Jewelry Ideas Using Pearls, Page 8

Sands Of Time Bracelet

Imagine the bright sun on a sandy beach with natural island rock jetting from the turf and then you will have insight into the inspiration for this bracelet. It is rich in gold and yellow hues. I used Tahitian South Sea gold nugget freshwater pearls and fiery Brazilian amber tourmaline quartz. To finish I used […]

Peach Perfect Necklace

I have made this elegant piece with the method of finger weaving incorporating freshwater potato pearls, Japanese seedbeads and my focal lampwork bead. I was after a soft and feminine look which had a natural flow.

Grass Koi Necklace

This necklace was made using Beadalon 49 strand flexible wire and was inspired by the idea of the lush green surroundings of a summer pond. The fish pendant is Hill Tribe Thai silver, and the beads are vintage West German Givre glass, Swarovski crystal, Delica seed beads, Czech glass, and celery colored freshwater pearls. The […]

Cottage Bloom Necklace

I always like the idea of living in the cottage in a countryside far away which inspired me to make this piece. This was made with Garnet chip beads Unakite chip beads Unakite round bead Ivory freshwater pearls Tensha bead For the necklace, I just string all the beads together using beadalon wire, with the […]

Cherry Blossom Festival Necklace

I was inspired by spring, so I made a 5 strand necklace with pink and green pearls, handmade lampwork beads, Swarovski crystals, Czech glass beads, Aurora Borealis glass leaves, Czech glass gold-veined leaves, antique brass finished leaves, golden dragonflies, cloisonn

Vintage Garden Necklace

Antiqued gold cable chain and textured rings, amazonite faceted nuggets, bronze potato pearls and aged brass wire are wirewrapped together to form this necklace. An aged brass leaf charm, a turquoise Czech fluted flower with a Picasso finish, and a copper Swarovski crystal bicone dangle from the main ring. I formed and hammered brass wire […]

Fall Cluster Statement Necklace

With most of my work this season I have come to the realization that I am in a ‘bigger is better’ frame of mind. I am leaning more towards chunky statement type pieces. Also, I find I enjoy mixing gold and silver a lot and this piece reflects that. I began with only an inkling […]

Blue And Green Shell Pendant

This set uses silver plated chain attached with jump rings to a beaded section that consists of green shell beads and 4mm blue rice pearls. The shell pendant is attached on the wire by a heavy gauge jump ring. The earrings are on lever back posts with a rice pearl attached by a jump ring […]

Queen Of The Night

A necklace inspired by Verdi, the Magic Flute. I learned this bead embroidery technique in a book by Heidi Kummli and Sherry Serafini. The cabochon face, was done by me in cold mass of glass, and painted. The materials I used were Miyuki seed beads, Czech bugle beads, pearls, rocailles, and fire-polished beads. Some decoration, […]

Peaches And Fairy Floss Bracelet

This piece is made of pink AB bicone glass crystal clusters and peach coloured 10mm glass pearls. I used 28 gauge silver wire for the bicone clusters and 20 gauge silver wire to make my own eye pins to link the pearls and the clusters together. I also encased the pearls with some Bali silver […]

Green Goddess Earring

These are soooo glamorous, a lightweight but eye catching long pair of earrings, great for a special ball or gala occasion. The hoop earwires and heart shaped chandelier hangers are shaped and hammered from wire. At the top hangs a chrysophase mini nugget, next swing the gold heart shapes from fine chain. Under the hearts […]

White Rose Of Texas

I started by gluing the white resin rose to the leather, and then embroidered around it with white seed beads, crystals and pearls. I backed the creation with camel-colored leather. The necklace is strung with white beads of stone and resin as well as crystals of different sizes. It is about 20″ long.

Leopard Of The Jungle

I found the three leopard print beads in a bag of things from a yard sale – adding the pearls and rust colored beads and made this lovely necklace of the jungle. When I saw the three of them I knew they would find a place on my display stand.

Green Pearl And Hoop Necklace

I started with a piece of silver plated double hoop chain and put small jump rings on both ends. On head pins are two green bicone pearls with a clear Swarovski crystal in between. Near the clasp again on head pins are two different size green pearls with the smaller of the two in the […]

Hematite Necklace

This necklace was a commissioned piece. It is made of a hematite cabochon sculpted into a pendant with anti-tarnish sterling silver wire. The necklace is made by stringing together hematite beads and fresh water pearls. I made the clasp with sterling silver wire. This necklace is 15″ in length.

Catherine Cross Choker

A two-needle RAW weave using Swarovski 3mm pearls and Swarovski crystal bicones. The fastening is a beaded 8mm Swarovski pearl. The name is a reference to Catherine the Great, who was patron of the Arts while she reigned in Russia. The cross is a right angle weave exercise taught in Moscow beading schools.

Goddess Necklace

This is a long necklace, that has a romantic touch to it. It is made up of light green foil glass twists, faceted clear glass beads, jade, glass pearls, Tibetan silver, seed beads and a gorgeous goddess bead to finish it off. The twirl on the end is sterling silver wire.