Earring extravaganza

Here are a few of the earring's I've made lately:

 I love all the colors in the stone of these!  They are purple but not. I'm such a rock nerd.

It's weird. I used to hate light green peridot-esque stones, but these just called my name.  For some reason, even though the color is wrong, they remind me of a peacock.

I'm really into the same but different look. I loved picking out the beads of similar size and tone, but different colors and shapes.

 And here's how they hang:

I've also been a big fan of mixed metals.  This is something else I used to hate a few years ago.  Guess it's just weirdness of getting old.

these have a lovely patina-ed green copper dangle

I cant decide if these are supposed to be fairy wands or shooting stars.

Dia de los muertos earrings.

and finally some super simple tiny silver hoop dangles.

Blockette's Necklace

Blockette designed this necklace over the summer.

 I put the whole thing together for her because working with tiny jump rings can be tricky for an almost 9 year old (at the time).

She fell in love with this giant bag of key charms.  

I love how the whole thing looks antique-y, but the charms are made of plastic!

Looking at the necklace now, the keys are just the right size for fairy houses. 

 No wonder she likes them so much!

Simple Rose Tree Necklace

 I bought this pendant several years ago.  

I can't even remember if it was from Michaels, Joann Fabrics or Hobby Lobby.

 Anyhow it just hung around because I could never figure out what to do with it.

Then I bought a black chain.

I was still stuck.  

Should it have red danglies? Green?  Purple? 

Then I realized I didn't have any black jump rings or lobster clasps.  

Gold or silver colors just looked weird.  

So back it went into the bead box for many a moon.

Then I made some earrings that also had black toned metal on them. 

As luck would have it, Michaels sold a pack of black metal findings that included: French hooks, jump rings, crimp beads and lobster clasps.

Bingo!

Inspiration struck and I came up with this:

Simple and sweet.  I can't wait to wear it!