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ON SALE Rustic quartz earrings - Gold leafed quartz altered metal earrings

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Stacking Trinket Bracelets convert to Necklace. What a great idea!

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3 Strand Layered Freshwater Pearl Necklace with Stone Cross Pendant

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Silk cord necklace with Flower Pendant - Mixed media flower necklace - Bohemian rose moss grey flower necklace

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ON SALE Mystic quartz and copper paddle earrings - Wire wrapped quartz earrings with turquoise and opals

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ON SALE Mystic quartz and copper paddle earrings - Wire wrapped quartz earrings with turquoise and opals

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Layered Pearl Necklace with Stone Cross Pendant - 3 Strand Copper Chain Necklace with Floral Medallion and Cross

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Ancient Roman Glass Earrings - Frosted Sea Green Glass with lampwork and polymer clay

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ON SALE Rustic quartz earrings - Gold leafed quartz altered metal earrings

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ON SALE Mystic quartz and copper paddle earrings - Wire wrapped quartz earrings with turquoise and opals

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ON SALE Bohemian tribal clay disc earrings - Urban primitive red and sage drop earrings

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new at RocksandPaperSwans - Chunky cluster of hearts, crosses, and pretty wire wrapped amber pendant

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Rustic Blue African Glass Bird earrings - Primitive tribal blue and copper dangle earrings

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aqua, turquoise, blue/green

I've been playing with my favorite colors again.

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Beaded Tassel Necklace - Boho Beaded Necklace - Unique gray green turquoise tassel pendant necklace

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Turquoise and Silver Filigree Pendant Necklace - Silver Chain with Hubei Turquoise Pendant - Christmas Gift

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Soft Neutral Colors - Multi-Strand Necklace of Shell, Bone, Wood, Handmade Polymer Clay - One of a Kind Art to Wear

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neutral nuggets

 Beautiful mix of neutral colors in this multistrand mix of polymer beads, bone, wood, glass, 

and seed beads. And I love the little primitive birdie clasp almost as much as my handmade, hand painted polymer tubes into which I have gathered the strands.

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crochet, Czech glass, fossilized coral agate, polymer ...

and paper beads were used in my new multi-strand necklaces.

I just love the delicate lacy look of the simple beaded crochet strands wound around the agate

and paper beads.

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Black and White

I was asked to make some B/W things.

So after much measuring, cutting, rolling, and varnishing I came up with this. 

She loved it! It is simple but striking and goes with so much; especially Winter's

darker palette. 

While I was at it I made a bunch of red beads to combine with creamy beige and white bone, wood and some rustic stone-like polymer beads I made a few months ago.

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she ponders ...

new job for Scholastic StoryWorks Magazine

in mailboxes now ... their assignments are always fun challenges.

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more experiments!

... playing with polymer again and this time made caps for some gem stones ... and lot more cones and beads. I painted some, added a crackle glaze to others. I may have to start another Etsy shop to some of sell them since I don't know how I'll ever use them all up in my jewelry.

A few examples below. Terrible photos but you get the idea.

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Multi-strand Chunky Tribal Bracelet - Turquoise Beaded Multi-strand Bracelet- Chunky Hippie Chic Style

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lotsa earrings ...

Pretty paper beads

♥ Process:
My paper beads are made from paper I paint by hand or digitally design to create certain patterns and color combinations; the papers are cut into strips and rolled into beads; they are sealed with at least two coats of either matte or shiny polycrylic and are extremely durable and quite water resistant (but as with all mixed media jewelry you are advised not to shower or swim in it)

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This is a gold and silver leaf over lava rock experiment from a few months ago. A little bling with rustic romantic bohemian earthiness. Don’t ya think?Lava Rock Necklace // Boho Chic Statement Necklace

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further experiments

different kinds of metal leaf over lava rock ... love the look. Now I need to decide what to do with them.

Made this a while back but it hasn't sold so I'm not sure if no one else likes the look 

or it's just that the right person hasn't discovered it. 

It's an interesting mix of bling and rustic romantic bohemian earthiness.

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Sterling silver and Czech glass

 

Very pleased with this one - simple and elegant.

I oxidized and wrapped sterling silver and found this pretty red Czech glass bead to hang in it. The necklace strand is made of tiny gray and white spotty glass beads.

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altered metal experiments

 

Love how the whole look changes with different metal treatments.

These medallions with large fresh water pearls are my new favs.

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Roman glass

I keep hoarding some really, really old Roman glass and finally decided to use a little of it. These earrings also use TINY Glass Excavation African Trade Beads*. They are primitive and rustic and beautiful but unless you look closely you'll miss them. 

So look closely!

The discs are my textured painted polymer clay and I added little metal birds that I patinated in gold and green.

*(The supplier was required to have signed, written permission from the Museum of Mali in Bamako in order to purchase these 600+ year old beads. Because they were not originally made in Mali, they are not considered Mali "artifacts".)

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black stone and copper minimalist earrings+…

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decisions ...

there are so many possibilities that sometimes I can't decide which version of a thing that I like ...

 I've been playing around with some wire shapes I made a while ago and used them to hang little 

stacks of polymer and seed beads.

I like the look but the messy spacing between the wire shape and the beads bothered me.

It would be easy to fix but I decided to tie a little sari silk in a gorgeous blue shade around the wire instead. The colors are amazing together and I think I like it better than the all wire look. 

If anyone out there reads this I'd love your opinion. 

Silk or plain wire. 

Wadda think?

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