Garden in the Mist

I have been on a kick lately to just grab whatever is in front of me and start creating. I dumped out bag after bag on my table the other night to find hoarded treasures that even I forgot I had purchased, never mind when I purchased them!

I came across this cute little decorated resin tabs with a sweet purple damask type image on them. Next to that was a pile of Vintaj brass blanks. And on the other side of the table were my bottles of alcohol inks. So I hammered away at those brass disks, buffed them up to reveal the texture, dribbled ink on top and then later some Gilder's Paste. Lo and behold there were even some sweet pink crystals lying around!

I call these Garden in the Mist and they are the first pair of earrings for sale at my new {in progress} website. (Hopefully, not for long!).

I attended an outdoor garden party wedding this weekend and I could see wearing this ensemble to the fete under the stars. Find the perfect garden hues and pair them with the perfect strappy purple heels and don these perfect little earrings to celebrate the perfect pair!

Garden in the Mist by erin-prais-hintz featuring an oversized clutch

Erin Prais-Hintz invites you to go on a journey of inspiration at her blog Treasures Found :: Inspiration is Everywhere. You can view a gallery of her work at http://www.tesoritrovati.com/ or purchase her new line of 'Simple Truths' in her Etsy shop.

Wrapped Dangles

I love dangles! I love the feel of them on my neck, the sound they make when they move, I love the way they poke out of my hair to reveal a hidden secret. These have a wonderful sparkle to them and will look wonderful poking out of your hair!

 I tend to make things more than one at a time these days, so here is a second pair, same as the first but in green! What a great mix of colour! Don't miss out on these great earrings, now listed in my Skye Jewels Etsy Shop!!

You can find these and many more fabulous earrings in my shop or on my website. Don't forget to come visit my Skye Jewels Blog to see more of what I am up to!

Thanks for stopping by!

Marie

Fire and Rain

This week I created 2 pair of earrings using the same Rustic Drop beads by Outwest.

They were so cool on their own
I wanted to create very simple designs that let the wonderful beads shine through.



FIRE

I did really crazy messy wire wrapping on these beautiful red rustic drops.





RAIN



And super simple chain strung through these lovely blue beads.

 

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

Glacier Green

Glacier Milk

This color of green is exactly the color of "glacial milk"--that milky, opaque pale jade green of a high glacial lake.  In fact, it reminds me of Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park.  I wish I could post a picture of it here! But I don't have any of my own. You'll have to check the link above! HERE is another view. It really does look this opaque and green in person!

These earrings feature all sterling silver construction, recycled glass from Happy Mango Beads in old-fashioned Coke-bottle sea green, and little 4mm faceted Czech rounds in "prairie green."

I picture these with a fun, clean-lined summer ensemble made for beachside shopping:

Via Polyvore

(Aquamarine and aqua quartz bracelet from Cathy Danz.)

You can see more in my Etsy shop, HERE.

Copper Hearts

Lately I have been on such a copper kick! I love the copper blanks that Fire Mountain Gems offer on their website. I have been hammering them, stamping them, dipping them in liver of sulfur...the possibilities are endless. I added some Bubby & McGurk Beads to these heart blanks and I love the way they turned out.

I could easily picture them with this ensemble that I put together on Polyvore.....

To see more of my work and these earrings visit my site Kristy's Kreations.

Thanks!

Kristy Abner

 

Butterscotch and Seafoam?

I was going through my stash of Czech glass beads a couple of days ago, you know, just lookin', fondling, thinking!  I spied the tiny little daggers with a Picasso finish..the little splashes of blue, in a hue somewhere between teal and mint...seafoam(?) and they started screaming at me to use them!  I wove tiny flowers with copper wire, and thought, "sweet", but decided they needed something else.  Luckily, in the same box of beads, were these larger leaf beads in that same butterscotch yellow family.  I love the sort of milky, not quite transparent, but definitely not opaque, quality they have. So, I wove flowers from them as well, and attached the smaller flowers to dangle beneath.  I finished them up with my sterling and copper earwires, patinaed them with liver of sulfur, and polished them up, but they were sort of blah...I mean, they were cute, but they were definitely missing something.  I tossed them in my "holding" box (one of my many recycled Luncheables trays) and walked away from them.  Yesterday, I was working on a necklace for my sister and noticed some beads I had put aside that I wanted to try to incorporate...I only had a couple, so to make sure I could find them again, I tossed them in the box as well.  As luck would have it, they landed right next to the meh earrings that I just finished.  Pop!  That splash of color was exactly what I was looking for. 

I must be thinking of autumn...I can envision wearing these with an oversized sweater, jeans and boots!

Find these and more of my eclectic creations at my website...Melismatic Art Jewelry ,  or my Etsy shop!

Inspired by Lily Pads

   A recent trip to Maine to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, inspired me to get back into the studio to make these earrings!  Fine Pewter lily pad focals are wire wrapped with some etched Lampwork glass beads and a knotting technique with matte seed beads around wire forms.  Lots of texture and great color for Summer! I imagined myself back at the gardens relaxing at the Meditation Pool. There was nothing quite like it!
You can find these earrings for sale in my webstore!