Simple Joys: Catch Up Jewelry Post

OMG! It's been so long since I posted that I just lost a super long post with lots of pictures. Okay, so I'm trying again to post all the pictures of jewelry I've made in the last few months. I made some bracelets, some necklaces, and a few earrings. I also made lanyards and more earrings since I took these pictures, but those will come on a later post. Okay, here we go.

These are three separate pearl bracelets that I made.

This is the chocolate freshwater pearl with two different Swarovski crystlas in between. I can't remember the names of the crystal though - aiy.

This bracelet is made with gold pearls wire wrapped with gold filled wire. I used a single chain link in between each connection to prevent kinks.

This one is made with pale green pearls and wire wrapped with sterling silver wire. I used the single chain link in between again to prevent kinks

This bracelet has mixed stones and pearls wire wrapped with gold filled wire.

These earrings were a fun project. Kathy brought the materials and shared this project. She, Elaine, Kammie, and I made our own versions. Fun time!

These earrings are made with honey quartz drops, czs and brass findings. I wire wrapped the czs onto the brass filigree.

These earrings are made with pale green freshwater pearls and green amethyst drops. They match the pale green freshwater pearl bracelet. I also made a matching necklace.

This is the pale green necklace that completes the set. Yup. I actually did a matching set! I rarely make sets, but I love the pale green pearls and the green amethysts.

This is a close up of the drop on the necklace. I love the cut of the green amethyst drop!

These pale peach pearls and faceted czech rounds make up an extra long lanyard that can be wrapped once, twice or three times around the neck.

This is a single wrap.

This is a double wrap.

This is the triple wrap.

This necklace has a phrenite drop on a wire wrapped faceted opal rectangle and Swarovski crystal chain. I've had the materials to make this necklace for over 2 years. I saw the necklace at Bella Beads. The owner Karen had made it. She sold me the stuff to make it before I worked there for about a year. I've since been working for the state for a year and a half. What a procrastinator huh!

This necklace was a redo. I had made a double strand with the flat oval beads, but the flat beads would get stuck to my skin in the humid Hawaii weather. I had to add in the cubes and rose cut rounds to have it hang right. I decided to just make it a single strand. I like it much better now :)

These earrings are made with brass findings and round and oval picasso beads. It's another set! I have a matching two strand necklace. :)

This is the matching necklace to the earrings :)

This necklace is made with turquoise colored picasso beads, matching pinch beads, faceted czech beads and brass chain. I made earring to match it too! Wow. So many matching sets!