Why Is It So BRIGHT In Here?

I'm still having so much fun playing with my brightly-colored beads. I am just not a pale pastel/earth tone/muted kind of girl, I guess!

Here are a few pairs of earrings I created over the weekend as part of my new "Brights" collection:

I went with a "messier" version of wire-wrapping than what I normally do with my brios - it sort of seemed to go with the casual nature of the beads.

I used some great oxidized sterling wire that I bought on Etsy and once the wire wraps were done, I gave them a good rubbing with a polishing cloth to bring out some of the shine in the high areas. I love how the contrast worked out.

The stones on all of these are "candy jade." This is usually another name for "dyed quartz."

This picture really shows the highlighting that I got by slightly polishing the oxidized wire.

Okay, I have to admit, these are my favorite. I just love the bright pink with the olive jade.

I'm calling these "sari" earrings because they remind me of the beautiful colors of Indian saris with gold embroidery. Oh, and I know the wire-wrapping on these is quite retarded-looking. Don't worry, I re-did them after I took the pictures. I was just to lazy to re-photo LOL!

More candy jade - in a yummy deep turquoise shade.

I was so pleased with my "sari" earrings that I went back to the stone vendor and ordered another lot of those olive jade marquis-cut beads. I'll definitely be making more of these - maybe with small gold chains hanging around them or a charm attached to the wraps or something...

Hmmm...the old brain is a-humming with possibilities today...

KJ