More Sparkle

I forgot to include this pair of earrings with the last pictures of earrings that I recently made. This pair says “Spring Time” don’t you think? I love the combination of green and purple and these earrings are fun to wear, I especially like the movement of the dangling crystal at the end.

Earlier this month Eric took the kids to Richmond and I had a free day all to myself. Joy! I remembered that the bead store was having a wire earring class, so I made a mad dash out the door and hoped that I would make it to the store in time to take the class. With only seconds to spare before the class start time, I ran into the store, breathlessly asked if I could still take the wire earrings class. The store owner tried to stifle her giggles, and informed me that particular class was scheduled for the following Saturday. Unbelievable. LOL with me.

Since I was already at the store, why waste the trip when there were lots of beautiful beads in all colors, sizes and shapes just calling my name PLUS there was a enormous amount of dichroic (pronounced dye-crow-ick) beads for sale in the store that day. I was drawn to the dichroic display, so many to choose from, I narrowed my selection down to these three pendants.

It is hard to tell from the picture but the small pendant on the left has shimmers of pink, green and black, the one on the right features green, blue and black. The larger pendant has red, blue, pink, green and purple. Not sure if I will hang the pendants from a stand of beads or use a chain or perhaps a combination of the two. Oh, I should mention that I did go ahead and sign up for the upcoming wire earring class! 

Here is little information about dichroic beads:

Dichroic is a glasswork technique, either blown glass, fused glass or glass beads, which contains many small layers of metal oxides which give the glass its luminous multi-color and 3-dimentional look. The word comes from the Greek Di for two and Chroma for color, as often the dichroic technique is viewed at different angles which gives the appearance of two or more colors. Pretty neat huh!

Going Green, Sort Of

I hope that your week is off to a great start! I wanted to send out a quick note to let you see the new earrings I made, of course I think that they are super cute, but I always do. Let me know what you think.


These little beauties are made with emerald Swarovski crystals and sterling silver, they are a gift for a friend. This was the first time I've used the emerald crystal, the color is lovely – I can hardly wait to use them again. 

I took a wire class Saturday, I will post pictures and tell you about my wonderful wire adventures later on, it was a hoot and I even saw two friends that I haven’t seen in ages. In the class we made wire coils, and as you can see I still have coil love. I made this pair last night just for fun. The copper coil rest on a green shell coin, I even made my ear wire.

Pretty Things

Hey take a look at my recent creations, the first pair of earrings I made as a gift for a friend.  They are just adorable made with Swarovski bicone and round crystals along with a Turkish silver connector.  Perfect for Spring!   

This pair I made for myself, I needed a pair of all silver baubles and came up this,  I just love these stunning Bali beads, what detail.  So cute.

My friend Curtis was telling me recently about how his wife won a trip for the family to Boston, and Los Angeles. She has even won a trip to PARIS, money, electronics and money. I lamented that I never win anything – well all that has changed, last week I found out that I won a pair of earrings from a blog contest that I entered! I’m giddy with excitement and can’t wait for them to arrive.  I will share pictures once my goodies arrive. Yippee!

And The Winner Is...

We have a winner in the Birthday Earrings Giveaway. 

Here's another look at the earrings...

First, I want to thank everyone who took part in the giveaway, I've been overjoyed by the wonderful comments, the happy birthday wishes and of course the encouraging comments about the earrings (I've been grinning from ear to ear!), you all are THE BEST!

Drum roll please.......


The winner of the is Devildogwife! Yeah!!!  Doing the happy dance!!!

Note to DDW: E-mail me your address and I will mail the earrings ASAP.

Be blessed!

ReBecca

Birthday Earrings Giveaway

February 1 was my birthday and to help celebrate my special day I will be doing a giveaway for this pair of handcrafted earrings designed and made by me. The earrings have a romantic feel to them, and features sterling silver Bali beads and ruby quartz beads.

How can you take part in this giveaway? I'm so glad you asked – it's really easy, here is what you need to do:

1.  Leave a comment on this post.

2.  Be a current subscriber to this blog – leave a comment letting me know that you are a subscriber.

3.  Sign up today to be a subscriber to this blog – leave a comment letting me know that you signed up.

4.  Tell a friend about this blog or about the giveaway – leave a comment that you told a friend about the blog or the giveaway.

