Wedding # 10

This has been a very popular design for weddings this year! I've just completed the jewelry for this beautiful wedding party. This bride chose a single strand illusion style necklace with air blue opal Swarovski crystals and white glass pearls. Her six bridesmaids are wearing ice blue gowns that will be absolutely lovely with these necklaces and matching earrings. The flower girl is a three year old little princess and will be wearing a tiny pearl and crystal bracelet and sweet matching earrings.

I've got a few tasks to complete, and then I'll be starting on the next wedding party... Indicolite and Ivory.

The case of the red scrubbies...

Lately I've been participating in a forum through Etsy to promote my shop and make some sales. I've met lots of really nice crafters and artists there. Today, I was promoting my scrubbies, listing all the colors I have, and commented that red scrubbies would be coming soon (hopefully).

Now, I've had the material to make red scrubbies for a couple months now, but haven't had my work table cleared off long enough to cut it into strips. I decided that today is the day... I cleared enough of my workspace to cut scrubbie fabric. Here are the before and after pics of my work table (notice that I only cleaned half of the table?). Now that I've put much of my stuff away, I'm sure I'll never find it again, but red scrubbies are much closer to reality.

Wedding # 9

I completed this wedding jewelry about a month ago while my mother was visiting. I'm just now blogging about it, but I suppose better late than never, right?

I would have loved to see this jewelry together with the dresses. The dresses were chocolate colored and flower boquets had an aqua ribbon. The bride wanted to bring more of the aqua into the ensemble and chose this sparkly aqua set.

I've been commissioned to do two more weddings... it should be fun to see what these brides choose!

Wedding Party #8!

Another Chocolate and Champagne wedding! Must be popular colors for this year. Take a look at the tiny flowergirl bracelet... she's only 1!

Wedding #7

I've just completed the jewelry for the seventh wedding of 2009. This lovely jewelry is very similar to another set I did a few weeks ago.

The bride has seven bridesmaids and chose this simple, yet elegant, single strand illusion necklace with crystals and glass pearls. The earrings are also simple and elegant, adding the perfect finishing touch. She also has two flower girls that are three years old. I made the flowergirl necklaces in the same style as the bridesmaid's, but used smaller crystals and glass pearls. ...Should be beautiful!

Now, off to make jewelry for the next wedding (Chocolate and Champagne again!).

Wedding #6

This bride was on a very tight budget. I was able to complete her simple wedding jewelry for only $44! She really liked the Champagne and Chocolate jewelry I did for the previous wedding, but her dresses were darker. So, I came up with Champagne and Dark Chocolate. She purchased one necklace so she could see it in person and it matched perfectly. She ordered necklaces for three more bridesmaids this morning, and I'll be shipping them to her tomorrow!

Contest Piece Has Been Completed!

Yeah! I finally finished the necklace I've been working on for the Fire Mountain Gems 2009 Beading Contest. I need to have the pictures to Fire Mountain Gems by the 15th, so I'll have to pay the extra money to express mail the package. I didn't have as much time to work on this piece as I would have liked to. I'm hoping to be a finalist in the contest as I was last year with my 'Flight of the Butterfly' bracelet. I haven't come up with a name for this piece yet... I'll have to do that before I mail the photos in the morning.

It took me several months to decide to submit this type of necklace in the contest. Then, weeks were spent pooring over my bead catalogs to find just the right components to complete my idea. Once the beads arrived, many, many hours were spent making, tearing out, and re-making each component and then connecting them all together. It was frustrating at times, but overall, I LOVE this kind of work. I wish this type of thing was something I could do more than just once a year.

Champagne and Chocolate

This is the fifth set of wedding jewelry I've made in 2009. I really like this set and would be interested in seeing the jewelry with the dresses. I'm sure it will be beautiful.

This bride asked for a brown illusion style necklace with matching earrings. The colors I used remind me of champagne and chocolate. The light brown glass pearls look absolutely yummy when combined with the smoked topaz Swarovski crystals.

I have been having so much fun designing wedding jewelry this year. I am constantly on the hunt for great prices on beading supplies so I can pass the savings onto my customers. My quality is among the very best, and I think my love for my work is reflected in my finished product. Check out some of my other jewelry designs and handmade gift items at www.charmedgifts.etsy.com.