Carole's Designs at Work

I had a lot of fun searching for the perfect beads for this commission…it took me over a week to find them…and well, I ordered way to many of these gemstones…I guess I will have to make something for myself..darn!

Sorry I havent posted in a while…I was not able to upload pics…

I will have to catch up!

I designed these 3 necklaces for a group of awesome Realtors! They consist of Natural Icy Blue Kyanite, Black Onyx, and Karen Hill Tribe silver beads. These Kyanite beads just thrilled me when I opened the package…they are sooo gorgeous!!!

This was a little bit of a challenge for me. I love to make Eni style Mosaic pendants, but I wanted to do something a little different. Here is my twist.
Designed with Aquamarine, Labradorite and Smokey Quartz to transition the Zephyr from night to morning. I really enjoyed making this labor of love and thought the colors complimented each other well. Im off to make some matching earrings, because Im thinking of keeping this for myself:)

~Carole

Two Pendants ala Eni style:)
Both were designed with two of my favorite lampwork beads.

This is my Pendant for week 4. One day late because the weather here is dark and rainy and I have not been able to get a good pic….oh man what am I going to do all winter?? Maybe I should make a light box like Ive been wanting to. Now I have a good excuse:)
It was really hard for me to come up with something for this weeks theme, and “wheels” kept popping in my head, so I tried a wheel pendant. Well, I did not execute the wheel pendant very well, so I decided to do a Mosaic. I really love doing Mosaic’s ala Eni, but never thought to do one in all silver until this weeks theme. I cant decide whether to wrap the bail or not. I’m thinking I might turn it, wrap it and add a jump-ring. Yeah, thats it…….:)
What do you think??

I didnt follow the theme this week because I had these gorgeous Labradorite beads I wanted to use. They are the hardest stone Ive ever tried to photograph! I really wish I could capture all the flash in them, because they are sooo pretty!
I really didnt like this pendant perpendicular, so I decided to make a oval frame, and this is what I achieved. It is simple, but Im happy with it:)

I have 2 friends who have been helping me with that little surprise I have coming up, and since everyone loves Eni’s Mosaic pendant, I made these for them last night. I will just simply string them on a leather cord and finish them with one of my swirly clasps. I really enjoy making them, and I hope they enjoy wearing them!!