Leafy
Leaves are my latest obsession: I seem to be on the lookout for the perfect leaves with which to make some jewelry, earrings mostly. Want to see what I’ve found so far?
Walmart has been a surprising source of leaves:
I see these ones as pendants more than anything: they’re a bit too heavy to be anything else in my mind. Black cord would be a nice contrast, and go nicely with the black veins that are visible in the leaves.
These cuties could be used on a necklace too, or mixed with some fine chain and tiny jump rings for a long and delicate looking set of earrings. It might look nice to have different lengths of chain too in one pair of earrings.
If you’re into making jewelry and live in Canada, the best place you could go is the The Sassy Bead Co. This store is a delight for any jewelry lover: every surface is covered with glass jars, from the tiniest of jam jars to larger mason jars of beads. The beads all have funky names too, clearly chosen by the employees. The newest location in Ottawa is so bright and sunny that I was surprised to find the store all but empty the last time I visited it. While I was there I picked up these delicate looking leaves:
Another thing I’m rather taken by is kidney clasps. No, this isn’t an extreme jewelry fetish of mine, they are the delicate earring clasps that are used in this beautiful etsy offering:
(photo courtesy of juneshin)
Dooce also featured a pair of earrings with a kidney clasp opening in her daily style section, which you can read about and see here. I found a large pair of sterling silver ones that I can’t wait to use:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Those are some crisp pictures! The leaf models are very nice and actually gave me new ideas for my next sewing project…