Simple locket with a good story

This locket is a custom order. It is very simple, slightly textured and letter stamped, made of brass. It is so simple, that I was not even going to put it into my blog. However, I appriciate a piece of jewellery if it has a good story. This one has a story too.

The locket was ment to be a Christmas gift for a young girl. The girl saw her mom packaging it. Mom told her it was for her little cousine, so the gift, though seen, stayed a total surprise for the girl. We both were giggling when she told me the story :) Good save, mom!

Ace of diamonds dogtag

This is a "dogtag" pendant for my husband's birthday. It is made of nickel silver (as he has lost one before... so no sterling silver for him!). Reconstructed red coral is shaped by a lapidary artist Bruce McLellan for this project. Coral diamonds are held by cold white enamel.

Old work, new picture :)

The central piece and the toggle is made of silver (the gold leaves are gold-plated with a keum-boo technique). This necklace is made of Japanese gold- and platinum-plated beads. The only reason for making it was I had extra beads from this project. (Souds like a good reason to me :)

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