Making Jewelry with what’s available…

November 22nd, 2007

When we were in Bali I collected some shells from Dreamland Beach. I made a few pendants out of the shells and some silver wire I’d brought with me from Seattle. Here are the results…

1st shell pendant 2nd Shell Pendant 3rd Shell Pendant

Feeling creative

October 14th, 2007

I’ve been feeling rather creative and decided to make some jewelry this weekend. I have a really hard time finding supplies like I used in Seattle, so I’ve had to just make due with what’s available here. One of my students heard that I like making jewelry, so she gave me a few stones that she had. I wasn’t sure quite what to do with them, but I found some tiny glass beads at the bookstore by my school, and decided to give it a go. After about 7 hours, here’s the result with one of the stones in the center of a pendant I made:

necklace necklace close up

I also made a bracelet using some seeds from a plant that grows outside our house. It’s not a great picture, but it turned out pretty cute. :)

seed bracelet