some jewelry that I kept

Here are 2 sets that I kept for myself, one with sterling silver and one with gold-filled chain and beads. One is pretty old and the other one is new from today. Turquoise colors are always my favorites! These both use organic gemstone beads of apatite.

The first one has a flat flounder pendant hanging from a wavy ring, and the necklace is asymmetrical and convertible! The round puzzle clasps connect on one side, and the necklace can be worn short, or add the sterling chain for a long, noticeably asymmetrical pendant with integrated chain. The earrings also have the same sterling chain, and are very splashy but still lightweight.

This second necklace with matching earrings (I like to wear earrings that look like they were meant to go with my necklace!) is also a teal color palette, but with gold animal-print highlights on some of the glass beads. These gemstone chips are also apatite. I love the way the wavy gold-filled links make this necklace look like it's almost floating when you wear it.

I was wearing the jewelry in the first picture while making the set in the second picture. I love the way those earrings hang, so I made these earrings similar! I've used teal niobium ear wires, because the color works with these beads, and it's easy on my metal-sensitive earlobes.

I posed both pictures with the necklace in a big circle, but both are very flexible. I am careful about how beads are used in necklaces, so that my necklaces hang in a nice shape, never stiff. I also always use high quality flexible multistrand beading wire, that's stainless steel inside with a plastic coating to protect the beads and gems.