Winter is coming...

 "Winter Ice"

(Necklace)  Price: $50.00  SOLD 

The gorgeous blue foil laced glass beads are hand worked and every one is unique in shape and size, so finding companion pieces that work together got a little challenging. But, I found three from the small group I got from Lisa's hoard. I know they are vintage, but not the origins. In context of the original purchaser, they could be Czech, Venetian, or Italian made, as she favoured those locations for glass-work. They are transparent in the clear parts and distinctly recall winter snow and ice in conjunction with the silver settings. This is the first time using the bar-with-leaves as a base to build the focal and has rapidly become one of my favourite foundations upon which to build. It's become kind of hard to not use it too often, in fact. This necklace is one of my favourite designs and themes to date and was one of the first to sell at Illuxcon last year. Very frosty feels. I even created a pair of earrings to go with it. 

"Winter Ice"

 (Earrings)   Price: $25.00  SOLD

I must apologize for the photographs of my various creations. Some of them were taken on the fly at night with my iPad and are the only photos I have of them. Others, I've re-shot in better lighting. One investment in my future this year is to replace my very aged Canon Powershot camera if I can. It's autofocus mechanism seems to not work anymore. Still, that camera has been to many countries and on many adventures over the last 16 years, so  I can't complain. Meanwhile, I'll do what I can with creating miracles with Photoshop. Ahem.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheers,

Marianne