Texas Ring

This is my new Texas ring.  I originally wanted to do a stone for each city - Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso but I thought it looked too cluttered.  I chose these cities because they are the most well known and the largest in Texas - sorry but Fort Worth is the same as Dallas in my book.  The lines depict different highways (45, 10, and 71).  The stone moves along the "highways" to the different cities.  I love this ring because I love Texas.  It is a very simple ring but not small.  This is not a ring you could wear if you had to use your hands at all, it would definitely get in your way.

Sofia's Necklace

  This necklace I designed with a little six year old I used to babysit.  She came up with the stone hanging from the chain.  Which is so funny to me because it fits in with my style of jewelry so well.  I love unexpected movement in my pieces.  I oxidized the inside of the diamond shape to make the stone pop even more.  I love the movement I  get working with the really small chain but I always forget how much of a pain it is.  I have gotten better with it but I still melt the chain at least once every time.  But overall I love the necklace and I hope I can find someone that would love to have it.   

Scrap Necklace

This is what I like to call a scrap necklace.  I really liked the shape of this scrap piece of silver I had and I thought it would make a really cool necklace.  Of course I had to do a little more to it to make it interesting so I added texture and then oxidized the texture so it would stand out.  I also put a small amethyst in the corner to bring some color to the piece.  I think the purple and the black together make it look a little Gothic(not in a good way) but I love the way it hangs on the neck.  As with most of my pieces, it has a very geometric look to it - sloppy geometric.  Sorry the photo is so bad.

Mother of Pearl Earrings

I really like working with mother of pearl and I thought it would be a lot easier than it was to work with the chain.  I had to melt about three chains before I could get to this point, but I guess the more I work with it the easier it will get.  These are very simple, almost boring, earrings.  But they look beautiful on the ears and the movement of the chain really catches the eye.

Heart Necklace

This is a pretty simple necklace. Similar to other necklaces I have made the solid heart threads through the wire heart.  So the length of the necklace is somewhat adjustable, you could have the solid heart hang longer or have the two hang side by side.  I don't know why I am drawn to this style of necklace so much but I love the simplicity of it.