Dark Side

Everyone has favorite dark colors, mine are red with black. Little angels with black and red wings are hiding between the crystals in this fun charm bracelet. Gunmetal and antique findings fit this dark theme. There's even a cute little locket to put pictures of your own angels into. :)

Fun with Memory Wire

Four coils of "Remembrance" wire, hundreds of size 11 seed beads, glass pearls, faceted glass and hours of patience are what you'll need to make these fun bracelets. Once I start making these, it's difficult to stop. There are so many ways to use memory wire that it has become a "must have" in my beading supplies.

Glass pearls, Japanese seed beads, memory wire, faceted Czech glass

Purple Fusion

This was so much fun to make! I love the color purple, so choosing these beads was a blast. Shades range from deep and rich to light and flirty. All linked together on sterling filled wire. Long enough to just slip over your head, no clasp required. So there's never a wrong way to wear it. Matching earrings are on sterling silver hooks.

Glass pearls, acrylic beads, Swarovski crystals and sterling filled jewelry wire.

Falling For You

Raw brass, antique gold and copper jump rings form these fun earrings. Autumn colors in pressed glass leaves complete them. Hung on antique gold tone fish hook ear wires.

It's a Spring Thing: Blue/Green/Yellow

And here is the 3rd and final in this spring themed charm bracelet series. Each will remain one of a kind. No more like these are planned.

Pressed glass, glass pearls, crystal and seed beads, finished with an angel charm and pewter toggle clasp.

It's a Spring Thing: Pink/Purple

A pink and purple version of the bracelet from yesterday. Crystal clear and opal join the mix.

Pressed glass flowers, crystals, glass pearls, lampwork hearts and a cute little angel charm, with a pewter toggle clasp.

Everyone loves hoops!

Big hoop earrings have always been fun, but these have a little extra kick. Measuring just over 2" across the widest point. I used memory wire so they will hold their shape.

Cobalt blue AB seed beads cover the wire, and fun hematite stars and Swarovski crystals add to the fun. Hung on sterling hook style ear wires.

Night Sky

This fun bracelet was inspired by something most of us take for granted. The beauty of the night sky. It's hard to enjoy it with the light pollution of the city, but I take every chance I do get to look up and imagine... I hope you do as well :)

Fun celestial themed pewter links in antique brass tone, with matching earrings. Size 6 seed beads in AB peacock add a bit of color. 3 star charms and a large spring clasp finish it off.

Simple Charm.

This is one of the charm bracelets I sell. The idea is, you get the first charm on the bracelet, and you add more as time goes on. Or, keep it simple. It's fun to collect charms from places you travel, or for things you like.

Black pressed Czech fisher rings connected by gunmetal twisted jump rings with a toggle clasp.

It's a Spring thing.

Cute flower inspired links connected by twisted jump rings make the base of this fun bracelet. In soft pastels with just a hint of a darker blue, this makes you think of all the pretty flowers of Spring.

Pressed glass flowers, faceted Czech glass, fiber optic "cat's eye" beads and a cute little angel, with a pewter toggle clasp.

For Sister pt.4

Embellished gold plated chain in oranges, fire polished, pressed glass, glass pearls, size 6 seed beads and large twisted chunky tubes. Finished with a toggle clasp and pewter bead caps. Embellishing the chain was the easy part. Took me forever to decide on the focal piece. The large orange bead focal is a czech pressed glass bead.

For Sister pt.3

Again we have orange as the main color in this piece made for my sister Jen. It is a kumihimo rope made from 7 strands of seed beads. Finished with pewter bead caps and gold plated wire and a toggle clasp. I use the Diva Custom Cord Maker, from fibergoddess.net. I love making these, I just get lazy sometimes and need a nudge to get started again.

For Sister pt. 2

They call them cha-cha bracelets, I call them too much work! lol
I made this one for my sister Jen, she is fond of orange so I had fun searching for orange beads because I normally do not buy them. It took me WAY too long to finish this one. I had planned to make myself one and now I think I won't. It is a fun bracelet to wear, and makes a nice amount of noise when jiggled.

For Sister

I made this one for my sister Jen, on April 16th. There is one similar I made for myself that I will post later. Lampwork beads are from Austin Hamiltion. Crystals are from a vendor at Gemfaire. Strung on 49 strand Accuflex from Fire Mountain Gems. She has a fondness for orange and these were alot of fun to play with.

So Blue

I believe this is the first piece I made for my Grandmother. It was for Christmas in '03 if my memory is still working. It is made from lampwork beads and czech fire polished beads with sterling spacers. The matching bracelet was made later on and is made from lampwork beads by the same person who made them for the necklace. The beads were made on a hothead torch so they had these neat streaks of reddish brown in them. She wore them very often and told me that she got many compliments. She'd tell everyone I made them for her =)

Rue's Jewels

This is the crown and choker I was hired to make for a renissance style wedding. The bride looked just like a Queen from a fairytale. It was alot of fun planning but the making was a challenge. I had not taken any wire working classes at all at this point so I had to work it out on the fly. I swore I would never ever make another, but it has been long enough that I want to make a set for myself now. =)

Lampwork and Pewter

These are lampwork beads that I made a couple of years ago. The photo doesn't do the colors justice. The purple is much warmer in person. Here they look very blue/purple. The spacer beads are pewter and the clasp is magnetic. It still needs a safety chain so it will stop jumping off my wrist to stick to the shopping cart and car door. =)

For Meggie

This is a charm bracelet that I made for a dear friend. It was for her 18th birthday if I recall correctly. Her favorite color is blue, so I included as many blue things as I could. It was a blast to make, and I wish the photo was of higher quality. But bad light and a cell phone camera were what I had to work with so... >.<
Maybe I can convince her to supply me with a new and improved photo lol.

Sea Horse King

This is the Sea Horse King necklace I made for my Grandmother. It is a kumihimo rope made from size 15 true cuts. It is adorned with biwa stick pearls and pewter charms. The pendant is also pewter and came from Michaels craft store. I liked it so much I went back and got a couple more pendants so I can make it in a couple of colors.

Greetings

This is my first attempt at a blog. My plan is to use it as a means to share my addictions with the world. =) I lay the blame with Jo and her awesome blog! It will contain pictures of things I have made, things my mother has made, and photos of nature that grabbed my attention.

I hope you enjoy and comments are always welcome.

Rachel