Name Bone/Horn Bead and Wire-wrapped Necklace and Earrings 3 Description Now this piece I love!  The feature section of this necklace is a rework of the Wire Wrap Bracelet also posted.  I am again using items from the several bags of bone/horn pieces found at the Quartzsite jewelry mart.  Copper wire-wrapping complements the beads in the central accent portion.  The clasp and ear-wires on matching earrings are also copper. Size...

  Name Bone/Horn Bead Necklace and Earrings 2 Description Another set for my life in blue jeans. I love jewelry that is earthy enough to be worn with ultra-casual clothes. Once again the bags of bone/horn pieces found at the Quartzsite jewelry mart are featured. In this piece I recycled spacers from a vintage necklace and combined lengths of the bone/horn beads interspersed with additional round beads and spacers.  The inscribed pendant is...

  Name Bone/Horn Bead Necklace and Earrings 1 Description I spend much of my life in blue jeans and love jewelry that is earthy enough to be worn with ultra-casual clothes.  Several bags of bone/horn pieces found at the Quartzsite jewelry mart netted me some accessories that I could get really excited about! In this piece I used square tile-like pieces interspersed with graduated beads to create a narrow collar necklace and and coordinated...

  Name Bead Necklace and Earrings 2 Description I have collected a sizable collection of vintage jewelry over the years – personal and family – this is the necklace that best indicates the direction I would like to take with my jewelry.  The recycled beads in this piece were wonderful!  By adding a few small beads, some faux pearls and a gem medallion I was able to re-use the ‘matched’ bead vintage pieces and update...

  Name Bead Necklace and Earrings 1 Description This beaded necklace is my first venture with a  variation of a Double Spiral beading stitch, called Arizona Spiral. Each section of the rope spirals rather than appearing vertical as in a regular Double Spiral. The chandelier earring also work with several pieces of jewelry or are great worn on their own.  I frequently turn the closure to the front and hang a black and gold fused-glass...

  Name Bone/Bead Necklace and Earrings 4 Description This is another of my bone/horn bead necklace and earring sets.  I’m still working with the ultra-casual look and really enjoy this light weight jewelry as I pursue my everyday activities.  This one incorporates more of the natural colour beads and has just a hint of red accenting the more neutral beads and medallion. Size Approximately 25″ or 63 cm plus 2″ or 5cm...

This afternoon we stopped in Quartzsite at one of my favorite bead shops for an introductory lesson in soldering settings for jewelry. Because it involved using ‘tools’ I was able to convince Don that he should join me. We had a great afternoon with John Zwickl. When I think back to my first impressions of this small desert community and now realize that it has become a regular stop as we travel through the area, I just shake my...

  In December 2010 we spent almost a month at the North Ranch Escapee Park between Congress and Wickenburg AZ. What a great bunch of people at that park!  Not long after our arrival I was invited to join a very active beading group that meets twice a week.  I was immediately put to work learning my first stitches and in a couple of days had completed my first bracelet.  By Christmas I had completed about a dozen, and after setting aside...