Simply Shiny Life

Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5W2Vr6HU7s

This week’s theme for the Wire Artisan’s Guild is magic, and I couldn’t get the Police song out of my head.

This artisan wire wrapped necklace with umbrella and heart pendant are constructed from sterling silver wire, black onyx beads and lovely pink tourmaline stone beads.  The necklace is black onxy rounds and sterling silver chain.

Overall length is around 22 inches, including the umbrella pendant.

I can’t wait to see what everyone else created this week. You can see too, by visiting our flickr group   WAG Flickr Group Images 

Join the Jewelry on Etsy Team for our next treasure hunt, set to begin on Friday 3/14 at noon Etsy time!! You’ll hunt through member shops, find the clues to lead you to the next shop, and eventually get to the pot ‘o gold! Submit your URLs, and all correct submitters will be able to participate in a GIANT ONE DAY SHOPPING SPREE in participating JET member shops!

Also: The first 20 correct submissions (US residents only, sorry) will receive a lovely handcrafted pair of earrings from one of our JET members! We will also have some instant winners as well, so you’ll have to check back in the thread to find the announcement of these! Here are the ready for easter ones I am donating:

Be sure to check the Promotions forum at noon tomorrow for the detailed announcement of the Hunt. This is going to be a blast, and we hope you join us in the fun! Click here for the Promo forum link.

Sheela just sent out an updated list, and the ‘little’ group is up to 16 members. Wow.

So, without further ado, introducing the ‘WAG’ members:

Lisa from Julida Designs (julidadesigns)
Lissa from Lissa Harlin Designs (lissa73)
Katherine from Meristem (meristem)
Hee Soon from Sky Dreams (SkyDreams)
Aden from Aden Angier (adenangier)
Michelle from Revelations North (revelate)
Geraldine from Raeleen’s (Raeleen)
Shirley from Her Gypsy Soul (hergypsysoul)
Charlotte from Emerald Dolphin Design (EmeraldDolphinDesign)
Sue from Suesun (Suesun)
Natalia from Realisation Creations (realisationcreations)
Susanna from SuzyQ Jewelry (SuzyQJewelry)
Marcy from Follow The Red Brick Road (followtheredbrickrd)
Judy from JUMA Jewelry (jumajewelry)
Erin from Earrings By Erin (earringsbyerin)
Sheela from Eclettica, The Atelier (eclettica)
and me from ShinyAdornments 

This week’s challenge theme was picked by me; nocturne. Can’t wait to see what everyone’s interpretation will be.  

The Creative Glass Guild of Etsy (CGGE) and the etsyBEAD Street Team have joined forces for a creative collaboration challenge. CGGE members will create gorgeous glass cabs, beads, and pendants for etsyBEAD members to turn into beautiful pieces of finished jewelry. These pieces will then be donated to the Helping Others Street Team (HOST) in order to raise money for those fellow Etsyians in need.

Participating members from each team will pair up, one bead maker and one jewelry maker. The challenge is to work together to create beads and a finished product. Photos of each step will be posted here and on the Creative Minds for Charity Flickr Group, so that each participant will have a chance to display their work.

Here’s where you come in. You can vote on your favorite, and each vote (one per person, please) will have a chance to win a prize basket full of goodies. More details, as well as the rules, will be announced shortly.

Once all of the jewelry is made, and voting is done, we will be donating all of the pieces to the Helping Others Street Team (HOST), to help raise money for fellow crafters and Etsyians in need.

For more information about any of the street teams or the challenge, browse our blog!

This lovely artisan wire wrapped bracelet was a collaboration between Cornucopias and ShinyAdornments. Lampwork beads were handmade by Cornucopia. I used Lavender and wine colored pearls and transparent lavendar flourite beads connected by sterling silver. Each pearl is wrapped and ends with a swirly flourish. The toggle clasp was handmade by me.

Just in time for spring, eh?

More pics available on my flickr site

Remember I said I was invited to participate in a weekly/biweekly challenge of sorts with other VERY talented jewelry artists on etsy? Well, the group has a blog.  And it is called The Wire Artisan’s Guild .  We have a flickr group too for sharing pictures of creations. You can find it here

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE FOR ALL MY EARRINGS AND RINGS (except Custom) !! I’ll refund via Paypal after you check out. To receive the discount you MUST put BOGO in the notes to seller in my etsy outlet shop when you check out.

Lots more styles available in my ShinyAdornments Outlet Shop

Beth P was the winner of the Birth Story contest on My Semblance of Sanity. She chose the lovely bracelet below, and I’m also sending her a coordinating pair of earrings. Her winning birth story is available on her blog It’s our Wonderful Life

Congratulations Beth!

This lovely bracelet was composed of rose and dark pink lampwork beads accented by rose quartz rounds, pink freshwater pearls, sterling silver donuts and sterling silver round beads. All joined by sterling silver wire. Very spring and very girly.

I received a super nice email from the owner of
My Semblance of Sanity Blog http://michellekemperbrownlowwrites4kids.blogspot.com/ If you haven’t seen her blog yet, you need to. It’s well written, entertaining and thought provoking.

She had seen my ad on Posh Mama, a VERY cool Ning network site, and wondered if I would donate a one of my wire wrapped bangles for a contest she was running?! The winner of the contest will choose either an existing bangle or I’ll custome make one just for her.

How dang cool is that!

I just wanted to share as I thought this was a super cool idea and I’m thrilled and humbled to be asked. I feel so Sally Field like “you like me, you really like me” .

I spent an insane amount of time on this week’s challenge “Celestial Beings” . Every week or so some very talented wire artists on Etsy pick a theme and create something that exemplifies that theme. Participating etsy artists include JulidaDesigns, Lissa73, Meristem, Skydreams, Adenangier, Revelate, Eclettica, Ninarossi, Hergypsysoul, and me.

I probably went a bit too literal with this one, using yards of sterling silver wire to wrap and coil this very flashy angel wings pendant. I chose AA grade faceted moonstones and one very flashy lab heart brio to complement the wrapping.

At first, I was going to hang it from a lab beaded necklace, but after I got going on the necklace, I decided I liked the simpler look of black leather with fancy sterling silver wire wrapped ends. What do you think?

The necklace is a long one…probably 19 inches or so.

More pictures of this and my other jewelry items can be found on flickr

I made the statement in a group I belong that I was done making jewelry just to “sell”. Instead, I was going to focus on creating pieces that appealed to me and that I would love to have part of my jewelry stash.

I can honestly say that I’ve been doing just that. This weekend’s work is no exception. I received some simply GLORIOUS faceted labradorite rondelles from Deb at Crysallis Gems (and Crysallis Creations). They are ultra flashy so thought a nice coil would set them off in a bracelet. What do you think?

More pics of these and the two other bracelets I made this weekend are on my flickr site