Easy right? You have the potential to leave 3 comments and with each comment, your name will be put in the drawing for the earrings. The giveaway will end Sunday, February 7 and the winner will be announced on Monday, February 8. All comments need to be on this post.  Please make sure that I have some way of contacting you should you win.
 
Be blessed!
 
ReBecca

With Love...

I've been side-tracked and haven't been making very much jewelry in the last few months, but I did want to share two pair of earrings that I made with lots of love for two friends. The earrings have the right about of shimmer and sparkle, don't you think.






Enjoy!

Sparkle for the Ears

Check out the pretty crystal earrings that I made as a birthday present for my super duper friend Carla. I wanted to make her something neutral that would look lovely all dressed up or dressed down, and this is what I came up with. Just the right amount of sparkle I think. I used Swarovski crystals in mocca and golden shadow and sterling silver.

I made these bad boys for me (grin)! I already have a pair of cute pearl earrings but wanted to make a pair that were a bit larger and had some sparkle, what girl doesn't love sparkle. I used a coin freshwater pearl and a Swarovski crystal rondelle bead along with sterling silver.

Just a little sparkle or the ears!

Perfect For Tasha!

Have you ever saw something that instantly reminded you of someone? It happens to me on occasion, like when I see sunflowers I always think of my friend Tracey, Sour Patch Kids candy reminds me of Lindsay who loved the candy when she was younger. You get the idea, well I saw a pair of earrings in a jewelry design book called Perfect Match Earrings, Designs for Every Occasion, (one of my favorite jewelry books), I instantly thought, "These would be perfect for Tasha!"

I made them yesterday while waiting for Gene's bus to come (he thought they were pretty by the way) - nothing like waiting until the last minute to get a gift ready; her birthday is Saturday! Tasha said that her favorite color is hot pink, so I used fuchsia Swarovski bicone crystals. The bicone crystals compliments the marquise shaped links perfectly, don't you think?



While I was arranging the earrings for their photo shoot, I came up with my own design, using all the same elements. Can you guess the arrangement? Leave me a comment if you think you know what the design is. Heck, just leave me a comment if you like them or even if you don't! I would love to hear from you and get your thoughts on the earrings.

I have a couple of unfinished jewelry projects that I'm working on, one is a beautiful labradorite necklace and I'm also working on a bracelet with those FREE lampwork beads I won. Hopefully, I will finish the bracelet this weekend, can't wait to show you. I'm off for now, have a super day!

Some Jewelry!

I has been awhile since I posted any pictures of jewelry that I've made, so I thought that I would show you some of the things that I've either made for myself (smile), given away as gifts or just made 'cause. Click the picture if you want to make the image larger.

These are my new favorite earrings and crystal. I promise it looks SO much better in person. To me they are just stunning and looks perfect with a suit or your favorite pair of jeans.




Rectangle Millefiori glass bead with a Swarovski crystal. These were for me, and everyday last week I wore only these earrings, because they fit perfect with every outfit PLUS they are pretty.

Brown mother-of-pearl earrings, so cute! The coin shaped beads I picked up on my last trip to Florida on the clearance rack, I'm so glad I picked them up.

Teal Swarovski crystals dangling on a heart chain, very sparkly.




Fuchsia lampwork bead on a kidney ear wire. These are my little cuties.

Carnelian gemstone with sterling silver. So pretty. I just love the way this necklace turned out.

Made these for my sister Shirley, she said that she needed a pair of earrings that she could wear with anything - I love how things always work out!




Delightful - Bronzite and turquoise, so elegant. I've done a variation of these before, by I thought they would be perfect for the recipient.

Red hot Swarovski crystals with Bali ring and bead caps.

Here is another variation of my new favorite crystal bead, love it in this color as well. Simply a stunning pair of earrings.

Teal lampwork bead with cool ear wire.

Fuchsia lampwork and Swarovski crystal with the cool ear wire. I love swirls!

