New sets of bracelets and earrings.

This weekend I have mostly been finishing up orders, but today I have devoted all my time to creating new pieces. I have started a store at epla.no and I needed something that I could put out for sale there. So among other things I made some bracelet and earring sets.

Bracelet (21.5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 8mm purple crystal rondelles and 10mm purple crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 10mm purple rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (21,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 8mm cobolt blue crystal rondelles and 10mm cobolt blue crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 10mm cobolt blue rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (20,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 7mm black twisted crystal rondelles and 12mm black crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 10mm black rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (21,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 8mm turquoise crystal rondelles and 12mm turquoise crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 10mm turquoise rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (21,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 6mm green crystal bicones and 10mm green crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 10mm green rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (21,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 6mm light green crystal bicones and 12mm light green crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 12mm light green rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Bracelet (21,5cm) made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 8mm light blue crystal AB rondelles and 12mm light blue crystal rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on tiger tail wire. Matching earrings made with 6mm clear crystal rondelles, 12mm light blue rondelles, antique silver colored beadcaps and 2mm metal beads on real silver wire and hooks.

Happy Easter!!

Easter 2012 is quickly nearing it's end, and I must admit that I haven't spent as much time of my days off as I thought I would, making jewelry. I don't quite know why, but I guess I have prioritized doing other things as well.
I have read a lot of criminal mysteries, watched a lot of criminal mysteries and been part of a lot of criminal mysteries....well, that last statement is not really true. I have not been part of any mysteries -  I have however, at times been very nostalgic thinking of, and missing "the good old days". Not very smart, as the good old days are just that...good and old....and not very likely to come back, but thinking of them sure do make time fly by quickly.

This afternoon and evening I have put a few hours into jewelrymaking, though. With no set goal in mind, I have made a little of this and a little of that:-)

Oh, and by the way - the hand that I have used in the photoes, is a wooden hand that I have borrowed from my husbands collection of rareties....

Bracelet made with 4mm clear and 8mm blue Swarovski rondelles and 2mm clear embroidery beads.

Bracelet on tiger-tail wire made with 4,8&12mm shiny waxed cream-colored glass beads and rhinestone spacerbeads.

Chandelier earrings on hooks with 6x4mm white rugby swarovski crystal AB beads and 4mm green Swarovski bicones .

Bracelet on tiger-tail wire made with 4,8&12mm shiny waxed creamcolored glass beads, 10mm silver colored stardust beads and tibetan silvercaps.

Necklace pendant made with light purple and clear 8mm Swarovski rondelles and 2mm silver-plated spacer beads on a 46cm silver-plated chain.

Necklace pendant made with 8mm light purple and 12mm clear Swarovski rondelles and 2mm silver-plated spacer beads  on a 46cm silver-plated chain.

Necklace pendant made with 8,10&12mm clear Swarovski  rondelles and 4&6mm light purple Swarovski  bicones on a 43cm silver-plated chain.

Necklace pendant made with 8mm light purple and 4mm clear Swarovski  rondelles on a 43cm silver-plated chain.

Charm bracelet.

Bracelet made with 6mm yellow and orange Swarovski bicones, 12mm clear Swarovski rondelles and 2mm clear embroidery beads.

Chandelier earrings.

As I am always out to learn new techniques and expand my jewelry-making skills, I decided I would try making chandelier earrings as well as earrings on creoles. I particularly liked the chandelier type earrings as I could incorporate several different bead patterns in one earring. The earrings made on creoles weren't any different than making earring hoops really, except for the fact that they are attached to hooks in the end.

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/light pink and clear Swarovski rondelle beads (6&4mm)

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/red and clear Swarovski rondelle and bicone beads (6&4mm)

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/light purple and clear Swarovski rondelles (8&4mm)

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/waxed creamcolored glassbeads (8&12mm) and pearlcaps.

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/blue and clear Swarovski rondelles (8&4mm)

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/turquoise and clear Swarovski bicones (6&4mm)

Chandelier earrings on hooks w/purple Swarovski teardrops, clear and purple bicones and rondelles (6&4mm)

Creole on hook w/silverplated spacer beads and turquoise Swarovski rondelles (6,8&10mm)

I adore making the braided bead bracelets, so I keep making more and more of them as well.

Bracelet made with red Swarovski bicones 6mm, twisted crystals 7mm and clear embroidery beads 2mm.

Bracelet made with orange and clear Swarovski bicones 6mm and clear embroidery beads 2mm.

Bracelet made with lt. pink Swarovski bicones 6&4mm and purple embroidery beads 2mm.

Bracelet made with clear Swarovski bicones 6mm, twisted black crystal beads and black embroidery beads 2mm.

Bracelet made with clear Swarovski bicones 4mm, lt. green Swarovski bicones 6mm and clear embroidery beads 2mm.

New earrings..

After having completed several orders today, I decided that I would try out making a new style of earrings. On tiger-tail wire I treaded teardrop Swarovski beads and other Swarovski beads in several different sizes and attached it to a earring hook. I am pretty satisfied with the results.

