Match this jewelry

I often wonder what clothing to wear with my jewelry. Being a jewelry designer, I pick my jewelry out first and my clothing second (I know it's a bit backwards, but it works for me... most of the time).

I have lately been looking at other talented Etsian's work and have found many items of clothing that work very well with my jewelry. Now I just have to decide what shoes to wear...

Green/white silk chiffon dress by 13threads...

works well with...

The Grass and Sun earrings

The Adeliene Dress by DearLillie....

works well with...

The Dusk earrings

The Personalized Drawstring lotus leaf collar dress by Wangbin

works well with...

The Liliac earrings

My First Treasury on Etsy!!

Hello everyone!

What a nice start to the day... My Antique Rose necklace was featured in a treasury on Etsy! As some of you know, this is a great thing for free publicity on the site as so many people see it. Hopefully it will lead to a sale, but you never know :) Please swing by and take a look while it's still there.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=95486

Inspired by the mulberry tree comes the Mulberry ring... Here's how to make it

Mulberry fruit is so funny! Little clusters of bubble-like seeds clustered together starts out large at the bottom and spirals up to form a pointed tip. And the taste... delicious!

To celebrate these bit-sized wonders, I have created my very first ring... the Mulberry ring. It mimics the "large on the bottom, small on the top" shape of the mulberry fruit. The ring is beautiful to wear, just not quite as edible :)

Here's how to make one of your own...

Two things that I learned from making the ring are: to start with more wire than you think you need and to make the ring a size larger than what you want the finished product to be (start out with a size 7 on a ring sizer if you want a size 6 ring).

Materials:

12 inches or longer of 22 gauge sterling or gold filled wire (half hard)

3 beads of your choice (for this ring I used 4mm amethyst beads)

A ring sizer rod

Step 1:

Wrap the wire three times around a ring sizer rod so that you have a long tail on both sides... about 4 inches (remember to start out one size larger than what you actually want the ring to be)

Step 2:

After you finish wrapping the wire you should have two tails about the same size at the top of the rod

Step 3:

Twist the two tails together once

Step 4:

Add one bead onto each side of the wire (two beads total) and twist the wire around the beads. 

Step 5:

Take one of the wires and wrap the end three times around the part that fits on your finger (the part that you first wrapped around the rod)

Step 6:

Add another bead to the wire that is still free and wrap around that bead

Step 7:

Repeat step 5 with the last wire.

Congratulations! you now have a beautiful ring!

Please check out the ring on Etsy for more views: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44131363

By far my favorite Passover recipe

This is a family recipe that has been passed down for generations. I make it every year and end up making about 2 to 3 batches by the end of Passover! It makes a great snack or dessert and it's so easy to make :) Enjoy!

Grimslich

 

4 matzot

4 oz cake meal

ground almonds

1 tsp cinnamon

4 eggs

8 oz dried fruit

4 oz sugar

oil for cooking (I use vegetable oil as it doesn’t seem to splatter as much)

 

Soak matzot in cold water till soft. Squeeze very dry.  Beat up with a fork. Separate the yokes from whites. Add beaten yokes and add to remaining ingredients (except for whites and oil). Mix thoroughly. Fold in the stiffly whipped egg whites. Drop in spoonfuls on shallow oil that is heated over a medium flame. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Sprinkle with sugar. Amazing served warm but also tastes good cooled. Holds up well when frozen.

And the winner of the stud earring giveaway is....

MRS SANCHEZ!!!!!

Congratulations :)

Your earrings will be shipped out shortly.

Thank you everyone who entered! These and other earrings are still up for sale in my Etsy shop. They can also be customized in almost any color, stone or rock chip that you choose....

Have a great day!

Same technique, different look

So I decided that it might be fun to experiment with different center beads and color schemes for my popular cluster earrings. Here are my newest earrings:

The Grass and Sun cluster earrings have a light green czech glass center in the shape of a leaf

 with light yellow semiprecious stones and Swarovski crystals

On the Peach Tree cluster earring I used a peachy Swarovski crystal center and surrounded it with dark brown wooden beads and crystals.

Completely different looks with the same technique!

March Challenge

Good morning everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know about the March Busy Mom's team challenge that's up on Etsy. I listed the Cherry Blossom collection (necklace and earrings). Please check out my mommy friend's amazing items all inspired by nature!

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6456789