Two pendants - which one?

My colleague who already bought a few things from me, wanted me to bring her one of the purple bracelets I made a while ago and also asked me to make something for her from the autumn jasper stone I showed her once. I have two of these stones so I made two pendants to chose whichever she prefers. I'm curious which one will go - if she likes them at all, LOL!
The small greenish beads are unakite, surrounded by tiny silver beads. It was a weird one (or two) to make, due to the way the holes are placed. It was an interesting experience, to say the least.

The Mermaid of Zennor

I don't know if everyone knows the story of the mermaid of Zennor - I remember (all those years ago -yes I have a good memory!!) doing the story at school - maybe being Cornish and it being a Cornish school, or maybe it was to do with the Cornish Gorsedd which we always wrote poetry, drew pictures and wrote about Cornwall for the yearly competition in our school.

Lying midway between St. Ives and Pendeen on the north coast of the Penwith Peninsula lies the small moorland village of Zennor. A short way north of the village lies the spectacular Pendour Cove. A local legend tells us of the story of one Mathew Trewella and his love for a mermaid. Mathew was a fine young man with a voice to match his good looks. Every evening Mathew would sing the closing hymn at Zennor church alone - this was to be his undoing. A mermaid, half-woman half fish, was entranced by the wonderful music from the village above her home at Pendour Cove. She listened to Mathew's voice with increasing interest until one day should could stand it no longer. She had to see who was making this beautiful music. The mermaid dressed herself in a long dress, taking care to conceal her long tail and walked awkwardly up to the church. At first she just marvelled at the singing before slipping away to return beneath the waves before the ebb-tide. After a few more visits, she became bolder and waited longer. It was on this visit that her gaze met with Mathew's and the pair fell madly in love. The call of the sea was too strong however and the mermaid knew that she must return to her home or face certain death. She turned to leave but Mathew called after her 'Please do not leave, who are you, where are you from?'. The mermaid explained that she was a creature from the sea and that she must return now. Already deeply in love with her, Mathew told her that wherever she went he would follow. Carrying her, Mathew ran down to the cove and followed her beneath the waves. Neither were seen again. It is said however that if you sit above the cove at twilight on a fine summer's evening you might just catch Mathew singing faintly on the breeze.

Taken from Cornwall in Focus

A beautiful Cornish Tale which I hope I have captured with Claire Morris of Rowanberry GLass artisan beads - the colours in these beads are fabulous - mixed with citrine and Karen Hill Tribe Silver with some handcrafted fine silver tendrils ;)

© Gemheaven 2007

Colors of Dawanda prize

A bunch of us from the Dawanda Indiepublic group decided to make some advertising to Dawanda shops. We all take part in a competition, called Colors of Dawanda, for which the details will be posted soon on the Dawanda forums. We will each make a prize, and the winning person on the Dawanda forums can chose from the available prizes. I decided to make this pair of earrings, nicely matching for winter. Hope they will like it :)

Why I hate having a daytime job

During weekend my creative juices are flowing so nicely, I make things that I enjoy and I know others will too. However during weekdays, nothing really works. I'm dead tired from work (stress, etc), and when I get home I just want to sit on the couch (aka couch potato) and read and watch tv. I don't feel the energy to make any jewelry at all. However if I continue like this, with 'weekend crafting', I'll see my dream of becoming a jewelry designer come true in my next life *grins*.
I really need to push myself to work during weekday evenings as well.
So pushing myself I did today.
I made this pair of chandelier earrings, but they just wouldn't sit right. Something was missing, so eventually I figured there is too much silver and too little (and small) Swarowskis. Unfortunately I don't have bigger ones right now, so I added an additional row of Swaros attached to the first row.
They do look better but I'm still not pleased with them. They just tangle all over the place and don't sit 'tight' as they should.
I just can't create something really special unless it's weekend when I know I am not rushed, no stress from work, just take my time, and go with the flow...

Mountains

SOLD

You know you need to do the ironing when not only are there mountain goats grazing on the top but rabbits burrowing in - mind you the last school shirt for Elli should have said it all!! I don't mind ironing its the one time I can catch up on MY programmes, such as Greys Anatomy, Men in Tress, Brothers & Sisters, Americas Top Model rofl !!

RESERVED

The above two charm bracelets, incorporating all the colours of Autumn to me include Caroline Hannon's artisan glass, czech glass, gemstones and crystals - the effects are great and I do feel the view out of my bead room window helps inspire this.

© Gemheaven 2007

Mondays blues!

Ohhh Mondays are the hardest morning aren't they - trying to get up in the dark doesn't help nor that fact my dh switched the heating to come on AFTER I get up brrr!! I love the Autumn though I love the freshness of the air but it doesn't stop me yearning for warm mornings where I can feel the heat in the air really early in the morning - maybe having a poor summer doesn't help - can't complain though this October has been lovely and warm!

The above bracelet contains amazing beads by Mary Parker of Flamingo Beads the colours in them are really beautiful - go take a look at this talented lady's work! OH and an artisan made toggle by Hannah @ Kutuu :D

© Gemheaven 2007

Fun chainmail

Today I was in the mood to make some chainmail , so I opened my little sterling silver rings stash I bought a while ago at TLR. Never used silver for chainmail until now, so I had fun making this shaggy loops set. I called it Autumn grapes as the earrings look just like a bunch of ripe grapes when dangling from the ear, lol.




The second pair of earrings is called fuchsia, I've already made a pair before with copper. In silver they look so much better though :)

I only have two small packages of sterling silver rings, so once these are gone, I won't be able to make any more silver chainmail...so I guess it's time I learned how to use the Koil Kutter...