handmade jewellery

Tooth shaped pendants

Ula — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:50:48 +0000

I don’t make steampunk stuff all the time, sometimes I need a break from it, that’s why I keep a stash of pretty semi precious stones in my desk, in case I get good ideas.

These pendants are relatively simple, made from a rather small piece of wire, and the common thing about them is the bead shape and a decorative bead on the top. The black agate one is double sided.

All available in my Etsy shop: black agate, amethyst, green jasper and brown jasper.

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New steampunk pendants

Ula — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:32:57 +0000

Some steampunk pendants I have been working on.

Available in my Etsy shop: brown, green and teal.

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More pendants with dichroic glass

Ula — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:22:48 +0000

I’m still experimenting with the right shape for my pendants, also looking for beads that go with the dichroic glass cabs, which is not easy, because they usually change colours depending on from which angle you look at them. Metallic coated fire polished glass seems to work best.

The pendants are available in my shop: green, purple, blue and brown (the green one is also based on a gold plated watch piece – nicer colour!)

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Pocket watch steampunk pendants with artistic glass cabs

Ula — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:16:02 +0000

I’ve had a stash of fused and dichroic glass cabochons that were too small to use for wire wrapping and had no idea what to do with them. But recently I found out I could glue them onto stuff, for example onto the round flat spots in some pocket watch pieces, like I used to do with cameo cabs. I think dichroic glass is perfect for steampunk and I’ve been working on these pendants especially carefully.

All available in my Etsy shop: blue moon, dichroic 1 and dichroic 2

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Still in time for St Valentines – hearts second 2012 batch

Ula — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:56:16 +0000

There’s still time to order a gift before St. Valentine’s Day so I made even more of the popular hearts so you can have more choice. The pendants are available in my shop, in the steampunk section and gothic section.

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Artistic glass steampunk pendants

Ula — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:53:16 +0000

With these pendants it usually takes more time to make them. They’re high end stuff in what I make and I want them to be really perfect, so I take the time to find the right watch parts, right beads to decorate them, and the wrapping itself lasts longer. The beautiful glass cabs come from Mollie Barrow at Spleodar Glass. Two of them are emerald green, although I can’t decide what colour that is exactly. I’d say it’s on the green side of teal. And the third one is midnight blue with shimmering bits inside, which make it look like starry sky.

Available in my Etsy shop here (1), here (2) and here (3).

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New teardrop pendants

Ula — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:27:35 +0000

Well, they’re fairly irregular for teardrops and the third one is actually tooth shaped. Something I made in the meantime when I was bored with the usual stuff. I wish I had more side drilled agate in cooler shades (temperature-wise cooler, not awesomeness-wise cooler), but the batch I’ve got recently is mostly brownish red, sometimes orange or yellow, so I’m pretty much restricted to matching it with carnelian and other similar stones. It’s fun to make them every now and then, though

Two agate teardrops, available in my Etsy shop here and here

and one double sided amethyst tooth (available here) with quartz inclusions (or is it a quartz with amethyst inclusions? amethyst is technically a quartz anyway), which I called “Purple Winter” on deviantArt.

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Just in time for St Valentines – Steampunk hearts first 2012 batch

Ula — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:51:09 +0000

I’ve neglected my blog recently, for which I apologize. I was sick and didn’t make anything for a while. Suddenly I realized that St Valentine’s Day is approaching, so I’m trying to make amends for my laziness with new heart pendants that you all love. The first 2012 batch. All available in my Etsy shop in the Steampunk section. Enjoy!

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Wire wrapped winter

Ula — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:11:09 +0000

I finally got to make something that required more time and attention than my usual stuff. This pendant is a rough quartz point that looks more or less like an icicle, hence the post title. It’s not particularly tricky to make a double sided pendant, it just takes more time. And I really thought that making it just one sided would look strange. I’m not sure if it came out wintery enough, though, as I got carried away with the wire wrapping and I’m not sure if it suits the idea. Also, the wire is somewhat too warm in tone (and I was out of the grey one). So you be the judge(s).

Available on Etsy.

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New blue and red heart pendants

Ula — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:54:08 +0000

I haven’t been making anything else except heart pendants recently, because there’s a high demand for them before the holiday season. I’d love to sit down and invent some new designs, but after I’ve made lots of hearts I have no energy for much else :( I have plenty of ideas though, and plenty of supplies, so maybe after the busy season ends I’ll be able to work on something new. For now just check out the new hearts. The blue and red ones seem to be most liked, so I made several last week. Available in my shop.

Please be advised, that now is the last reasonable time to do holiday shopping, because the post can’t guarantee that mail sent after December 10th will reach you by Christmas.

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