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Gift exchange with a fabulous bead artist

As any artist I gladly do gift exchanges with my artist-friends. Today I will show what my friend Irina Belinskaya, who is a jewellery designer in Moscow (Russia) made for me.

I asked for a versatile pin. Irina went a few steps further and made an art piece that could be worn as a pin... or a bracelet... or a pendant... or a hair pin... with the earrings, of course! (I managed to find one more way of wearing!)

I found a bead necklace that I made a few years ago... and tried my new pin with it... They look like they were meant for each other, don't they?

Stackable rings with the sea creatures

My collection of pendants and earrings with the sea creatures needed some addition... I thought that stackable  rings would be great to add to this sea line! Originally I thought people would get them to add to their own collection of existing stackable  rings with the stones. However... all my sea creatures look great just being worn together! Mmmm...

The rings are available in my etsy store

 

 

Here are a few more ways of stacking the rings:

 

 

 

 

Fun piece for you... if you dare :)

I have not written anything in my blog for a while... that does not mean that I do nothing here :) Lots of new earrings are waiting for a decision... and lots of interesting things are being photographed for my etsy store. For example, this pendant. I sell this style jewellery very very not often :) The pendants are so unusual, that not many women dare to wear them... I would say, unfortunately. However, those who do... can be absolutely sure they are going to... have lots of interesting conversations with lots of people :) It is a fun piece for a fun loving new owner... who can find it here :)

The Dragon's Eye

Well, I am a little bit too late :) This was supposed to be finished by August 2012. I have 5 or 6 more that are still not finished. I am not sure that I want to... This brooch is sooo bright and takes all the attention from a person who wears it... that nobody will probably want it anyway. Anyway... it is done, and it is a pretty object :)

Chrysocolla with malachite cabochon

I've received this fabulous stone today! Hm.... What should I make with it?.. Hm...

Silver pendant with tourmalated quartz

Again, one more small pendant as an any-day-jewellery-piece. Cute, elegante and moderately sparkly pendant... with another drop-shaped stone... I think I am officially in love with this shape of the gems. Whanever I think of making an elegant feminine piece of jewellery... my hand is stretching for a drop-shaped stone... I just need to remember to use small cute gems, so I do not end up with something like this :)

Purple sugilite pendant

This beautiful deep purple sugilite is one of my favourite stones. The shape of it inspired me to make a peacock feather with it... but I did not :) I felt that it needed to be used for a pendant that could be worn any day of the week... it would be a shame to hide such a nice stone waiting for a special occasion. So, here it is! If you are local and interested in it, check out Just Jewellery, as this is where I placed it for sale. Otherwise, let me know and I will check if it is still available.

Larimar silver pendant

This is my try to make a simple pendant. I failed :))  The stone is just too big to make a "simple" pendant for my "Sea Bottom" collection. That's ok, though... I'd gotten small stones for that goal already... And even made a couple... they are cute... and they are coming... :)

Turquoise pendant

Well... I had two of these nice turquoise stones. One was round and one was oval. The pendant with the round stone was sold in a blink of an eye. So, I needed to use my second stone right a way. Hm... it is upside down from my original design, though I definitely like it better this way...  It could be one of my most favourite pendants...