Beach Glass :: Shades of Blues

I'm a little backed up on posting some of my projects, but I wanted to show you a series of earrings that I've been working on this week with sea glass in the shape of baby conch shells. Aren't they so cute! ZnetShows sent out a new batch of glass to play with, and I was having fun with wire all week.

This first pair clusters apatite chips in the same sky blue color. And I think the silver gives it a touch of richness. Earwires are shaped and hammered by me. I am starting to create my own earwires more often then not these days. 

Speaking of earwires, I wanted to do a nice long drop pair. More earwires created by me, and with a small hammered charm added to this pair on long dangles. What a pretty deep blue color in this glass.

This next pair uses some blown glass beads that remind me of the Japanese floats we used to find washed up along the coast when I was a kid. I grew up along the Oregon coast and we would go beach combing for floats washing ashore from the Asian cargo ships. 

I created a double hoop loop on top (that's fun to say!) and then I added one more loop beneath to hold a series of wrapped Chinese crystals also from ZnetShows. These earrings are shades of blue hues, matte and fire polished. A lot going on, but would look lovely with a simple white summer dress and strappy sandals. 

Ok, one more pair to show you. These are my favorite because of the color. I simply love this sea foam color. So often I remember the water and foam that would form along the Oregon shore had this soft hue. I painted many a surf with this color. This last pair I matched up with a beautiful marcasite connector to give them a touch of antique. I love the curves in the marcasite and how it mirrors the shells, the sea and the surf.