Hope you are having fun visiting everyone’s blog and checking out their jewelry.
This was really a challenge for me….I don’t work with beads very often…I’m more of a ‘found objects’ kind a gal!
My partner Lisa sent me lots of beautiful beads…. I bet I tried 20 different ways to use them all, but I just couldn’t make it work. So I chose just a select few and I had much better luck. The focal is a cute pewter dolphin jumping over a large crystal. I added a gunmetal (black) filigree piece (from my stash) to the back of it. I like mixing metals in my pieces…I also decided to use gunmetal chain.
I loved the turquoise crystal beads. The hammered pewter square finding were really nice but I wanted to change them up a little, so I added a bead in the middle and surrounded the bead with seed beads. Those tiny things are hard to handle, but I was determined to use at least o few of them!
I added a little surprise to the back of the necklace…a dangle of ‘water drop’ beads hanging from the hammered pewter clasp. It will look pretty hanging down your back.
I’ve shown you bits and pieces…..
Here is the whole necklace.
I really wanted to use the abalone shell I received, but I couldn’t make it work for the necklace. So, I made some earrings using the abalone, blue crystals, ‘water drop’ beads and some brass filigree from my stash (another different metal). I think they turned out very nice.
Thanks for stopping by.
If you get a chance, please stop by my Etsy Shop. It’s a little bare right now, but I hope to be adding more items soon!
Sorry my photos aren’t better…. I working on trying to improve them…
Be sure to check out my partner’s shop. Lisa did a lovely job with the goodies I sent to her. See her work here.
Vintage In Disguise 
Beautiful work Monica~ Great use of those lovely ingredients!
very pretty….love the little dolphin
Monica – I love what you did with your soup! Very pretty! Your ability to mix and match metal with beads in unique ways is very cool.
I love that little dolphin!!! The gunmetal frames it Perfectly !
Lovely designs!
Great Soup!!!
m.e. 🙂
Wonderful soup! And lovely pieces you made! I especially like the water drop beads on the earrings!
Very sweet pieces!
That turned out great. I love the little dangle on the back of the necklace and the Dolphin pendant looks wonderful with the filigree behind it. The earrings are too cute, also.
Very nice job with your soup! I like the way you added to and used the square findings, it really draws the whole necklace together.
Love how you added all those little touches to your necklace. And the earrings turned out fab as well.
OMGoodness…your soup is DELICIOUS my Friend!!! I adore your design, it’s truly stunning! Well done, another AMAZING cup of BEAD SOUP from a very talented designer!!! 😉
Love the dolphin and the earrings. Great work.
I love the layered pendant, and how COOL what you did with the Tierracast square — I’ve had a ton of those but never once but a bead in that hole! Well done!
I hope you’ll join me next time — the blog badge and dates are up on my blog now.
Love, Lori
I love that you put dangles on the back of the necklace 🙂
Earrings are perfection.
What a lovely necklace; i love the vintagy feel. And the dangle is wonderful!
Squeeee…love that dolphin! Very nice necklace!
Love the way you backed the dolphin focal. Beautiful.
Beautiful! I’m so glad you pointed out all the little features… each one of them is such a delight, but especially the dangling water crystals at the back of the necklace. It’s the little details which count the most!
Very creative use of materials.
For someone who has difficulty with beads, you did a fantastic job!
What a lovely piece! So creative 🙂
I am so sorry for being so late my computer was resisting too labor intensive:^)Very nice designs. And there is still time to sign up for the give-away, Just go to SandysColoringBox.blogspot.com Sept.16th blog and leave a comment
Be blessed to be a blessing
Love the simplicity of your design. Those waterdrop beads are darling! I would be wearing those earrings all the time! Great job!
I really enjoyed my visit here. You were very inventive with your bead soup mix. Both on the necklace and earrings which turned out beautifully. So very clever and how brilliant was that to use the toggle as a connector with and adding a bead to the center. Nothing has to stay they way we get it. Esp. in the hands of a brilliant designer. Soup-er Job!
Really pretty pieces – you did a great job with your soup. The earrings have such a great bohemian feel to them.
Julie and Andrea
Love what you did with your soup…pretty designs.
The squares look so different with the bead in the hole, this was jenious! I love how you changed them.
Ambra
I can hear the ocean calling my name right now. Love the dolphin and your creativity.
Mixed metals are big fun, and I really like the little surprise down the back of the necklace!
For someone that’s not used to working with beads often, you did a really great job. There’s so very much I like about your necklace: your insertion of the bead into the metal squares, wrapping the seed beads around THAT bead, and the water drops running down. It’s all so lovely. Well done!
these are some of my favorite earrings in the hop. I love a little surprise dangle on the clasp/back!
Lovely jewellery! I really like how you layered the dolphin focal and also that little detail with the “water drops” in the back. Very nice layering in the earrings too, me like. Great job!
what a lovely soup!!! great work. i love the little drops…nice details 🙂
Your dolphin focal turned out very nicely…and the earrings are lovely! Nicely done!!
Very pretty, great use of your stash to show off the focal.