Freshwater Shell and Pearl Necklace/Earring set

I've been looking at these shells for a while now, wanting to make something out of them. I've been holding off until I got around to buying copper links. I finally got around to buying those and constructing the necklace, only to realize I then needed copper headpins. Oops!

So this baby has been a work in progress for a couple of days. I finally finished it the other day. =)

It fits loosely around a neck, allowing for a diversity of necks to wear the necklace. Because they are shells, the necklace is also very light.

 

I also included accent beads in both the necklace and earrings. There are turquoise-coloured oval beads lined with copper at the center of each earring and the necklace.

 

All in all, it's a very nautical styled piece. I was inspired bymy childhood (and adulthood) of finding shells on the river in Drumheller!

Enjoy!

Trying my hand at making some jewelry

It's nothing fancy... yet.

So far, certain thoughts or memories have inspired me to make a couple of pieces of jewelry. Two beads that I bought recently managed to fit inside one another to make a really cool African-inspired pair of earrings.

I saw these two beads and couldn't resist buying them to make them into something. I am thinking about how I can make a matching necklace or bracelet for these.

I made the earrings sometime last week, though because work has been so hectic, I haven't been able to share them until now.

This morning, I decided to try my hand at making a bracelet, and this is what I came up with:

 

Some matching earrings...:

As for inspiration, I'm really not sure. I was playing around with the beads... I knew I wanted to use those flowers (or stars, depending on how you see them). After I grabbed some pink beads, the bracelet started to remind me of Kirby and playing Kirby's Dream Land on my very, very old gameboy.

You know... the one with just 2 colours? Okay, maybe you don't know... haha. Either way, this bracelet makes me happy in that it reminds me of my carefree childhood.

That's about it for an update for now!

(...actually, that's a lie. I baked my first ever cherry pie, but I'm going to ask for a redo on that one. Hopefully take two will yield better photo opportunities. This pie ended up looking like something you'd find at a crime scene... the cherry filling wasn't all that forgiving or helpful).

I'll keep playing and finding inspiration. Until then!