Monday, September 29, 2008

The Adorn Me store at Etsy is Live...

Just a post to announce the opening of Adorn Me jewelry at Etsy. Stop by to see many of the designs that have been listed here, and some that haven't.

We now offer niobium ear wire replacements for those who have metal allergies. Come see! :)

http://www.adornmejewelry.etsy.com

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Custom Design - Masai Mara

This piece is named " Masai Mara," because the gorgeous Picture Rhodonite focal bead has a scenic landscape that reminds me of the beautiful Masai Mara reserve in Africa.

Our client wanted a double necklace, with a pendant on the lower strand, using pink and brown. When I found this spectacular bead I knew it was for her, and I knew it would be the perfect foundation upon which her beautiful one of a kind necklace would be crafted.

The stones used in the creation of Masai Mara are rose quartz nuggets, tiger's eye nuggets, smoky topaz glass, rhodonite rondelles, a few rhodonite nuggets, and a whole lot of tiny sterling silver round beads. It features a beautiful antiqued silver toggle and a drop made from a rose quartz nugget, a rhodonite nugget and a stamped silver tag that reads "hope.'

If you are interested in something like it, drop us a line using the contact form at: www.adornmejewelry.net. I'll never be able to find another focal bead just like it, but the other elements can be used, along with a different rhodonite focal bead.

Custom Design - An Abundant Goddess.

Our client fell in love with the Abundant Goddes Venus series necklaces and wanted one of her own, so Adorn Me happily obliged, and made a matching pair of earrings, as well.

The goddess focal bead hangs from a hand-crafted sterling silver bail. It is a black agate, with a few striations in white, gray and brown. She wears a sterling silver wire belly bracelet adorned with hematite seed beads and small laboradite rondelles.

The necklace itself is made of black glass coin disk beads, clear glass diamond-shaped beads, poppy jasper round stones, and more of the laboradite and hematite beads interspersed throughout.

The earrings include all of the elements of the necklace but the pendant, and complete the set nicely.

If you are interested in something like it, drop us a line using the contact form at: www.adornmejewelry.net.

Custom Design - Beach Baby

This necklace/bracelet set is named Beach Baby, because it so evokes the sea and all things beach, from the colors to the stones, from the silver dolphin beads, to the pearls, which come from the ocean. It was commissioned by a client who loves the beach, who loves dolphins, and who wanted a bit of that feel to wear as jewelry.

The necklace and bracelet use basically the same findings: nuggets of apatite (the teal-colored stones) and amazonite (all the rest; amazonite naturally has a color range of blues, greens, whites and browns), sky blue and silver Czech beads, rice fresh water pearls, nautical-themed Bali silver toggles, and three types of dolphins in sterling silver. The neckace has a larger, curled dolphin and two tiny jumping dolphins, as in the detail photo.

The bracelet has a sterling dolphin puff focal bead, and they each have little drops made of the tiny jumping dolphins and Czech glass beads.

What a pleasure it was to create this set -- both the creation and the interaction with our client.

If you are interested in something like it, drop us a line using the contact form at: www.adornmejewelry.net.

Love Notes

I call these earrings "Love Notes," because that's what they are.
These 'post cards' were made from vintage tooling, stamped in brass, then plated in antiqued silver. The post cards themselves measure 1" X 3/4" and are adorned with tiny, multi-color Czech glass flowers and tiny 3mm clear AB swarovski crystals. They hang from brass lever back ear wires.

Our Love Notes earrings would make a very sweet gift for someone you love.

These sweet declarations of love and adoration are 1 7/8" in length and fetch $15.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Vintage Brass Calla Lillies

These simple yet elegantly beautiful vintage brass calla lily findings meld perfectly with the Czech glass lily beads also found in the post below. Here, not only do the colors glow all on their own, but light from them refract and reflect off of the brass lilies. Within each glass lily is a small, similarly-colored Czech glass flower; within that, a clear, tiny little 3mm AB Swarovski crystal. They are held together with brass ball-end head pins and are on brass lever back ear wires, and designed to face forward and not hang down.

They are elegant, glowing bits of vintage beauty, and a steal at $19.00, plus a reasonable shipping fee. You can purchase them by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.

Surreal Garden

When it comes to color, these earrings have it all. They are made using the same design as our Bluebells earrings, but the Czech glass flowers are of a different style and colors.

These use the same large brass kidney ear wires, the same brass head pins, but these glass lily beads have a different sort of a look. Their color is hard to define, and it totally depends upon the light, and whether they're back-lit or not. In any case, they are definitely luminescent. You'll find red, green, blue, purple, pink, gold -- most colors of the spectrum -- in there. Because of that, they will compliment pretty much any outfit. They are finished off with sparkly little 4mm violet Swarovski crystals.

These glowing, iridescent earrings are 2" in length and fetch $16.50, plus a reasonable shipping fee, and can be purchased by using the contact form at www.adornmejewelry.net.