Cloisonne heart earrings - sold!

These earrings are beautiful in warm rich colors of browns, reds and gold.  I used gold tone ear wires and a topaz crystal to highlight the warm colors in the cloisonne heart beads. 

Egyptian style earrings - Very Cherie

Gave these copper and turquoise earrings to my friend.  The copper just sets off the turquoise beads.

Chameleon bracelet and earrings- Sold

Bracelet and earring set with silver dusky beads, silver filigree beads and alexandrite crystal.  This is such a pretty set; it is purple in natural lighting and turns an icy blue under artificial lighting. The ear wires are plated silver and it has a decorative silver tone toggle clasp.

Falling Stars Earrings - Sold!

This photo is not very clear but before I could retake it they were sold.These Crystal Star Earrings are sold!  They were about 2 inches long and they sparkled as they swung from delicate chains on gold plated ear wires.

Swarovski Crystal earrings

Sold! Beautiful, decorative silver earrings with Swarovski crystals.

Orbit Earrings - Sold

I found these beautiful lamp worked beads that looked like something from space -  a planet? My daughter called them Orbit.  I added the black diamond Swarovski crystal to echo the shade in the lamp worked bead and the four petal bead cap sets it off. They hang 1 inch from sterling silver ear wires.

Rosette Bracelet and Earrings - Sold!

This chain maille design looks like little rosettes.  I added beautiful dusky purply pink glass pearls, decorative spacer beads and to finish the flower look a flower shaped toggle clasp.

Fleeting - Sold!

I love butterflies and I wanted to create the effect of flying butterflies so I hung them on a chain for movement with silver-plated earwires.  I added a sky blue Swarovski crystal; the pretty blue skies in spring or summer. My daughter saw this and  suggested I call it 'fleeting' because here in Canada, the spring and summer, the sun and the blue skies, seems to go by so quickly.

Chandelier Chainmaille earrings

I love chainmaille.  I made these earrings with a little blue bead on the bottom rings.  My daughter gave them to her friend as a birthday present.

Crystal Hearts (sold)

These hearts are rock crystal. I love the clear look and paired it with a simple textured silver bead. It looked simple but dressy. These earrings would look good with a little black dress.

This was tricky!

My friend had this necklace and earring set. She lost a earring and asked me if I could make something to match. It was really hard finding something exactly that color. The stones in the set were foil lined and the chain was made so you cannot really repair or replace anything. I found these crystals that gave it shimmer and were nearest in color to the necklace and I cut a bit of chain from the necklace and used it on the earrings.

Razzle Dazzle Crystals

This bracelet was the very first piece of jewelry I made two years ago.  I loved beaded jewelry and I happened to see a bracelet on one of my piano students.  I asked her about it and she said she went to a beading class.  I wanted to take a class too and I ended up going with my daughter and my student and her mother.  We went to a beading store 'Beady I' in a quaint village in Bronte owned by Allie Savage.  I was enthralled by the beads, crystals, pearls and semi-precious stones that filled the walls and shelves.  they were so irrisistable. I could spend the whole day there... Michelle Matthews, one of the assistants there taught the class and I was hooked. They are so knowledgeable and warm and friendly and ever willing to help with my  never-ending questions.  Came home with enough to do more earrings for my daughters and myself.  I also picked up one of their magazines 'Canadian Beading Magazine';  Allie is the editor; and decided to participate in the competition featured in the magazine. I went back for a couple more classes on wire wrapping loops and making a wire wrapped ring and a couple more on christmas decoration and weaving a crystal ball.  I made earrings to match my bracelet and later on a  ring. These are my favorite colors.  Some may think the color combination is strange but I love the way the blues, greens and browns go together and the sparkle when the light hits the crystal is just awesome and I added a little butterfly dangle that just seems to go with those colors.