Iris Elm Jewelry Newest Additions: February 2018
February ended here in Minnesota with a blizzard of over a foot of snow and I am ready for spring. As we move into March, the end of winter is in sight ... Yay!
This past month I've added a few more pieces to the website that I'm loving, and hope you do as well. Here are a few of them:
Fancy jasper (or Indian agate) is one of my favorites. I love the multi colors of the different stones and how the earth-tones all go so well together. This pendant is inspired from my quilted earrings design, though I used different colored seed beads then the earring version (found here).
Small copper hearts are hand-cut from copper sheet metal for these sweet and simple heart dangle earrings. I combined the copper with sterling silver wire for a mixed metal look.
Going with the mountain of snow in February theme, I designed this snowflake bracelet to match my White & Silver Snowflake Earrings. This bracelet was very intricate and took hours of beadweaving to make. I already had the snowflake design of the earrings, so I made this bracelet up as I went, with quite a few false starts before I got it to look the way wanted to, as usually happens when designing something new.
Larvikite is an interesting stone that comes from Norway and is similar to labradorite with its shimmering iridescence. The dark grey neutral coloring stone makes these earrings a complementary accessory for any occasion.
I am getting more and more into metalwork jewelry and am still new to it so I am slowly learning some new techniques. For these earrings I cut brass sheet metal into triangles then hammered. I then wire-wrapped a pretty mint green and gold vintage-looking Czech glass bead to go above.
For a pretty bohemian look, I made this sterling silver necklace with a flat faceted iridescent labradorite nugget then wire-wrapped a trio of small labradorite gems beneath. This necklace can be dressed up or dressed down.
Iris Elm Jewelry Newest Additions: January 2018
Happy 2018! It has been awhile since I posted my latest additions and I have been busy this month creating and adding new jewelry to the website, all inspired by vintage and bohemian styles. Here is the latest...
Copper Beaded Leaf Earrings
Perfect for autumn, this latest addition to the shop is for any nature lover or anyone that likes unique, eye-catching jewelry. I hand-wove these leaf shaped earrings with matte copper and silver colored glass seed beads and added a perfectly matched fiery sunstone gemstone bead at the top. They dangle from handcrafted sterling silver ear wires. I have previously made this style of earrings in autumnal topaz brown and a more summery dark green.
Copper Beaded Sunstone Leaf Earrings