New Ideas

I had a friend ask me about a month ago to make her a necklace of a mixture of colors, I was having such a hard time coming up with an idea. I made three different versions of the first idea I had and didn't like it at all. Needless to say I took those apart and tried to start again, although it wasn't very easy. I have come to find that its easier to be creative when I don't have anything in mind and can just sit and do what I feel like at the time. Needless to say it was a couple of weeks before anything marvelous came to mind, this is what I came up with:
I really like how it turned out!! I chose the colors she wanted and some beautiful silver chain and started to wound wire through the beads and around the chain. This took a long time to do compared to other styles of jewelry I have done but I believe the beautiful look is well worth the work! I like doing it so much that I decided to make a bracelet following the same guidelines. I love the bracelet even more!!!

Teresa's Necklace

I made this necklace awhile ago and never really was happy with the way it looked. I saw one like it in a designer catalogue and decided I would try to make one like it.

I ran into so many problems when making it, trying to ge the beads to lay right, getting the chain not to twist funny. I finally got it finished and still didn't like the way it looked. So I decided to take it apart and use the beads and chain elsewhere, but left the picture up on facebook just incase someone liked it and I would have chance to try again. That chance came a couple of weeks ago when my Aunt Teresa said she would like a necklace in this style but with black beads. This is what I came up with:

Sorry this picture is not the best, but I believe it does it justice. I really like how this black version turned out, a lot better than the green version. The best part was she like it too.

Purple Creations

I sometimes find that after I made a few pieces of jewelry out of the same color beads I always have left over beads that don't match. At first this really frustrated me and so when I would go shopping I would try to find more of the same, and eventually I was tired of working with the same beads over and over again. So I decided to combine all the leftover purple bead I had acquired and was rather suprised at how it turned out:

I learned that even the odds and ends of everything can create something beautiful. After my Mom had her surgery I decided to give it to her a a gift. She loves purple and I figured this would be the perfect piece for her cause she could wear it with all different purples. This next photo is of a necklace I made for one of my friends at work. She also wears a lot of purple but loves the accents of silver. So I decided to take a spin off a couple of other necklaces I had made and came up with this:

Sorry that the photo is not the best but you get the jist of what it should look like. I have really loved learning how to make different types and styles of jewelry.

One of my Favorite Necklaces!

I made this piece of jewelry for one of my Mom's closest friends to give to her daughter for Mothers Day. It was so very dificult to give away, hopefully one day I will be able to make another one just for me.

One of the hardest things about making this necklace was the fact i kept dropping it and the beads would go everywhere!! I was working with three different strands of wire and trying to hold onto them all and threading th beads at the same time was quite an interesting experience. I love the contrast of the cream intwined with the brown wooden beads, the rugged yet elegant look. You could wear this with a variety of outfits!! I hope she enjoys this necklace!!

First Jewelry Ideas

So one of the very first pieces of jewelry I made was a necklace patterened after one that I found in a department store and thought it ridiculous as to how high the cost was. So i firgured it wouldn't be that hard to recreate to my liking. I thought it turned out ok:

Since making this necklace I have learned many new thing. What beads can and cannot be placed in the same piece, everything doesn't have to be even, what materials to use and what ones will fall apart on you. I mostly enjoy making earrings the most. These are some of the first ones that I have made:

I made these for my Aunt Heather to match her Max Muscle Store colors. I had some fun trying to figure out a way to be playful, yet still look somewhat professional. I am not quite sure thats what happened but we both liked the way they turned out.

When first making bracelets at first I was skeptical because they all looked the same. Many of the first ones made I ended up cutting them apart and reusing the beads elsewhere. Finally after many attempts and some research I decided sometimes the simple patterns can be the most beautiful. This bracelet is one that is made with simple plastic pearls, but when you get it in the right light it they look like they could be real! This is from just a handful of gold accented jewelry I have made. Personally I love silver and rarelly wear gold but I would sure wear this one.