Tender Greens

It's finally here - that time of year when trees start to take on a misty green hue. Buds appear, swell, and burst into leaf. Skeletal gray branches come back to life, filling out and reaching toward the sky. It seems like this past winter was more brutal than most for those of us in the US - you can certainly tell by the recent posts here on Earrings Everyday! It seemed like Spring would never get here, but that's the beautiful thing about nature, you can't stop her...

Coming off of a 70F degree day full of warm sunshine, daffodils, and singing birds, I thought I'd post about a recent pair of earrings that celebrate the tender, sweet, young green of Spring. 

 


This sweet, simple little pair

features a pair of my own polymer clay "bud" beads that dangle lightly from the bottom of two amazingly craggy raw green garnet stone nuggets. I textured and painted the poly beads and then kissed them with a little gold on top for some warmth. Each bead has been crowned with wee etched nickel bead caps from Maire Dodd.

 

I hope everyone is able to pause and soak up the season this week <3

Nikki 

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Velvet and Brocade

Happy New Year to you all!  I am so excited and honored to have been asked to be a contributor here on Earrings Everyday. I look forward to sharing my take on earrings...my most favorite things to create!  As you will see, I tend to have a very eclectic style and like to incorporate a wide variety of elements and materials.

My inspiration for today's post comes from 2 of my favorite textiles...velvet and brocade...soft, warm, lush...inviting!  These etched copper and artisan glass earrings remind me of those textures...I etched the copper discs with a brocade-like swirly design and the glass beads by Jelveh Designs have a very "textile-like" look to them.  I purposefully used sterling wire with the copper to bring out the metallic sheen on Jelveh's beads, but accented the earwires with tiny copper balls.



from Pinterest

I can totally see myself wearing them with this cool velvet coat I found....minus the red tam!



from Gaelsong.com



and maybe these fun boots!

















from Aldoshoes.com



You can find these earrings and much more at my Etsy Shop, Melismatic Art Jewelry.  For more info about me and/or my designs, check out my blog at Art, Life, Love.

Creeping Vines

I have been inspired to make longer earrings lately. The demand is there for them, I never seem to have any left after a show. These are the newest ones, I am totally in love with the Etched pieces, they remind me of...

Creeping vines...

from Pintrest

Also from Pintrest

 There is just something so soothing about vines, something that just makes me smile :)

You can find these earrings and others in my Skye Jewels Etsy shop

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie