Archive for the ‘year of jewelry’ Category

I’ve finally gotten all my photos into the gallery from 2009! Yeah! I didn’t make as many “crazy” pieces this year for my YOJ efforts, but of course it is a new year and I’m optimistic for 2010! I always seem to have more ideas than time, but I’m sure that is true for everyone. Above are just a few pieces of jewelry that I made in December 2009.

Here is a pic of a necklace I made for my mom. I made some other gifts but of course I forgot to photograph them…

Whew! That took forever! But I finally got my newest bead embroidery tutorial up on my site. I just love this little pendant that I made with one of my glass cabs. I hope to have a few cabochons in the mart tomorrow in case anyone wants to give it a try!

I tell ya’ I’m outa control with these cabochons of mine! I made all but the bottom cabochon in this design. (There are a total of seven all together.) I’m having so much fun using them with seed beads because the color options are endless. This necklace took awhile to make but smaller designs go rather quickly. I am trying to work up a tutorial because I want you to be just as addicted as me! Ha! Okay, see you at the Mart tomorrow with new goodies, lots of organics.

So I love working with silver and bezel setting my cabs, but I have to say that I find the color choices limited… silver or uh, silver. (Sorry, I’m not brave enough to work in gold yet!) The other day I was looking at some old bead magazines and I saw some beautiful bead embroidery and that inspired me to break out my seed beads. I’m rather pleased with how this piece turned out and I’ve already started the next. I think other than the texture, which I love, I am happy about how light it is to wear. I enjoy making statement pieces, but lets face it, statements in glass can be heavy! The seed beads here are nice and light making them a great match to my handmade glass cabs. I am quite addicted to making cabs these days, maybe I’ll add some to the Mart. Does anyone else wanna try their hand at making beaded bezels? Maybe a tutorial is in order…

Here is the necklace that I made for myself… click the pics for a larger view. I tell ya’, I’m just having too much fun with silver these days! Check back tomorrow for a few new bead sets in my store.

It is quite satisfying to pound silver and not break the glass! As you can see below there have been a few casualties… oh well, you win some you lose some. Kinda like how my morning is going, two of my family members were totally grumpy and unpleasant and two of us were happy. What can you do? You win some, you lose some I guess. Hopefully everyone will be in good spirits by tonight! (Fingers crossed!) Oh… I have this pendant over on ebay, just felt like running an auction which I am occasionally known to do. Find me over there at ebay.dudaduda.com.