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Silver Button and Turquoise Necklace

This pretty necklace was created from a gorgeous button I found in a grab bag. The button was very Nouveau and I loved it so much that it was cast in silver. I paired it with a natural turquoise cabochon and together it makes a charming eye catching piece. details »

Chloes Classic Brights Dog Collar

These Dog Collars are classic designs that will last a life time. They never go out of style and are great for all year wear! Made with layered grosgrain ribbon and backed with brown nylon webbing. Comes in three classic bright colors: pink, green, and aqua!Collars are… details »

Constricted Heart Necklace

I made this heart necklace to be finished on both sides. It is totally reversible (same on both sides) so that if it should flip around while wearing it, you will not be seeing an unfinished back. The heart is formed by use of a hydraulic press which domes… details »

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Original Purple Textile Ring One of Kind Ready to Ship

Textile ring made from twisted ribbons decorated with beads on Silver Tone Brass Nickel Free Adjustable Ring Base 40×30 mm (1.18″x1.57″)
Gift wrapping with AudraTextileStudio logo available for free.
If you wish combine this ring to other accessory made just for you, let me know and I… details »

Green With Envy-Sterling Silver Hoops

Sterling Silver Moss Aquamarine Hoop Earrings
Stunning Moss Green Aquamarine briolettes elegantly wrapped in sterling silver wire-adorned with brushed sterling silver discs and seated on petite sterling hoops.  details »

Twisted Blue Bacteria Inspired Earrings

Twisted Blue Bacteria Inspired Earrings:
Bacteria come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes: spheres, rods and spirals!
The bodies of these cellular bad boys twist into spiral shape. Not only are they twisted in nature they are gram negative (thin peptidoglycan layer), function aerobically, and some… details »

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Spring butterfly wrist cuff

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Textile Style: Celebrate spring in the boldest, most dramatic way–with a blue butterfly on your wrist! This cuff features a large pool blue linen butterfly decorated with a vintage luster glazed button and backed with a blue and silver print. The butterfly is mounted on a gorgeous platinum silk band that’s hand-embroidered with vines and tiny blue buds. The cuff is lined with plum linen and closes with a shimmery shell button.

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Metal origami jewelry

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You look at this necklace and think it is fabric, right? Read on.

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Wendy Hacker-Moss: Over 200 large stainless steel florets are handfolded origami style and attached to a sterling silver chain. 4 mm blue fresh water pearls are set in the center of the florets.

In the process of creating, each flower is tended to carefully, worked and shaped by hand, and then securely attached to either a sterling silver hand-woven, linked or chain-mail base structure. Attachment is not haphazard or random, but rather repetitive and exacting with a gestalt sensibility, so as to create thickets of form from material. The process is meditative and prayer-like in nature.

Imbued with meaning, objects may carry history from one generation to the next–just as jewelry passed from parent to child may transmit history from one generation to the next. My intention is to create a lasting representation of that which in nature is fleeting. For me, this is a way to memorialize the ephemeral in a sturdy form.

Win a Beautiful Pair of Earrings!

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Update: Commenter #32 elena mary siff is the winner!

SSheilah Jewelry and Accessories has offered this beautiful pair of inlaid earrings hand-made from desert ironwood, one of the rarest and most beautiful hardwoods in North America. Desert ironwood is similar to cats-eye stone in its translucency and has a lovely, intricate grain. The nickel-silver pattern is hand-inlaid.

To enter to win these lovely earrings (value $24), just leave one comment on this post and/or twitter about it once. {rules} Contest closes midnight Pacific time on Friday, Feb 19. Good luck!

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