EDesigns http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog Handcrafted & Custom Jewelry & Paper Art Sat, 01 May 2010 16:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Photo Pendants http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=38 http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=38#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:49:30 +0000 EDesigns http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=38 Are you searching for an unusual and personalized mother’s day gift? Search no further! We offer customized photo pendants. You choose your favourite photo, and we will make it into a pendant for you to wear!

1″ square pendants are just $21.  For a limited time, we will include all photo manipulation and a lovely silver plated ball chain!

We can turn your photo into a striking black and white pendant:

Or we can enhance the beauty of the colour that is already there:

If you are interested in ordering this one of a kind gift, please send me an email to discuss and we can get started.

]]> http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=38 0 Bookmarks http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=32 http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=32#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:12:27 +0000 EDesigns http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=32 I’ve been having a lot of fun with beads and charms creating bookmarks.  Simple, quick and quite different.  These make great gifts for any book lover!  Consider a gift card to your local book store and a bookmark for an end of year teacher’s gift!

More designs can be seen on our flickr site.

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I’ve been working on making pendants lately.  A variety of sizes and shapes of glass form the bases.  These ones were made with handmade japanese papers and look stunning on a ball chain or other simple necklace.

A variety of Pendants

A grouping of pendants with handmade Japanese paper

I’m working on creating custom photo pendants, so keep an eye out for those!

]]> http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=22 0 Earrings Galore! http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=13 http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=13#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:25:52 +0000 EDesigns http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=13 Photographing jewelry is not easy. No, that’s an understatement. Photographing jewelry is really difficult! Trying to make things look nice, allow for detail, and to see the actual colour and sparkle is not easy. I’m working on my jewelry photography, but for now, here’s a few earrings I’ve created in the last few days.

These are made with handmade boro glass donuts and detailed antique silver triangle drops.  The beauty of the glass beads is not easily replicated in a photo:

These next two pairs are made with handblown hollow glass beads from Murano, accented with Austrian (Swarovski) crystals.

Handblown Glass Earrings

Handblown Glass Earrings

The last pair for today is made with antique silver findings accenting pink aventurine beads and drops.

Pink Aventurine Earrings

]]> http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=13 0 Boutique Night: Our First Show! http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=4 http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=4#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:24:00 +0000 EDesigns http://embellisheddesigns.com/blog/?p=4 We will be showing at our very first show on April 29th, 2010. (Actually, it is our second show, but the first one was so long ago that I don’t count it!)

Come to The Temple Sinai Boutique Night on April 29th.  Lots of quality vendors will be there selling all sorts of interesting items!

Temple Sinai Boutique Night

Temple Sinai Boutique Night

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