My first attempt at a lily of the valley pendant! 🌱 Several days ago, I smelled a super sweet floral scent while walking with my dog. I looked down, & sure enough, these tiny lilies were in bloom! These adorable flowers brought me so much joy that I knew I had to try to capture it in a pendant. I chose a super pretty moss agate as the main stone, & added a rainbow moonstone to the bail. After finishing this piece, I learned that the lily of the valley is the May birth flower! What a sweet coincidence since May starts on Wednesday! What do you think? • • • #wirewrap #wirewrapping #wireweaving #artprocess #jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #wirewrappedjewelry #copperjewelry #flowerjewelry #springjewelry #lilyofthevalley #maybirthday #birthflowers #mossagate #moonstone #mossagatejewelry #moonstonejewelry

I made another praying mantis pendant! 👽💚 I was so excited that a lot of you loved the original as much as I did. When I came across this little serpentine stone while digging through my my cabochon hoard, I knew I had to try my hand at another one! I think it worked perfectly as a little folded up wing. This piece will be available in today’s shop update at 5:00 EST! See you then! • • • #wirewrap #wirewrappedjewelry #handmadejewelry #bugjewelry #bugart #springjewelry #prayingmantis #serpentine #wirewrappedcrystals #copperwire #copperjewelry #wirewrapping #wireweaving #jewlerymaking #artprocess

Mushroom pendants are back! 🍄✨ The last mushrooms I wire wrapped were part of my winter solstice collection when I made some red & white mushrooms using silver wire & red coral to pay homage to the amanita muscaria mushroom. So it’s been a solid 4 months since I’ve visited this design! I was so excited to make some more mushies for spring. The pendant I’m making in this video was made with agua nueva agate (I misspoke & called it lace agate. Oopsie!) & hessonite garnet in oxidized copper wire. Personally, I love the way oxidized copper looks, which is one of the many reasons it is the metal I work with most often! But I do get lots of comments from folks who want to see other metals, & it was a lot of fun to change things up! The sterling silver mushroom is made with hyacinth jasper & labradorite, & the 14K gold filled pendant is made with agua nueva agate & carnelian. All three pieces will be available in my shop update on Friday! Which one is your favorite? • • • #mushrooms #mushroomjewelry #foraging #forager #handmadejewelry #copperjewelry #copperwire #wirewrap #wirewrappedjewelry #wireweaving #carnelian #agate #garnet #hessonitegarnet #jasper #labradorite #artprocess

Funny how my fingers are still this beat up even after a few days of not wire wrapping anything. 🙄😂 Rest is important, friends! I know there’s always something that needs to be done. My fellow solo-preneurs know what it’s like to never really “clock out.” Last week it finally caught up to me, & I just wasn’t feeling like my best self. Nothing serious, but I did have a little bit of a seasonal cold going on in conjunction with my usual nemesis, fibro fatigue. So rather than push myself to get my life together in time for my usual weekly shop update, I took it as a sign to slow down a little! I still worked on some other things, but I also spent a little extra time with my book & some warm tea to soothe my scratchy throat. It was a tough choice, but I didn’t stress myself out about the timeline, & I’m proud of myself for that. Having the freedom to rest when I need to is a huge privilege, & the whole dang reason I started doing this thing in the first place! I guess I just needed the reminder that sometimes you need to just be, & I’m here to pass it along to anyone else who might benefit. ANYWAY, here’s a luna moth pendant I made! I used a chrysoprase stone for the body and four little garnet beads in the wings. It will be available in my shop update this Friday. 🥰 • • • #wirewrap #wirewrappedjewelry #handmadejewelry #copperwire #copperjewelry #lunamoth #moth #mothjewelry #bugjewelry #bugart #chrysoprase #garnet

Here’s a little process video for the frog fairy pendant that was in yesterday’s shop update! 🧚🏻‍♂️🐸 I love any excuse to give my wire frog designs an extra fun touch. Around Halloween, I made frogs wearing witch’s hats & holding potion bottles. For Valentine’s Day, I made frogs holding hearts, & even made a few kissing frog couples. 😆 When I was busy making my fairy pendants last week, the idea came to me & I knew I had to try it! What do you think? Should I make more frogs with fairy wings in the future? • • • #wirewrap #wirewrapping #wireweaving #jewelrymaking #frog #frogjewelry #frogart #frogfairy #fairyfrog #fairyjewelry #chrysoprase #labradorite #copperjewelry #copperwire #handmadejewelry #artprocess