The Witchery

Spring Elegance

2008-03-26T09:19:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Spring! I have a new necklace up in my Etsy shop: Spring Elegance - Multicolor Pearl Necklace with Vintage Flower Brooch Pendant. This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind (OOAK) necklace from The Witchery. I've handcrafted this necklace from three strands of a variety of shapes and colors of freshwater pearls, with green, gold, cream, pink, cranberry, champagne, aqua and mint. It features a gorgeous pendant made from a vintage brooch with a gold-tone filigree frame and pretty pink rose on a pearlized background. The brooch can be removed and worn separately simply by gently opening the prong bail that holds it. The necklace can also be worn without the brooch. Check it out here! Thanks!

NEW iCraft Exhibit!

2008-03-24T11:03:00.000-07:00

Trying out a great new site! Check out The Witchery on iCraft!

First Canework Polymer Clay Bead!

2007-11-17T15:53:00.000-08:00

Wanted to try my hand at working with polymer clay. Here's what I came up with. This lovely pendant-sized bead features frost-patterned canework. It is for sale in my Etsy store. Please check it out!

Earrings, Earrings and More Earrings!

2007-11-15T14:00:00.000-08:00

I went a little crazy and made a lot of earrings. All of them will be reasonably priced, under $20. I'll be putting them up on Etsy one at a time. Here's the first four:

HUGE Sale in My Store

2007-11-04T10:19:00.001-08:00

Greetings! Many of my items are on SALE for the month of November! Please check out my shop. All sale items have the word SALE in the title. Thanks for looking!

New item! Renaissance Pearl Choker

2007-08-14T19:45:00.000-07:00

This necklace was selected the winning entry in the Tranquil Beading Oasis Renaissance Challenge!
It consists of two strands of glass seed beads in metallic purple and pearlescent pink, bound together by freshwater pearls in creamy rounds and tiny peacock purple rice pearls. All metals used are sterling silver, including the stunning flower toggle clasp that completes the piece. It is now available for purchase in my Etsy store.

Heaven on Earth

2007-08-11T16:52:00.001-07:00

These earrings feature stunning blue lace agate beads. They are complemented by lots of gorgeous sterling silver, and sparkly blue Swarovski crystals. Threaded onto sterling silver headpins and finished with elegant round sterling silver earwires adorned with faceted blue lace agate rondelles.

Working on new photos

2007-08-11T16:01:00.000-07:00

I'm finally getting around to reshooting some of my old lingering jewelry. I have some really wonderful pieces that the lousy pictures really weren't doing justice to. I'm getting a little better at it, but still not completely satisfied with what I've been coming up with. Buster took a nap in my homemade soft light box and tore all the white tissue paper out, so I need to reconstruct that...

Free Shipping throughout August at The Witchery!

2007-07-30T14:23:00.001-07:00

Hello! When you visit my Etsy store, The Witchery, throughout the month of August, shipping within the US on jewelry purchases is free if you mention "BLOG: Free Shipping" in your message to the seller. I will send a revised invoice.

Enjoy the rest of summer!

Oh, the drama...

2007-07-29T16:09:00.001-07:00

It's a gorgeously warm Sunday here in east-central Illinois. I thought today I would feature a little number that would go great with that little black dress or sexy black top. This one-of-a-kind necklace and earrings set, called "Emboldened", is elegant and simple, and makes a bold statement of style. Bright red coral cubes are set apart by smaller hematite cubes and sterling silver daisy spacers. A gorgeous pewter lizard toggle clasp completes the necklace. I like the toggle clasp a lot so I have shown it worn at the front. The earrings, have dangling coral and are strung on sterling wire and headpins. The ear wires are silver plated.

This gorgeous set is very reasonably priced and available for purchase on Etsy. Click here to see more photos.

Still Here...

2007-07-25T18:11:00.000-07:00

I'm still here. Finally getting this blog all spiffed up. Here's one of my favorite new items, a bracelet called Gypsy Song. I've taken cute little cloisonne beads in multiple colors and put them on brass head pins and made neat little wire-wrapped loops to attach them to a length of brass chain to make this fringe bracelet. The bracelet makes a lovely quiet rustling sound when you wear it. You can see close-ups of it here.

All for me

2007-02-19T16:06:00.000-08:00

Check out this lovely necklace I made all for me. It uses gorgeous lampwork beads made by Stephanie Arner. She does great work!

All my current jewelry is available here:
http://witchery.etsy.com

Welcome to The Witchery

2007-02-03T00:24:00.000-08:00

Leaping forward into the twenty-first century and trying out this blogging thing. I'll be using this space as a creative outlet. But it's getting into the wee hours now and I've had too much beer so that's all for now.

Oh, first to highlight creative outlet #1: I make jewelry. I make too much of it. It starts to fill all the corners of the house. It gets in the way. Reach for a toothbrush, get a necklace. So I try to purge some of the collection on etsy, here: http://witchery.etsy.com.