debVdesigns

I like how this turned out.  The copper wire was twisted and coiled and coiled again.  The bead finishes it off perfectly. Bead Surrounded with Twisted & Coiled Copper Wire.

Wild Flowers in Bloom I just love this necklace. Every single piece has been created with wire... each link, each petal, each wrapped bead. The flowers are made with Pure Copper wire and Glass Beads. This is the first stage to my Wild Flowers in Bloom necklace and earrings. They are so pretty on. Wild Flowers in Bloom Stay tuned for the finished piece. I am still designing this necklace but WOW What a great piece it will be with a tank top. Wild Flowers in Bloom Necklace

Getting things organized in my Studio I saw an opportunity to utilize some unused space in my studio. It's not only functional but easy to do with just a few supplies.  Looks like everything needs a good polish. Bracelets on bottom row Earrings on top More bracelets All nicely displayed.  I can hang earrings individually or two per hook. This would also work for your personal jewelry at home. Might need to make a frame for the strips if there isn't anything to attach them to. It holds a lot of bracelets.  I'll be adding more strips for necklaces. Stash of Czech Chinese Crystals now at my fingertips.

FOLD FORMING Charles Lewton-Brain invented fold-forming, a completely new way of forming sheet metal quickly into wonderful 3-D shapes and textures, most from single sheets of metal without any soldering. Fold-forming uses sheet material, folds it, works it and then unfolds it.  Beautiful Fold Formed Bracelet finished with a Fold Formed Leaf Pure Copper edged with  Rivets along the edges. A heat Patina produced many beautiful colors. SOLD Leaf is added with a rivet on one side and secured with the copper on the other side. Side of Bracelet showing rivets

I organize the "Jewelry Junkies of the Fraser Valley" meet up group.   It is a membership based group and we meet once monthly  to share in a project, bring our own project to work on etc.   We are an amazing group of Jewelry Junkies (JJ's).   We had a bead exchange in December 2011 and the challenge was to  design jewelry with the beads we received.   Everyone was to bring beads worth $15 and  no one was to see who brought which beads or who got the beads - very secretive.   We had until our February meet up to design something.   The RULES: We had to use all the beads we received. We could add our own wire, string, beads, findings etc. If we couldn't incorporate all the beads into one piece, we could make more than one piece. I will post pictures of the beads I received, share the challenges  I had and show what I ended up designing. Very secretive packets for our beads These are the bags one of the JJ's made for us t