Earring Wires

I have always used pre-made sterling silver earring wires - they look nice enough, but I wanted to try my hand at making some myself. Here are some I made this weekend. I think they turned out pretty good. Oh...I made the rest of the earrings by hand, too.

Crystal Squares Earrings

Earrings made with Swarovski crystal squares, silver wire, and sterling silver components.

Crystal Twigs Earrings

Another great project from BeadBabe - these are fun to make and have great movement when worn.

Mobius Flower Bracelet

A great chain mail project from Bead Babe. I wear this bracelet almost every day.

Button Bracelet

A cool project from Step By Step Wire - thought I'd try it with these bright turquoise buttons.

Jumpring Knot Bracelet

Just got my newest edition of Bead and Button magazine and found a great jumpring project.
I whipped up several of these 'knots' and incorporated them into a cool bracelet.

Amethyst Set

Earrings and necklace made with amethyst chips - my sister's friend wanted to have her grandmother's old jewelry re-designed so she could remember her during the holidays.

Fancy Chandeliers

Chandelier earrings. All handworked with sterling silver wire - the top pair is made with turquoise chips and the bottom pair is made with Swarovski crystals.

Gemstone Chips

Fun earrings made with gemstone chips. Featured here are amber and periodot. I have also made them with jasper and turquoise chips.

Royelle's Russian Leaves

These are some examples of beaded leaves I learned to make a bead retreat I attended recently. They are fun to make and each one is unique. Thanks, Royelle, for being such a patient teacher!

More Hearts

For some reason I went on a heart-shaped bead buying spree (see earlier posts), so here's another style!

Fun and Funky

Fun and funky polka-dotted beads!!! It just so happens that I have the perfect orange shirt to wear with these, so I kept a pair for myself!

Chandelier Earrings

Chandelier-style earrings made with Swarovski crystals and sterling silver findings.

Heart-Shaped Beads

These unusual, earth-toned, heart-shaped beads look good paired with black Swarovski crystals and silver accents.

Murano Glass Beads

Found these cool Murano glass beads at the Houston Quilt Festival - they look simple, yet elegant paired with crystals and silver accents.

For Rita

I made these turquoise chip earrings for Rita, who said she can never find any good turquoise earrings. She cannot wear dangles, so I put these earrings on posts for her. I currently have turquoise, orange, and pink and green jasper chips available for this earring design. They can be made on posts or ear wires.

Black Crystals

I made these simple black crystal and silver beads for my friend Haley, who wanted something "black for everyday". Hope she likes them.

Earrings for Mom

I made a similar pair of earrings for my mother for Mother's Day this year - the beads reminded me of her green Depression Glass dishes that she had when I was growing up. Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Here are the same beads in blue instead of green.


A different version of the green earrings I made for my mother.

Beads from Mexico

I was not sure initially what these beads were - I got them from a street vendor in Catemaco, Mexico during a trip over Christmas 2005. I have since determined that they are probably dalmation jasper. Whatever they are, they are fun!

Abalone Beads

Earrings made with abalone shell beads with crystal and silver accents.

Caterpillar Bracelet

Fringed bracelet using different sized monochromatic seed beads.

Freeform Peyote

This is a spacer for a cake stand (1 of 3) that I beaded for
my mother using freeform peyote stitch.

Jasper and Pearls

These earrings are made with jasper stones, pearls, and silver accents.

Lampwork Beads

These earrings were made with lampworked beads and Swarovski crystal and silver accents.

This pair has a similar color scheme, but the beads are a little more elaborate.

Jasper Earrings

Earrings made with green and pink jasper chips and sterling silver components.