Deep Valley, Minnesota was never Julia Ray's native heath. She couldn't wait to graduate and go out into the Great World. She wanted more than anything to sing Grand Opera. This is the necklace I can see around her delicate, sylph-like neck the day she made her debut.
Made almost entirely of vintage components, this necklace features clear glass cabochons and sparkling crystals. The new crystals I added are Swarovski, the older ones probably Czechoslovakian. The clasp is a vintage sterling filigree clasp. The chain is sterling, also vintage. Modern head and eyepins are all sterling.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
WIP Bead Embroidery
Where I'm heading with the crazy lace agate cabs I lucked into the other day. This is going to be a necklace, I'm mostly sure. I spent a large portion of the weekend working on it, and it was one of those times where I 'd look up to find that 7 hours had passed in what felt like 15 minutes.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
New Beads
I had so much fun yesterday, playing with some reactive glass. Here are the results, which I'm really happy with. Okay, so they aren't all aesthetically pleasing, but I learned something with each one! I love the small barrel-shaped one in the center, it's a deeply mottled, almost tie-dyed blue with metallic dots. I also like the long barrel beads. Oh, and the opal white base with the multicolored dots. And.... Yeah, this is fun!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
New Biggs Junction Jasper Necklace
I couldn't wait to work up the jasper cab I got the day before yesterday- and here it is! It's already posted in my etsy shop. Isn't that a lovely stone? It looks like mountains beyond mountains, I think, and the colors are so rich and velvety that you could fall right in. The bezel is open on both sides- even though the back is not as polished or as landscape-y looking, it's still far too beautiful to hide.
I'm really thrilled with how this one turned out.
I'm really thrilled with how this one turned out.
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