Waxed Linen Design Blog Hop

Ceramic Paisley Waxed Linen Necklace and Earring Set

 

 

I am excited to be experimenting more with new jewelry making supplies, and waxed linen is one that I am really enjoying.  It takes away the worry that your wire crimps won't hold up.  I also sell my jewelry in many gift shops and galleries, and every now and then, a customer will break a necklace by attempting to pull apart your toggle closure.  Not cool!

 

I am a ceramic bead artist, so my first step was deciding which pendant and glaze I wanted to design with.  I love my new paisley and I am a blue fan, so I chose Blue Lotus glaze by Mayco.  It has a fun brown crystal burst which gave me my second color inspiration.  Plus, I like the way wood looks with the ceramic, so that's what I used as my accents, along with some 8mm hand rolled ceramic spacer beads glazed to match the pendant.  My favorite metal color is antique copper, so I reached for some chain and a lobster claw clasp to finish the necklace.  I also wanted a pair of earrings to match.  Here is my tray of beady goodness before I sat down to create the finished designs.

 

 

While designing the necklace, I though it would look nice to have some vertical drops, so I did add 4 more ceramic spacer beads glazed in Caribbean Blue to the mix.  Here's what I came up with....and I love it!  I hope you do, too.

 

 

Thank you to Diana P. from Suburban Girl Studios for being our blog hop hostess!  She also makes gorgeous ceramic beads.  I am the proud owner of quite a few of them!  Please hop around to visit the other participants blogs and see what they designed.  If you'd like to design with my ceramic paisley pendant, they can be found in my etsy shop at www.fireflydesignstudio.etsy.com

 

Diana Ptaszynski  

http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com 

Kelsy Vincent
http://jillofalltradescraft.blogspot.com

Susan Kennedy

http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com

Linda Landig

http://lindalandig.wordpress.com

Kashmira Patel

http://sadafulee.blogspot.com

 

 

Jenny Davies-Reazor

http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog

Vanessa Gilkes

http://www.culturezine.com

Sandy Huntress

http://keepsakecrafts.net

 

Kay Thomerson

http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com

Sarajo Wentling

http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com

Kari Asbury

http://www.Hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com

Rebecca Anderson

http://www.songbeads.blogspot.com

Melissa Trudinger

http://www.beadrecipes.wordpress.com

Ann Schroeder

http://www.beadlove.wordpress.com

Shai Williams

http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com

Blanca Medina

http://www.peru-medesigns.com

Cheryl Brown

http://www.dragonflybeads.ca

Johana Nunez Rivera

http://www.artincendi.com

Lori Bowring Michaud

http://www.artfullyornamental.blogspot.com

 

Kelly Morgan

http://www.silverparrotdesigns.blogspot.com

Barbara Bechtel

http://secondsurf.com

 

Kristen Stevens

http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com

 

Heather Boardman

http://www.heatherboardman.blogspot.com

Janet Bocciardi

http://www.honeyfromthebee.com

Kathy Lindemer

http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com

Lesley Watt

http://www.thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com

Susan Kolovson

http://www.beadinspired.blogspot.com

Jayne Capps

http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com

Cynthia Deis

http://shinylittlethings.blogspot.com

Karla Morgan
http://www.TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com

 

Erin Siegel

http://www.erinsiegeljewelry.blogspot.com

 

Becky Pancake

http://www.beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com

Kelly Hosford Patterson

http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/

Sharyl McMillian-Nelson

http://www.sharylsjewelry.blogspot.com

 

Inge von Roos

http://www.ingetraud.wordpress.com

 

Carolyn Lawson
http://www.Carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com

 

Linda Younkman

http://www.lindysdesigns.blogspot.com

 

Sandi Volpe

http://www.sandivolpe.com

Toltec Jewels

http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com

Michelle Mach

http://www.michellemach.com/blog

Jen Cameron

http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog

Dorothy Winchell

http://www.winchell-clayworks.com/myblog

Darlene Mansue

http://www.d7studioblog.blogspot.com