The price for silver keeps going up, up up! Don't even ask about the price of gold....
Luckily, my favorite designs are petite in size. I'll probably have to put off the idea of silver bangles for awhile.
Sometimes it's hard to get work done during the winter months-- it's too cold and freezing in the shop just doesn't sound like much fun. 
Here it is again but I've added a few more. I love how it looks! Sometimes you just have to play with a design and it's amazing what new ideas spring up! I've added little seed pearl drops to this one-- can't wait to wear them! I'll have to add some updated pictures of it.
Here is another new little design that I'm playing with. Since this is the time to celebrate Chinese New Years I created a "money plant" necklace. Still playing with the design.... I really want to incorporate more mother-of pearl into my work. We'll see what happens!
These little drops are made in fine silver with little 4mm light blue Swiss Topaz stones
Instead of finishing one project and moving to a new project-- I've been starting lots of little projects and not finishing anything! I have so many new ideas-- I want to try a little bit of everything.
The silver I use is fine silver (sterling for the ear wires). This resin stuff is so much fun and I love the endless array of colors you can create, but boy, this stuff can get messy! You really have to be patient too-- some of this stuff can take a few days to completely dry.
I can't decide if I like a matte finish (sanded) or glossy finish better! I go back and forth-- now everything is back to glossy.
Lots of new stuff in the works and now I just have to hunker down and set a bunch of stones! Luckily, we are well into fall in the Pacific Northwest and soon the rain will be keeping me indoors!
I can't believe I haven't posted pictures of these yet! Sorry for the delay in posts-- summer has been flying by!
These are the first cuff links I've made. These are sterling silver and the stones are golden obsidian. The stones have a lovely, warm gold hue--very unusual and different for obsidian. Some people believe that obsidian is too soft to be bezel set-- but I think for cuff links these should be fine
Wow--I love how these look! Sharp!
So I just got these beautiful man-made rubies. What are man-made rubies? These are identical to natural rubies except instead of being mined from the Earth, these were created in a lab. They have the same physical characteristics (hardness, color, crystal formation)-- it would take an expert to distinguish a natural-found ruby from natural man-made one.
These are little Ruby Jacks. As soon as I get my home studio up and running (I figure later this month)-- I'll make another pair to post on Etsy! I also have a matching Ruby Flower Drop Necklace in the works!
One of the really fun parts of jewelry design is buying and collecting stones for future projects! Future jewelry dreams! I figure I spend about 20% of my time collecting stones and beads for some future project. Some times it's so hard to resist them-- it's almost like they look like little candies!
So how are your chakras doing? What? I have chakras?
