Two new listings

I just listed these tonight!

The first is a bracelet made with goldstone, kambaba jasper, and copper. This one would look great on a man or a woman. It has a very earthly look. If you'd like to see the listing for this bracelet, click here.

The second is another necklace with a Celtic star as the pendant. It is made with stainless steel jumprings. The beads are blue aventurine (they really look purple), blue goldstone (they really look black with sparkles), and silver-tone bead caps and flower spacer beads. They are strung on cord and knotted in a way that makes the length adjustable. If you'd like to see the listing for the necklace, click here.

My First Listing

When I post my listings on Etsy here, I tend to post new listings, but today I'm showing off the first thing I ever listed. I really like the colors of this bracelet, but I've been unsuccessful in getting a picture that shows the true color of the blue aventurine. It's called blue aventurine, but it's actually purple. It's not even that blue that people sometimes mistake for purple, they are a deep, beautiful purple. But, whether I use sunlight or lightbulbs, I haven't been able to get the true color to show up in my pictures.

In all honesty, I thought that this would be the first thing I sold, and that it would sell quickly. That's why I listed it first. When I showed it to my friends, as I often do with new things I've made, it got a lot more positive response than pretty much everything I'd shown them. Part of this is probably because, like me, a lot of my friends really love purple. ;)

So, I wanted to bring this one out into the spotlight again, and give it another chance. The color of the aventurine is still not right (the color of the glass beads is), but I took new pictures that I hope showcase it a little better. I've also put it back up in the "featured items" in my shop so everyone who stops by will see it first.

If you'd like to get a closer look at it, you can click here to see the listing in my Etsy shop. :)

Blue Glass and Pearls Bracelet

This beautiful bracelet was made by my husband. It features blue glass "chunks", freshwater pearls and silver metal egg-shaped beads. I think it is very elegant! I also listed a pair of earrings that match this bracelet, or would look stunning all on their own.

If you'd like to see this bracelet, you can click here and, while you're there, be sure to check out the earrings that match and the rose quartz and blue glass bracelet that I also listed today! :)

A New Bracelet!

I just listed this beautiful bracelet to my Etsy shop! It's made of goldstone, blue aventurine (though it looks purple, not blue) and copper. Goldstone is one of my favorites to work with because of how it sparkles!

If you'd like to take a look at the full listing, you can view it here. :)

Two more bracelets!

Two more new listings today! The first is another purple bracelet. This one is using more "art" beads and most have unique decoration, such has gold glitter swirls, white polka dots, and lines.

The second is another orange and black bracelet. I had so much fun making the first one that I decided to do a second orange bracelet!

If you want to see more information and pictures on them, you can visit my Etsy shop here:

42 Purple Elephants

Orange!

A while back, I bought some orange beads to challenge myself to use a color I don't normally work with. However, I let them sit for quite some time because I wasn't sure what to do with them. Last night, I decided that I was going to finally use those beads. This bracelet is the result.

Something else is new about this listing...I'm using music as a background instead of plain white paper. I wanted to use a more interesting background, but wasn't sure what to use. Looking around my desk, I decided the best options were either a magazine or music. I settled on music because I've always liked seeing sheet music as a background and have used a sheet music background stamp I have for that purpose in many stamping projects I've done in the past.

The music is from a beginning violin lesson book. I had it close at hand because I've recently decided to re-learn how to play violin. I took lessons from when I was in 3rd grade til I was a freshman in high school. Not too long ago I took my violin from when I was in high school into a local music shop to have it looked at and have all the strings replaced. Now I'm just waiting for my bow to be repaired and I'll be ready to go!

Back to the bracelet for a moment, if you want to see more pictures and get more information on it, you can look at the listing on Etsy here:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27117446

I'm always interested in feedback on my new listings, but I'd especially like to hear opinions on this one since I was working with a color I don't normally use, so please comment if you want to share your opinion!

Purple!

Purple!
Originally uploaded by SydB42

This is my latest creation, a bracelet made of all purple beads. I hadn't used a lot of purple in my jewelry for a while and it's my favorite color, so I went crazy and made this one ALL purple. :)