty is called Blue on Blue. I have taken a fun pre-made strand of blue rhinestone and silver toned bracelet that I split in half to frame the blue faceted stones.
The earrings are made with sterling silver round fish hooks. $25.00 a set

We had a great time in Quartzsite and even though we missed the rock and mineral show I was still able to pick up some gorgeous strands of polished rock beads. Keep an eye open for additional updates on this site.

New Stuff

I can't believe that it has been four weeks since my last blog - shame on me. I have slowed down on the number of watches and necklaces that I have made but there are some pretty ones to enjoy.

First of all I will show you my favorite pieces - The pearl watch above sells for $15 - simple elegance with pearls.

I made this necklace for a friend last November and still have another one of the gorgeous spray pendants - I don't have the great big clunky wooden beads but could find something similar if you fall in love with this one. The cost is $20.00 for the set.


This is a set that I have redone and it looks like a million dollars now - the wheels are actual polished stone and are called rhondels --and they would look great with jeans or a suit. Gold tone hypoallergenic earrings carry through with the same polished jasper beads. $22.00 set
This necklace is made up of crystals and pearls and banded stone beads. This is a one of a kind necklace that will be sure to bring the kudos your way. $20.00 set
I call this watch my gray pearl watch. It is one of the 'flat' bands with chinese crystals and rhinestone dividers ....$15
This is the red and black charm set. The necklace sells for $12 with matching earrings included - the watch is gorgeous all by itself also. Below is a side view of the different beads making up this watch....The watch sells for $18. SPECIAL PRICE ON THE WHOLE SET....$25.00

Another simple but sparkly watch band - this one is made of chinese crystals and spacer beads. The band is beaded right onto the watch face. This one sells for $15 also
This beauty is called Banded gold because of the two banded beads that add such richness to the whole watch. $18.00
I redid this watch because it was too bulky and too large for most wrists - it is made up of Chinese crystals, stones, and rhinestone spacers - all in a deep deep green. $18.00
Pearls of all different sizes and colors - a fun watch to wear. The watch face is threaded right onto the actual band. $15.00 for the whole set.
This is another view of the Lime green and crystal watch shown at the top of the blog. I put these colors together for my granddaughter and loved it so much that I created another one with most of the same beads. This one looks like SPRING!! $18.00

Last but not least is my newest lavendar and silver watch band. As you can see there are all sorts of beautiful beads making up this watch band - $18.00

2011 Jewelry

2011 has been a pretty relaxing year so far - I had a fun News Eve with Ed - we watched a fantastic movie (Inception!) and then welcomed the New Year in with some sparkling cider!! The next day Kecia and Glenn came up with their two darling girls and Kelly and Jamie came over with their twins and I made my annual waffle breakfast (at four oclock in the afternoon). We got to sleep in on New Years morning and then Ed took me out for breakfast and then I got busy and started organizing the kitchen for our yummy blueberries and cream cheese and strawberries and whipped cream with waffles. I also added apple pie filling as a third choice which was delicious. I haven't had a new years 'breakfast' for several years but Kecia talked me into doing it this year and I am glad. By inviting 'part' of my family at a time we could visit and enjoy each others company. Who wants to come next year?

Anyway - I have been busy in my office/work area this week making some real pretty jewelry. Not just watches either.

I have pictures of all of them below - my flowery descriptions have failed me so I just described them each very plainly. But the pictures are pretty!!! Enjoy! I have these same watches on my etsy.com site for $25.00 each - I am only charging $20.00 here on my blog spot.

I bought this nested pearl a year ago in Quartzsite but have let it sit while I searched for matching pearl beads--I finally found a strand of freshwater pearls that match nicely and away I went. It is made up of soft peach Swarovski crystals, peach irridescent flat round beads and the freshwater pearls I mentioned before - with silver toned beads and a magnet closure. This set (necklace and earrings) sells for $25.00

This may look somewhat similar to you as it is part of my Swarovski Element Necklace sets. I have made necklace sets in pink, in green, in blue and in lavender. I believe I have made three in pink so far but all three are very different. This one is done with various tones of pink Swarovski crystals with pink glass pearls and silver toned dragonflies. The earrings are double drop dangles of the same crystals, pearls and dragonflies. $22.00 a set
This is my Garnet Set. I started making an illusion necklace but fell in love with the beads centered at the bottom of the 19 wire strand necklace wire. Magnet closure in gold tones. The garnets are real polished stones and the whole necklace set matches the watch set below. The necklace set by itself sells for $20.00
This watch set is made up of deep garnet toned stones of various natural sizes with gold satin bead accents. The watch sells for $20.00
You could buy the necklace & earrings and watch for $32.00!
Another necklace set I have made - called Golden Splendor - beautiful warm gold toned glass pearls of different sizes with antique gold accenting the 20 inch necklace. Toggle closure. $18.00 set (with earrings)
Yellow Pearl Watch - with silver toned spacer beads, pale yellow glass pearls, and brighter colored yellow beads this watch is a winner. Lots of fun to wear. Just wait for the compliments!! $20.00
Green Marble tile - this watch combines rocks, sparkles and marble tiles into an elegant band. $20.00This watch is made up of various colors and sizes of glass pearls. The watch face itself is woven right into the band so it is not interchangeable like most of my other watches. It looks so dainty and colorful on your wrist and it sells for only $15.00
The picture on this one is rather poor but it shows the various beads much better than my other pictures. There are wooden beads between and below the lobster claws. The you have more wooden beads between antique gold surrounds along with a gorgeous shell stone. The rows of beads are separated through a brown pearlized flat double drilled bead and then larger round flat beads alternate with asolid dark brown wooden bead. The watch band attaches to a gold faced bar watch and is so beautiful. $20.00
This green flat double drilled bead, and white dichroic bead watch is a softer approach. It lays flat against your wrist with sparkles separating the larger flat beads. $20.00
I don't think I have posted this one before - it has white w/blue porcelain beads separated by blue crystal type beads. This set sells for only $12 with the smaller watch face.
This watch is made up of large 1/2 diameter stone beads with a matching deep green chinese crystal separating them. (I tried to make it only of the stones but the watch was simply too heavy.) This watch is for someone with a slightly larger wrist because of the solidness of the watch band. You can see the green lobster claws attaching the band to the watch itself. $20.00
This is a favorite that should go fast - pink and silver beads of all different sizes and shapes make up this watch band. $20.00
I made this watch band out of polished jasper stones of various size and shapes and colors. It could be worn with golds and creams and greens and turquoises. $20.00
The cracked marble bead in this watch has been very popular - so I combined them with satin beads in flat black,along with silver toned lobster claws and sparkle separators. $20.00
This elegant watch is made up of glass pearls - slightly off white in color with the sparkle separators. Easy to wear and very dressy. $20.00.
This watch is another of my series of black and white and crystal watches. As you can see it has some cute fun beads of various shapes and sizes. $20.00