New Broken China Jewelry In My Shop This Week!

It's getting close to the holidays and I've been busy busy making lots of new
 broken china jewelry! I think the older I get the faster each holiday is 
upon me, I can't keep up! 

In any case, take a look at some of my new work and let me know what you think.
I hope you like them! 

Wedgwood china Unicorn backstamp, made from the revere side of the plate






I made this heart pendant from antique K initial monogrammed china. This type of china is hard to find!





Royal Doulton Bunnykins collectible china - now a necklace to wear!






Unusual cameo motif antique china. This is a petite heart pendant. Very pretty color blue!






1880's English flow blue china with an unusual clover or shamrock motif.






This Statue of Liberty china is extremely rare. The china company that produced it closed in the 1930's! I've come across this pattern only once over the years!






Antique English transferware, cranberry or mulberry colored. 






Pretty pink rose on white porcelain, antique French china.






1880's English flow blue china.






Antique ornate Czech porcelain china with pink roses






Antique blue calico chintz from England





Victorian pink rose design, antique American china





Antique French porcelain necklace





You can see the rest of my new pieces here in my Etsy shop.


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Bohemain Mother Of Pearl Button Necklace Tutorial

I've had these old mother of pearl buttons lying around on my workbench just 

waiting to be made into something special.  Before I turn some of them into a home 

decor project though, I picked the nicest ones out and decided to turn them into a

beautiful piece of Bohemian button jewelry. Check it out! 

I measured and cut a length of sterling silver chain

 I cut some 3 to 4" lengths of sterling silver wire

Threaded a wire through a button hole then bent into a U shape

Pressed the wire snugly against the button

I wrapped the shorter end of the wire around the longer end

 I then created many!

I found the center link of my chain and attached the first button with a wrapped loop

Then I attached the rest of the larger buttons, equally spaced on the chain

Then I added the smaller buttons

Then I gave each one an extra wrap of sterling wire, nice and thick

Deciding whether to add some Amethyst or Apatite gems... decisions, decisions! 

I wrapped a few blue Apatite briolettes and then decided to add some crystal clear quartz beads too.

I love how these look like raindrops! I attached the quartz crystals to the buttons.

Almost finished... next this will go into Liver of Sulfur mixture to oxidize the silver...

Liver of Sulfur oxidizes the silver and turns it black

How it looks after the Liver of Sulfur bath...next it will be polished up with silver polish to bring out some of the shiny silver to create a nice contrast...

All polished up and finished!

I love how this turned out!

What do you think?

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(The necklace in this tutorial is available for purchase here)

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New In My Shop This Week

I've been crazy busy preparing for the upcoming holiday season, 
ordering supplies, thinking of some new designs and of course, 
trying to keep up with requests of, "Can you make me
 another one like that one that sold" (I'll try!)

In the meantime, here are a few new pieces that I listed
 in my shop this week! I hope you like them!

      Art Nouveau Single Silver Spoon Bracelet with multi-strand chain and Swarovski Crystal

                Boho Amazonite and silver link bracelet delicate Bohemian style

                       Carved scarab pendant necklace with leopard jasper, pearl, and crystal beads

                         Broken china jewelry necklace antique amber brown scenic English transferware 1850's boat lake

                            Carved scarab pendant necklace with prehnite, aventurine, and tourmalated quartz beads

                    Carved scarab pendant necklace with amber, unakite, pearl and jade beads

                      Broken china jewelry oval pendant necklace antique English transferware with birds

                      Antique bird of paradise colorful broken plate broken china jewelry necklace

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I'm Kind Of A Big Deal...

Art jewelry necklace with text and reproduction of a 

vintage image behind glass. 

You like?

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New Broken China Shard Pendants On Linen

After experimenting with some new styles of broken

china jewelry, I decided to incorporate some linen into 

some pendant necklaces for a new look...

These have more of an organic feel to them and are extremely
 lightweight and easy to wear. They
have silver wire bails and come on 18" chains. Let me

know what you think!

For more information on any piece shown here, just click on the image.

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