Jade set

This is a Jade heart pendant, Yellow Turquoise beads and gold-filled wire necklace. I learnt this style of wrapping a heart from Judy of http://stix-n-stones.ca/. This is the second one I made in this style. I like it, but it hasn't yet turned out as lovely as hers does. But I am happy with it.The first one was the coral heart I did below.

I am also happy with how the chain links turned out. And I love the way they sound -- ching ching ching! LOL! Feels great to wear this set. I feel gooooood and quite divinely royal when I wear it!
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And here are the matching earrings....again...feels great to wear them. The beads are Yellow Turquoise.

First brangle

A "brangle" is a bangle and a bracelet. This is a term coined by Connie Fox. This was made sometime when I was making the rest of the stuff I have posted till now. I have made all this last year I think....and decided to make my blog only now -- inspired by my friend Melissa who is a FANTASTIC jeweler! See her blog at http://design.kcjewelbox.com/. Yeah, she's a class apart, isn't she? :-)

My swan clasp is getting better. Yayyy!! Aventurine, hand-painted glass beads, cloisonne beads, copper wire and brass wire.

Then came wire

These are my first attempts at wire jewelry. Everything is far less than perfect, but I'm very pleased I made them all myself. Connie Fox has been a huge inspiration.

My first "all home-made components" earrings. My first wrapped beads, and first earwires. The wire is Brass and the beads are Tigers Eye.

My first bead and wire bracelet. Learnt how to make bead links with my practice Brass wire. The beads are Amethyst and Rose Quartz. It also has my first ever swan and hook clasp. My "S" links are pathetic. The swan is not made correctly...but I'm proud of it nevertheless :-).

This is the first all wire bracelet I made. Made with Copper wire. I am proud of each coil link I made ;-). They have been hammered. Divya took this one from me.

The first "S" clasp I ever made. This is made with Copper wire. I have coiled Brass wire around it.