Did I mention that I love this bead! Here it is again with a crystal bicone. Lovely.

Thanks for taking a look, hopefully I am going to post more pictures next week. Have a great weekend.

All Ears

Wanted to share some of my latest earrings, the first pair I made for myself they are long and dangley and as cute as can be. Made with Swarovski Siam helix crystals, and sterling silver. This is the first time that I've used the helix shape beads, they are very eye catching, and I'm looking forward to using them again, especially with a larger bead.

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You know that green is my favorite color - but I can't figure out why I had not made myself a pair of green earrings. Huh. Well that problem has been taken care of, I made these stunning earrings with the oh so pretty Olivine Swarovski graphic and round crystals and sterling silver components.

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This gorgeous pair I made as a gift for a friend, faceted amethyst quartz and sterling silver components. So very pretty! I love the the Bali flower bead, they pair quite nicely with the faceted amethyst gemstone.

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Blueberry Swirl

My sweet friend Carla who is one of my biggest fans and gives the best hugs, commissioned me to make the yummy Blueberry Swirl necklace set for her. This is a gorgeous necklace set, of blue swirl lampwork beads, Czech pearls, Freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals and sterling silver components.

This is the third set that I've made using this combination of beads, each set is a little different from the others but all are simply elegant.

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The necklace set was a hit with Carla, here is what she said, I'm trying hard not to gush with joy!

Boy are they YUMMMMYYYY!

I love them. The colors are extraordinary! Not only are they beautiful, but they are FUN!!

Thank you so much my friend. I can't wait to wear them this Sunday ;-)

New Necklace Sets

Here are two necklace sets that I made while on vacation, let me know what you think - I think both are yummy!

Coffee & Cream
Beautiful brown swirl lampwork square beads, Czech round glass beads in two colors, mocca Swarovski bicone crystals, sterling silver components and a silver plated clip-on ear wire.

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Calming Aqua
Materials used in this set are aqua faceted rectangle quartz, aqua quartz faceted round beads in soft shades of aqua, blue, green and lavender, clear Swarovski round crystals, clear seed beads, sterling silver components, and silver plated clip-on ear wire.

I have to say that I really like layout and beads for this necklace, the colors are very soft, you just feel more relax just looking at it!

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Happy Beader!

Here is a necklace and earring set that I made for my mother. It is a belated birthday gift of sorts, I bought her a dress suit for her birthday, and this is Part II of the gift. I didn't make her a bracelet because she made one while she was here that will go with this set.

The necklace is made with Picture Jasper in round and oval shapes, black glass cubes, Swarovski crystals in Mocca, Bali sterling silver flat beads and the focal beads are lampwork glass square black with brown swirl dots.

The earrings has the focal glass lampwork beads, Mocca crystals and Bali flat beads all wire wrapped on a silver plated dome shaped clip on.

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This is bold and beautiful! I have drooled over these Amazonite beads for awhile and finally bought some. I love the color variation in each one, really stunning. I wire wrapped these gemstone with Swarovski crystals. These were for me!

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Here are some earrings that I made as presents for two friends, and I think these are my new favorite earrings, love the graphic crystal.

The first pair is made with 12mm Swarovski Jet graphic beads and Bali sterling silver flat beads I used the dome silver plated clip on.

The second pair is made with 12mm Swarovski Golden Shadow graphic beads, Bali sterling silver flat beads, sterling silver round bead and the dome silver plated clip on.

Both pair are neutrals and can be worn with everything, I hope the ladies will love and enjoy wearing them.

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Eric dropped me off at the bead store Saturday, while he and the kids went to Lowe's and I picked up some yummy beads that I can hardly wait to make something with.

I also found out that my dear hubby doesn't like the beads with dots. Of course I love dots and swirls! Check out my finds from the bead store, the lampwork beads were on sale and they had so many to choose from - all calling my name, the green strand is Olive Jade and the blue strand is Blue/gold glass, but it looks like silver specks inside the glass beads - Eric loved this stand of beads, he said the jade was okay!

