Amber Faire

My husband purchased the beautiful pendant for me at the Bristol Ren Faire. I was having trouble putting together the perfect necklace for the Art Bead Scene blog (ABS) August challenge. Everything fell into place when I decided to use my new pendant from Nagle Forge & Foundry.

Check out the ABS blog, artbeadscene.blogspot.com.



August inspiration:
Illustration for American Cresent Cycles by Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (1899).

Stormy Winter Sky earrings

These earrings are a piece from my Winter Collection. My grandmother's illness and passing delayed the posting of these earrings.

The textured silver beads invoke the chaos of a winter blizzard with the darkness of the stormy sky being represented by the oval beads.

45mm from the curve of the earwire.
$5.00

Bridesmaids necklaces

Three-strand bridesmaids necklaces for five bridesmaids. Also made earrings. The bride had a similar designed three-strand necklace in ivory. I made two sets of earrings to make sure she liked one. Bride was in Colorado so dealt with the grooms step-mother. Pictures of the bridal party with necklaces to come.
Wonderful project and the largest I have had thus far. Great experience. Love to make custom ordered pieces.

Family Illness

Dear Followers:

Due to the suddenly and serious illness of my grandmother, I will be out of the office until further notice. I have some jewelry to post but will have to wait!

Angela

Enchanted Evening

I began with the blue faceted rounds. Then added the triangle connectors. It took a bit to arrange the middle strand perfectly. Then I struggled to finish the piece. After several tries I found just the right rounds to compliment the gunmetal roses. I see this piece being worn with an evening gown hence Enchanted Evening.

Jackie Oh My Pearls

The latest piece from my Winter Collection called Jackie Oh My Pearls. Pearls, Pearls, and more Pearls is the essence of this piece. Reminiscent of Jackie and her pearls with a simple twist - the addition of the 18mm pearl. I have had this string of pearls for many months unsure how to use them. Until I purchased the large pearls that were like Christmas bulbs. 17"

New tools

I discovered some of the "tools" available at etsy back in the fall. I have updated these tools (as well as the etsy listings). You will see that I have changed my etsy listing on the blog from the "magazine" display to the "brick" display. You may notice that I have new pictures for many of etsy listings. Thanks to a new camera and a few photography tips, I have done away with only using the green background. I hope these changes allow the true essence of my jewelry to be seen.

The picture above is the after picture with new camera and a neutral background. The before pictures follows for you to see the transformation

BEFORE: