bird bracelets in the shop

Weekend, where did you go? It always seems that I spend most of my weekend having fun…going to the movies, going to dinner, thrift shopping, making  jewelry…getting a bunny (!) that by the time Sunday rolls around I find myself needing another two days for responsible grown-up stuff like cooking or cleaning.

I recently got into jewelry making right before the Floyd craft show back at the beginning of October. It started out innocent enough with a couple pairs of simple wire and bead earrings and now I find myself frantically trying to find high quality silver wire for hammering.

I’ve been collecting images of other jewelers that I like and seem to have discovered the beginnings of my own style of jewelry making. I’ve got a long way to go, but I love the look of these first couple of bracelets.

To me, they seem funky and antiquey at the same time. I wanted them to have small details or unexpected elements that are hard to find in most mass-produced jewelry. They look really worn together too.

I struggled with what to name them and decided on movie characters that I like. There seems to be an endless and I went towards what I think the character might wear.

Here is the C. Baker bracelet:

And the Giselle bracelet:

Sunday chores are calling my name…