for my mom

for my mom

Originally uploaded by lothie

My mom has a lovely amber necklace, but no bracelet or earrings to go with it. She asked me a while ago if I’d make her some. It took me quite a while to get around to it — amber is gorgeous, and I was intimidated — but finally I made her this set out of Swarovski crystals and vintage glass. I hope she likes them.

This picture doesn’t really do the set justice, though it’s fairly accurate as to color. Obviously the crystals sparkle a lot more than they do in the picture. I really like working with Swarovskis and I intend to keep using them in my work.

pearls for the princess

pearls for the princess

Originally uploaded by lothie

I made this necklace and earrings set for Angela’s birthday. It’s Japanese faux pearls, freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, glass, and silver. It took me a while but I think it turned out very well. I based it on a (shorter) necklace that I saw in a local bead supply store, but I like mine better (I added the crystals and freshwater pearls, plus the glass beads up near the clasp).

What took a while was putting in all the individual crimp beads to “set” the pearls. Still, I’d do it again. The beads are all randomly set, rather than being carefully measured, which I think was also the case with the original necklace I based it on.

jewelry stuff

After the striped diva bracelet, I also made necklaces for my daughters, which came out quite well. And now I’ve been sent some lovely wire-wrapped pendants by a friend, Leigh Ann Timper; some of the pendants are wrapped in gold wire so I guess I will be starting to work in gold now, yay!

striped diva bracelet

striped diva

Originally uploaded by lothie
I completed this bracelet originally because Stacey from Charlotte Purls asked me about making a bracelet with red and brown in it. However, it turns out she prefers gold to silver. Currently I work exclusively with silver so I don’t have anything she’d be interested in. I might start working with gold later.

The bracelet itself was made with glass, magnetic hematite, wood, and tiger eye beads, with my usual silver rose clasp.

blue waltz

blue waltz

Originally uploaded by lothie
This is a necklace I made with blue glass beads, clear/silvered glass beads, and silver spacers with a silver toggle. The beads are held in place with crimp beads. The necklace is 18″ and will be available in my Etsy shop.

hearts and flowers

hearts and flowers

Originally uploaded by lothie
I made another bracelet. This one wasn’t made for anyone in particular, although I was thinking of a particular person’s preferences when I made it. It’s made with pink and purple fire glass beads, purple and silver heart-shaped glass beads, and silver rosette beads with my usual silver rosette clasp.

This bracelet will sell for $15 at my Etsy Shop.

making bracelets for my daughters

for chibi
for cherry

Originally uploaded by lothie
Tonight I sat down and made a couple of bracelets for my daughters’ birthdays. I used glass beads and silver clasps, and strung them on tiger tail. This is the first jewelry I’ve made in years and I’m pretty proud of how they came out; I’d proudly wear these myself and so I expect the girls will like them.

bead my baby

A long time ago I started making jewelry. I stopped because some earrings I made were too heavy for the person I made them for, and left that person (my older daughter) with a scarred ear. I didn’t feel horrible or something — there were other issues that contributed to what happened — but it sort of took away my desire to stay with it. But recently Jason started making stuff, and I remembered what I used to enjoy about it, so I got some new stuff and I’m dipping my toe in that pond again. First up will be bracelets for my daughters, as their birthdays are imminent.