Past works

These are some of my past works so you can get a feel for what I'm all about. And all of the jewelry items are currently up for sale, unless otherwise mentioned. If you're interested, email me and we'll set something up :)  (note that these are on Ebay and Etsy as well, so they'll go fast!) Also, these are all original. If something you want says Sold, ask me about it and I'll just make you another one! The pictures and drawings are either for myself or gifts, but you can still enjoy them :) We'll start with the jewelry, since that's the coolest. Note that most of my jewelry has clasps and ALL of my jewelry has a 'weak link' that won't fall apart on it's own, but is the part that will give if, say, you catch your bracelet on something and would rather have it break than have your arm ripped off. It's not a major part of the design, so if you do happen to break it, the pattern won't be ruined and you can easily put the jumpring back on. And although I really like intricate, dainty-looking jewelry, it's all a lot stronger than it looks! Now, onto the jewelry....

Copper Byzantine $20
I love Byzantine, especially with teeny tiny jumprings. It just looks so delicate, even though it's a lot stronger than you'd think - just like me! -^.^- This bracelet was made from 5mm copper jumprings and took a looong time to make. It looks difficult, but actually isn't all that hard once you get the pattern down, but like all chainmail, you have to be careful not to misshape or mar the jumprings. If you google Byzantine chainmail, you'll come up with all sorts of sites that will teach you, it's one of the most common, popular, and one of my favorite weaves :)

Copper Roses $25
Another Byzantine, this one's a variation with alternating 5mm copper jumpring byzantine pieces and then 8mm copper jumprings with clear-and-red glass seed beads. Again, took quite a while, especially when the holes on the beads were too small and I had to make them bigger with a diamond file (very carefully so as to not crack the beads) One of my personal favorites, I think the dark red beads go really well with the copper :)

Silver Mirrors $25
This bracelet is an Eliptical weave with round sterling silver dangles added for extra *pikapika* (= "sparkle") The bracelet itself was made with sterling silver and copper 8mm jumprings. This is a cute bracelet and is long enough to be worn as an anklelet as well and would be very cute worn on a formal outing or a relaxing day at the beach.

Copper, Silver, and Gold-weave bracelet $30
Copper, sterling silver, and gold-filled wire inextricably woven to create a delicate bangle. I recently got into wire-wrapping and wire-weaving and it's a lot of fun! You can get so many different kinds of designs - it's a lot of fun to see what you can come up with!


Fire Heart Pendant $25
This red-and-gold heart-shaped blown-glass bead is wrapped in copper, red-colored copper, and gold-filled wire, tied and decorated at the top to make a pendant. I love the color scheme in this one! The copper and gold contrast and the red just adds to both of the colors. Plus the bead itself is a masterpiece (I bought it though, didn't make it. I'm still hoping my sister will teach me how to glass-blow in the future, then I can make my own masterpieces! :D  )

Striped Heart Pendant $25
Another heart-shaped blown-glass bead, this one silver with red and blue stripes wrapped in sterling silver wire and tied and decorated at the top to make a pendant. This one is very pretty too! It goes well with both blue and red and would look lovely with a professional outfit with all the silver in it.

Cold-Hearted Pendant $25
This crystal-blue heart-shaped blown-glass bead is wrapped in sterling silver wire and tied and decorated to make a pendant. This one was a lot harder to make because unlike the other's, this one is not flat. So I had to do a more rounded wrapping, similar to a delicate cage instead of the traditional flat wrapping. This is my first cage-wrapping and it turned out beautiful, despite the amount of time it took getting it perfect.

 Cold-Hearted Earrings $10
I made these earrings before I got into wire wrapping for real, so it's a completely different style. Put on a sterling silver headpin with sterling silver wire twirled loosely around it, these crystal-blue heart-shaped blown-glass earrings go beautifully with the Cold-Hearted Pendant or can make a statement standing alone.


Yellow XOXO Bracelet $20
Called so by the crisscrossing tube pattern, this is a variation of tubular peyote stitch. Made with yellow Swarvoski crystals and alternating yellow, pale purple, and dark purple Japanese seed beads, this playful bracelet has a sterling silver lobster clasp holding it on.


XOXO Purple Bangle $20
The same design and color scheme as XOXO Yellow, this crisscrossing tubular peyote variation is darker, made with yellow Swarvoski crystals and alternating light and dark purple Japanese seed beads. Bolder than it's sister, this bangle will certainly make a statement!

White Night Earrings $15
These were an experiment that turned out wonderfully. Stars painted on to a shiny white shell bead with a 14kt gold leafing pen, these earrings are coupled with the white freshwater pearls and hypoallergenic gold-plated headpins and earrings. These earrings were such a success that I made a series of them, in colors such as white, abalone-black, coral red, and turquoise with stars, butterflies, and leaves and flowers painted on in both gold and silver. If you want a particular design, ask and you shall receive! Plastic earring backs available free of charge if requested.

White Butterfly Earrings $15
These are similar to the White Night Earrings, but with 14kt gold butterflies painted on the white shell beads and gray freshwater pearls hanging on gold-plated headpins and earrings. More designs to be posted soon! Plastic earring backs available free of charge if requested.

Since I love beading so much, about October or so, I start decorating Christmas ornaments to put up for sale around Christmas time. Here are some of my past works:

Icicles Ornament - Sold
A blue glass Christmas ornament decorated with pale crystal-blue beads in an icicle ball design.


Victorian Ornament - Sold
This was my first ornament, an experiment. I think it turned out nicely, with the red Christmas ornament decorated in beaded diamonds of gold, silver, purple, and red Japanese seed beads and plastic pearls. Look - you can even see my reflection in the pikapika-ness! -^.^-


Christmas Wreath Ornament - Sold
This red-matte Christmas ornament turned out beautiful with red, gold, and green loops surrounding a green cat's-eye Christmas wreath. Hoho-holy hole in the doughnut!! (wreath, I mean)


Jingle Bells Christmas ornament - Sold
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...... with this funky Christmas star ornament! Made with a red Christmas ornament and decorated with beaded stars of gold, red, and green Japanese seed beads, this ornament will surely put you in the carol-singing spirit. (Note: Reflection of me not included. Nor is the computer in the backround.)


Snowflakes ornament - Sold
Snowflakes keep falling on my head... do do do do do... This lovey snowflake ornament was made with a matte-blue Christmas ornament and decorated with crystal clear, light blue, and dark blue beaded snowflakes, designed with ultra shimmering in mind! -^.^-


Elegant Golden Ornament - Sold
A gold/beige-matte ornament decorated with crystal gold and silver Japanese seed beads in a diamondy, dangly, ultra-dandy design! This design turned out pure gold