People’s “Finds”
It is always great fun when people bring me things they find on their travels to see if we can come up with a way they can be worn. Sometimes it is a special bead they have been saving or a broken necklace that grandma owned. Often it is something found in travel and brought back to make into a necklace.
Deb traveled to Africa and returned with some gorgeous beads. She had the following designs in mind for them and they turned out beautiful….and I learned a new way to make a versatile necklace that can be worn long or short!
Deb was also in the right place at the right time when she acquired these beads from a family friend. These amethyst stones were featured in an earlier post from May titled “Behind the Scenes”. Here is the finished piece.
Another friend was hanging on to necklaces from her teen years that had stones she really liked but that were too tight. We came up with these designs so that she could wear the turquoise and amber again.
One of my more challenging orders was from my daughter Dana who found these dinosaur bones in a fossil shop. They had already been polished, shaped and drilled but the trick was how to show the pair off in a necklace without other stones. This brings back wonderful memories of my road trip with her through New Mexico.
This last necklace was designed around a beautiful piece of Red Rock that a Utah native had hand carved, polished, and drilled using primitive tools and techniques. My friend brought it back with her from a memorable hiking trip in Utah’s famous canyons on Utah’s famous red rock. A few very nice pieces of turquoise and a decorative sterling silver bail add to the design.
Deb Roberts Jewelry 