Work Station

I thought you might like to look at a wire wrappers work station. Cleaned up and condensed version of course. Wire and tools have been put away. I was just putting finishing touches on a pair of earrings.

Rose Quartz Crystal Earrings

I love these Rose Quartz Crystal Earrings. Rose Quartz has always been so soothing and calming for me.

Santa's Work Shop

These are busy, busy times for me. The Christmas craft show at Stratton's is right around the corner and I am teaching wire wrap classes too! We will see how we do at the craft show this year. Economy really took it's toll last year but I still managed to do all right. Other's weren't as fortunate.

My Etsy store is stocked with all kinds of great gifts for your 4 legged and 2 legged loved ones.

This set is gorgeous and the price is right. It can be purchased at lvsbeadsnthings.etsy.com.

Happy fall y'all. Summer is definitely gone for another year..... sighs!

Peruvian Blue Opal Bangle Bracelet

Beyond Sunset is a gorgeous wire wrapped Peruvian Blue Opal Bangle Bracelet. This particular piece gave me fits and just did not want to come together until about 1:30 AM in the morning, thus the name, beyond Sunset...... far, far beyond, lol.

It is available for purchase at my Etsy store, lvsbeadsnthings.etsy.com

Little Mountain Traveler

Small Mountain's pendant came together this morning. I designed it especially for him adding beads of sentiment. He loves turquoise so that was a no brainer. The pendant is a Koroit Opal, cut, polished and purchased from fellow Etsy artisan Keith Cler (cutforyou.) It's wire wrapped in different gauges of copper that I antiqued. If you look real close you will see a Carnelian chip taken from one of my Mom's broken necklaces that she sent to me to upcycle. It's surrounded by coils on the bottom left of the pendant. I also added a solo Peridot chip that I placed near the clasp, my Brother Bill's birthstone. Bill passed away in June. You can click on the photo to see it enlarged. The periodot chip is on the top right.

While Al wears his pendant he will have a small piece of my Mom and Bill to carry with him.

Here is the finished piece.

Love Abounds

Recently I purchased some Koroit Opals from Etsy artisan cutforyou. They were all absolutely beautiful stones and I couldn't wait to start creating with them. This morning I got them out and started wrapping one that I had envisioned would be a necklace for my Brother. I have to tell you, the wire and stone had different ideas than I did, lol. I don't know if this happens to other wire wrap artists but I don't mind. Our artistic talent is a gift, and being as such, I like to think that I am getting a little help along the way.

Ok... with that being said here is my "NOT" to be Brother's pendant, which I named Love Abounds.

Thank goodness I still have 5 more opals. I am looking forward to working with the rest of them and seeing what creations unfold.

Hoopla Affair

What have I been doing to keep myself busy these past couple of months he says? Check out my Etsy store and blog. I've been on a "creative" roll, dear.

These are my latest creations. I just finished them up today. I made them out of hammered copper wire that I antiqued with Liver of Sulfur, wire wrapped and added red coral beads and turquoise nuggets.

These earrings can be purchased from my Etsy store, lvsbeadsnthings.etsy.com along with other great custom jewelry pieces and gift items.

Remembrance

A very special OOAK tree of life pendant made in memory of my Brother, William J. Hamann, who passed away on June 24th 2010. It was made for my Mother and it is positioned so it will touch her heart and help to reflect upon the time that he spent here on earth with us. I hope it brings her lots of good memories.

Rest in peace Bill. We miss you!

Tree of Life Pendant

I got the greatest tutorial for tree of life pendants from jewelrylessons.com. You can do so many different variations just by adding different beads, antiquing, and using different wires. I used copper. I hammered the wire and gave it an antique finish with liver of sulfer gel. I used Flourite (Spiritual Awaking) gemstones. I LOVE this finished piece.

Kiss of Death

Gotta love these gorgeous little black widows spiders! They will dress up your Halloween costume or make fun conversation pieces at the office. You can purchase them at my Etsy store, lvsbeadsnthings.etsy.com

Koroit Opals

Another great find! I was on a hunt for Boulder Opals and checked out my usual sources but I just didn't see anything that caught my eye or the prices were so out of line it was unreal. I was just about ready to give up when I decided to check out Etsy and lo and behold I found a couple of Koroit Opals that I just had to have. Both of these Boulder Opals were cut and polished by fellow Etsy Artisan and gemologist Keith Cler, who's fascinating gemstones can be found at cutforyou.

I wire wrapped both of the Opals in gold filled wire and although the oblong stone has a very unique design and more flash, my personal favorite is the triangular piece. I love the color, the shape, and the way the finished piece looks. I had a "coffee date" last Friday and I wore this pendant and my Ammolite wire wrapped bracelet. I got a lot of compliments on both of them. Even I had to admit, I was styling. :)

Here is a picture of some of the pieces that I worked on during the week. the two pendants on the right are the finished pendants with the Koroit Opals. Click on the photo to see enlargement. You will have to excuse the picture. On rainy, gloomy days, indoor shots with the flash do not do the jewelry pieces justice.