Jade briolette and peach quartz 

Red crystal and peach quartz earrings with my favorite--swarvowski crystal. 

Semi-precious stones

Lately I have been concentrating on using semi-precious stones for my jewelry and using sterling silver wire. I have about 30 pairs of earrings made and ready for the Medford Arts Fair on September 10th. The stones I use are carnelian, jade, amazonite, agate, quartz and turquoise, as well as a few others. Using sterling silver wire and ear loops makes the process a little more expensive, but the end result is really nice.

My first love is still Swarvowski crystals, and I am always eager to add one or two of those to the earrings. Unfortunately, not everyone is quite so in love with sparkle as I am, so I have to "throttle back" a little sometimes and leave them off. I'm taking a class next week in chandelier earrings to get more ideas. I can't think of anything I'd rather do right now that make beautiful jewelry.

Amazonite and white jade dangly earrings made with sterling silver wire. 

Pearlized chandeliers that are a real flight of fancy. 

Two kinds of Jasper, and Carnelian center bead. 

Jasper and carnelian

I have been making earrings this weekend using natural stones and sterling silver wire and loops. My favorite stone lately is the natural faceted carnelian, which has a lot of different hues from beige to orange, and is creamy an beautiful. These earrings I made this morning. The fall colors are really great, and I'm going to sell my "fall theme" earrings and necklaces at the Medform Arts Fair on September 10th.

Blue necklace.

This necklace was fun to make as well. I took pictures this morning, and they don't quite show how nice and interesting the necklace is. Seeing all the variations and colors of beads up close is much better than a photo. This one has little "bead charms", which I made and fastened into one of the strands with jump rings. It is chock full of fun things to look at. 

My new knitting bag that I'm crazy about 

Real butterscotch agates with two shades of carnelian ovals on sterling silver. 

This necklace has lovely dark green semi precious stones as well as the sparkly blue stones--just a nice combination. 

Have beading tools, will travel 

Crocheted necklaces

I finished this blue necklace today. It is shades of blue and "art" beads woven into silver wire by crocheting. There are four strands full of beads that sparkle and catch the light. THe finished product is light weight and fun to wear. The ends are wire-wrapped together around a toggle clasp. The length is 17" from the clasp. I had fun making it and love this technique.

Fun lucite drop earrings I made tonight. I'm on a roll! These are made with beads I bought at Bedazzled in Washington. What a great bead store that is! 

Chandeliers that I made today. I've been busy! 

My brown and pink necklace I made today. 

I made these to be versatile. They will match almost anything and I really like the way the rust carnelian blends with the silver. A great combination and one I will try again, selling on  

Carnelian and Crystal

Long and elegant, 3" earrings.

Green and silver crocheted necklace.

Green beaded necklace with unique center beads 

Crystal earrings. 

Fun fun 

Four strand gold tone crocheted necklace with turquoise and shades of blue seed beads with turquoise leaf drops. 

Sparkle and flash 

Toggle clasp 

Lavender flower earrings. 

The crocheted wire necklace I call the Czarina necklace. 

My favorite crocheted necklace on silver wire with antique white pearlized beads mixed with turquoise accent and seed beads.