Category: Floral Jewelry

Butterflies, Birds & Blooms

5/8/2022

The signs of Spring are everywhere – butterflies are flitting, birds are chirping, and flowers are blooming.

A mama hummingbird has her nest under my patio roof. This is the third time the nest has been used and it looks like there’s one baby in it. My deep purple iris is blooming in the backyard and soft blue periwinkle is blooming in the front yard. The air even smells of spring!

I look for ways to create jewelry that conveys that feeling of spring. My favorite is to use metal, snippets of greeting cards, and resin. My sister-in-law, Susan, is a fabulous painter who turns her original works of art into greeting cards. Her use of color and pattern is simply intoxicating.

I search through her cards to find just the right combination of pattern and color and then cut out butterfly, robin, swallow, and flower shapes. The cut-out shapes are then sealed on all sides with three coats of Mod Podge. Once sealed, each shape is attached to a correspondingly shaped metal blank. Finally, I apply a coat of resin which adds dimension and protects the snippet of greeting card. This process takes several days.

Once the resin is cured, I turn the butterflies, robins, swallows and flowers into earrings and necklaces. Butterfly or bird necklaces feature one bird or butterfly hanging from a fine chain. Flower necklaces feature either just one flower hanging from a fine chain or a centerpiece of multiple flowers.

As I work, I’m captivated by the colors and patterns of each butterfly, bird, or bloom. Each piece reminds me of the power of nature to enhance our lives.

While my butterflies, birds and blooms may not look like those in nature, I hope they evoke some of the same responses – a smile, a feeling of happiness, and enjoyment of something beautiful. See for yourself.

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Flower Power

5/6/2021

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The power of flowers is in their effect on the beholder. Who hasn’t sighed with pleasure at the beauty of a bank of flowers in a local grocery? Or smiled at a bouquet of daisies? Or simply enjoyed the smell of honeysuckle?

While we can’t always have fresh flowers; we can have floral jewelry to remind us of their beauty. For that reason, flowers remain one of the most popular of jewelry designs.

Every material under the sun has been used to make floral jewelry from sparkling precious gems to steel wire to preserved flowers. The flowers themselves are as realistic or as fanciful as the jewelry artists who design them.

I interpret the beauty of flowers through metal, snippets of greeting cards, and resin. My sister-in-law, Susan, is a fabulous painter who turns her original works of art into greeting cards. Her use of color and pattern is simply intoxicating. I search through her cards to find just the right combination of pattern and color and then use a flower-shaped punch to cut out the flower. The punched-out flowers are then sealed on all sides with three coats of Mod Podge.

Once sealed, each flower is attached to a metal flower blank. Finally, I apply a coat of resin which adds dimension and protects the snippet of greeting card. This process takes several days.

Once the resin is cured, I turn the flowers into earrings and necklaces. Some necklaces feature just one flower hanging from a fine chain. Others have a centerpiece of multiple flowers. As I work, I’m captivated by the colors and patterns of each flower. Each piece reminds me of the power of flowers to enhance our lives.

While my flowers may not look like those in nature, I hope they evoke some of the same responses – a smile, a feeling of happiness, and enjoyment of something beautiful. See for yourself as you browse my website.

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