Zephyr Store Opening

I've got some awesome news!  

A small store in New York has picked up my jewelry line!  I'm so excited!  I hope it does well!

It's called Zephyr!

They also carry other creations by artisans from around the country and of course, the NY area.  Sooo...

are you looking for dresses, jewelry, screen printed t-shirts, pottery, scarves, belts, children's books, water glasses made from recycled wine bottles?

If you're in the Rochester, NY area, go and check it out and buy some of my jewelry =)

New! Rose Sculpture Jewelry

For one of my best friend's wedding this past October, I designed these simple and modern rose sculpture (scribble?) earrings!  Her theme was roses and her colors were red and gold, so I thought it was appropriate!  These sets are what the bridesmaids wore.  All materials are gold filled with semi precious stones.  

What do you think?

Set #1:  

Of course, you don't have to put them together this way, but I liked the small earrings with the large necklace :

Small rose sculpture earrings dangling on a large clear quartz crystal with large triple rose necklace.  The rose in the center of the necklace is larger than the ones on the sides:

Here's a close up:

Set #2

Large single rose sculpture earrings with crystal quartz "dew drop" with triple mini rose sculpture necklace:

close ups of the earrings and necklace:

and last, but not least, the earrings I designed for the bride herself for her rehearsal brunch:

double rose earrings:

These are all now listed for sale in my etsy shop!
Check it out!

I think they came out so much better than I was expecting!  Her wedding was simple and elegant and I wanted earrings that wouldn't be too over the top or "bridesmaid-ey" and I think they came out very well.  Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Sea Glass Necklace and earrings

My sister-in-law and her family go to Hawaii every year for vacation.  Her husband decided to collect some sea glass from the beach (secretly, and even got a sunburn doing it) and brought it back for me to design some jewelry around it to commemorate their vacation.   Isn't that sweet of him?

He gave me a huge bag of shells and glass to sift through...it was pretty heavy and I can't believe he brought that all back!  What a great idea, though!

My sister-in-law loves matching sets, so I set out to make a necklace and earring set for her.  First I tried to find pieces that either matched relatively well or I thought could go together.  Plus, color was important, too.

Of course, I do not have a drill, so I had to decide how to best wire wrap the glass.  I used 28 gauge half hard sterling silver wire.  I think this looks best with sea glass because the holes that get drilled in the piece are so large and sometimes crack the glass.

But here it is!  My final result!  Tell me what you think!

Hawaiian sea glass and freshwater pearl in sterling silver earrings

Freshwater pearl and hawaiian sea glass necklace with delicate double strand sterling silver chain:  I found three pieces that were sort of triangular shaped and I thought would look pretty as part of a necklace instead of a pendant type.  And to add some interest, I doubled the delicate chain and added another bounty of the sea - freshwater pearls.

Here's the wrap in a little more detail:  I never realized how difficult it would be to wrap it in a pretty manner, but I think I'm hooked!

and the back with an extender, of course! and a little sea shell i found in the bag that already had a convenient hole in it  =)

and here's what they look like on...soooo pretty and I love how personal it is!  

This is one of a kind and unfortunately, not going into my store.  However, he did say I can keep the rest of the sea glass, so if you would like something specially made for you, please feel free to contact me and we can discuss!  Hurry!  Christmas is just around the corner!

Have a great week!

Check out some of my sea glass jewelry I've recently posted on etsy!

Giveaway and Review by Pink Lemonade

Paige from Pink Lemonade Blog has graciously reviewed my jewelry (she loves them!) and together, we are giving away ANOTHER pair of earrings!!!

 These are my "pink lemonade" earrings and are sterling silver and cherry quartz.  They are a very pretty color and simply elegant!

Wanna win these?  Visit her blog here or click on the photo and make sure you follow both of us!

Giveaway ends May 18!

First Etsy Sales!

I just made my first three Etsy Sales!

Sold two necklaces and earrings!  

It's kind of a dream come true to have my own shop!  And to actually sell something?  Even Better!  Thanks to everyone out there who is supporting me!  Especially my husband =)!

Featured by JPwithLove

I am happy to announce I was featured in a fellow artist's, Jelena's jewelry blog! She makes beautiful, fun jewelry with polymer clay.  Please show her some love!

JPWITHLOVE

if you like her stuff, you can check out her shop

NEW ETSY SHOP!

By popular demand, I have finally opened up shop on etsy!  I'm crossing my fingers that it's successful so we'll see how it goes!  I hope you stop by and see something you like.  Please remember, I am ALWAYS open to custom orders and feel free to contact me at anytime with questions, etc.

All my items are made with geniune semi-precious stones, sterling silver, 14k gold filled and the latest and greatest anti-tarnish argentium sterling silver!

For my grand opening for April only, you can get a 10% discount when you enter GRAND at checkout.

Have you "liked" me on facebook?  Check out JewelryByJ on facebook and look for another special coupon code for this month!

You can check out my etsy shop directly from the link below!

PHOTO's

If anyone is wondering about my beautiful photo's, they are the work of my wonderful husband. He takes ALL the photo's (well, except for the one of the Katerina earrings and a few others - you can definitely tell I took that with my point and shoot).  Below is a picture he took when we were in Shanghai.

He uses a Nikon D90 for any of you camera buffs out there and all photo's are done in our home mostly with natural lighting and a little bit of flash =) He is also doing a little foray into professional, paid photo shoots, so if anyone is interested in a photo session and you are in southern california, please feel free to let me know!

You can also check out some other photo shoots he's done (like birthday parties and baby photo shoots) on our joint website www.prescription-art.com