Contemporary Jewelry Handmade in Northern California from the Highest Quality Natural MaterialsI like using strong beading wire, mixed metals, leather, I love turquoise, shells, various gemstones, crystals, bone, ceramic, acrylic beads and good strong crimp beads are a must.There are so many product options out there.I decided to limit my products to mostly North American regions and Mexico. I remember when I first started I purchased some Chinese turquoise and wasn’t too pleased. Then I learned a few of my vendors were selling me Chinese stuff too. There are some quality gemstones mined in China. However knowing the distance traveled made me reconsider and stay within our continent. It’s a big one anyway. Jewelry making helps me relax, I find it therapeutic. My back and fingers get sore but it’s all worth it when I see someone wearing something I’ve made. Darn right Joyous!
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Fun with #JesseJamesBeads.
Also used Happy Mango faceted round natural turquoise beads. Swarovski crystals on both.
Accents on shorter necklace are lead free metal beads and a gold filled clasp.
Longer necklace has the beautiful hand finished speciality beads by Jesse James Beads. And a sterling silver hook n eye clasp.
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Gifts for my goddaughter and her sweet daughter.
Long necklace with sterling silver hook n eye clasp. Turquoise and quartz chips with
Dyed magnsite beads, turquoise bear fetish. The focal is lead free pewter.
Wrap braceletis glass pearls n beads, with silver accent spacer beads.
Earrings are a fun mix of shells n pearls with surgical steel.
Other Stone is hand cut lace agate drop wrapped with on sterling silver wire with a crystal beads.
Gifts for a friend.
Not my pic but it is now! And the caption is true for most bead enthusiasts. 🤣 Our non beading friends should see us at a beads show, or shops. 🤪
Mix of Mexican turquoise n coral chips with few old Mediterranean coral peices. Touches of sterling silver n metal cross with a green patina finish.
Holiday fun using my stash from jessejamesbeads.com
Lovely hand made pottery drops purchased in Santa Fe New Mexico. Strung with pearls, turquoise, spiny oyster, yak bone and pottery beads.
Mixed stones, seeds, soft leather, chain, sterling silver. Necklace had turquoise and a pottery focal drop. Necklace n earrings also have fetish stones and necklace ties with soft leather strips.
Mexican turquoise beads with spiny oyster and sterling silver accent beads and clasp.
Chunky Mexican turquoise with a sterling silver beads n clasp. With a lovely turquoise imbedded sea shell focal pendant.
Two examples of Mexican spiny oyster with American Sleeping Beauty Turquoise accents n small spacer beads.
Disk cut beads of Jasper, n turquoise with small horn spacer beads. The focal was made by a cool artist, he set a Wild Horse Turquoise stone in copper. It was a cool find along the side road of the Taos River Bridge. NM.
Handmade Clasp is copper.
Funky fun leather, glass, metal. Beads from #JesseJamesBeads.
11 strand Glass seed beads n turquoise beads n chips. Copper clasp.
Carnelian, abolone, jasper, turquoise and a handmade hammered copper clasp.
New longer necklace. Inspired by our natural environment. Mother Nature rocks! Even some shells at the neck to bring in the sea. Is it a bit heavy? Yes but we’ve been heavy on Mother Nature. Just wear her graces with pride🤗
Here’s some info on the Spiny Oyster. I love this shell and use it in many of my designs.
Mexican spiny oyster with Sleeping Beauty turquoise and copper accents.
Mexican Turquoise, Mexican spiny oyster, American bench sterling silver beads and clasp. Feels good
Old Focal from Mexico strung on 49 x18 flex cord. With tiger eye, shell, and Mexican turquoise. Brass chain.
On leather cord with copper wire and moss jasper stones. My son said reminded him of nunchucks. So cool, a weapon, your welcome😬 Jasper or Chalcedony is found in many color variations. One of my favorites!
https://rocktumbler.com/blog/what-is-agate-jasper-chalcedony/
So since Doc advised me to stop cutting stones, not much else to do but keep stringing along. Good thing I have a nice inventory to choose from. I’ll keep busy enough. How long is up to the Creator.🤗 🙏🏽Thankfully my creative energy has been somewhat restored. Larger red n green necklace is Chinese turquoise, Philippines coral n shell disks, American obsidian and sterling silver beads n hook. Middle necklace is Mexican spiny oyster, American turquoise and American sterling silver beads n hook. Smaller necklace is Mexican turquoise and spiny oyster, the silver is American.
Very long necklace of Copper links with glass beads, turquoise, carnelian beads and large carnelian focal nugget. Buddha heads for my buddy Jeanne from The Green Buddha.
Glass chips, beads, lead free metals. On wrap wire. I have a large wrist but can be molded to fit smaller adult sized wrist.
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