I entered the Bride’s Pleasure MOJO contest at Jewelry Lessons. My For the Non-traditional Bride won the “E” (for experienced) category. What a pleasant and unexpected surprise! This was my second MOJO. The first time I jumped in was back in March.

The contest involved making a piece for a bride and her bridesmaid using at least one tutorial available on the site. I chose flowers as my theme. I decided I wanted to work in copper and do some metalsmithing. I would have loved to use silver but I wanted to make a statement piece. The bride I was designing for may not be demure but she is thrifty. (more…)

I am working on a large piece but it is not finished. So I made this bracelet as a mate for my Day 20 earrings. I have made this bracelet before but not oxidized. It makes a huge difference! The oxidation really pulls it together and pops the green. Hope to have the larger piece ready tomorrow. Wish me luck!

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Only a few days left to go! I played with my wire wrapping jig today. I intended to make links for a bracelet. These lace squares were too delicate for that. I did like them though and wanted to use them in something. I added some small peridot rounds to pop a little color and thought they’d make a pretty pair of earrings. Not my usual style but trying a few new things is what 30 Days of Creativity is about…at least that’s how I’m working it.

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Today I made a pair of wire wrapped sterling silver earrings. I found two coin pearls that kinda sorta matched and suspended a sterling ring from them. They still needed a little something. I added a Jonquil Swarovski crystal inside each ring to catch the sunlight.

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Tonight I finally used some of the leather I was trying to weave on Day 22. I wire wrapped a large Swarovski crystal and a blue kyanite stick with sterling silver wire. Both are suspended from a leather cord with a sterling silver clasp.

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Today I wire wrapped these lovely pink crystal beads from Beadlush. The wire is sterling silver.

After trying to make a woven leather band for yesterday’s buckle focal, I decided leather wasn’t going to work. Maybe it’s my lack of experience with leather? It just would not do what I wanted it to. Having the daily time limit made me give up on the leather and move on to idea number two.

I ended up making a rustic hinge and attached it to the “handles” on the focal. I added three chunky chains with lobster clasps, some jump rings, oxidized it and now it looks and feels great! This bracelet has a really nice weight to it.

I’ll definitely be submitting this design as my June MOJO at JewelryLessons.com. But today, it is my Day 22 completed project for 30 Days of Creativity.

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