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Blueberry Swirl II

If you have been reading my blog for awhile this should look familiar to you, I made something very similar for my mother when she came up for Thanksgiving.

Ma showed her Blueberry Swirl set to a friend and the lady wanted me to make the entire set for her! You know that I was grinning from ear to ear when Ma told me this!

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It is slightly different from Ma's Blueberry Swirl set, but just as yummy!

Everyday Sparkle

I normally do not like to post pictures of jewelry I made for someone until after they receive them, but here are the earrings I made for the give-away I offered earlier this month. The winner was CAB, who hasn't sent me her mailing address. So hopefully, she will read this post and e-mail me her address!

The earring are make with Swarovski crystals in clear cubes and clear faceted round crystals, along with Bali sterling silver flat spacers, 2mm round sterling silver round beads, all wire wrapped using 22 gauge sterling silver wire and a French ear wire.

These are so lovely - boy do they sparkle! They can worn with everything from your favorite comfy blue jeans to a evening dress.

Terrific Teal!

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Check out the necklace set that I made for my friend, Mrs. Jones. This beautiful 20.5" necklace features a black, white and teal pendant, Swarovski Indicolite (teal) bicone crystals, Swarovski Cream Pearls, Black Onyx (dyed) ovals, sterling silver corrugated saucer beads, Bali sterling silver flat beads, sterling silver round beads and a sterling silver clasp.

The earrings are made with Swarovoski Indicolite teardrop crystals, sterling silver corrugated saucer beads, Swarovski Cream Pearls on a sterling silver French Wire. The earrings turned out better than I hoped, I love the shape of the teardrop crystals with the pearls, very feminine.

Lovely Aqua and Blue

Here is my Christmas day project, this 18" necklace features faceted aqua quartz gemstones, Czech glass beads, berry colored freshwater pearls, Bali silver flat beads and sterling silver round beads and a sterling silver clasp.

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I bought a necklace display to aid in taking better pictures of the jewelry, but the one I choose gives off a nasty glare, I bet I took about 50 shots and this is the better one. I'm sure if I was more camera savvy this would not be a problem, but since I'm not - I will improvise!

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Here is another look of the necklace on a different background...

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And the matching earrings, dangling from a Christmas bow...

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I made the next necklace set for Eric's great aunt for her birthday present. The necklace is made with sodalite gemstones in ovals and round, Czech glass beads, Swarovski white pearls, and a sterling silver clasp.

Did you notice my little improvisation with the necklace display, I used one of Nicole's shirts - no glare!

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The matching earrings with the oval gemstone, sterling silver round beads all wire wrapped on a silver plated clip-on earring wire...

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Glamorous on a Chain!

My mother-in-law needed a pair of black and red earrings, so I made these little dangles for her using silver-plated clip-on ear wire, black Czech glass faceted round beads, Siam Swarovski faceted round crystal, sterling silver flat and round beads all wrapped with 22 gauge sterling silver wire. They were a big hit with her.

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This next piece was a lot of fun to make and I am really pleased at how it turned out, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. I love interchangeable jewelry, and wanted to do something using a sterling silver chain that had interchangeable pendants. Here is my latest creation...

The first interchangeable pendant features a large Swarovski copper crystal, with three dangles that have beads in brown, copper and cream, various shaped sterling beads and lobster claw clasp.

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The second one has a large red and black ceramic hand painted bead as the center piece with three dangles that include black and garnet beads, various shaped sterling silver beads and lobster claw clasp. Even the back of the necklace has a bit of sparkle, I wire wrapped a Swarovski faceted round crystal to enclose the end of the chain to sterling silver lobster claw clasp and eye.

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I've worn the necklace with the crystal pendant two or three times, and received many compliments on it, I got a "WOW" from Eric the first time he saw it! Glamorous on a chain.

Red Hot!

This is a scrumptious Siam bracelet and earring set with Swarovski cube and bicone crystals, Bali double square and flat beads, Sterling silver beads, tube, ear wire and clasp. You have to see this one in person to appreciate the beauty. Feel free to click on the pictures to enlarge.

This set would be perfect for your:

• birthstone
  
• the birthstone of your children
  
• your favorite color