Yup, another jewelry post!

I was very busy with my jewelry making before we moved.  My inner magpie is finally emerging!  

The first two are pretty simple, just quotes I've added onto chains with a little bit of color.  The slightly blurry one on the left has three little charms that say "Live," "Laugh," and "Love."  The one on the right says "Never Never Give Up."  I fiddle with my jewelry a lot, so having little messages like this on me does help me keep them in mind.  Like I said in an earlier post, I was looking for a lot of motivation while we were in CA...

 

This one is one I think of as "my good little Southern girl necklace."  It has polka dots, my initial, pastel colors, and somehow strikes me as something worn by one toting Vera Bradley and sipping sweet tea.  As I was anticipating the move to TX when I made it, it seemed appropriate!  It's one of my own projects, no particular inspiration, other than the pendant itself.  I had lots of the black spacer beads, and then used the black accent beads to give it a little texture - the polka dots on those beads are the same colors as on the pendant.  The colored crystals are repeated in the same order as the colors on the polka dots, and the accent beads appear once a color repetition is complete.  I finished it off with just the black and silver spacers for the last few inches around the neck.  The daisy clasp seemed to fit with the personality of the necklace, so there you have it!

 

I also make a key clip using the larger version of the same pendant.  Both sizes of the initial pendants are available from Goody Beads, and yes they are available in all 26 letters.  I had an extra of the black accent beads, and liked the look of the little bag clip-style key chain, so... ta-da!

This necklace is a little dressier one.  It's based on another Artbeads project (Delicate Elegance).  I actually followed the instructions pretty closely!  I used the silver focal beads and styles of chains that I could get my hands on within my budget, but otherwise, a project that I actually followed the directions on!

 

This was a minor kit-bashing project.  I found the necklace-earrings set on sale at Target, and as my ears aren't pierced and I didn't want to waste the pretty teal and silver beads, I added them into the necklace!  You can see how pretty they are in one of the pictures below.  One of the teal beads I added to the end of the chain on the clasp, and the other I added as a drop pendant.  The green beads I just added into the chain to keep the necklace balanced.  And everything from the earrings is now used!  Waste not, want not!