New Work

Fair trade sapphire, recycled 14k palladium white gold, and recycled palladium sterling silver wedding set
{ custom order; sold }

Recycled 14k white gold and recycled sterling silver ring, size 7.5

Recycled 14k white gold and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

Moissanite and recycled sterling silver earrings

New Work

Nevada variscite and sterling silver necklace

California pink tourmaline and sterling silver necklace

California green tourmaline and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5

Fair trade Purple Sage Chalcedony and sterling silver earrings

New Work

Moissanite and recycled 14k gold earrings -
3.5mm stones (0.28 total carat weight) set in yellow gold with white gold posts and backs

rear view.

Fair trade California smoky citrine and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6

Boy, I've been boring lately... all I've posted in ages is jewelry stuff. I guess it's obvious that I've been working hard and not playing much. :-) Vacation coming up soon though, thank goodness!

What I made today...

I spent a few hours this afternoon while Carlos was napping catching up on some bead work, mostly custom orders...

Custom order bridal earrings
(Rainbow moonstone, labradorite, Swarovski pearl, aquamarine, & sterling silver)

... and matching necklace

Custom order kyanite solitaire necklace

Custom order labradorite earrings
(which I'm considering adding as a regularly stocked item...)

And a colorful tourmaline bracelet, which I will be listing in my shop tomorrow.

Vegan Bridal Earrings

Here are some earrings I made last night for my dear friend who is getting married later this month. I also made her a matching necklace but (silly me) forgot to photograph it in my excitement to give it to her. I'm going to have to try to pry it from her steely grasp long enough to get a decent photo of it.

The flash of the labradorite didn't show up well in the photo, but they are pretty in real life... Swarovski simulated pearls, labradorite, aquamarine, and sterling silver.

New Designs!

I've been working hard to catch up on some custom orders, plus create some new pieces, and today I finally have some things to share...

Another big round labradorite ring

I've been wanting to experiment more with non-shiny finishes lately; partly because I find them more visually interesting, and partly because it's a pain in the butt to get a perfect mirror finish on everything I make! I like the way this turned out.

I'm not sure about this one. It's a beautiful, large smoky quartz cab, but something is missing... I'm going to try oxidizing it and polishing it to bring out the texture of the band and see if that helps.

Another Caribbean blue moonstone ring (rainbow moonstone over a thin layer of blue resin); this one is spoken for but I made another similar one to list in my shop.

Afghan tourmaline & sterling silver ring

Gem chrysocolla & sterling silver ring

...and another view of the same.

Custom order cushion cut labradorite & sterling silver ring

Dangly chrysoprase & oxidized sterling silver earrings

...and another view of the same.

Chrysoprase & oxidized sterling silver bracelet with chyrsoprase, labradorite, & Thai silver danglies.

...and another view of the same. Bot the earrings and bracelet above were inspired by this necklace; I just love the contrast between the blackened silver and the glowy chrysoprase.

Beady Goodness

After several months of having little interest in working with beads (preferring instead to play in my new metal workshop), I suddenly felt inspired over the last few days. Here's what I made...

Triple strand iolite necklace with lapis lazuli pendant

Tundra garnet necklace with tourmaline and smoky quartz centerpiece

...and another view of the same (sorry for the blurriness; I need to re-photograph this one; I'm not doing it justice here).

Multicolored sapphire necklace with shaded citrine pendant

Chunky tourmaline nugget bracelet

Cloudy aquamarine and sterling silver dangly earrings

'Shades of Grey' Swarovski simulated pearl and sterling silver earrings

Chrysoprase and antiqued sterling silver necklace (including my first time making my own headpins)

...and another view of the same, although the chrysoprase pendant didn't photograph too well.

Labradorite and sterling silver bracelet

Better late than never!

Here are some gorgeous pictures of some beautiful brides wearing my designs earlier this year (I think one was August and one was September - correct me if I'm wrong, ladies)...

Some new earrings

To be added to my shop soon...

Tourmaline & sterling silver

Swarovski simulated pearls (charcoal), Swarovski crystals, and sterling silver

New Stuff

Here are a few more clear quartz cabochons with interesting mineral inclusions, which I bought yesterday...

Aren't they cool? I'm going to make more rings like this one:

I haven't made any earrings in a while so last night I cranked out a few new pairs while sitting on the couch watching TV.

Bali silver earrings

Bali silver and prehnite earrings

Aquamarine and Swarovski simulated pearl earrings