Blooms and Leaves

Flowers are a theme that has been looming large lately at Adorn Me, and this is one more pair. They are not elegant, and are not little-black-dress material, but they are fun and pretty.

Large brass kidney ear wires hold these light burnt orange acrylic flowers, topped by golden Czech beads. Below the flowers dangle bi-color Czech glass leaves held in place with nice little brass head pins. Topping this all off are a couple of matching Czech seed beads strung on the ear wires. They are almost 3" in length, including the ear wires, and are shown, for scale, with a quarter.

These hand-crafted earrings can, and will, be made in a variety of colors, which from the left are deep aqua, light aqua, light burnt orange, light olive green and pale yellow. They will all have complimentary leaves and Czech glass seed beads.

These pretty, playful earrings fetch $14.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee, If you are interested in this pair of earrings, or a pair in any of the variety of colors, you can drop me a line by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Bluebells

This is a pair of big, aqua glass bluebells on big, brass kidney ear wires.
The complimentary pairing of aqua Czech glass bluebells with peridot swarovski crystals really works on these hand-crafted earrings.

The flowers are held together by brass headpins and are almost half an inch tall, while the ear wires are about 1 1/4" long. These earrings are substantial without being heavy, and the catch the light prettily. Having relatively short hair, I really like my earrings to hang down below my hair and catch the light; these are great for that.

In the last photo, you can get a sense of the scale of them as compared to a quarter. Canadian quarters and American quarters are the same size.

These pretty, playful earrings fetch $15.50, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Cherry Blossom Hoops

They're like a little bit of Spring dangling from your ears.

These cheery little iridescent Czech glass cherry blossoms, and mixed-color Czech glass leaves, are fashioned using gunmetal wire, and suspended from, 3/4" gunmetal hoops for a total length of 1.5 inches.

These sweet little charmers sell for $16.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Almost An Embarrassment of Crystals.

Almost.

But there's nothing to be embarrassed about with these beauties. These sparkling drop earrings are certain to get compliments. They were created by James, Adorn Me jewelry's newest jewelry designer. He used a combination of 4mm AB Tanzanite Swarovski crystals, 10 mm AB Olivine Swarovskis, and AB Blue Sapphire Swarovski bead dividers along with aqua and copper Czech crystals. These are strung on copper head pins and dangle from rosey copper ear wires.

They are 2" long from top to bottom, including the ear wires and sell for $17.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Over the Moon - Swallows For Good Luck

Swallows have long been a symbol of good luck, because they tell sailors they were getting closer to land, as they do not fly far from shore. Their presence lets farmers know that Spring is coming, and they also eat a lot of insects.

When it comes to these earrings, they are also beautiful birds that fly gracefully over iridescent freshwater coin pearl 'moons.'

These earrings are made with sterling silver wire, though the swallows are silver over brass. They hang from long sterling kidney ear wires that are just over 1.5" in length, for a total earring length of almost 2.5" long. You can get a sense of their scale next to a quarter (Canadian and American quarters are the same size).

These earrings can dress up a little, and they're also great worn with casual attire. These earrings sell for $29.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Custom Design - Pacifica

This set is named after the ever-changing moods of the Pacific Ocean: the light blue (amazonite nuggets) for warm, calm days -- those summer days where the heat and the cool breeze almost seem dreamlike together. Then the dark teal (apatite nuggets) for colder, less calm days, where the water is choppy and it looks cold. Finally, the greenish (butter jade nuggets) for the roiling, angry sea the Pacific was after the 2006 tsunami. It was green. A shade of green I had never seen before.

Our client had an 8-strand neckace of gorgeous little freshwater pearls -- very tiny. It was given her by her husband and it had been too small for years, so she wasn't able to wear it and wanted to. She wrote me asking if the pearls could be re-strung, making the necklace longer. I offered her the option of adding stones to it to add some interest. She liked that idea and said she wanted stone nuggets water colors, and that she'd also like the accent of dragonflies here and there. I sent her photos of the various nuggets, telling her which ones I felt would work best, and she approved them.

So, the necklace is now 36" long, and has side details of the various nuggets at differing heights, as well as small 2mm silver beads, and on one side, little bali silver dragonflies. It also has a lovely little drop at the back toggle clasp, where hangs a pearl and one nugget of each color -- with a top drilled apatite at the bottom, sharing space with a dragonfly.

It was evident that there was enough pearls left for either one more strand or a matching three-strand bracelet and earrings. She liked the second option, so a bracelet and earrings were created.

The bracelet is really a miniature of the necklace in many ways, down to the matching bali silver toggle closure and the drop hanging from said closure, as you can see from the bracelet close-up.

Our client's preferred earring length is between 1 and 1 1/2 inches from the drop, and they use, a bit differently, all of the elements of the necklace and bracelet. They are suspended from sterling ear wires.

Of course, it's always great fun when a client who knows what she wants gives free rein in the creation of a piece, or set, of jewelry. This set was so very satisfying to create, and that she loves it so much is the ultimate goal and pleasure for this jewelry designer.

Custom Design - Vineyard

It's called "Vineyard" because of the lovely, very natural-looking mix of greens and purples. This necklace was a custom order from a client who wanted something special for her friend and workmate. She wanted something in purple and green and left it to me to come up with a design. Purple and green is one a favorite color combo, so it was a pure pleasure to create this necklace.

We started amassing stones with an eye on what would make nice contrasts, both in texture and color, and came up with first, a really unusual, substantial in size, purple African Opal focal stone. It's big at 1 3/8" square, and feels just weighty enough. It is the focal stone that makes this necklace a one of a kind (OOAK) piece of jewelry. It's the only one Adorn Me has seen in our jewel-hunting 'travels,' and it's doubt there will be another one just like it.

The African Opal is surrounded by two AB tanzanite swarovskis, lovely prehenite nuggets, large rich green oval Nephrite (or Jadeite) stones, Amethyst nuggets, lavender and purple czech beads, and little sterling silver beads throughout. It closes via a lobster claw clasp. At the clasp, you can see the large top-drilled amethyst nugget, attached with a daisy bali bead and silver ball headpin, which makes it look like a flower. The total length of this necklace is 17".

What fun it was to create this surprise gift!