Sterling Silver Earings and Necklace Set

Description

This is a sterling silver necklace and earring set. The necklace measures aprox. 16 inches. The pendants have a flower design on them, the beads are glass, and the metal is sterling silver.

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Bisbee Turquoise Earrings

Bisbee Turquoise

The Bisbee mine "the Lavender Pit", near Bisbee, Arizona, is one of the more famous of the American mines because Bisbee turquoise was one of the first put onto the market. The Arizona turquoise mine is part of the Bisbee copper mine (The Copper Queen), the main operation of the site. Bisbee turquoise has developed a reputation as a hard, finely webbed or dendrite, high blue stone, known for its "chocolate brown" matrix. Bisbee Turquoise also comes in a beautiful dark green color. Most of this turquoise has already been mined and what is left is in limbo due to circumstances with the copper mining in the open pit, it is one of the most highly collected stones. Most jewelry being made with this stone today is being made via the orders of the current owners of the mine, the rest (such as ours, which is all hand cut and mounted in silver jewelry by Durango Silver Co.) is found through old "stashes" or collections that have been obtained. Bisbee Turquoise Jewelry is some of the most desired jewelry on the market.

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beguiled

Description

Two vintage brass hoops which clearly show their age are paired with new and sleek white iridescent glass beads. They are faceted and catch and reflect light as they dangle. The shabby vintage and sleek new put me in the mind of the character Nora Desmond of the movie Sunset Boulevard.

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New Spiral Earrings

Spiral Earrings

These cute little spiral earrings are completely handmade from Argentium silver wire. See the little space at the bottom? That is so I can add dangles to some of them (or, if you are a jewelry maker yourself, but don’t like making earwires, you could customize a pair easily for a more fancy look than a plain earwire).

Spiral Earrings - front view

I have several styles in the works based on this design – besides the hook earrings, I’m making studs, and of course both will be available with dangles added on. I’m debating whether or not to hammer the spirals – I think I’ll try it on one pair and if it looks good, that will be a third option. And of course, because people love copper these days, I’ll make them in either silver or copper. (Some of my best sellers in my etsy shop are copper earrings – particularly my tiny ball studs in copper.)

So…coming soon to an etsy shop near you, lots of beautiful metal spirals!

Also: as soon as I get them photographed, I have some beautiful earrings made up with Swarovski briollettes from artbeads – YUM – not sure if they are for sale or not, but I’ll post pictures here once I get some decent ones.

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Amethyst Swarovski Teardrop Earrings

I love how a really beautiful bead can make a fairly simple design *work* so well. One of my favorite simple earring designs is to dangle a great bead or two from my oversized hook earwires. When I got my latest shipment from Artbeads of Swarovski crystal beads (and yarn! they make yarn with Swarovski beads on it – so I had to get a sample even though I’m not sure how I’ll use it yet) I knew that the amethyst pendant beads would be perfect on these wires. [if you want the exact beads I used, they are 13x6.5mm teardrops in amethyst]

And they are!

Close-up of Swarovski Amethyst Pendant

It’s hard to capture all the sparkle of Swarovski crystal in a photograph, but I tried. You’ll have to take my word for it that they are even prettier in person.

Swarovski Amethyst Earrings

Not sure if these are going in my etsy shop or if I’m keeping them – amethyst is my birthstone, and yeah, these aren’t real amethysts, but they are definitely the right color. One thing I love about manmade beads like these are how perfect they are – perfect color, no inclusions, perfect cut – while I also love the imperfections in natural beads, sometimes it’s nice to have truly flawless beads. They always match, and they look so elegant.

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Swarovski Earrings

I liked my amethyst Swarovski earrings so much I made another pair. These are made with Briollette Pendant beads in the color “crystal copper” which is absolutely perfect for fall:

Swarovski Crystal Earrings in Crystal Copper

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New Copper Jewelry

I am loving copper right now – maybe it’s the rich warm color, which is perfect for fall – so I’ve been remaking some of my favorite earrings in copper, and I’m also working on some new styles.

I’ll be adding them to my etsy shop over the next week, but here’s a preview of one I just finished:

Copper Earrings - Loose Spirals

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