5/26/2009

Custom Wrapped Silver Necklace with Amber!

The customer liked the round shape larimar necklace in gold filled. But finally the custom piece becomes an wrapped briolette shape amber in sterling silver :)
I wrapped two pendants. Both of them turned out quite good.

Chain is wrapped with shaded small orange sapphire rondelles. These lovely stones are really beautiful!


Below the wrapped pendant are orange garnet and citrine briolettes.

5/19/2009

New Scarf !!!

I don't have custom jewelry orders these days, so I have time for crocheting!
I love this pink scarf, it is so puffy! The handmade pink flower pin fits the scarf so good.

This is my style, soooooooo cool! Recently I really spent long time to learn how to make flowers. I used two very special and gorgeous Japanese yarn for this scarflette. One is super soft black puffy yarn with Sequins blended inside, the other is shinny golden color yarn. Unluckily my camera failed to capture the beauty of them. The biggest challenge now is writing description. Still I am struggling to find the correct terms for each material :(

5/15/2009

Moonlight Necklace

This necklace was originally created to match the topaz cuff. But finally I oxidized it and left the cuff in white silver.
I am exploring some new techniques with mesh background recently. I gave up using heavy gauge wire as frame. I still don't know if this is a good choice or not. For earrings I can greatly reduce the weight this way. But for necklace, I am still not sure to add frame or not. The center triangle part is not solid, it is a Little bit flexible. I want the necklace to look delicate rather than bold. I love many bold silver jewelry designs but I finally realized that it is not my style.

5/09/2009

New Piece for Theme "Royal Wedding" - Swiss Blue Topaz Sky Blue Topaz Moonstone Sterling Silver Waved Filigree Mesh Cuff Bracelet

I made the previous two pieces for May's theme "royal wedding " too early. So I created a new one.

The base is mesh design which I use a lot recently. The main stone is a 16mm Swiss blue topaz briolette, surrounded with sky blue topaz and moonstone rondelles.

I believe moonstone will look better in oxidized silver, and I have one oxidized silver topaz necklace can match. But I finally decided to leave is not oxidized.

5/07/2009

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuge Projects - Crocheted Red Ruffle Summer Shawl & Gradient Silver Grey Blue Poncho

I spent more than 24 solid hours on the blue poncho. About the red one, I just couldn't count how long it took me for completing it.


This silver one is really beautiful, just it can hardly be seen from the photo.

5/02/2009

May's Theme - Blue Moon Iolite Sky Blue Topaz Moonstone Antiqued Silver Earrings

Finally found sometime to complete my "blue moon" piece.
Because five quite big stones have been used in the design, I tried to reduce the weight from the wire wrapped part. No solid wrapped frame, no heavy gauge wire, these earrings are still exquisite.
These earrings are made from pink tourmaline, moonstone and bi-color mystic topaz. My camera again failed to capture the right color of the pink tourmaline. My tourmaline briolettes are with some pale red color, very very pretty. The pictures show very hot pink color, really annoying : (