Metallic green and copper clay ~ Terracotta Necklace set

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One of the best parts about working with clay is that for every project it is like starting with a blank canvas, there is no limitation on shape, size of beads or pendants making the choices for each project pretty almost endless and pretty amazing.

Here is another one of the polymer clay/ terracotta necklace sets I made recently. I went with a metallic green , copper and black color combination for this set. For the pendant I went with a square shape but decided to use a round shape for the earrings. This is the first time I tried this kind of a shape combination and liked it quite a bit. This set works well with any kind of Indian dress like a salwar kameez or sari. 

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Pink and Amethyst Clay ~ Terracotta Necklace Set

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As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working a lot with polymer clay ~ terracotta these past few weeks. I am totally hooked on to it, every minute I get,  I am either working on it or thinking up ideas for this type of jewelry. So far I am totally enjoying the process and have begun to get more comfortable with this style of jewelry making :)



This pink and amethyst set is one of the first ones that I have tried using silk thread for the necklace.  The thread makes the necklace very light and simple, making it perfect to dress up any simple top/ casual wear or Indian dresses like salwar kameez. 

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Clay Earrings ~ Amethyst colored Jhumkas

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Clay jewelry has always been something I admired and it has been on my list of things to try for a while now. Finally in the last few weeks I got around to trying out some basic beads and shapes with clay and have enjoyed the process so far. This jhumkas (bell shaped Indian earrings) are one of the first projects I completed with clay. 



I kept the design pretty basic this time since I was just starting out with this kind of jewelry. Painted the clay a nice metallic rhinestone color and used some rhinestone to add some contrast and border. I also added a small tear drop bead to hang from the center to give it that authentic jhumka feel :)

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Pale Blue Agate Beads Necklace Set

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 These past few weeks I have made quite a few new sets, but when it comes to taking pictures of them, somehow I never seem to find the time to do that. Finally this week I started to take some pictures of some of the sets and I hope to have them all in this space fairly soon. I also have some rather big changes and announcements with regard to this space that I will be making soon. I am in the process of putting things in place and when everything is kind of set up, will let you all know about it.



Moving on to this necklace, I had these really pale agate beads with me that I wanted to use in a necklace. I used them with contrasting navy teardrop czech beads and some silver toned spacers. This necklace is perfect for both casual and dressy tops or Indian dresses.

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Golden Square crystal and wood beads necklace set

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 I've had these wood beads sitting in my bead box for quite a while and though I have used them in earrings and love how light and elegant they look, have never used them in necklace before now. The other day when I was planning a necklace with some square golden beads, I realized that the wood beads would look good along with them. So I made this very light necklace set with this combination.



I have also added some tiny golden rondelle beads beside the square beads. The design is very simple and the necklace is very light and comfortable. It looks good with any kind of casual top or salwar kameez set.

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Blue metallic and teardrop beads necklace set

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Sorry folks it's been a while since I posted anything in this space. It isn't that I am not making anything, it just happens that for my jewelry I am not good with taking pictures yet. Surprising isn't it? especially considering the fact that because of my other blog I almost always keep my camera handy.  Yet when it comes to taking pictures of my jewelry,  I somehow do not end up taking as many pictures as I should. Anyway I am working on taking much more pictures of my creations these days and hope to post here often. Here is a set I made recently....



I had some metallic blue beads that were sitting in my bead box for a while now and I wanted to use it in a necklace. Finally when I got some natural stone teardrop beads recently I thought of using both of these together in a necklace. I also added some red crystal beads for some contrast and used tiny gold beads and daisy spacers between each beads. Here is another picture of this necklace....

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Red Teardrop earrings

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It's been a long while since I have been active in this space. I know, I know, I have already mentioned this in the past. It's just that I haven't had a chance to take any pictures of any of my recent work and hence this lull in blogging :-(  



Anyway this week I wanted to work with these red teardrop beads to make earrings and did not want to use any of the usual spacers and other beads in combination with it. So I decided to try something different with wire, I just shaped the wire into a fancy "S" shape and used that in place of a spacer. I loved how it turned out and this has given me lots of new ideas for other kinds of earrings :)

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Green Crystal Necklace Set

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After a lull when I hardly did any beading/ jewelry, finally this past week I got a chance to make something again. This time I made a simple crystal necklace set. I have been wanting to try this idea for a while now and I specifically purchased beads with this project in mind.



Its a very simple design really, just beads from a smaller size to a larger size, with some spacers in between. I followed the same theme for the earrings too, with one bead of each size with the largest bead at the bottom. I loved how it turned out, I am not sure the picture does this necklace justice, will try to get a better picture in the future :)

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Multicolored Beaded Hoop Earrings

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Been a while since I posted anything in this space. Not because I haven't been making anything, but because I haven't really gotten a chance to take pictures of my recent work. My bad, I know :) I am keeping my fingers crossed hoping I get more time to take pictures and post in this space in the future. :)




In the meanwhile here is a multi colored beaded hoop earrings that I made on an impulse recently. I thought it would be a cool way to combine a few colors and make the earrings a little more versatile so that it can work with one colored dress:) I've used fuschia, orange red, deep red and green beads and I loved how the colors all came together in this earring :)

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Metallic Chandelier Earrings

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Even though I have been making quite a few pieces of jewelry recently, it's been really long since I made any chandelier earrings . The last one I remember making was this one I posted quite a while back. I was surprised when I realized that its been so long, mainly because chandelier earrings are my favorite kind of earrings. They are such fun accessories and I love the fact that these earrings add a nice touch to just about any kind of dress.



