Disk cut beads of Jasper, n turquoise with small horn spacer beads. The focal was made by a cool artist, he set a Wild Horse Turquoise stone in copper. It was a cool find along the side road of the Taos River Bridge. NM.
Handmade Clasp is copper.
Masculine neckpiece of bone, jasper, tiger eye, Apache tears, and jet.
Here's an example of round Kingman Turquoise beads strung with round sterling silver beads and always with with earrings.
Funky blue Kyanite with fresh water pearls, crystal Quartz chips, and the mixed mop shell beads is the longest.
New work station. The lovely Japanese work chest was infested with termites or wood bugs, which ever, so I had to replace my space with plastic and my table from Virginia. Hope we've seen the last of the bugs or my house is in trouble.
Shell pendent inlay picked up Ojo Calenté NM made by Janie Aquilar from the Santo Domingo pueblo. So I set it off with shells, fresh water pearls, funky glass beads, second strand is spiny oyster, and turquoise. Clasp is sterling silver.
A gift for a special friend. She loves blue so this turquoise set is appreciated. She loved the moon face pendant and touch of pearls too.
Mexican chunky turquoise with silver accents, handmade clasp. And an inlaid oyster shell from New Mexico. Spiny oyster disks of orange, red, and purple, with Mexican turquoise disks and a handmade clasp n accents in silver.
Each is made of Kingman mine turquoise and sterling silver beads. Just finished the earrings.
Fun with #JesseJamesBeads.
Also used Happy Mango faceted round natural turquoise beads. Swarovski crystals on both.
Accents on shorter necklace are lead free metal beads and a gold filled clasp.
Longer necklace has the beautiful hand finished speciality beads by Jesse James Beads. And a sterling silver hook n eye clasp.
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This is very interesting info on Swarovski crystals printed by Fire Mountian Gems.
Contemporary Jewelry Handmade in Northern California from the Highest Quality Natural MaterialsI like using strong beading wire, mixed metals, leather, I love turquoise, shells, various gemstones, crystals, bone, ceramic, acrylic beads and good strong crimp beads are a must.There are so many product options out there.I decided to limit my products to mostly North American regions and Mexico. I remember when I first started I purchased some Chinese turquoise and wasn’t too pleased. Then I learned a few of my vendors were selling me Chinese stuff too. There are some quality gemstones mined in China. However knowing the distance traveled made me reconsider and stay within our continent. It’s a big one anyway. Jewelry making helps me relax, I find it therapeutic. My back and fingers get sore but it’s all worth it when I see someone wearing something I’ve made. Darn right Joyous!
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