My Green Jewelry

Pimp your Pumpkin

So went to visit one of my GBFs in NYC =) What a sweetie....he had a set of stick-on gems as a little gift for me. When we hit the club that night and spotted a mini pumpkin at the coat check....well we were inspired and stole the pumpkin.....bling bling bling ;-)

Howl-o-ween Scarf

A festive scarf for the newest member of our little family- our beagle, Heidi.  I had no desire to dress my little one up in an uncomfortable costume for her first Halloween with us, but I did think she needed something to show the spirit of the holiday.

This scarf/bandana was a snap to make, and best of all, I was able to utilize my stash.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out but I do wish I had made it to fit over her collar.  She didn't seem to mind this new accessory, but I do think she wore it to humor me.  (According to my boyfriend, at one point when I wasn't looking she attempted to eat it.) 

I'm thinking a turkey-themed (fit over the collar) scarf is in store in a couple of weeks. :)

New Jewelry

New Wandering Art!

Six new collages for the Wandering Art Society!

Day of the Dead

In honor of the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead (Nov 1 & 2), Square Peg Artery hosted a workshop on how to create and paint your own sugar skulls! Just in time for my favorite holiday, Halloween.

http://www.squarepegartery.com/

Jewelry for an autumn wedding

I recently had the opportunity to create custom jewelry for a friend's bridal party to be worn in her autumn wedding.  It was a very fun project as I was free to create whatever I thought would look nice on her ladies.  I chose a palette of ivory, chocolate and citrine to compliment the brown, ivory and mango they would be wearing on the day of her early October wedding.

Each of the six matching necklaces were composed of yellow citrine faceted briolettes and ivory and chocolate brown freshwater pearls.  Each briolette is wire wrapped in 14 k gold filled fine wire. The trio is accented with 24 k Bali gold vermeil headpins and suspended from a delicate 14 k gold filled chain.  

The earrings feature a citrine teardrop and a cluster of ivory freshwater pearls hanging beneath gold vermeil French earwires.  

 

I am so pleased with how the pieces turned out.  The style is so different from anything that I've ever done, and I think that I would like to try other pieces using similar materials.  The bride was pleased too, and said they brought the ensembles together nicely.