success!!!

yay!!!

Okay, so I finished a number of the pendants/earrings for my eggshell jewelry. Most are just waiting for holes to be drilled and hangers to be fashioned.

For now, I'm putting them all on hemp strands. I can't think of anything better to put them on, honestly. The organic nature of them, the flow of the ink, etc, lends itself to the hemp, I think.

I'm thinking of doing these for a FB store or the farmer's market here in town.
What do you think? $15 for the large (2"x1"), $12 for the medium (1.5"x.75") and $12 for the earrings? (1"x.5")   $35 for the set?

I'm also thinking about a bracelet for the medium-sized one... but that would have added macrame or something, so it would cost more depending on what method I used to finish it. but a basic hemp-cord with sliding closure would probably be about $15, as well, and would have holes in either end for the cord. I'll have to see how that works out. Then I could have a pendant, bracelet, and earrings as a set for maybe the $35 or $40, depending on the complexity of the finishing... I don't know.

Things to think about...

So here are three of the finished products:

Pendant 1:

I really need better lighting. The pics don't do these things justice! 

But this one wanted a curlicue hanger, so I did a bit of wire-work, and here we go.

Again, lighting, but I love the colors in this one.

The hanger is a free-form coil of loops. Hemp necklace.

This one is a medium pendant. It wanted a very funky hanger, so I just lopped off a few pieces of different wire and started forming and wrapping. That was fun! :)

a wee bit better lighting, but still not perfect. Either way, I', happy with how this 'experiment' is turning out! :)


Tomorrow, I hope to get MY favorite set made, so I can wear it with my favorite top and skirt. :) Heck, I might even be moved to wear make-up with it, just to feel pretty. ;)