Earrings, Earrings, Earrings

Been busy with earrings these past few days. Did up two pairs of copper plated earrings and one amber with sterling. Love them!

Also a custom order for a friend, love when friends come and ask you to create something for them :-)

Coiling and Cutting Rings

Have been making sterling silver rings so I can create a few Celtic Star pendants. I'd show a picture but don't have one yet. They are a pretty popular pendant. The first one I made is one that I wear quite often and always get good comments about it.
There is a variation of the pendant that doesn't use the outer small rings, it's then called a Tudor Rose as it looks quite similar.

Great Weekend!

It was Thanksgiving weekend in Canada this weekend and I had a great one. Dinner at my Dad's which my uncle, visiting from England, attended. Nice to catch up with the family.

Then I woke up this morning, checked my Blackberry to discover two items sold. Truly something to be thankful for :-)

Let's hope this trend continues!

Are We Thinking Christmas Yet?

It's that time of year when we all start thinking towards Christmas. What to buy for that picky sister or aunt? How about that nephew who's into Goth. Well, chainmaille items are unique and will fit all sorts of personalities, from sweet and innocent to funky and mainstream.

Why not check out Etsy

or

Artfire

to pick up some interesting presents this year!

Copper, Copper and More Copper!

Gorgeous shiny copper rings were the focus of my Saturday afternoon. Managed to come up with a couple of pairs of earrings and a bracelet.

The bracelet is the Double Spiral pattern, just love the feel of this rope pattern as it rolls between your fingers.

The earrings are in the patterns Barrels and Byzantine, with the Byzantine ones given a twist by adding a Swarovski Crystal Butterfly on the end of each.

New Earrings

Have just added a few new pairs of earrings to my Etsy and Artfire shops.
These earrings were all created using antique copper finish findings and I matched them with turquoise, amazonite and amber beads.

Custom Bracelet

I've been working on a custom bracelet which a friend of mine has requested. She's a lover of amber and I've put together a bracelet incorporating 14mm and 10mm brown amber beads with bali silver beads and spacers. A large bali bead which was purchased at the Toronto Jewellery, Gem and Mineral show is the focal point. It's easy to get carried away when creating a design, using lots of materials, but you have to be careful with it as sometimes the price point can become too prohibitive for the client. This is what I've got so far, am waiting for the exact size of her wrist to finish it.