Jewelry Kel

I haven't updated lately... here are the latest projects.

Jade chip bracelet with matching earrings.

Blue "floating" Swarvoski crystal earrings.

Glass bead memory wire bracelet with matching earrings.

Sharpie-bent wire and Swarvoski crystal earrings. I hand bent these earrings around a Sharpie to make the circle on the bottom and the curve on the top.

"A happy mistake" earrings - I tried to follow a pattern and the bead sizes weren't right, so I came up with this design instead.

Brown pearl-like bead earrings.

Swarvoski crystal earrings.

Multi-medium earrings.

Crochet wire and agate bead chip bracelet.

Glass bead bracelets.

Wire crochet white stone chip bracelet.

Byzantine weave silver chainmaille bracelet.

Black and white glass bead bracelet and earrings.

Blue Swarvoski crystal element bracelet and matching earrings.

Byzantine weave chainmaille and Swarvoski circle earrings, matching previous bracelet.

"Flutter" glass bead chainmaille earrings.

And, now for other stuff.... the following are some old necklaces that my mom gave me that I'm going to re-purpose and make something new! Stay tuned for the final results. Feel free to leave a comment as to what I should do with the beads of these necklaces after I take them apart :)

Earrings made for a friends' birthday.

More earrings made for a friend's birthday.

I bought a few of these necklaces... they are wrapped wire with magnetic clasps. When Joann's had a sale on some of the "naturals" collection of pieces/parts, I bought a few of their larger pendants. They are inter-changable and so fun to wear!

First memory wire bracelet; triple wrap.

Memory wire bracelet made with light blue Swarvoski crystals; triple wrap.

Note, on this memory wire bracelet, I hung small dangle crystals from the ends :)

I was watching the Olympics and inspired by the American 4-man bobsled team who had won gold :) A single wrap memory bracelet with matching earrings all in red, white and blue Swarvoski crystal.

Close-up of patriotic earrings.

Triple wrap oval memory wire bracelet with wooden beads.

Single wrap charcoal Swarvoski crystal bracelet.

Single wrap light purple Swarvoski crystal bracelet.

Hand wire-wrapped chunky beads with short chain spacers and large pendant. Matching earrings.

Close-up of necklace.

Close-up of matching earrings.

Hand twisted spiral earrings.

Practicing the simple loop. Clear Swarvoski 6mm bicone crystals on amethyst 20 gauge wire.

Close-up of earrings.

Close-up of bracelet.

This was my first necklace and earring set where I hand made all of the jump rings and wire wrapped each bead.

Close-up of earrings.

Close-up of necklace.

Jump ring and hand wrapped beaded jade bracelet with matching earrings.

Chunky jump-ring bracelet.

Large circle bracelet with hand wire wrapped purple glass beads.

Necklace made from glass beads/pendant - gifts from my cousin :)

Chainmaille earrings accented with a red Swarvoski crystal.

First "Byzantine" style chainmaille bracelet.

Close-up of Byzantine style chainmaille bracelet.

Byzantine style chainmaille bracelet made with smaller size amethyst jump rings that I hand spun and cut from wire.

Close-up of amethyst Byzantine style chainmaille bracelet.

Toggle clasp on amethyst Byzantine chainmaille bracelet.

"Rosette" style chainmaille bracelet made with brown jump rings that I hand spun and cut from wire.

Close-up of "rosette" chainmaille bracelet.

"Butterfly" style chainmaille bracelet made with pinkish jump rings that I hand spun and cut from wire.

Close-up of "butterfly" style chainmaille bracelet.

Close-up of magnetic closure.

Clear Swarvoski "O" crystal spacers with double Byzantine links bracelet with matching earrings.

Close-up of earrings.

Close-up of clear Swarvoski "O" crystal spacers with double Byzantine links bracelet.

Close-up of toggle clasp of clear Swarvoski "O" crystal spacers with double Byzantine links bracelet.

I liked the silver links and clear crystal look of the first one, that I made a second Swarvoski "O" crystal spacers with double Byzantine links bracelet, with brown crystals and copper jump rings that I hand wound and cut.