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This pendant is made of a new medium for me, PMC, precious metal clay. I am inside the learning curve right now, making all kinds of mistakes, screwing up big time. But hey, how else do I learn? Setting the stone was tricky for me since it was the first time I ever attempted anything like this and I was sure I'd mess up. I did...four times...but who's counting? I won't let a little thing like colossal failure stop me. I gritted my teeth and kept trying. So, after fighting my battles, this is...

When using Chrysocolla, be very careful. That is all I have to say. It is a soft stone, (Mohs scale of 2.5 to 3.5) that is hard to resist with its beautiful blue/green and this one has browns also. But dang! It is hard to set in wire. This cab was broken in to three pieces as my tight wrap ate up the stone. But I didn't give up. Super glue to the rescue. I changed up my design and hid the mess to salvage what I could. Boy, did I want to hit the epic failure button on this one. But here it is. A...

This pendant is made of a hand wrapped Chrysocolla cab. Although beautiful, Chrysocolla is a a soft stone that needs to to be handled with care when being set. Well, I always seem to learn the hard way. I broke this cab completely in two while wrapping it. I guess I wrap a little too tight some times. But I just couldn't give up on it, the stone is too pretty to throw away. So I super glued it together and used nail polish remover (the kind with acetone) to clean up the residue on the front....

With this set, I wanted to design something that would be neutral enough to wear with almost anything and yet have some drama and spunk. Lots of dangling pieces of black onyx give it movement and playfulness while the satin domes catch the light and give it elegance and sophistication. I am really pleased with the overall effect. When you wear this set, you are casual and elegant at the same time. The bracelet is 7 1/4 inches long and the necklace is 19 1/2 inches long and is adjustable.

This pendant is made of an interesting cabochon of Gary Green Jasper. It has been carefully hand wrapped in 14 k gold filled wire. I chose gold wire because it compliments the particular shade of green that is present in this stone. I tried something new and wrapped the outside edge all the way around the stone and left only the design wire on the front free of wrapping. It was not easy to do this and I had to splice in a section but I don't think you can see it from the front (hopefully)....

This unique pendant is made of an extraordinary agate druzy cabochon. The flow of the crystal in the agate is so beautiful that all I had to do was to follow the lines already given. It is such a neat piece that I had to show it to you all. It measures 2 1/4 inches tall and 1 1/4 inch wide. Hope you like it.

Once again I go back to the amazonite with smokey quartz. It really is one of my all time favorite color combinations. Sometimes I can't wait to get the piece done so I will coil furiously for hours, with steely determination to get it done. This one has a centerpiece that makes it unique to the other amazonite pieces I have done. It looks great with a V neck sweater or an open collared shirt. It measures 17 1/2 inches to 20 inches long, using the extension chain.

This is a fun, casual bracelet made of 18 ga. copper wire, turquoise and sodalite. This piece is the result of my playing around with copper, just to see what it can do. It was fun to make and as a result, is fun to wear also. It is 7 1/4 inches long.

This turquoise pendant has been hand-wrapped in sterling silver, with a single drop in the middle. When I was designing this wrap, I saw the other side of the stone was very nice too, just with a lot more brown. So as I wrapped it, I made the back similar so you can flip it and get a new look. When I can, I love to make things reversible so you get more use out of them. It is a great compliment to me when people can not tell which side is the front. I have gone to the galleries where I sell and...

These ear rings are made from Cubic Zirconia. The way the CZ's are cut makes them catch a lot of light and flash a gorgeous red/orange fire. A highly spirited pair of ear rings; wear these and be noticed! Hand wrapped with 14K gold filled wired and measure 2 inches from the top of the french hook to the bottom. The CZ's are 10/16 in. wide.

This beautiful Ammonite fossil was presented to me to wrap for a good friend of mine, Barbara McGuire. I tried to give the stone good balance and not to distract from the beautiful sparkle inside the chambers. Quite a challenge this stone was, but I never back down from a good challenge. It is reversible so if she chooses, she can wear the outside of the shell facing up to get a different look.

This pendant has that earthy elegance that I love so much. It is made of an Ammonite fossil from the Volga River in Russia. It has pyrite druzy in the center that glistens softly in the light and draws your attention. A wonderfully unique pendant that adds just the right touch to whatever you wear it with.

This is a pendant made of an ammonite fossil cabochon. The center has areas of pyrite druzy which I emphasized with the wiring. I chose the bail bead very carefully so the bail would compliment the stone setting. It sold the first time I put it out so I guess it was a successful piece.

This unique necklace was the one I chose to write about in the February '08 issue of Bead&Button Magazine (see link at In the Press, at the bottom of the page). I was completely floored when they told me they chose my jewelry for the cover. I was happy just to be included somewhere in the magazine but to be chosen as the cover was such an honor. I found out right before Christmas and so that made for a very happy holiday season. The necklace is made from extraordinary, hand-made polymer clay...

This pendant is made of a beautiful agate druzy cabochon. The shape of the cut and the way the crystal seems to peek through is just extraordinary and it was sold the very day that I wrapped it. Some stones are so beautiful that I don't get a chance to get to know them like I want to, they just fly to their new homes.

This bracelet is mostly large Bali beads, accented with 8 mm round, brown Swarovski crystals. This bracelet was made for a client at Christmas. He wanted a bracelet for his wife that would go with a multitude of things. This is what I came up with for her. I am happy to say she loved it.

This piece is made of grey/coppery colored quartz. I highlighted the colors and added a little bling with Swarovski crystal cubes. The main section is hand coiled with fine, sterling wire and takes hours of work.

This pendant is made with a beautiful agate druzy cabochon. I chose to wrap it in 14K gold filled wire to emphasize the crystal center. This is the first time I have ever woven the bottom and the top in the same piece. Usually I just weave the top as the wires come together but this time I got ambitious and tried it out at the bottom too. You have to carefully choose the right stone because the weaving can quickly compete with any pattern in the stone. This cab is quiet in its coloring and I...

I was approached by a lovely lady who asked if I could re-work old jewelry into something new for her, using stones from a necklace she already had. Although the stones were beautiful, she did not care for the style of the necklace they were strung into. She asked me to design and make a coiled center piece with a coordinated strung necklace, using these stones. After much planning and hours of work, this is the finished piece. She was pleased and is proud to own an original, one of a kind...

This is a custom piece I made for a client who wanted a long, strung necklace using the teal colored faux pearls. The necklace was designed to have three looks; one with the wire wrap on so it looks great with a V neck and is a little more dressy. The second way is with the wire wrap taken off so you have just the pearls and look great with a round neck shirt. The third option is for you to place the wire wrap on an omega chain as a slide and this gives you a completely different look. As a...

This pendant is made of an absolutely gorgeous Pietersite cab, wrapped carefully in 14K gold filled wire. The picture does not do this stone justice for it shimmers with the changing angles of light. The coloring in this stone epitomizes the beauty that God displays in His creation. If you haven't ever looked into Pietersite before, I highly recommend it. It is a fascinatingly beautiful stone.