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Thursday 27 June 2013

Jewellery set with Primulas



Jewellery set with agate and primulas
This jewelry set consists of a pair of earrings, two matching rings and a necklace. The palette consists of various shades of green, with large emerald green agate roundels combined with a rhinestone cabochon setting. The settings for the earrings are connected to the ear hooks directly. These ear hooks have open eyelets, so you can just bend them open and hang the settings into them immediately. No rings needed!
For the necklace the large primula cabochon is placed in a bronze setting. This style of setting gives you the opportunity to decorate it to your own taste – the setting has room for 3mm rhinestones, wich can be glued into it around the cabochon. Furthermore, this bronze setting has two eyelets at the top, to which the chain can be attached. This gives the pendant extra stability within the design. The large green agate rondelles are conected to each other with eye pins, each with a 4 mm ring between them, so that the chain hangs smoothly. The necklace is finished off with a bronze toggle clasp.
Finally, two models of adjustable rings with lace edge settings were used to set the primula cabochons in. Wear the small one to the office during the day, and in the evening you switch to the large version :-)
At the bottom of this article you'll find a handy overview of all the materials that were used in this jewelery set. Click on a product to view them directly in the shop.


Making Art Nouveau style earrings
Glue the rhinestones
Pendant with green stones and primula
Necklace with green agate and large cabochon
Make a ring with a cabochon


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Thursday 13 June 2013

Jewellery set with Geranium and Hyacinth


Jewellery set with Geranium and Hyacinth
This is a jewelery set with asymmetrical necklace, a pair of earrings and a ring. The beads are turquoise howlite. The turquoise colour of the howlite blends nicely with the pink and lilac of geranium and hyacinth cabochons. The nice vintage look was achieved through the use of bronze metal elements.
The bronze ring is adjustable in size, so almost anyone can wear them. The setting itself has nicely crafted antique style featuers. All you have to do is to glue a cabochon into the setting.
The asymmetric chain is put together easily. It takes about an hour to finish it. The chain consists of a double row of oval howlite beads which are fastened to the setting. The lace edge setting for the large cabochon is perfect for this design. Because you decide which eyes of the setting to unfold. Therefore we used to eyes at the bottom to mount the strands beads, and used to middle eye at the top for hanging the rolo chain. As a final step glue the cab into the setting. The setting should hang about halfway, to your collarbone.
For the earrings Art Nouveau style ear hooks were selected. A howlite bead connects the whole with the lace edge setting (with the glass cabochon). The main thing you want to watch, here is that you connect the eyes around the howlite bead such that the setting with the picture will point straight ahead.
At the bottom of this article you'll find a handy overview of all the materials that are used in this jewellery set. Click on a product to view them directly in the shop
Bronze colour ring with glass cabochon
Chain with howlite and lace edge setting
Chain with howlite and lace edge setting
Bead & Wire chain necklace with howlite and bronze elements
Making earrings with howlite and a Hyacinth cabochon


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Jewellery Set with Geranium and Chrysanthemum

Jewellery Set with Geranium and Chrysanthemum
This jewellery set consists of a short necklace, a pair of earrings and a ring. The cabochons with roses, geranium and chrysanthemum are blended with Art Nouveau elements in antique bronze.
For the chain I connected big bright pink freshwater pearl nuggets together using the bead&wire chain technique. I did not connect the links directly to each other, but added 4 mm open rings in between. This results in a chain which is much more flexible.
Next I attached the setting to the chain at two points. This will cause the setting to hang stable (and it will less likely turn). The whole is finished with a heart shaped toggle clasp.
The settings for the earrings are mounted directly on the ear hooks. The ear hooks I used have an open eye. You can bend it open, and attach the setting directly, there are no rings needed!
The ring is of a lace edge design. The cab is simply glued. This finishes your jewellery set.
At the bottom of this article you'll find a handy overview of all the materials that are used in this jewellery set. Click on a product to view them directly in the shop
Art Nouveau style earrings and rose cabochons
Chain with bead&wire chain connected pink fresh water pearls
Lace edge ring with  glass rose cabochon


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