Monday, January 21, 2008

Preview: More new jewelry I've been working on

This is a story of serendipity.

I bought some amazing Karen Hill Tribe silver cones that I just fell in love with, but never got around to using.

Then I bought remarkable large faceted opalite briolettes.

I put them together and what did I get?
Aren't these wonderful!

I have one pair (I had 2, but I brought them into work and sold one immediately) and haven't listed it in my shop yet. I'm still tinkering with the photos and deciding on a name.

I originally thought that the earrings reminded me of seashells - the opalite added to the nautical feeling.

But when I showed them to my 12-year old daughter, Emma, the first thing she said was that they looked like unicorn horns!

I like that.

(If you have a suggestion for a name, I'd love to hear it. Once I get name I'm happy with, I'm going to list them.)


Jan 22 UPDATE: These earrings are now available in my online shop. You can find them here.
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9 comments:

  1. rhinoJanuary 21, 2008 at 9:56 AM

    http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5177/horn.html you may have interest in this page if you go with a unicorn name there is a lot of fun info on here that would accompany your earrings well :)

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  2. UnknownJanuary 21, 2008 at 10:17 AM

    These are stunning and I love the glow you've captured. Really like the idea of using the Unicorn horn theme for a title. If I could afford luxuries right now, I'd treat myself to these -- posthaste!

    Your work is gorgeous!

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  3. High Desert DivaJanuary 21, 2008 at 10:43 AM

    oh yum
    I read a thread by Littleput the other day...saying women bought an average of 40 pieces of jewelry per year
    this is why

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  4. OMBJanuary 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM

    They are beautiful!!!
    I agree with high desert diva!!!

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  5. ContrariwiseJanuary 21, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    Thank you all for your kind comments.

    And rhino, I checked the site about the unicorns. I might have to include some of that information in my listing, since it seems to be unanimous that I should call these earrings unicorn horns!

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  6. LizzyTJanuary 22, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    They are beautiful!

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  7. GemheavenJanuary 26, 2008 at 6:09 AM

    YOu know I love these :D

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  8. ContrariwiseJanuary 28, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Thanks everyone for your kind comments on these earrings.

    :-)

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    Those earrings are really beautiful, I love the spirals and the color of the stones looks beautiful.

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