Friday Feature: pearl jewelry

While it's not a surprise that I love colorful casual jewelry, one of my go to pieces is a single strand cream pearl necklace. All women should have that kind of staple in their wardrobes. I picked out just a few pearl pieces from Etsy that can make a simple striking statement with a wide range of spring and summer ensembles. Enjoy.

White Pearl Necklace Twisted Clusters on Silver or Gold Chain by haileyallendesigns

Silver Gray Pearl Cluster Bracelet and Earrings Set by CissyPixie

Vintage Pearl Brooch 1950's Leaf Swirl by LunaParkVintage

Pearl stud earrings, post earrings, wire wrapped jewelry, simple pearl earrings by designbygam

Double Strand Cream Ivory Pearls Powder Pink Rose Flower Bracelet / Two Strand Bridal Adjustable Pearl Bridal Bridesmaid Bracelet by LeChaim

 

Keishi Pearl Earrings Wrapped in Sterling Silver Oxidized, Handmade by aubepine

Artisan Metal Bib Necklace with White Pearls, Freshwater Pearls in Copper Metalwork Designer Statement Pendant, Wearable Art by WillOaksStudio

Do you wear pearls? Which piece here is your favorite?

the great pearl reveal

As promised, I listed my pearl bracelet tonight.  For those who have not already heard what happened, the very short story is that this bracelet is the result of a custom order that did not work out.  The customer agreed to exchange this bracelet for some other items from my shop, and I'm reselling this bracelet.  I put a lot of time and effort (and money) into it.  I would love to see it go to a new home.

These are the earrings that I created to go with it.  The customer decided to keep the earrings.  This is the first serious wire wrapping project that I've ever done.  I know that it is not amazing, but I think that it turned out pretty decently, all things considered.

This is the first item that I've ever listed without a music background for the first picture.  The music absolutely did not work with the colors for this piece.  It made the lemon quartz look very yellow, which contrasted harshly with the pearls.  The gray works so much better.  Hopefully this won't upset the look of my shop too much haha.

Let me know what you think.  The very positive response that I from my customer and from a lot of other people about my custom radish earrings helped renew my spirits about custom orders, but some feedback on this piece would still be appreciated, too.

new background, treasury feature

I experimented with a new photo background today.  I'm very happy with the results.  You'll have to let me know what you think.

Here's another sneak peak shot of the pearl bracelet.  I'll share all of the pictures with it after the recipient has it.

I tried shooting a few of the pearl pictures on the music background, but it made the bracelet look really yellow.  I'm really pleased with the gray for it.

Here are a couple more gray shots from today of older items that needed updated pictures.

Etsy has been running incredibly slowly and not very well the last hour so I guess that I'm done there for tonight.  I'll have to upload my shots of the final item here on there tomorrow.  I had a sale on Etsy tonight, woohoo!  I'm planning to reveal my new product line tomorrow. :) Stay tuned.

Finally, I just found this treasury: Sobby included my Button Bracelet - Double Yellow in her Sunshine treasury.

treasury feature, quick update

Patch (patchfirstshop) included my Beadwoven Earrings - Peyote Triangles - Cream, Caramel, and Chocolate Layers in her EtsyBloggers Team: Autumn Celebrations treasury. :) Thanks Patch!

I finished my custom pearl bracelet tonight.  It feels so good to have that finished.  It was a lot of work, but I'm really pleased with the result.  I'm planning to take pictures of it tomorrow.  I'm still waiting for the wire that I need for the coordinating earrings so I'm going to work on a couple of my own projects again until it arrives.

EtsyBloggers treasury, my favorite lake, sneak peak

I've been so caught up with everything lately that I didn't think to post my newest EtsyBloggers treasury until now.  I signed up to curate our weekly treasury this week.  I got on such a lime kick with my feature earlier this week that I decided to stick with it for my treasury.

EtsyBloggers: Lime/Peridot

The second sign that I've been so caught up with everything is that I didn't upload my pictures from Labor Day weekend until tonight.  As I'm sure some of you know by now, one of the things that I miss when I'm in Iowa is Lake Michigan.  I always like to visit it when I can when I'm in Chicago or Kenosha.  I had a couple opportunities to visit it when we were in Kenosha for Labor Day.

Anyone who doesn't think that the midwest is beautiful is crazy.

These last two pictures were later in the day, around 7PM.

Finally, I got the final supplies for my pearl bracelet yesterday so I've been hard at work the last couple nights.  I'm still waiting for the proper wire for the coordinating earrings, but I'm hoping to finish the bracelet by the end of the weekend.  Here's a sneak peak.  I took this tonight, and the light box just doesn't work as well when there's no natural light.  I'll get some lighter pictures of the final product.

Have a great weekend everyone!