Not bad, if I do say so myself. The title's a play on the name of the stone, which is Howlite. Howlite the moon, werewolves, full moon, get it? Oh, never mind.
Here's the link to buy it at my shop or cut and paste this:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37302818
Or you can browse the entire shop by clicking here or cutting/pasting this:
http://quartztrail.etsy.com
Happy Holidays everyone. This is the last post for a while.
Technically, this is called a wave bracelet and it's one of those things you learn in basic silversmithing before they'll teach you the secret handshake.
I love this one too much to part with it, but I'll happily custom-make one. I'm estimating $60 but that's subject to change if the price of silver keeps skyrocketing. Note -- I can also make a thinner version for about $50 if you want something nice and slender.
It's not a particularly labor-intensive item to make but I won't have access to a torch until mid-January (my class breaks for the holidays). So figure it would ship by early February for any order that comes in between now and Jan. 14th.
Email me on Facebook or leave a comment below if interested.
My regular online store is at quartztrail.etsy.com but you won't see this posted there. Still, there's plenty of other stuff to choose from!
Oh, honestly, I have no idea what to name these things. That, plus jewelry photography, will never count among my many talents. These are about 36-inches long, or three feet-ish. Black freshwater pearls hand-knotted on silk by yours truly, comes with a gift box and free shipping for $65.
Here's the listing at my online shop.
And another view:
... and I'll put earrings on them. Just a reminder that my earrings start at $15.
Click to enlarge the photo for a closer look. They're listed individually at my Etsy shop.
Or cut-and-paste the URL:
http://quartztrail.etsy.com
Actually, there's really nothing cheap about these except that I got a good deal on them. They've got a beautiful luster that of course doesn't show up on this photo. Gah. They're freshwater and each strand is about 16-inches in length. The pendants detach so you can change the look around. Oh, and they're $16 apiece (not $15, as originally promised), but it now includes both shipping and a gift box. Still a deal!
More info and shopping cart at the usual spot. Or cut-and-paste this web address:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35522701
Here's another view (click to enlarge):
My favorite piece so far. It's not for sale, since I can't resist wearing it. Bad form to sell something from around your neck.
Wildfire gets its name from the fire agate set in the middle. It reminded me of living in California in the middle of wildfire country. Look close and you can see the blackened hills with the flames roiling up into the night sky. Seriously.
It's set in hand-stamped sterling silver. I added a patina to bring out the stamping pattern a bit. It's strung with baroque (i.e., weird-shaped) Tahitian pearls and two little carnelian beads. Here's the long shot:
The Etsy crafts site makes you name all your creations. That's harder than actually making the darn jewelry, let me tell you. I use up serious gray matter trying to think up names that aren't totally idiotic. So I had one super-long strand of different-colored pearls strung at random. That one I called Syncopation, cause they were off-beat, get it?
And these are all patterned. Gold, silver, white, repeat. And repeat. So they're called Rhythm. Genius!
Except I went nuts making these. They're 40-inches, much longer than Syncopation's standard Opera Length of about 36-inches. Hence the somewhat heftier price, $120. Details, details.
Okay, I need to get out more. When did long silver chains become so popular? I wasn't looking and, bam, everyone's wearing 2, 3, 4 or more at a time. Most aren't real silver, of course.
These are. Plus pearls!
Here's the description from my shop:
Just $38 here. If this one sells quickly, I'll make a bunch more. They're easy for me to do and, as you can see from the price, not all that expensive.
My first casualty. My 4 y.o. knocked these off their display at a crafts show and one of the ear wires snapped off. There's no fixing it since it was soldered on before the jasper cabochon was set. It'd fry the stone if I tried to solder it now.
Guess they're going to be pendants instead ...
They've been removed from my shop page in the meantime, and I may delete another pair that uses the same gauge silver wire. Gah.
