DRJ Bubble necklace

Jun 20, 2010 By Shann in Jewelry Tags: bubble necklace, dressing room jewelry

My Bubble style necklace is finally done! I thought the hardest part was finding all the supplies but it kind of took forever to put together! Mainly because I treated the brass to prevent tarnishing and had to allowing for drying time in between. I used turquoise glass cabochons, Czech glass beads, and gold filled chain. I didn’t find too many colors available in the glass cabs but there is pink and coral in vintage lucite..thinking about ordering those and if they are too plastic-y looking, just using them for a necklace for DD. Do you ever wear lucite?

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Mood board for DRJ Summer 2010

Jun 11, 2010 By Shann in Jewelry Tags: alice in wonderland, dressing room jewelry, mood board, necklace

This is the mood board for just one of my upcoming necklaces…

Sorry for the lack of posting lately! I’ve been busy ordering supplies from all over the world, Tibetan fancy chains to Parisian vintage cabochons.

DRJ Spring sprung

Jan 28, 2010 By Shann in Jewelry Tags: dressing room jewelry, ribbon necklaces, spring 2010

My spring jewelry line is done done done! I’m glad I put the new pieces together in a single release, instead of just randomly adding items to the website. But it was a lot of work. Stitching 2 ribbon ends it one thing, stitching 16 is exhausting!

Here are a couple of my favorites

Pepper Mint ribbon necklace

Rosy Metal swag necklace

If you want to peek, you can view the rest of the spring collection HERE

I keep all the originals / samples of my jewelry. Adding these new 11 pieces to my collection means my jewelry organization is shot lol. I have been storing on display mannis, in jewelry boxes, and stacked trays in my dresser drawer but this is not cutting it. I have some ideas on how to reorganize, store, and display. Hopefully I can get started on this project over the weekend.

Question of the Day: Jewelry

Jan 24, 2010 By Shann in Jewelry Tags: dressing room jewelry, Jewelry, spring 2010

Monica asked:

“Hello Shannon! I’m a huge fan of your blog, and have started making simple jewelry after reading your tutorial from a post last year. When will you debut your spring collection? Thanks!”

Hi Monica! I’m so glad I could inspire you to take up jewelry. Who knew my little ribbon necklace tutorial would send so many of us on the beading path!

My Spring collection will be released in Feb. Hopefully the first part of the month! Each piece is very near complete, they just need finishing touches. I’ll probably be starting the photography next week. I’d really like to show each piece modeled but I am no model so I’ll be shooting 100s of pics until I get it right lol.