What are you wearing to Christmas parties?

What are you wearing to Christmas parties this season? That was the inspiration to this necklace. This year there is no company Christmas party to go to for us, but I thought I would play make believe like when I was a young child.

The first thing I think of when wearing something to a Christmas party is something that sparkles. I found these great cubic zirconia briolettes in an olive green color. Now I know why some men like to sneak this manufactured stone as a diamond. These little beauties sure do sparkle. I wrapped them with gold filled wire and then I was stuck. I was stuck because I really wanted to use gold chain, a large link gold chain. With the price of gold I wasn't going to be able to do that, but found this brass chain that works perfect and the vision in my head was implemented. Don't you love when that happens?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This tune has been singing in my head since I saw my first Christmas commercial a couple of weeks ago. Is it starting early this week or is it just me? Shoot, the folks behind us already have their Christmas lights hung AND on and it isn't even Thanksgiving yet. Makes me think I am behind so it is time to bring out the festive look beads and get cracking.

These little pretties consist of garnets and freshwater pearls on gold chain. I never used to like red with gold, but lately I am digging this look.

This is more of that thick plasic coated wire that dh got for the work site. I stripped it which is no fun job and then wrapped it around different gauges of round dowels at my bench. Another fun job. This stuff is strong, but what the heck I hammered it to give it more strength and to hold its shape. I then played with all the different ways to hang from the cable chain after the pearls were wrapped and this is what I came up with.

I like how it flows smoothly and the long chain makes it a perfect for the trend of those long necklaces that are in vogue right now.

Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear?

Do you ever create something that you like so much that the birds stop chirping, the sky clears itself of clouds and the faint sound of angels singing with a harp can be heard? This is what happened with these earrings for me. No, these is no new design to me and I have used these tourmaline gemstones before, but it just love them all the same.

I love the delicate gold filled chain used. Ya I realize in this photo you can't really see it, but it is there. I love how the gold works so well with the varied colors of the gemstones. I love how the gemstones are faceted that they catch all the the colors inside the gems. It just works. Like the beer commercial of years past. It doesn't get better than this.

Festive

How fun it is to start creating more festive looking earrings. I got these Cubic Zironians at a steal along with some olive green colored ones. I wire wrapped them with gold filled wire and hung them from 14k gold filled chain. These lovely earrings will gently sway from catching the light emphasizing their sparkle. I just received an order of gold wire today so look out I may be on a gold roll like I have been with the copper lately.

What is Cubic Zirconia? It is a synthetic gemstone that very closely resembles diamonds. It can be created to resemble any color. It sparkles like a diamond, is harder than a crystal and is an inexpensive alternative to diamonds.

Purple People Eater

I will take any opportunity to use the name purple people eater. I have loved that song since I was a small child. These earrings seemed to suit it well.

These fun earrings were created using copper wire that I formed into hoops and then wrapped very thin wire around them to create the coil affect. Round, amethyst beads are wrapped around the bottom of the hoops and a faceted amethyst briolette dangles in the middle. Lever back earrings finish these earrings off.

Ring of Chains

Here is another use of found copper. Found in my garage that is. If you remember my husband is an electrician and he had some pieces of plastic coated copper that I stripped. This ring was made from that stripped copper that I forged with Big Betty (my big torch) and hammered for interest and durability.

I had some different styles of copper chain in varied sizes that I hung and added different sizes of round amethysts. With long necklaces making a strong come back (ya, I'm dating myself and I am okay with that) this puppy sits mid chest a little longer for you little skinny things out there.