Pretty Good Jewelry

Copper chain maille bracelet + earrings (or + added length)

This bracelet was woven in the European 4-in-1 pattern, which is the weave most commonly used in medieval European chainmail armor.  It's called 4-in-1 because each individual ring passes through 4 others.

The rings are formed from 20 gauge copper wire, with an inner diameter of 5mm.  This size gives the weave a nice, lacy appearance.

I used a copper toggle clasp instead of a hook & eye for added security.

The bracelet is 7.25 inches long.  I can make some small adjustments to this length, just let me know what you require.  The weight is 0.3 oz.

There are matching earrings (or if you prefer, I can turn the earrings into extra length for the bracelet):
I made diamond-shaped patches of the European 4-in-1 and then turned them sideways so that they fall loosely from the copper French hooks.  (I didn't like the way the diamonds flopped awkwardly when I hung them from the other point.)  The diamonds are about 1 3/8 inches long.  The earrings are fairly light, about 0.1 oz.

Price: $16 (shipping is free)

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Argentium silver box chain bracelet + earrings (or + additional length)

I'm continuing to experiment with chain maille (or chainmail, if you prefer).  This bracelet is a box weave, made from 18 gauge Argentium™ sterling silver wire.

I've linked to the Wikipedia article, but let me explain about Argentium™ here.  Sterling silver is an alloy made from 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metal(s), most commonly copper.  Copper is a great and useful metal, but it does tarnish, and its presence in sterling silver causes the sterling silver to tarnish also.  Argentium™ is a sterling silver alloy with germanium used in place of some of the copper.  The big advantage the germanium provides is that it makes Argentium™ sterling silver highly tarnish resistant.

Anyway, back to the bracelet:

The clasp is a sterling silver toggle clasp.  (I prefer hook & eye clasps normally, but toggle clasps are more secure on bracelets.)
The bracelet is 7.25 inches long.  I can subtract rings to shorten the bracelet.  If you don't need the earrings, I can make the bracelet longer by another inch or two.  The weight is 0.9 oz.

I did make matching earrings:

Their length is just under 1 inch, and they weigh 0.2 oz.  If you don't need earrings but do need a longer bracelet, just let me know.

Price: $78 (shipping is free)

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Lavender fluorite 8mm necklace + earrings

Unlike my previous rainbow fluorite necklaces (see here, here, here, here, here, and here), this fluorite is all one color, a very pale lavender.  It's almost pink, actually.

The fluorite beads are 8mm in diameter.  I strung them with 4mm silver mesh beads, and finished with a silver lobster clasp.  The necklace is almost 17.75 inches long, with a weight of 1.2 oz.

I made matching earrings by hanging lavender fluorite beads with silver chain, suspended from silver post earrings.  The earrings are about 1.5 inches long, with a weight of 0.2 oz.

Price: $39.60 (shipping is free)

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Pink shell necklace + earrings

I don't know anything about these shell beads except that they're pink, and very pretty.  They're cut into little rondelles, about 4mm in diameter and about 2.5mm thick.  I strung them with 3.5mm Bali silver saucer beads, and finished with a silver lobster clasp.

The necklace is 17.75 inches long, and weighs 0.4 oz.

I made matching earrings by stringing more pink shell rondelles onto silver 0.75 inch hoops.  The earrings are very light, less than 0.1 oz.

Price: $37.90 (shipping is free)

Seraphinite rectangle bead-link necklace

Seraphinite is a very beautiful dark green mineral with silvery chatoyant patches.  It is a form of clinochlore.  (You can see my earlier seraphinite necklaces here and here.)

The seraphinite beads are flat rectangles, measuring 14x10mm.  I joined each with sterling silver wire, finishing with a Bali silver hook & eye clasp.

The necklace is 24.75 inches long (you can shorten it by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), and weighs 1.3 oz.

Price: $78.90 (shipping is free)

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Red picture jasper heart necklace + earrings

Here's some red picture jasper for you!  (I have another red picture jasper necklace here.)  The red beads are heart-shaped, and measure about 10x10mm.  The sterling silver beads are 8mm twisted hogans.  I finished with a Bali silver hook & eye heart clasp.

The necklace is about 17.3 inches long, and weighs 1.2 oz.

I made matching earrings by hanging dangles from sterling silver post earrings.  The dangles are made from sterling silver figure-8 chain, sterling silver headpins, sterling silver 2.5mm rounds, and red picture jasper hearts.  The longest dangle is 1.75 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $61.40 (shipping is free)

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Picture jasper rectangular nugget necklace + earrings

Picture jasper is a tan variety of jasper named for the landscape pictures that the blotches and dots sometimes seem to form.

These picture jasper beads are around 10mm long, and about 8mm wide.  I alternated them with 2.5mm gold-filled beads, and finished with a vermeil s-clasp from India.  The necklace about 18.8 inches long, and weighs 1.7 oz.

There are matching earrings, which I made by hanging picture jasper nuggets plus 2mm gold-filled beads and gold-filled headpins from gold-filled French hooks.  The longest dangle is 1.25 inches.  The earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $25.60 (shipping is free)

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Russian amazonite 8mm round necklace + earrings

This is my third Russian amazonite necklace for the day.  (You can find other amazonite necklaces here, here, and here.)

The beads are 8mm in diameter, and are that lovely deep teal green.  I strung them with Bali silver beads, finishing with a silver hook & eye leaf and pine cone shaped clasp.

The necklace is 18.5 inches long, with a weight of 1.6 oz.

I made matching earrings by stringing Russian amazonite beads along with clapperless silver bells on a curve of silver wire, and then suspending the curve from silver figure-8 chain.  The dangle measures about 1.75 inches long.  The earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $42.90 (shipping is free)

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Russian amazonite faceted rectangle bead-link necklace

Here's some more of that lovely Russian amazonite!  The beads are flat facted rectangles, measuring 20x15mm.  I joined each with sterling silver wire, finishing with a Bali silver hook & eye clasp.

The necklace is 23.25 inches long (can be worn shorter by hooking the clasp as shown), and weighs 2.2 oz.

Price: $45.40 (shipping is free)

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Russian amazonite chip necklace + earrings

Here I've got some lovely Russian amazonite chips.  Russian amazonite is a deep teal green with creamy streaks, gorgeous stuff!  Regular amazonite is a lighter shade, somewhere between blue and green.  I think a few of the chips here are regular amazonite, actually.

These are big chips, ranging from 8 to 12mm long, and from about 2 to 8mm thick.  I strung them with 4mm sterling silver beads, finishing with a Bali silver hook & eye clasp.

The necklace is 17.25 inches long, and weighs 1.7 oz.

The matching earrings are very simple, just chips strung on 0.75 inch sterling silver hoops (the total weight is 0.1 oz).  The hoops are the kind that are a bit tricky to put in if you've never worn them before--you have to maneuver them a bit to put the bend in the wire through your ear.

Price: $19.80 (shipping is free)

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