Tis the season to showoff your ankles!

I was asked to make an anklet for someone who will be trekking in flip flops all week while in Vegas. While I've never made nor worn one before, my feeling is that anklets should be simple and not so dangly to avoid tripping. Hmm, from the picture it does look a bit plain, but on the foot it looked great so I made a similar one for myself! I hope she likes it!

Crystal cluster earring

What style of earrings would be more versatile than the cluster earring? This earring was made with a pink/purple theme and a silver leaf at the bottom for a casual summery look. For a more elegant look, I'd opt for darker tan and grey crystals with a teardrop crystal at the bottom.

I've also shown a simpler version without the leaf below.

The solution to plain sweaters

In this freezing, cold, gloomy season I find myself buying a lot of long plain sweaters. I'm not sure if it's because it's so gloomy out that I don't have an urge for fancy clothing or whether I'm just cycling back to "basic clothing". But basic doesn't have to be boring, right?

So my latest addiction is long necklaces. They really do wonders to basic clothing. Here's an example of one that I made for my friend. She's not into fancy jewelry so I've kept it simple with the focal point being the main dangling purple pendant, and added some small embellishments on the chain like a pearl, crystal, leaf, heart, and a flower. Perfect for those who don't like big jewelry.

Leaf pendant glass bead necklace

It's only February but I can't resist posting more spring/summer themed jewelry. Can you tell I'm anxious for warmer weather, "warmer" jewelry?

As a kid I remember wearing jewelry made of plastic beads that look similar to these glass beads. Who would have known I'd fall in love with them again! I've added some small detailing throughout the necklace (beads, leaves), and attached a big leaf as the pendant. The good thing about pendants is you can change them with relative ease anytime you want.