Jewellery By Shalini

Buy Online: Freshwater Pearls Wire Wrapped Earrings Blue-Grey Dyed Freshwater Pearls wrapped with copper wire. A Liver of sulphur patina has been added to the copper to give it an antique finish. Simple, lightweight everyday wear earrings.

Freshwater Pearls and Copper Bracelet - Green from Shalini Austin Designs

Dyed Green Freshwater Pearls with Copper Wire Weave. Details here:  Freshwater Pearls Wire Weave Earrings from Shalini Austin Designs

Flower Necklace In Copper and Burgundy With Freshwater Pearl : 'via Blog this'

So the day is finally here! Its PARTY TIME! My parties are always "Bring a Bottle" kinds so help yourself to your favourite tipple and enjoy! Part 1: This is my first entry into the world of Bead Soups. Be gentle lovely people... It all started when I signed up for the Pretty Things 7th Bead Soup Blog party on 26 January. I have since blogged a bit about it. My Partner Sarah Goode from Pookledo sent me a lovely stash of shiny things! A handful of Swarovski disc crystals / Some metal glitterballs in various sizes / A length of silver plated chain / Some Swarovski glass pearls / a magnetic glitterball clasp  Yummy I hear you say! It is! But apart from the silver chain these are things I have NEVER worked with before! My pieces tend to have a lot of colour in them! And here I am looking at lots of grey (OK shiny silvery grey but it is shades of grey, maybe not quite 50 but near enough!) HELP! This is totally out of my comfort zone! You set me a chal...

Or is it?... Its never Christmas until Slade is played and Noddy Holder's "It's Christmas" rings out over radio 2. I may have missed it but I have not heard it yet! So come on BBC where is my song? In every other way the Christmas madness is here. I should know! I have been at numerous craft fairs already with our jewellery and wire sculpture trees. I am sure most makers and designers are doing the same. Week-ends are not a time to relax any more, most evenings there are little Village hall and school fund-raising events happening and the bespoke gift orders are coming in too! It's all Go! Go! Go! and I am loving it :-) In the last couple of weeks I have had a lot of interest in my freshwater Pearl strings and other jewellery. Here are some examples which would (I hope!) bring a smile to a lucky girl's face on Christmas morning... Amethyst Tumble-stone Pendant with 14/20 Gold Filled Wire Turquoise and Tibetan Silver necklace on Hemp Cord Freshwater Pe...

Pearls Double String Necklace Very Dressy freshwater pearls double strand necklace strung together with antique gold finish beads on an easy to use gold finish toggle clasp. Perfect to dress up any outfit.

Coral and Pearls Coral and Pearls Hand-knotted Necklace. I have used dyed freshwater pearls with Deep red Coral beads and a few stick pearl beads to create thsi one off necklace is gorgeous shades of teal, red and off white.

Coral and Freshwater Pearl Set  -  Perfect for Casual and Formal Wear. Price:  £25.00:  Available for sale in my Online Showroom

JS091 - Freshwater Pearls Twisted On Wire

This is an absolutely beautiful coil Bracelet using Freshwater Pearls in a delightful shade of Salmon Pink. I really am not able to say too much more, just have a look at the picture :-) Materials used: Freshwater Dyed Pearls, Tibetan Silver Beads and Memory Wire. This Bracelet is available for sale and listed on my Misi Shop And a BIG Thank you to Dave for the photo.

I am proud of me if I may say so myself. I was so pleased with my first necklace that I had another go yesterday. There was some of the gold plated wire left and some burgundy and dark green 4 - 6 mm pearls from an earlier bracelet I made. It took a lot less time this time :-) but I still have very sore fingertips. I need to find a safe way of holding the pearl as I am twisting the wire. I did manage to break the wire once but sorted it. That's what I like about wire, its such an easy material to work with and mistakes can be corrected without compromising on the design or finish. I think I am ready to move on to the sterling silver wire now :-)

For the last two days I have been working on a Wire and Pearl Necklace. I saw a design example on a bead seller’s website who sells jewellery making kits. Of course the kit was all plated wire and glass beads and I do not work with glass or plastic beads. Only real stones, pearls and shell will do for me! Ok so I am a snob. Anyway.... I was sure I could use my materials and do it. First I had to think hard about the colours. I have thousands of Pearl beads and I think they are all beautiful so it took me a while to pick on the shades I wanted to use for my first attempt. Two strands of green pearls sort of stood out so they were the chosen ones. Then I had to think about wire. I have 26 g sterling silver wire and I could have used that but then thought I should do the test run on cheaper wire. Ages ago I bought some Gold Plated 26 g wire from eBay and it’s never been used, because being a snob I work in Sterling Silver and Gold filled! So the plated wire finally got its chance. It was ...