Category: Jewelry

  • Fifty Pence of Earrings

    Fifty Pence of Earrings

    A friend of mine commissioned me to make earrings out of British coins for her British friends after seeing my Toronto subway token earrings. They have been gifted, so I can share. It was a fun project, and I enjoyed doing it!

  • Toronto Subway Token Earrings

    In my continuing occasional series of vacation jewelry, here’s earrings made of subway tokens from Toronto. For a visit in 2019, I calculated the number of times I would use the subway, and the least expensive way to make that happen was to buy tokens. I ended up needing two fewer tokens than I planned,…

  • Textured Gold Column Earrings

    Gold plated delicas are very eye-catching. These earrings are a modified square stitch to give them a little texture. They are about 2 inches long, and a gift for a friend.

  • Fossilized Coral Cabochon

    This has been a project in process for years. For no easily definable reason, I never finished this fossilized coral necklace. A number of years ago, I received an email or a print advertisement from my local lapidary, and I loved the coral cab that they had used in something. I asked for them to…

  • Sanibel Shell Jewelry

    I like to make souvenirs from things I find or buy on vacation, even if it takes a year to complete. These are bits of shells that I found on the beach on Sanibel, Florida, about a year ago. These are all pieces of shell from Florida Fighting Conchs. The earrings are the inner part…