New x2!

All of the new pieces are now in the shop and ready to ship! As always, if there are any questions about any of the pieces, send me a convo through the shop and I will respond to it as soon as I can.
Stop by the shop to see all of them!
Silver Fox Gems on Etsy!

Cheers!

New!

Here's some of the pieces that will be on my shop momentarily, you get to see them here first! A few hyper-colorful pieces and the first of the bridal line!

The sunset necklace matches the large pink topaz earrings posted last week. Carnelian, garnet, citrine, amethyst, multicolor spinel and tiny gold fill beads top a gorgeous hot pink topaz faceted teardrop briolette. It sits on a 20" gold fill chain.

The huge white quartz in this necklace is topped with gold fill beads and black spinel. The gold fill bead on the bottom of the snow quartz  tops off an elegant design that compliments any outfit!

The amethyst on this necklace is huge! It's topped by clusters of teal apatite, lime green peridot, green emerald, and deep blue iolite. This piece reminds me of the irises that bloom this time of the year, with their dark purple petals and new green shoots. It comes on a gorgeous gold fill necklace.

These earrings are a new set of mini earrings I have been working on. All the elegance and fun of the larger earrings in a smaller and more affordable package. Golden rutilated quartz faceted onion briolettes PACKED with pyrite veins are topped with black spinel clusters. They hang from gold fill ear wires.

These earrings feature large, elegant green amethyst (prasiolite) faceted drops topped with rose quartz, blue sapphire, pink sapphire, lavender quartz, pink topaz, and deep purple amethyst. They hang from elegant gold fill ear wires.

And now we have a (growing) wedding line! Featuring hand selected focal pearls, gorgeous clear quartz, and multitudes of freshwater pearls and other gemstones. Pieces in both gold fill/vermeil and sterling silver allow for perfect coordination with gowns and other accessories. Let Silver Fox Gems complete the outfit you'll remember for the rest of your life!

The First Dance Necklace features a large hand-selected flameball baroque pearl topped with my signature cluster of freshwater keishi and potato pearls on vermeil headpins. A gold fill bead at the bottom of the pearl adds the finishing touch to this pendant. It hangs on a gorgeous rope chain that measures 20".

 The White Swan necklace's large rock crystal is checkerboard faceted and topped by freshwater pearls of varying sizes on sterling silver headpins. It hangs under a rock crystal nugget bauble and includes a gorgeous 18" sterling silver rope chain. Let this be your "something new!"

I'm currently working on some rings and bracelets, too. Check back soon to see how those are coming along!

My Apprentice

Okay, so I don't actually have an apprentice, or even a helper. What I have is a certain friend who thinks he's a big help by (not so) subtly coercing some scratches behind the ears.

Charlie likes to assume that you don't have any priorities other than scratching his tummy and letting him sit in your lap, but today a load of new stuff came in so I had to work. He did get a bone to keep himself occupied though.
Still, it was a pretty productive day and I got a project done that I dearly wanted to turn out well. A while back, my mom purchased a set of custom earrings from me when I started getting good at making the clusters. She's been my biggest supporter and has so far coveted all of the earrings I've made, so I wanted her pair to be good.

I think they came out pretty well. It's hard to see but they're on posts instead of hooks. The drops are black onyx with a crown of yellow and orange songea sapphire (only the best for mom, lol), red quartz, garnet, carnelian, and citrine. I'm pretty happy with them myself. I have an extra pair of onyx drops, so there is the possibility that this design or a similar one will end up in the shop.
I did get quite a few other pieces done through the course of the afternoon, so tomorrow they will get photographed and should be up in the shop sometime soon. For now though, it's time to let my hands rest. Wrapping rondelles on headpins can be tiring!

Champagne and Pearls

Working on a few things lately. I received a huge flameball pearl in the mail today, along with some champagne citrine coins. I'm excited to be using both of them.
The pearl is for a new wedding line I'm working on, so expect that soon.

The champagne citrine coins are cute, but I'm still not sure what I'm doing with them just yet.

They'll be gorgeous once they're finished though! More on the way soon.

Rain

It's been pretty muddy and rainy here in town. I'm hoping that the sun pokes out at some point this week. Some big things coming to the shop in the next few days. As always, more clustered earrings and necklaces are on their way. I should also have a ring or two coming, which is pretty exciting.
Look for gems to get more colorful and for clusters to get bigger! All of these will be available on the Etsy shop as soon as they're done (weather permitting for pictures of course!)
I'll have pictures of the new gems up when they arrive.

For now, we'll just have to be content with pictures of flowers (they're not that bad!) as I seem to be posting all of my inspiration photos. Spring is coming along pretty here, even with all the rain!

Springing up.

Just a quick note: a whole lot of new stones are headed this way plus a whole mess of new chains and headpins (I seem to go through both of those at pretty alarming rates). Also, weather permitting, new pictures coming this weekend!

Here's a sunny flower picture to hold everyone over until then.

Until next time!

Rainy days

It's been pretty gloomy around here lately. Weather-wise, at least. The lack of sun has me craving the color yellow. Or maybe orange. Or maybe both.

These have been blooming pretty furiously lately, and their bright colors seem to light up even the grayest days. I won't say that gray days aren't also good inspiration days, I just really want to see something bright.
It appears that it's not going to get much better for at least the next few days, but here's to hoping for more sun soon!