Simply Shiny Life

I had the MOST productive weekend and made several pair of sterling silver and SRA lampwork bead wrapped dangle earrings.  They’ve been accented with various other beads like pearls, onyx, amethyst and tourmaline. I thought I’d share a few pics. I hope to have them posted to my jewelry shop on etsy in the next day or so.

 
artisan handmade lamwork bead dangle earrings

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My aventurine and green lampwork artisan wire wrapped bracelet was on the front page, thanks to Mrs. Gibson and super duper big thanks to BBBCreations.etsy.com for sending me the screen shot because I MISSED it!

My Ruby Lane shop is officially open. Now to just get it stocked with items. Guess what I am doing this weekend?

 Artisan Wire Wrapped Jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/shinyadornments

UPDATE 10/3/2008: I”ve blogged about my not so great Ruby Lane shop owner experience. Please read before opening a Ruby Lane shop. http://shinyadornments.com/wordpress/?p=179

This very pink and girly bracelet is special request from a work mate. It is composed of natural rose quartz huge chips and round beads, with sterlng silver accent rounds, finished with a sterling silver lobster claw clasp. Best fits a wrist about 6 1/2 inches in diameter. 

This is my first strung bracelet. Normally I use wire wrapping and links to connect the stones and beads, so this was fun for me. Well, except for the teeny tiny crimp beads. Holy cow I am gonna need bifocals.

10% off your order and free shipping for EVERYTHING in the shop.

Artisan wire wrapped jewelry at http://shinyadornments.etsy.com

Just choose the items you want, and then pick “other” for payment type. I’ll send you a revised PayPal invoice.  

Well, I did it. I took the leap and created a shop on Ruby Lane. My new shop is still under review, so I don’t have a link to post yet.

RL is well established, has a good advertising program and has a well established audience. Looks promising so I’m going to experiment for 6 months and then evaluate its effectiveness.

Stay tuned.

UPDATE 10/3/2008: Want to read about my not so great Ruby Lane shop owner experience? I’ve blogged it  http://shinyadornments.com/wordpress/?p=179

I don’t do much with pearls. Not sure why, exactly, because I really love them and am accumulating quite the stash.

These are two recent creations that I rather enjoyed making. A bit different that the norm as pearl earrings go, kinda funky and traditional at the same time. One pair with white and one pair with rose pink freshwater pearls. Both are made from sterling silver wire and oxydized to better accentuate the pearls.

Both available in my etsy shop:  artisan wire wrapped jewelry

This bracelet actually started out quite differently. But then, I had ‘the LOS event” and somehow I managed to crack the central focal bead.

After much gnashing of teeth, I took the whole bracelet apart, reworked the components and added this really fabulous lampwork focal. I just love the color combination, and, well, as it turns out, I like this bracelet better in its current form than the first iteration. Who knew?

Sterling silver wire wrapped bracelet made from an SRA purple speckled lampwork focal, with creamy quartz faceted round beads and smooth and faceted fancy purple jasper beads.

All connected with oxydized sterling silver wire coiled and curled to make it interesting.

This bracelet will comfortably fit someone with a 6 1/2 to 7 inch (16.5 to 17.8 cm) wrist.
 

Available in my artisan wire wrapped jewelry shop on etsy

A running list of the places I’ve been mentioned, profiled and published.

• BeadTrends: Sept/October Issue 2008

• Cuteable  http://www.cuteable.com

• Chic Galleria  http://www.chicgalleria.com

• My Semblance of Sanity  Blog

• Etsy Front page 6/26/2008

• CCDesign Blog http://designsbycori.blogspot.com/2008/08/shiny-adornments-blog-feature.html

I’ve been dying to try a post earring style and I really like the way these turned out. I’ve always been a huge fan of orange, so hope you like them too.

Artisan wire wrapped orange lampwork sterling silver hoop earrings. These post earrings are wrapped in many many feet of sterling silver wire. Then oxydized for that vintage feel. The bottom lovely dangling orange lampwork bead was made by Deronda’s Designs.

These hoops are nearly 2 inches (4 1/2 cm) long.

Although composed of LOT of sterling silver wire, they are suprisingly light and very wearable. Bright and fun for summer, don’t you think?