d'Olivia Jewelry and More

Ladybug Earrings

I came across these red ladybug beads and made them into earrings. They are actually quite a lot larger than real ladybugs. Ladybugs make me think of spring and gardening.

I was thinking green because St. Patrick's Day was coming up. So I used two colors of green crystals for these earrings. The faceted rounds have a sort of milky opaqueness to them. The center beads are Swarovksi roundels, which always look good in anything!

Melon and Pumpkin Pearls

I recently bought some pearls from Auntie's Beads because I saw some new colors available. I bought melon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin. Here they are with an orange (I have no fresh cantaloupe today!) for a color comparison.

The "matte" pearls shown in the forefront are named "pumpkin". I think these could look either summery or autumn-ish, depending on what you do with them. The large pearly ones are named "melon", and the small ones are named "cantaloupe". I can't discern the difference between the melon and cantaloupe. Can you?

Nevertheless, I think these are very pretty and will make some nice jewelry pieces when I decide what to do with them.

Below, I have arranged them in a mock three strand necklace. These beads would look nice just strung like this, but of course I will find some way to mix them up with different colors when I make the final design.

Seasons Greetings

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! Santa brought me a white Christmas this year. It is already melting, but the big storm will soon come tomorrow. I'm sure I'll find that less enjoyable :-) But it was nice to wake up to a pretty white coating of snow.

Kuan Yin Navy Blue Pendant

Kuan Yin is often seen as the saint of mercy and compassion in Asian religions. I created a pendant based upon a vintage form and used it as a pendant on this necklace. I've used shades of dark blue, crystal, and silver.

She is painted clay, made in my silicone mold.

Navy Molded Clay Clipon Earrings

These clip on earrings were an experiment. Firstly, I made a mold from a vintage button. I created a cabochon from white polymer clay, and painted it many times over with different colors of blue paint and then sealed it.

The second part of the experiment is to glue these cabochons to clip on backs that have a glue pad. They seemed to adhere well. I spent a long time deciding how large a cabochon I could use (I have many vintage buttons I can mold!). These doorknocker motif molds are rather small. I could not use anything too much smaller, or the metal clips would show when worn. I could not decide if a bigger cabochon would look odd or not. I'll leave that for another experiment.

Happy Thanksgiving 2012

I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. Here are some flower pictures for you. Enjoy the day!