Blue Mother of Pearl Bracelet

I like the colored mother of pearl nuggets quite a bit.  These are in a pretty aqua color.

I've paired them with pastel aqua crystal pearls, and then accented them with chocolate brown seed beads.

Honeysuckle Pink Pearl Necklace

In keeping with the supposed color of the year, honeysuckle pink, I found these pretty glass pearls in my stash, and paired them with shell beads and metalized plastic beads.  For some reason, the vendor was calling these pearls "cranberry", although these would make for some sickly looking cranberries.  It is a great color for a spring or summer necklace, however!  I am enjoying the metalized plastic beads also, although I'd like to learn more about them.  They look like pewter or antique silver, but have a lighter weight.  Very interesting!

The little seed beads you see are a plummy chocolate color, and yes, most things make me think of food.

Brown Shell Earrings

I used large flat discs of brown shell for these earrings, and added a dangle of red glass and brown metallic crystal on the bottom.   I think this is a nice color combination, especially for the fall and winter.

Aqua Sea Glass with Shell Sticks

Sea glass is so pretty.  It is translucent and matte.  In these pieces I've used large round aqua sea glass with iridescent aqua shell sticks.   I've used patterns of various shades, sizes, and shapes of smaller glass beads to accompany the larger beads. 

Earrings to match, also!

Turquoise, Brass, Shells, the Works!

This is a three strand necklace with a spiral focal.   I would say what I used, but then what didn't I use!  This took some time to make, and my better half kept walking by my studio door hearing me doing a lot of mumbling and grumbling.  Trying to get the strands to fall exactly right was the most difficult part.  I used chain and findings in an antique brass color.  Natural shells in nugget and teardrop form are there, plus puffed ovals of turquoise magnesite and round glass in capri blue.

These round capri beads are from Rings and Things.  They have a nice weight, and are a color deeper than cobalt and lighter than navy.  I am a big fan of glass beads -- you can never have too many! 

The puffed ovals are turquoise magnesite, another item from Rings and Things.  This color looks so nice with the dark color of antiqued brass.

This necklace is somewhat OTT for my taste, although I have no one to blame but myself.  Do you prefer the more simpler looks, or the larger pieces with many components?

Candy Corn Colored Earrings

I've made these dangle earrings with colored shell discs.  The design is based on the color of candy corn, which is so popular in the fall.  I tried these earrings first with a ball and coil style earhook.  I didn't like that, and then I put them on a kidney wire.  I didn't care for that look either.  Feeling like Goldilocks now, I made simple earhooks out of some German wire, and those I finally liked.