Calling all mermaids!

My hubby and I were recently on one of our road trips (yay!) and of course, we were blessed to see some beautiful scenery all along the way. This always inspires me :)

I always enjoy taking the ferry to cross from Vancouver Island to go to the main land. 

I love the sight of the ocean, the water, the sailboats, the whales, etc... 

Sometimes, I wish I could be a mermaid :)

So, of course, I was itching to get back to my bench and make some sea glass jewelry!

I made a few necklaces and I found a couple of chunks of glass that went well together,

enough to make this cute pair of earrings:

I love that they sort of match, but not fully match.

I added some cute sterling silver fish charms that I found in my stash,

purchased many years ago from FMG. 

(they were links originally,  but I removed the bottom rings to turn them into charms instead)

I wrapped them up to a pair of large rings and suspended them from

one of my pairs of handmade ear wires.

You can find these earrings HERE as well as other sea glass jewelry on my website.

Thanks for having a look!

Nathalie Lesage, Metalsmith/Jewelry Artist

http://www.NathalieLesageJewelry.com

Young Mermaids in Love

Young Mermaids in Love

These earrings make me think of naiads and mermaids! I gathered up some water colors--a little viridian, a little glacier green, a little teal--and bound them together in silver and brass (plus a little sparkle of AB rhinestones.)

If these two star-crossed lovers ever overcame their worldly forms and tied the knot--and I was the lady's stylist and she was thinking casual backyard wedding, maybe potluck--I might suggest these for an understated, but romantic look. This picture makes me sad (such yearning, but so impossible!):

The Mermaid, by Howard Pyle (1910)

I like to think they got together, somehow, in the end.

Pale green recycled glass beads and teal seed beads via Afrobeadia

AB rhinestone rondelles with black finish, Stinky Dog Beads

Czech glass dotted ovals from ArteBellaSurplus

Stamped brass rings and sterling beadcaps by me!

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Hopeful Mermaid Love

Mermaid Love

The beads in these earrings make me think of clear green seawater and frothy sea foam, and there's something mysterious and wistful about those little heart padlocks--perhaps from a sunken treasure chest, with a lonely mermaid's trousseau inside? Even the beadcaps make me think of seaweed....Maybe these would be put aside for a mermaid's wedding day.

Of course I picture them with a mermaid-y sea green gown,

Gown by Jack Guisso, from Dolce magazine

 and a mermaid headdress. 

By Thyme2Dream on ArtFire

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