Designs by KatsAllThat
Salacia's Earrings
I was recently reading up on Roman mythology and read about Salacia...who was a goddess of the deep ocean and wife to Neptune. These deep shades...
Components: 5mm seashell antique copper chain from Lima Beads, Czech glass beads in shades of blue and green, bright green mother of pearl discs, hypo-allergenic antique copper leverback earrings
Chunky Necklace w/Painted Ceramic Focal
I love large stones and earthy colors.
Components: 12mm golden quartz, 12mm fancy quartz, 12x14mm golden quartz nuggets, 10mm black agate, 41x20 hand painted ceramic oval, TierraCast beaded toggle from Lima Beads, .019 black Soft Flex beading wire
Picasso's Feminine Side
Czech green turquoise Picasso beads dangles hang from a long ornate antique copper chandelier.
Components: 41x18mm antique copper filigree chandelier, 6mm Czech fire polished green turquoise Picasso beads, 4mm Colorado topaz crystals, 17mm antique copper hypo-allergenic leverbacks.
Happiness and Luck
In China red is the color for happiness and luck. I was hoping to display that with these happy links and Bali style chandelier.
Components: Satin Hamilton gold leverbacks, Bali style gold-plated chandelier, 4mm Siam red crystals, 4x6mm diamond dangles, 3mm gold-plated beads
Languid Lavender
It took me awhile to figure out what I was going to do with this natural purple jasper pendant and beads. I came across these acrylic plum chips...
Components: 35x45mm natural purple jasper, 12mm natural purple jasper rounds, 10-12mm acrylic plum chips, silver plated beads, TierraCast antique silverplated toggle from Lima Beads, sterling silver leaf bail, AccuFlex beading wire.
Yellow and Blue Crackle Foil Glass Bracelet
Nothing fancy here...just some old foil glass I found packed away and mixed in some blueberry quartz rounds.
Components: foil glass beads, blueberry quartz and silverplated toggle from Rustic Accents.
How Green Was My Valley
Lovely shades of spring green in these dolomite beads. I sprinkled in some leftover black/green flowered lampwork and green swirled lampwork as...
Blue Green Apatite & Paua Shell
I loved these paua shell links. This is the 2nd pair I have made with them. This time, I added bluegreen apatite rounds and Vintaj brass.
Components: 8mm apatite rounds, antique gold paua shell links, Vintaj brass bead caps, hypo-allergenic brass leverbacks.
Rainbow Foil Lampwork Bracelet
Dazzling rainbow colors of blue, teal, green, yellow and purple shimmer enticingly in these large crackle foil glass coins. I chose to highlight...
Components: 20mm rainbow crackle foil glass puffed coins, *Swarovski 5328 8mm fern green-AB bicones, *TierraCast 16x20mm antique heavy silver-plated spiral toggle from Lima Beads, *Silver-plated 4mm plain beadcaps and round beads.
Textured Brass & Freshwater Pearl Earrings
Long 3 1/2 inch dangly earrings have a TierraCast hammer-tone brass circle as the focal piece. Dangling from the hammer-tone ring is brass chain...
Components: *19mm TierraCast brass hammertone ring from Lima Beads, *17mm antique brass hypo-allergenic leverback earrings, *6 1 inch lengths of antique brass chain with flat oval links in 4x6mm, 7x9mm and 10x11mm ovals, *6mm bronze freshwater pearls, *Antique brass jump rings in 8mm and 5mm sizes.
Filigree Crescent Leaf Brass Earrings
I love these gently curved filigree leaves and didn't want to cover up their lovely design. I felt a pop of color was needed so I worked in...
Components: *30x40mm antique brass filigree crescent leaf
*3mm 5328 Swarovski Austrian crystals in Caribbean blue opal, blue zircon, indicolite satin, indicolite-AB and sapphire satin.
*17mm antique brass hypo-allergenic leverbacks from Lima Beads
*4mm textured Vintaj brass chain ovals from Lima Beads
*5mm antique gold jump ring
Elton's Blues
As I was looking at these beads I started humming along to Elton John's "I guess that's why they call the blues". The rich blue Brazilian...
Components: 12x15mm Brazilian dumortierite nuggets, 35x25mm dumortierite slab pendant from Lima Beads, 12mm faceted Canadian sodalite rounds, TierraCast butterfly toggle from Lima Beads, AccuFlex .024 beading wire and twisted tornado moonlight crimps.
Sea Maiden's Dream
Time to get those beachy styles rolling. I chose to mix this Trinity brass sea maiden pendant with shiva shell and ocean jasper. A touch of...
Components: 34x25mm Trinity sea maiden pendant, 10mm ocean jasper nuggets, 18mm shiva shells, Swarovski 5301 in 6mm, 4mm sizes in erinite and topaz, Vintaj bras chain and antique brass beads and toggle.
Verdigris Oyster Shell & Swarovski Crystal Earrings
Here was another find from the GemFair, green verdigris oyster shells. I just love this look. I should get with it and try it myself some time.
Components: Antiqued verdigris brass oyster shell, Swarovski 5301 bicones in 6mm blue zircon and 4mm pacific opal, Vintaj brass kidney wires from Lima Beads.
Fiesta Time!
How great is howlite with the endless colors you can find it in. When I found these discs and round I instantly thought...Fiesta Time!
Components: 3x12mm multi color howlite discs, 10mm multi color howlite rounds, .925 sterling silver earwires, TierraCast Anna toggle from here on LimaBeads, .019 49 strand SoftFlex yellow beading wire.
Nepalese Ornate Butterscotch Earrings
Another find at the recent GemFair. Hand-crafted artisan resin beads from Kathmandu, Nepal. I love the wonderful ornate designs and even the...
Components: 18mm butterscotch resin Nepalese beads, orange and red mother of pearl, 925 sterling silver ear wires.
Blue Green Verdigris Herons
I found these great blue heron stamped chandeliers at a recent GemFaire and loved the blue green verdigris patina. I paired these with Chinese...
Components: 20x65mm antique brass verdigris heron chandeliers, Vintaj brass ear wires and findings, Chinese turquoise ovals.
Pucker Up!
Large lemon jasper rounds look just like a peeled lemon with both translucent and opaque yellow and white. I have paired these with antique brass...
Components: Lemon jasper in 14mm & 12mm sizes, 14mm and 8mm khaki crystals from Lima Beads, antique brass findings, TierraCast antique brass tapered toggle from Lima Beads, Soft Flex bronze beading wire.
Gentle Harmony
I love the simple beauty of rock quartz. It needs little to embellish it and the powerful metaphysical properties and energy will harmonize all...
Components: Wire wrapped rock quartz crystal pillar from Lima Beads, rock quartz crystal nuggets and pebbles, silverplated beads and beadcaps, TierraCast Anna toggle from Lima Beads.
Rainbow Calsilica & Green Quartz
I went rummaging through my beads that have been packed away for years and came across these colorful rainbow calsilica. Since colors this season...
Components: 14mm rainbow calsilica, faceted green quartz rondelles, Siam glass nuggets, TierraCast Celtic toggle from LimaBeads, SoftFlex beading wire.
