AQUAMARINE BRACELET

I have just finished this beautiful aquamarine bracelet with sterling silver findings and magnetic catch. I have made all the findings myself; the Celtic knots, the spiral wraps on the beads and the double links.

Aquamarine bracelet in sterling silver

One of 3 Celtic knots & double linked rings

The magnetic catch & spiral wrap on the beads

The bracelet matches the earrings which I made yesterday and are just beneath today's blog. It fits well on the wrist and the magnetic catch closes immediately so it stops any struggling to fasten the bracelet. The pale blue of the aquamarine stones is a gorgeous colour and because the beads are faceted, they catch the sunlight. It took quite a while to make all the parts but it has been worth the result. Stylish and stunning!

New dellivery of semi-precious stones

In the last few days I have been busy designing some new earrings with the latest delivery of semi-precious stones. Included in this latest delivery are some incredibly beautiful stones; amazing pink & black rhodonite, some dark teal jasper and aquamarine teardrops. Absolutely gorgeous!

I want to make sure I do justice to these beautiful stones and choose the right  design to show them off to their best advantage.

These gorgeous blue earrings are made from 12mm dark teal jasper stones with sterling silver original Bali base caps & end caps with a sterling silver 8 ball headpin. I have made the earwires from 8mm sterling silver wire, curled with a ball at the end to add detail. They are by far my favourite earrings and gorgeous to wear.




It's quite unusual to get rhodonite in this pink  colour veined with black but I couldn't resist buying them when I saw them on sale at Lima Beads. They are 10mm round gemstones aand I have placed sterling silver spacers inbetween them to display them better.

Once again I have added Bali end caps because I think it
finished off the earring better.

I have designed & made the earwires the same as the other earrings with sterling silver 8mm wire and a curled headpin.


What to do with these amazingly beautiful aquamarine faceted teardrop
stones?

I wanted to do them justice but keep them plain so that the design
wouldn't detract from the beauty of the stones. The first thing I have made with them are earrings but I am presently designing a bracelet with them too.

I have used on each earring a sterling silver Bali decorative cap at the top  with just a Bali decorative headpin at the base to keep them simple. To add some plain decoration, I have used some tiny sterling silver balls; one at the top of the earring and one on the 8mm sterling silver earwires at the base with a spiral at the end.

I think the end product is simple but stylish and they carch the light when you wear them. Beautiful!

I'm off now to finish the sterling silver bracelet I'm making with the same aquamarine teardrop stones as the earrings.

On a lazy Sunday afternoon

ON A LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON....
                                      
I was in a creative mood today and my daughter fancied some new earrings.  She choose her colours and stones and I set to work to design them


Mum ..... please can you make me ...........?

Busy making earrings in the studio                   


                         
I also had some great furry company in the studio: Tigger decided to join me on the desk and oversee proceedings. His sister meanwhile, despite a bell on her collar, had caught a young bird so she's been in trouble.

Busy working when ... what's that cat outside up to?



Tigger as supervisor this afternoon &
he is definitely too lazy to catch anything!

rose quartz faceted teardrops and irregular freshwater light cream pearls

 

This first pair of earrings is made with beautiful rose quartz faceted teardrops and irregular
freshwater light cream pearls. I have also used bali sterling silver spacers and ballcaps. The
drop earrings measure 5 & a half cm and
with the earwires the drop is 8cm in total.
I think these look absolutely beautiful with
the pale pink quartz and the irregular
shaped pearls. They definitely have the
wow factor!



The 2nd pair I made today - below here - is also made from more than one type of gemstone. The base gemstone is an impression jasper graduated rondelle measuring 15mm sitting on a sterling silver headpin with six tiny heads. There is a spiral wound wire wrapped around this bottom bead which can be better seen on the centre photo. Inbetween the beads are sterling silver bali spacers. The top two beads are larimar blue crazy lace 16mm round gemstones and the earwire is made from 8mm sterling silver wire twisted into a spiral with a silver bead. The whole drop of the earring measures 7 and a half cm.

The 3rd pair of earrings I made today is made with two different gemstones; a chrysocolla & blue fire agate. The blue chrysocolla 10mm round sits at the bottom with the two light blue fire agate faceted 8mm round above on a sterling silver headpin. The headpin is sterling silver and twisted into a spiral at the top where it meets the 8mm earwire which is also made from sterling silver wire with a ball at one end & then it is twisted along the earwire. The whole drop of the earring measures 7cm.