I had a little bit of the beautiful Spinel gemstone left over after making the Custom, four-strand Spinel bracelet for my Mom’s birthday and with it, I made a pair of Spinel Dangle Earrings in copper. Simple but a lot of fun. These I’m keeping for myself. 😉 I’ve already worn them and received a…
Month: August 2010
Three Generation Family Tree of Life Pendant
I received a custom order for a three generation Family Tree. She wanted something with the birthstones of May, August and November to represent three generations of her mother, herself and her daughter. I thought this was just the loveliest idea. We set about discussing what we could do for the gemstones. August is Peridot…
Once In A Blue Moon
I’ve made a few of these before, and I try to keep them listed in my etsy storefront whenever possible, but this one was made as a custom order. (If there’s not one listed and you’re interested in ordering one, just drop me a note and I’ll be happy to put up a custom listing…
Square Garnet Tree of Life Pendant Brown Wire
This pendant is handmade using painstaking wire-wrapping techniques. Permanently colored brown wire frames and encircles the pendant, and then non-tarnish copper wire is used as the roots, trunk and branches of the tree. Genuine round nuggets of garnet gemstone are used as the “leaves” of the piece. It is a very three-dimensional piece that rises…
Antique Gold Bird Nest and Swallow Charm Necklace
A bird’s nest has a lot of symbolic meaning including protection of the young and nurturing new generation and life. A nest is a home and a shelter and a Mother bird dedicates herself to the protection of her precious eggs. This process is celebrated in this piece. A unique, antique gold wire is woven…
Midnight Skies – Blue Goldstone Tree of Life Pendant
Goldstone is a man made gemstone that has been around since the European Rennaissance. Originally created in Venice, Italy by monks studying alchemy, goldstone is created by adding molten copper into glass. This crystallized into thousands of tiny crystals and formed a melt with golden light sparkles. This is how the first goldstone came about….
Charm Bracelets
I’ve made a few loaded charm bracelets as custom pieces lately. They’re a lot of fun to make because I can sit on the couch, watch TV and make the dangles. Each bracelet usually takes a couple hours and it can be repetitive, but it’s also a little comforting at the same time. After I…
Four Strand Spinel Bracelet
I made this lovely spinel gemstone bracelet as a birthday present to my mom. This was my first time working with spinel. In fact, I’d never heard of it before making this piece, but I loved the amazing variety of colors in the stone. Spinel is the great impostor of gemstone history: many famous rubies…
Agate Slice – Tree of Life Pendant #2
Following up on my first agate slice experiment, I’ve made another one. This slice of agate is the most amazing blue with blue and green rings like that of a tree trunk. I’ve used blue topaz and amethyst gemstone chips on this one and made a more full Tree with more branches made from sterling…
Agate Slice – Tree of Life Pendant #1
Of course you guys all know me and my crazy obsession love of making Tree of Life pendants. I just enjoy making them so much and I keep looking for new ideas and new ways of making them. Well, I was at the Flea Market last weekend and I found some awesome flat slices of…