Dagger Necklaces

It looks like a lot of Quartz and other stones are being shaped into daggers now, which is pretty cool :)

So, of course I had to get some to play with, here's some Necklace designs I've put in my Etsy shop:

Here's one with some really nice Green Kyanite Daggers with Quartz Daggers and some freshwater stick pearls

This one has some Quarz Daggers that have been heat-treated to change the color and what a nice color it is !!!  It's a chocolate brownish bronze color, just beautiful :)

Here's another Quartz Dagger that has been heat-treated to this gorgeous blue/purple color.  I've added some small purple beads to highlight the purple in the Quartz.

This one has that same beautiful Green Kyanite Daggers as well as Quartz Daggers and some really nice Sea Urchin Spines !!  I've strung this one with a creamy white soft leather :)

You can find all my Dagger Necklaces in my Etsy shop here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/driftnbleu?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Inspiration

Check out these old bottles my husband and I found while digging around old mining camps !!

I've always wanted to find old bottles, and finally I did !!

I needed a little inspiration to create some new jewelry, so I decided to use the colors from the bottles.

Here's the necklace I made:

I used Green Kyanite, Quartz and Sea Urchin Spines

There's inspiration everywhere, you just have to dig it up :)

Chrysocolla luv, again !!

Starting to string up some of my Chrysocolla that I got down in Tucson at the Gem Show.  I listed it on my Etsy page, that hurt because I want to keep it !!!

I really luv Chrysocolla, it's so beautiful :)

I mean really, just look at it....

 You can find it here in my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/249626472/chrysocolla-slab-necklace?ref=shop_home_active_1

Do you have a Gypsy Soul ?

The colorful lifestyle of the Gypsy inspired me to create these bracelets.

 When I think of "Gypsy" I imagine bright bold colors mixed with a bohemian, wanderlust way of life.... dancing in the moonlight and all...

Don't we all have a little Gypsy Soul in us ?  I think so :)

You can find my Gypsy Soul bracelets on my Etsy page here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/driftnbleu?ref=hdr_shop_menu

CHANGE, just change :)

CHANGE....  

When I made these bracelets, I was thinking of the leaves changing color, but also how we can all just  CHANGE, whenever, wherever, we choose.  That's a pretty cool thing to be able to do, think about it, we can change our hair, our shoes, our attitude, our outlook on life in a split second, how great is that :)

So if you're having a not so great day.... just CHANGE ;p

You can find my "CHANGE" bracelets in my Etsy shop here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/driftnbleu?ref=search_shop_redirect

On another note, out here in Phoenix, when the pool drops to below 90 degrees, you know fall is coming !!! YAY :)  Finally !!!

Change is coming :)

I've always wanted to go back East in the fall and see the gorgeous colors of the leaves on the trees :)

Growing up in Southern California, we had a few trees here and there that would change out and color up, but I've never seen a huge forest of them !

Now I'm in Arizona, no color changing trees in Phoenix !
We have driven up to the mountains and found some pretty ones there, but I still would like to go back East somewhere to witness this awesome event in its full glory !

I'm ready for some cooler weather, its too hot here still !

I made some fall copper slabs, now I need to string them with leather and turn them into bracelets.

Fall colors make me happy :)

Sea Window Vase

I made one of my lil sea windows and decided to put it on a vase...
of course it needed a frame, so I made this one out of balsa wood :)

My cousin gave me the idea of putting the dark blue sand in there, it really makes
the window stand out.  Thanks Cuz :)