Wild Flowers

Every so often I like to step out of my comfort zone and try something new... expand on old ideas and see just how far I can reach. So after painting and working with subtle tones since the end of last year, I decided to change direction last week... for a little while. And here's what I came up with:

Brighter colors, (for me anyway!) in a bolder, chunkier design. The necklace is 18 inches long with a 4 inch extender. Each bead is about 20 mm across and 7-8 mm thick. The detail on the beads reminds me of flowers. Asters, I think. Some said they look more like sliced fruit!

Each of the beads were stamped front and back with a new texture stamp I created. I experimented with different ways of adding a patina to enhance the detail, but in the end I just went with the "natural" clay look with a little antique gold on one of the beads. My favorite part was doing the wire work. I like how it added a rustic look to the bold flower beads.

It ends up this set coordinates perfectly with one of my favorite tops... so it's definitely a keeper! But I'll certainly be making more of these in various other colors - both bright and subtle...

A New Year!

Hello everyone! Happy New Year!

Can you believe it's been 3 months since my last post? How time flies! There's a lot going on here at Tree Wings Studio and I figured there's no better time to start catching up on blogging than today, on the first of the new year! Here's my most recent project - little veiled chameleons. These little guys were a custom order for some very special reptile lovers, who are also reptile rescuers. They have devoted so much of their time and love to scaled critters of all kinds!

Making these guys was a lot like making dragons, so I really enjoyed doing this project. And it gave me a good excuse to learn more about chameleons!

Wishing you all a New Year filled with lots of happiness and success in everything you do!

Jewelry Preview - Crystal Key Designs

Secrets in Cranberry Crystal necklace and earrings sets

Some of my very favorite elements linked together in one new design - keys, fire polished Czech crystal beads, antique brass, and my stacked polymer clay beads (love making those stacked beads!).

Jewelry Preview - Blue Swallow Designs

Blue Swallow Necklaces

Cute little swallows flying on antiqued brass chain with linked hand shaped polymer clay beads.

And rings to match.

Jewelry Preview - Turquoise Horse Designs

These pieces were some of the last designs I did before Lazy Daze...and also some of my favorites. If you're a lover of southwestern jewelry, turquoise, and horses these are for you!

Rectangle Pendant Necklaces

Faux turquoise rectangles stamped with my own hand carved stamp (making mirror image stamps for earrings wasn't easy!) and hung on silver tone chain.

Another angle of the same necklaces.


Racing Round Necklace

Faux turquoise pendant stamped with horses and hung on a silver tone chain.

Running Horse Chokers

Stamped faux turquoise nuggets strung with antique silver beads on a coarse multi-strand cord.

Two Friends Turquoise Horse Necklace

This necklace is truly one-of-a-kind. It was one of those designs that just happens. While mixing a batch of turquoise clay those neat white streaks appeared and I just couldn't help but make a pendant! I haven't been able to get those results again - so when this necklace is gone - it's really gone! :-)

Turquoise Horse Charm Bracelets.
Charm bracelets to match the necklaces - in two different styles.


Stamped Nugget Earrings


Stamped Round Earrings

And one last look at my favorite necklace...I really need to make one of these for myself! ;-)

Jewelry Preview - Butterfly Designs

As promised here are photos of my latest jewelry designs. You've probably noticed how bare my Etsy shop has become. Running my shop kind of got moved to the back burner during festival preparation...all of you who are able to keep your shops going with such busy schedules amaze me! I have one more festival coming up in October and then I'll be back at listing regularly.

Anyway, here's a part of that preview of what's coming soon to my Etsy shop: Many of these are in limited quantities - so be sure to let me know if you see something you want - they're disappearing fast!

Black and Gold Butterfly Necklaces

Hand polished butterfly cabochons on chains of linked fire polished crystals and tiny black seed beads.

Perfect for the autumn wardrobe!


Rings to match.


Ivory Butterfly Rings

Hand polished cabochons on brass rings in both small and...

...Large sizes.

Orange and Black Butterfly Rings.
Hand polished cabochons on brass rings.

New Winged Heart Necklace

Here's my newest winged heart design. I actually created this pendant a while back and then couldn't decide on bead and chain style. I finally went with vintaj brass with polymer clay stacked beads. I really like using a length of chain just above the pendant before stringing any beads - it puts more emphasis on the pendant.

Let your heart fly free! ...See it in my Etsy shop here.

Heart of the Forest Necklace

The first of my new stamped necklaces is finished! I used a jade green clay mixture and added a bit of red for the heart. I also made a texture sheet so I could make matching beads. To make the beads I first baked a core bead a little smaller in diameter than I wanted the final bead to be, then I wrapped the core in a thin layer (4 on my atlas) of clay. I rolled each wrapped core over my texture sheet. All the beads and the pendant were lightly polished and given a wash of burnt umber to enhance the detail.

Two more new stamps just came out of the oven - I'm off to try them out!