October 26, 2009

Many Charms, Many Possibilities







Last week, my family and I went to a Food and Wine show at a nearby park. There were many people selling their jewelry there and we met this one woman who made a very interesting lariat that had multiple strings and two separate lengths. One length was like a choker and one part was much longer. It gave me an interesting idea to make a long necklace with three strings of all the same length. At each end of these three strings were two bars from a toggle clasp. Then I made a charm using the ring part of a toggle clasp. This way, you can use the same necklace but easily use many different charms. I have personally worn my own version of this necklace (the one shown above), and I love wearing it. You can basically wear the same necklace for many different occasions. I wore this one to a party that my swim team held for the seniors that are graduating this year and then I also wore it to school the next day. Its fun, funky, and very easy to switch out charms.

Materials:

Necklace:
Hundreds of white, green, dark blue, light blue, orange 5mm beads
a few mixed 10 mm beads
2 toggle clasp bars
3 long strings of MagicStretch String

Black Charm:
silver wire
1 toggle clasp ring
9 black 5mm beads
1 big black bead
6 black and gold 7mm beads
1 gold crimp bead

Blue Charm:
silver wire
10 white 5mm beads
6 light blue 5mm beads
1 silver crimp bead
1 gold toggle ring
3 big brown and white beads

October 10, 2009

Fabulous Pricing

I have decided to start selling my jewelry soon. I've already made necklaces for my aunts and cousins so now is the time to widen my base. This list may change a little bit, but this is just a basic starter list. The pricing list is as follows (shipping is additional at $4.95):

Single Stranded: $10 (type featured in 'Green Eyed Lady')
Double Stranded: $10
Triple Stranded: $15 (type featured in '
Thoroughly Modern Millie')
Lariat Style: $15
Single Stranded
Choker: $5
Double Stranded
Choker: $10 (type featured in 'Crossing Strands')
Woven
Choker: $10
Single Stranded
Bracelet: $5
Double Stranded Bracelet: $5 (type featured in 'Opposites Attract')
Charm
Bracelet (metal): $5 (as featured in 'Charmed')
Earrings: $5
Key chains: $5

You tell me the colors, sizing, and I'll make it quickly and efficiently.