Lt. Rose Swarovski teardrops, lt. rose Swarovski bicones 4mm and 2mm spacer beads on hooks.

Hot pink Swarovski teardrops, 4 different shades of pink Swarovski bicones 4mm and 2mm spacer beads on hooks.

Lt. green Swarovski teardrops, lt. green Swarovski rondelles 6mm and 2mm spacer beads on hooks.

Lt. violet Swarovski teardrops, clear Swarovski bicones 4 and 6mm and rondelle 10mm, lt. violet Swarovski rondelle 8mm and bicones 4mm on hooks.

Aquamarine Swarovski teardrops, clear Swarovski  round 4mm, rondelles 10mm and bicones 4mm, aquamarine rondelles 6mm and bicones 4mm on hooks.

Clear AB Swarovski teardrops, black Swarovski bicones 4mm, rondelles 4 and 10mm and clear Swarovski bicones 4mm and rondelles 4mm on hooks.

New bracelets.

Since I last wrote, I have gone through quite a clearing out process in the room I am making the jewelry in. I felt that I had to, as everything seemed to be really cluttered and unorganized. My husband made a table for me some years back because I needed a work table to fit a tight space in our computer/guest room. The table has really been handy when I have made greeting cards, done scrap-booking and also some sewing. I have had a lot of different stuff placed on this table and as I now was trying to do jewelry making at the same table, I just had to clear it up.
The main item I had to move was my sewing machine that 2was set up on the table - I moved it underneath the table instead. I also organized a lot of other hobby items to make space for all my beads and the necessary equipment on the table. Until now I have had to clear away all the boxes with beads everytime I was done working. It was quite a hassle to stack smaller storing containers into a bigger one to tidy up after a work session. I found it even more of a hassle that I wasn't able to have all the beads set up on the table when I worked. This because they were stacked on top of eachother in a large box, and I more often than not had to lift up several containers to get to the one I needed. As with all the other hobbies that I have done in this room the jewelry making has made me wish that this whole room was set up differently. I will have to talk it over with my better half and maybe we can find an acceptable solution:-)
Anyway, I cleared off the table and have now set up all my bead containers along the edge of the table hugging the wall. I am now able to just reach out and find what I need, without having to root around, stack and store a box everytime I need something! I have also bought a bead design board that makes it a lot easier to keep track of the beads I need at any given time. SO - there has been some progress in my jewelry making world:-)

I have mainly concentrated on making more bracelets since I last posted on the blog. As I have mentioned before, I really got hooked on this one method of "braiding" bracelets, and although it takes quite a bit of time and a substantional amount of beads to make them, it is basically what I have spent time doing. Until last night. Some time ago I purchased a lot of  lampwork glass beads to make European Charm bracelets, but until last night I had only made one bracelet with lampwork glass beads. So, it was certainly time to make some! Here they are:

White, silver and pink lampwork glass beads and silverplated spacer beads with elements of pink.

Turquoise lampwork beads and a dangle made with a mix of turquoise and clear Swarovski beads.

Amber lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of amber and clear Swarovski beads.

Black and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of black and clear Swarovski beads.

Blue and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of blue and clear Swarovski beads.

Light green and pink lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of light green, light rose and clear Swarovski beads.

Light green, pink and white lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of olive green and clear Swarovski beads.

Black, dark green and pink lampwork beads and dangle made with a mix of emerald green and clear Swarovski beads.

Dangle made with a mix of light and dark purple and clear Swarovski beads and silver plated spacer beads.

I came across these cute pig heads and I just had to get them! Pig heads lampwork beads and  dangle made with a mix of amber and clear Swarovski beads.

This bracelet I have shown once before, then in a set with earrings.  Green Millefiori lampwork beads and a mix of tibetan spacer beads.

Dangle made with a mix of black and clear Swarovski beads attached directly on a chain.

Tibetan Silver Dangle beads and a mix of Tibetan Silver Spacer Charm beads

I thought I would show some more of my braided bracelet as well:-)

4mm clear Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm black Swarovski bicone beads and black embroidery beads.

6mm light purple Swarovski bicone beads, 4mm violet Swarovski beads and purple embroidery beads.

4mm clear Swarovski beads, 6mm light purple Swarovski bicone beads and clear embroidery beads.

4mm hot pink Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm clear Swarovski bicone beads and clear embroidery beads.

6mm turqois Swarovski rondelle beads, 6mm half crystal half silver Swarovski round beads and clear embroidery beads.

4mm clear Swarovski bicone beads, 6mm blue Swarovski beads and white embroidery beads.

4mm violet Swarovski beads, clear 6mm Swarovski beads and purple embroidery beads.

 On Tuesday I am going to have my first "jewelry-party" and in order to do so I have put my husband to work making racks that I can display all the different items on. The racks have really turned out nicely and they are quite convenient when I want to display the jewelry. The one below is just one of several:-)

My bracelet rack!

 I am quite nervous about the jewelry-party since I have never done anything like that before. Luckily I think I know all the people that will be there, so I am sure it will be ok! Wish me good luck!