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Mauve over

For some odd reason, I'd never added these to my store. They're $50 and a lovely shade of mauve. They're shown as a lariat but I have a silver toggle clasp available for this color too:

The latter image isn't up at Etsy yet but it's the same price. Detachable pendant.

Here's the ordering info for the first one. Leave a comment if you're interested in the second one.

Just peachy

I know, I know! Photographing peach pearls on a tan tile. Not so smart. Sorry! These are Akoya (saltwater) pearls about 10-11mm apiece. Like my other strands, it's got a toggle clasp and a detachable pendant. So you can wear it front or back or whatever.

I'll get around to photographing these in a better light, or a lighter background, or something.

They come in a gift box and they're ready to go.

Buy 'em here.

Bodacious X 3

I got more than a few owies trying to photograph these. See all those little brown polka dots on the cactus? Well, it's a prickly pear cactus, and those are the pricklies. And they're really, really tiny. I was still pulling them out hours later.

Oh, and these are tri-color cultured/Akoya/saltwater pearls. Hand-knotted on silk and all that kinda stuff. The pendant's removable for extra fun. The strand's 16-inches, the pearls are 9-10mm each and round.

Purchase at my Etsy page right here.

Congress is in session

This is a 16-inch strand of 10-11mm cultured white pearls.  They're Akoya (saltwater) and have a diffuse, soft luster to them.  I got the idea watching some debate-or-other on healthcare and saw Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in big, chunky pearls. Then I saw a Republican Senator wearing them ... may have been Olympia Snowe, can't recall.  Three's a trend, right?

So here are my Congressional pearls.  For sale at this link.

Habanero Nice Day

Also one of my first projects from silversmithing class. Wow, did these give me a hard time. They just did NOT want to go into their settings. Which, by the way, are hand-stamped around the edges.

Here's the description I put in my shop:

Mmm ... these make me think of three-alarm chili, for some reason. Maybe it's the color? I made these in my silversmithing class and they're hand-set, hand-stamped, all that kind of good stuff.

Note they're designed to hang low on the earlobe. Check out the picture of the back.

It's hard for me to part with these, as I like hot sauce and these are making me hungry. Insert pun about spicing up your wardrobe here.

They're for sale at this page here.

Bloozy

The first thing I made in my silversmithing class.  Oooh, I'm so excited!

Here's my official description:

A sweet confection of Blue Lace Agate set in silver and hand-stamped around the edges, with dangly Akoya (saltwater) pearls. Note the back loop -- it's designed to hang low on the lobe for a sultry look.

Like it? Buy it at my Etsy shop.

(oh, and, uh, they're not as humongous as they look.  Next time, I'll use a quarter in the picture to show people the size.  They're smaller than a quarter, probably a bit bigger than a nickel.)