Summer Morn

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Lilac as a color that always reminds me of summer mornings, perhaps because that soft shade is misty and a little mysterious. Here, a piece of handmade glass capturing a soft fusion of gold, blue and lilac dangles a silver-encased amethyst drop. The silver is old so picks up the bronzy hues of the brass wire and beads that make up the strand, which includes agate, ametrine, amethyst, glass and stick pearls. In the alternative photos, I show the necklace in alternative light.

Price: $125.00

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Roman Sea Drop Necklace

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Something infinately intriguing exists in pieces of Roman glass. Even beyond the antiquity, these pieces literally capture every hue with a luminous shean of shifting aqua. This piece of glass is encased in a sterling bezel and hangs on a strand of white heishi pearls, freshwater pearls, mother of pearl, glass and silver with an adjustable sterling silver chain. Note in the alternate photos how the piece shifts colors according to light and circumstances.

Price: $175.00

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Safari

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Here's a little tiger to stir your spring: an Ethiopian brass cross handg below a strand of stick pearls, glass, and amber.

Price: $135.00

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Silken Petals

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Pink. Is there a color more jubilant and spring-like?  Here delicate art glass leaves (handmade) keep company on a 'branch' blooming fire agate, copper and pearls embracing a hand-forged bronze dragonfly pendant below a silk bead. A hand-dyed silk ribbon sweeps along the strand in a joyous ode to a new season. Hand-enamled toogle clasp.

Price: $150.00

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Queen of Tides

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I hereby nominate abalone as the perfect spring and summer element of adornment. It captures every color yet remains enigmatically neutral; it shimmers without being gaudy, and it's like satin of the seas. This necklace: is composed with 1 double-sided orb of abalone suspended with 3 textured art glass lampwork beads that seem to capture the sea in in color and feel, along with more abalone, silvery sea-glass accent beads with sterling silver accents and a delicate-looking sterling silver toggle closure. Be the Queen of Tides.  

Price: $175.00

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Bluebell Flyer

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In my humble opinion, this is the perfect shade of bluebell meets cornflower blue with the porcelain butterfly picking up all those blue, cream, toasted colors that evoke certain kinds of antique pottery. For that reason, I echoed the blue in the silk sari bead above it and in the art glass wedges and slices along its lengthy. Besides copper and bronze, agate beads help to catch the antique pottery mood. The ties are hand-dyed silk and make this necklace adjustable.

Price: $175.00

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Swallowtail Flyer

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The swallowtail butterfly flits across my garden in summertime and I always yearn to follow the dance. Here's my compromise: a lovely porcelan butterfly permenantly captured in amber, so to speak, since a slice of rare Baltic amber braces it above with a strand of art glass, freshwater pearls, Peruvian agate, butter amber slices, tiger eye, and faceted onyx. Copper and bronze are the accents with a twined brass toggle clasp. 17" long including clasp, this butterfly is designed to hover at your collar bone.

Price: $140.00

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Sea Drop Necklace

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I was so absolutely inspired when I created Sea Drop. I'd found beautiful glass orbs that reminded me of sea drops and trotted around the BeadFest sourcing compatible pieces such as the Peruvian opals and hand-forged copper tangles. I wanted this design to be truly unique so I wove in slices of aquamarine, glass slices, abalone and even a dangle of quartz. The toggle bar is forged bronze by Cristina Leonard with copper wire additions entangling the sea drop like a ball of translucent yarn by me. Here is a necklace born for a sea goddess at heart.. 18" long exclusive of dangles and can be worn multiple ways.

Price: $175.00

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Between the Leaves

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Here's a harbringer of spring, fresh leaves to welcome the season. An oval of green turquoise hangs below a facet of agate and a disc of forest jasper in this necklace featuring two delicate art glass leaves. Along the strand runs pieces of amber, bronze, copper and painted wood. Silk ties make the necklaces adjustable.

Price: $170.00

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Tiger Turquoise

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A natural green turquoise of the most verdent hue, this necklace plays copper with slices of green turquoise for a stunning hello to spring.  Show your inner tigar with tiger-striped mother of pearl, copper freshwater pearls, copper and glass. Length is 18 ".

Price: $125.00

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Subtle Agate

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What I loved most about this agate, which I've alternatively seen named as a special kind of amethyst, is the softness of it's coloration. The upper part of the piece ios a light mauve quartz-like stone while the bottom edge is a deep, smoky, purple. Flanked by art glass, raku pottery squares, freshwater pearls, amethyst and dichroic glass, it makes a subtle play of smoky purple hues that you could wear with anything. The accent pieces are bronze and copper with a hand-dyed silk ribbon tie.

Price: $85.00

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Taos Turquoise Necklace

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Every time I journey to Taos, I gather turquoise since the west is the place for such forages. This necklace suspenses a piece of faceted turquoise along with turquoise beads from the famed 'Sleeping Beauty' mine. An art glass horizon sets the scene with dichroic glass, agate, lapis, freshwater pearls, and glass 'daggers'. Clasp and accent beads are stirling silver. Though striking, this piece is neither heavy or overwhelming. 20" long with clasp.

Price: $135.00

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Tree Heart

Price: $80.00

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CELTIC DAWN NECKLACE

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Does a little Scottish or Irish blood flow in your veins? Celebrate it with amber, tiger eye, art glass, pearls, and sterling silver in this necklace which features a Celtic motif kiln-fused on a porcelan disc. Simple yet evocative.

Price: $135.00

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SPRING leaf

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The first blooming thing you may see in spring might be any color at all but mine is purple, a beautiful luminous leaf. Here, a lovely purple art glass leaf hangs below a silk bead keeping company with ameythst, copper, and dichroic glass.  The length is adjustable with hand-dyed silk ribbons.

Price: $200.00

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THE WAYFARER NECKLACE

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Travel is not for thye faint of heart. Be bold and step out into the world in this talisman collection of interesting pieces like amber, art glass, bronze, carved turqquoise and Peruvian opal centered by a pottery disk made by Carole Parsons and a bronze centerpiece by Cristina Leonard. The necklace is adjustable by a hand-dyed silk tie.

Price: $300.00

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‘ROUND MIDNIGHT

Price: $320.00

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Heart of the Voyager

The Heart of the Voyager is restless, wants to go treking across the world's terrain, see Antartica, meet the peoples of the north, sail the seven seas. The Heart of the Voyager brims with wanderlust and rarely quiets at the hearth.

This necklace is for you, my wanderer. A slice of caramel agate hangs like a talisman beneath a silver and bone Thai amulet. Above the jasper disc, a circle including Indonesian silver beads meets traveling companions in carved Zuni fetish whales, turquoise, jasper and amber. Let them be your friends. They're waiting.

Price: $200.00

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Spring Leaf

Pretty, delicate, are the words I'd describe the overall effect of Summer Leaf. Silver dangles of pearl, citrine and amber  cluster around a jasper leaf, elements echoed along the strand amid amber, citrine, jasper, pearl, silver and crystal. A stray beam of light will cause flickers of luminescence. The clasp is sterling silver with freshwater pearl. 17" long

Price: $155.00

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