These are the perfect earrings for a spring day.
The design is very simple: just one beautiful bead of faceted amethyst paired with a sterling silver butterfly.
The ear wires are also sterling silver, and I have only one pair like this.
Price: $25. The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
These earrings are yet another variation on my Flower-Power Earrings.
I paired the free-form sterling flowers with oval amethyst beads. The look is whimsical without being too sweet.
The ear wires and other findings are all sterling silver.
I have only one pair of these. SORRY. THESE ARE SOLD.
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Photo:@ Monica Strasen 2010.
Design and text: @ Jeanne Sather 2010.
Wear these earrings day or night. They work just as well with jeans as they do with your favorite party dress.
Each sterling silver star dangles between a faceted round amethyst bead and a teardrop--sparkly and elegant at the same time.
Price: $25. The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
THESE ARE SOLD, SORRY.
Wear these earrings to puzzle those around you, or to show your playful side!
They'd also make a perfect gift for a friend who loves jigsaw puzzles.
The puzzle pieces are sterling silver, as are the ear wires and other components. The beads are beautifully faceted amethyst in a rich, deep purple.
I have only one pair of these available.
Price: $25. The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
Many of my best customers are also friends of mine.
I made this necklace as a special order for Linda, so not only is it one of a kind, but she picked out the beads and helped me with the design. We spent a couple of hours one afternoon recently playing with beads, and this was one result.
Later, I did the actual assembly of the necklace. The interesting thing is that I never would have put these particular beads together--I had them all sorted in different ways--but Linda went through all my little bowls and boxes of beads and gemstones, and she picked bright green jade (they are greener than they look in this photo), rose quartz, amethyst in several different shapes, and some glass beads.
The large glass beads at the center are vintage Czech ones with pink roses in them.
I picked out the sterling silver components: small sterling flowers, three large sterling rings, and the chain of connected hearts. The necklace is long enough to go around Linda's neck twice, or she can wear it long.
As I was working on it, I kept muttering to myself, "This is so Linda ..." She's coming by next week to pick it up, and I hope she's pleased.
Here's another necklace I made for Linda:
Here's one I made for Linda's daughter, Megan:
Playful Kitten With Rose Quartz
And here's one I made for Monica just the other day:
Please e-mail me if you'd like a necklace similar to any of these. All my necklaces are one of a kind, so it won't be exactly the same, but I'm sure we can work out a design that you're pleased with.
jeanne.sather@gmail.com
Photo: @ Monica Strasen 2010.
Design and text: @ Jeanne Sather 2010.
Amethyst has been very popular with the women who buy jewelry from me, but I've been having trouble getting more good amethyst beads.
I've discussed it with the owner of my favorite bead store, and she is on the lookout for some good quality amethyst for me.
I especially like working with the coins, like the bead on this necklace, and the tear-drops, like the bead on the extender chain here.
This one-of-a-kind necklace shows off a cluster of charms, rose quartz, and amethyst.
The charms include a Victorian love token made from a three-pence silver English coin. One coin-shaped amethyst bead, one round bead of rose quartz, and one long rose quartz bead complete the cluster.
The "princess length" necklace is about 17 inches long and has a three-inch extender chain for a perfect fit. It closes with a handmade sterling silver hook. The chain and all findings are sterling silver, and a teardrop-shaped amethyst and a small sterling heart charm weight the extender chain.
Love tokens were a popular gift in both the United States and England during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
Some were handmade by the giver, others were engraved by a jeweler.
Typically, the original design was filed away from one side of the coin, and a name or initials and sometimes a date were engraved on the coin. Women wore them as charms, and men wore them as fobs on their watch chains.
The love token on this necklace is a Victorian three-pence coin from the 1890s. The face side was smoothed out and the giver's initials engraved in swooping capital letters.
Price: $150.
The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
See also: Necklace Lengths
These earrings are a new design I worked out the other day to show off some great amethyst beads.
The design is quite simple, just two beautiful beads dangling from delicate sterling silver chain. The ear wires and other findings are also sterling silver.
The larger bead is an amethyst coin; it is about a half inch in size. The smaller bead is an amethyst-colored crystal, to give a bit of sparkle. Overall, these are 2 3/4 inches long from the top of the ear wire.
Price: $25. The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
See also: Simple, Stylish Amethyst Necklace
@ Jeanne Sather 2009.
THIS NECKLACE IS SOLD, BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER SIMILAR ONE:
SEE: Romantic Love Token Necklace
Amethyst has been very popular with the women who buy jewelry from me, but I've been having trouble getting more good amethyst beads. I've discussed it with the owner of my favorite bead store, and she is on the lookout for some good quality amethyst for me.
I especially like working with the coins, like the bead on this necklace, and the tear-drops, like the bead on the extender chain here.
This one-of-a-kind necklace shows off a cluster of charms and amethysts.
The charms include a Victorian love token made from a three-pence silver coin, and a vintage sterling silver charm of a teacup and saucer with a silver spoon. This charm is English and dates to the 1960s. Two amethysts, one round, one coin-shaped, complete the cluster.
The choker-length necklace is about 16 inches long and has a two-inch extender chain for a perfect fit. It closes with a handmade sterling silver S-clasp. The chain and all findings are sterling silver, and a teardrop-shaped amethyst and a small sterling heart charm weight the extender chain.
Love tokens were a popular gift in both the United States and England during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
Some were handmade by the giver, others were engraved by a jeweler.
Typically, the original design was filed away and a name or initials and date were engraved on the coin. Women wore them as charms, and men wore them as fobs on their watch chains.
The love token on this necklace is an 1878 three pence coin. The face side was smoothed out and the initials CIA engraved in swooping capital letters.
Price: $140.
The price includes taxes, postage, and insurance to U.S. destinations.
