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!

Earthtones

Starting with a hammered Hill Tribe sterling silver ball pendant I surrounded it with some of my favorite old coconut heishi. The amber color beads you see are hand carved Suchow JADE with each piece having a unique look. African turquoise rondelles add some contrast. Finished with dark brown pen shell heishi with a splash of turquoise pebbles. Toggle clasp makes this easy to get on and off in a snap. Choker length is 16 inches.

Name: Copernicus (my son named this one after a crater on the moon)
Beads: Hill Tribe Sterling Silver hammered ball pendant, old coconut heishi, hand carved Suchow Jade, pen shell heishi, African turquoise, sterling silver toggle clasp.
Length: 16 inches
Price: $76

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

Color Trends

In Argentina there is no guessing what the fashionable color might be. At this moment for Fall it is PURPLE plain and simple. You see all shades of purple showcased in the window of most boutiques. Plus, everyone is wearing it somewhere from head to toe.

One of my favorite colors just happens to be purple. Needless to say, yesterday while I was rambling through my beads, I just grabbed everything purple and some green to contrast. This necklace is similar to a design I've made before with slight variations and a completely different color combination. It's a rare occasion that I make 2 necklaces exactly the same.

Name: Mint green with purple passion
Size: 16 inch choker with 3 inches of chain to lengthen
Beads: Mint green foil glass, mint green turquoise, violet oyster heishi, peridot irregular heishi, purple glass heishi, sterling silver large lobster clasp and sterling silver chain
Price: $55

For those of you who are inspired by colors or may be interested in what the color fashion of the season is, I recently discovered these two blogs, "Color lovers blog" and Color Trends blog

Color Motivation

I usually tend to gravitate toward certain colors that I personally love. However, last summer when I was replenishing my wardrobe with some new tops and dresses, I decided to BREAK AWAY from my traditional color attire. This motivated me to create a new necklace to color coordinate. I truly enjoy this kind of work and thrive on this kind of challenge! So if there is something in your wardrobe that needs a complimentary necklace, send me a picture or bring it on over to the house in May.