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Tree of Life

The beauty of these pendants are how organic and different every one turns out. They can be made in many types of metals and different stones, crystals or glass beads.

Masquerade Mask Necklace

This "one of a kind" piece is hand made from copper wire. It is sewn with crystals and interesting glass beads. The focal bead is a blue marble that is been netted and wire wrapped. A pretty copper plated chain complements the mask. It measures approximately 16-20 inches.

Mabel

This necklace is named after my aunt who recently passed away. She was full of life and so sweet. I made this piece with copper wire, marbles that I crackled myself, an old earring finding, a button and some vintage beads.

Earrings

I've been having lots of fun making jewelry for the upcoming Blue Dome Festival in May. Here are a few pieces I finished. Pink swarovski crystal earrings. These are made from copper wire and vintage flower caps. Wrapped spirals with hematite beads. Fun loopy agate earrings Glass nugget earrings

Citrine cross

I stumbled upon this chunky silver cross and wrapped some citrine nuggets on it with copper wire. I love the look of silver and copper together. I'm real fond of this new bail I designed. It is great for interchangeable pendants. I call it the elephant bail. I make them in different sizes depending on the pendant and chain size.

Vintage meets Steampunk

This pendant is another example of recycling broken jewelry and trinkets. After making a shell of sorts from copper sheet, I filled it with old and new treasures. There are old rhinestone buttons, a chess clock gear, a segment from a vintage choker and a crystal from a chandelier. I made a weaved bail and a couple of twisted copper beads to add to the black leather. All the findings are hand made from copper wire and then antiqued with a rich patina.  There is no solder or glue. It is a cold connection piece. It measures approximately 18 inches in length.

Annabelinda

ANNABELINDA: English compound name composed of Latin Anna "favor; grace," and German Belina, "beautiful serpent," hence "gracious beautiful serpent." 

A friend of mine told me this stone looked like a dragon egg so I decided to name it after an ancient dragon name. The stone is called Labradorite and is among my favorite stones. This one comes from Madagascar and has an amazing blue flash. It looks like you're wearing a piece of the ocean. It is sits in a simple copper wrapping that lets it's beauty shine through. It is captured in a heart at the top.  It measures over 2 inches length and will surely turn heads when it rests around your neck. It will hang from a leather cord. 

Faceless Brooch

I made several of these faceless ladies in wire but never had completely finished them. I decided to turn them into brooches. They look very nice on sweaters and scarves. She has weaved, twisted and hammering techniques The bead is a dyed jade. .

Weaved Heart almost done

Sharing the progress on my copper weaved heart. It will hang from a black leather cord.

Large heart

Another unplanned piece underway. All that is needed now is some pretty beads and trinkets to make this mosaic heart complete. The toughest part will be finding the balance. :)

Purple swirl beads

I'm still in the middle of this creation. I am really attracted to purple right now. It's such an spiritual color. These glass beads have different colors of purple and white swirling in them. I decided to use black wire. I will share more photos as it progresses.

Earrings for Christmas

It's time to make an array of wire wrapped earrings for the holidays. Aluminum wire is very popular since larger earrings can be made without the extra weight. I like to mix different types of wires together. The first pair is made from copper colored aluminum and wrapped with copper wire. Hand torched rose colored head pins add a splash of color.

The second pair is made from black oxidized steel wire. I call these Katydids. They remind me of  insects. :)

Walter

Walter is a "work in progress". I still need to add the chain and his little nose. This little guy is smaller ..approximately 2 inches long. His eyes are much bigger than his heart shaped body. The eyes are made with rhinestone buttons and the body is shaped and hammered and dangles with jump rings.
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02-03-2011
Walter is all done! I added copper chain linked with crystal beads, a little garnet chip for a nose and a squiggly that dangles.

Makailah the little Goddess

This piece is named after a special baby. The centerpiece is a natural quartz crystal . I wired wrapped it with Nugold (red brass) wire. The interlocking pieces are made of crystals nuggets, aqua blue shell beads, citrine nuggets, crystal beads.

 I named the necklace after my beautiful niece, Makailah. This little goddess was born on 10/11/2011. 

In Irish, the name Makaylah means- like god. The name Makaylah orginated as an Irish name.

Stone incense burners

If you've ever held a natural  quartz crystal you can feel the energy from it. I love having them in my room and around my work desk.  Quartz crystals are used in expanding the mind to touch the spirit world. Crystals are used to enhance the beneficial life force. Crystal water (water that a quartz crystal has been placed) has been drunk for its healthy benefits for centuries.

It has been said Atlantis was destroyed by the incorrect use of quartz crystals. Edgar Cayce spoke about an energy stone in Atlantis. Mr. Cayce's description of the energy stone fits quartz crystal. Many stones are mentioned in the bible, as well.  Some people think crystals are new age. How can something that has been used since cave living man be new age?

What better way to enhance and send out natural energies than using one when burning your incense?  I've wrapped them directly onto the burner. I plan to use different stones with different properties. The holder on the left was made with quartz crystal, yellow and green jade and carnelian. This was custom made for a friend.

Custom Rosary

I had to think a little on this order since most of my jewelry is women's jewelry. . A friend came to me and wanted me to make a necklace for their friend's cross.  He wanted gold beads but I thought gold beads looked more feminine. My hunny and I talked it over and came up with a rosary style necklace. My friend didn't want real gold so, I used red brass (nu gold) wire which matched the cross very well. The beads are black matte finished with facets that make it shine a bit. It measures about 24 inches.

More Agates

These green agate beads extra large and make perfect pendants. Copper wire combines with colors in the stone beads nicely. The first bead has been wrapped with weaved copper wire. I then oxidized it with a mixture of sea salt and Ammonia. The chemical reaction makes a nice blackish blue color.

The second agate is a beautiful apple green peppered with black speckles. I coiled and then used a netted wire wrap and accented it with brown seed beads.

Howlite nugget

I've had these cool, funky Howlite nuggets in my desk and I finally decided to make them into pendants. They are dyed a nice yellow/orange color. I added a weave and copper coil to the stone. It is accented with crystal bead and hangs from a crystal ring.

Crystal kitty

I made this fat kitty from copper wire and filled her up with iridescent crystals. She really sparkles.I used my torch to make rose colored ball head pins to shape her eyes. She wears a little red glass tear drop in the middle of her forehead. I would say she is a bit of a princess.