Once I decided to make some chandelier earrings, I tried to figure out which bead would be most versatile and work with a variety of dresses. A quick search of my bead box revealed some smallish metallic beads leftover from another project that seemed to have a little of  the most basic colors.  Deciding to use these beads, I started out to make these chandelier earrings. I have to admit, these earrings are my new favorite:)

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Fuschia and Purple Earrings and Bracelet set

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Usually fuschia (or bright rose pink ? ) is not a color I use very often, but from time to time I find some beads that I cannot wait to use. These fuschia beads that I used in this bracelet and earring set have always been one of my favorites. They are such a cute and lovely color. Since I had some leftover from the previous project, I decided to use them up. This time in combination with some purple crystal beads that I got recently.



I thought this combination worked really well. I made a very simple combination with some small dainty daisy spacers between beads. The bracelet is a stretch kind bracelet so there is no need to fiddle with a clasp, it can be just slipped on :)

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Green Acrylic bead earrings

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Recently, one of my friends had requested me to make a batch of earrings for her, since she was traveling and wanted something to go with a few of her tops that she planned to use during her trip. I made mostly simple designs that were light and that I thought would be perfect for casual wear.



This is one the designs I made for her. These earrings have one large, surprisingly light acrylic bead each, with a bead cap and an elegant spacer to complete the design. I got these beads at my local craft store as part of a larger set of mixed acrylic beads of different colors.  I loved the light vein design on this bead and I wanted a simple design so that the prettiness of the bead could be showcased :)

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Fuchsia and purple wood bead earrings

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It has been the longest time I feel since I posted any jewelry in this space. Not that I have not made any, but I haven't gotten around to take pictures of any of my recent work and as a result I could not post anything in this space for a fairly long time.

On a recent trip I purchased a top that has fast become one of  my favorite tops. I have been wanting to make a pair of earrings to go with it but kept putting it off. Finally a couple of weeks back I managed to dig around my bead box to see if any of the beads match the top. Sure enough I found these fuchsia and purple wood beads that matched the embroidery on the top. I combined the wood beads with some spacers, and kept the design very simple. This is how it turned out.............................




And yes, I have displayed the earrings on the embroidery portion of my top. I was really lucky I guess that I ended up having the exact same color beads to match the dress. It made it really easy for me to come up with the design for the earrings :)  That's it for today but I will be back shortly with a lot more earrings and other fun stuff. Until then hope you all have a good week and a good weekend :)

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Orange Mother of Pearl square bead earrings

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Been a long while since I posted any earrings in this space. Mostly because I haven't been making very many pieces of jewelry these days. All my free time seems consumed by some or the other home decor projects. Until I get to my next jewelry project I will try and share some of the pictures of a few earrings I made a little while back. Here is one of them.....




These simple earrings are made with square mother of pearl beads that I purchased recently on a trip. They are casual earrings and would be ideal to dress up a simple top or a t shirt :)

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Wood bead Earrings

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Recently I purchased some wood beads for the first time and was very keen to try them in earrings and necklaces, but first in earrings. Since the beads were red, I decided to pair them with silver spacers for a good contrast and made it in a very simple pattern. This is how it turned out..... :)

 

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Metallic rondelle earrings

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In the past I have used a metallic beads a few times in combination with other spacers or beads in earrings. This is the first time I used all metallic rondelle crystal beads in earrings, I just used different colors and sizes and used some daisy spacers in between to add a little more interest. These earrings aren't very long, they turned out to be quite small small and dainty :)

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Peach silver earrings

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Made a few earrings recently and will share their pictures here soon. Here is the first one, made this one for a friend. It's a simple design with silver spacers and a peach colored acrylic bead.  I thought the spacer made a big difference, it really added a nice touch to this earring. It's a very light and delicate earring, making it a perfect accessory for any simple top or tshirt:)

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Purple teardrop crystal earrings

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I had a few tear drop crystal beads leftover from an earlier project. Decided to make a pair of earrings with it. Just placed one tear drop above the other and used daisy spacers between each tear drop to add some contrast. This is how it turned out.....

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Brown crystal necklace set

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Made this simple necklace with a combination of brown crystal beads, copper gold spacer beads, rhinestone spacers and a flower pendant. Made matching hoop earrings with the same combination of beads and spacers. Here is a picture of the necklace......




And here are the matching earrings for this necklace.....

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Blue acrylic bead earrings

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Recently I purchased some acrylic beads from my local craft store and find them to be very versatile.  They are available in a variety of colors and I love the shape of these beads. They seem just perfect for casual earrings or bracelets. I haven't made any bracelets with them yet, but here are a pair of earrings that I made.I combined silver spacers with this blue bead, since I always think silver and blue make a good combination and did not try to enhance the earring with anything else. Left it simple.......

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