One of my latest creations

This woven pendant I created on the loom Randall designed and made for me while visiting friends in Montana this past summer. My cruising friend Virgina who now lives in Tucson taught me how to use a loom and create square pendants with beads and fiber while in the Caribbean cruising and again this past summer at her home.

I decided to play around with the weaving and try some of my own designs hoping to feature more of the fibers and less of the beads in the actual pendant itself. Here's just one of my new creations.

Completely adjustable, the necklace measures about 16 inches in the closed position.

Completely open, the necklace measures about 25 inches.

Weaving details close up...

Just pull to open it. Throw it over your head and pull to close to the right length for your outfit. The brown waxed nylon fiber makes it easily adjustable.

Denim blues mixed with a coppery like color is the theme made with African turquoise, glass and bone.
Perfect piece to add class to your favorite jean outfit. Wear it with denim blues, copper, browns or white.

If I know you and you know me and because I'm across the border, I can try and ship this home with one of my friends here to anyone in the states before Christmas. Just contact me privately to work out the details.

Price: $55 plus shipping

Would love to know what you think? Leave a comment! :)

Winter Art and Craft Show at the Hershey High School

Adjustable waxed fiber necklaces are made with roundish seeds from South America died vibrant colors, millifore flower glass, and tiny hand crafted glass beads from Java, Indonesia. I've made many in several different color schemes with NO two exactly alike that are all adjustable in length.

Shimmering strands of raw SILK from Argentina combined with a denim lapis lazuli from Chili. Looks classy with blue jeans! Several to choose from and no two are exactly alike.

What: Winter Art and Craft Show

When: November 1, 2008 Saturday

Time: 9am - 3pm

Where: Hershey High School - Indoors!!

Address: Hershey High School,(click on Hershey for a map) 550 Homestead Rd, Hershey, PA


Come visit the DUCHESSE collection of handmade jewelry with tons of new and exciting designs with vibrant colors!

Land and Sea in different colors...

Yesterday's necklace featured a brown coconut combined with a red sponge coral. Here is a similar style in shades of green with some coconut.

The center bead is also a coral but dyed green. The green coral is surrounded by the old coconut disc shaped beads from Ghana Africa along with greenish blue shades of chalk turquoise, brown bone beads, and some small green glass beads. Easy to wear and adjustable

Name: Variegated
Length: Adjustable from 16 inches to 28 inches
Beads: Green coral, old coconut, chalk turquoise, brown bone beads, green glass beads
Price: $55

Land and Sea

Made with tons of old COCONUT disc-shaped beads from Ghana Africa. The dark coconut sets off the perfectly shaped sponge CORAL beads purchased on the island of Margarita off the coast of Venezuela during our cruising adventures. A dash of some African Turquoise adds some contrast. This piece is made on an adjustable wax fiber. You just pull and it closes or opens.

Name: Land and Sea
Size: completely adjustable from 16" to 25"
Beads: coconut, coral, turquoise
Price: $50