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Customize these glass octagons in multi stone settings!

These pretty, delicate earring jewels are available in many colors in my shop – and they can be customized 🙂 You choose the color of the tiny round jewel at the top of the setting!

You can choose your favorite color. Or clear crystal as is shown in many of these choices, because that always adds a bit of extra sparkle 🙂 Or, coordinate the octagon color with your child’s birthstone color! There are a lot of possibilities – and you can choose the ones you like best.

That’s the beauty of custom made DIY jewelry. Well – the fact that you can choose just what you want – and, that you don’t have to spend a lot of money. One more reason to love DIY!

New Glass Jewels – Light Khaki Tan Coordinating Pears and Squares

I love this color! These glass gems are new in my shop and they’re a great neutral. A bit deeper than beige – close to light tan, or khaki tan.

These pear or teardrop shaped glass stones are great for earrings or pendants – and since they are also available in two-ring connector settings, they’re also terrific glass links. Pair them with the coordinated sweet 8x8mm square gems as shown, or add your stashed beads or stones. You’ll figure out the design that works best for you – that’s the beauty of DIY jewelry!

Crystal Bridal Wedding Jewels

You want your wedding jewelry to be special! Very likely the image you have of your bridal earrings will be sparkling crystal. If you have diamond gemstone earrings of course they would be beautiful wedding earrings 🙂 But if you have a smaller budget – like me, like most of us I think – sparkling faceted crystal jewelry is going to be wonderful. And much more affordable!

The earring jewels featured in this pic are beautifully faceted, clear crystal rhinestone (glass) gems. They’re lovely, and not only will they be perfect for bridal earrings, they’re also affordable!

And you will feel – and look – beautiful in them!

More Mother’s Day Gift Ideas!

Yes, this is another idea for Mother’s Day gifts. It’s an easy design idea, doesn’t cost a lot of money, and you can choose your mom’s favorite color 🙂

Think about it for a minute – you can make your mom a pair of earrings, choosing the color she loves, hand-set in prong settings in the metal “color” she wears most – golden brass or silver (or antiqued brass). So you really are designing these earrings *for her*.

And the earrings are simple to make – you can make them as complex as you want to suit your creative style, but pretty teardrops on earwires are also gorgeous! Whichever style idea suits you best, this is a win 🙂

And you’ll make your mom super happy!

Mother’s Day Gifts – DIY Earring Design Ideas

Mother’s Day is coming up in a few weeks (it’s on May 12, 2024, in case you didn’t have the date already). So yay, this gift idea is *not* last minute!

A gift of jewelry is always welcome – and when it’s for your mom, a gift that *you made yourself* is extra special. That’s why I posted these earring design ideas. The components don’t cost a lot, and you can pick and choose the glass jewels and beads that speak to your sense of design.

So these really are just ideas to percolate. Create your own designs, and make a very special pair of earrings for your mom. She will love them!

Diamonds – the birthstone for April

Diamonds are the birthstone for April. Now if you’re in the market for real diamonds, more power to you and I wish you the joy of shopping! But if you like the sparkle and clarity of diamonds – on a little lower budget (okay a MUCH lower budget) I think you’ll like crystal or glass diamonds.

Take a peek at some of the crystal “diamond” stones available in my shop right now:

Of course this pic only shows a few of the faceted crystal gems I have available, but I specially wanted to show these because you can customize them. The large crystal in each setting is the diamond-like “clear crystal”. The small round stones at the top of each setting can be changed to the color of your choice. So – personalize or customize these!

Colorful Glass Stones for Jewelry Making

I’ll admit it right up front – one of the things I love most about jewelry making, and having my own jewelry supplies shop, is that I get to play with color. I think a lot of us love to do that! I get to create new jewelry designs, and get to wear fun new jewelry that I designed and made myself – without having to spend a lot of money!

So in this pic I just wanted to show you a few of the vivid, pretty glass gems I have available right now:

And these aren’t even the “important” ones. These aren’t the biggest. They are simply colorful, and fun, and may spark an idea or two (or more!) for your own designs. And have fun making your own jewelry!

Black Diamond and Crystal Pendants or Earring Jewels

The light gray “black diamond” glass gems shown in these earrings are cabochons with interesting, ‘checker’ faceting. They look great in these two jewel settings, combining the black diamond pears and tiny round crystals.

And one of the great attributes of these jewels is that you can customize them – you pick the color of the tiny round stone at the top of the setting. Black diamond (gray) with sparkling crystal, as shown, is great – but what about birthstone colors? Or vivid contrast? There are many colors you can choose from – I think you’ll love them!

Aqua blue glass stones – the March birthstone color!

If you stop to think about it, knowing designated birthstones and birthstone colors can be really handy. Suppose you want to give someone a bit, and you know they love jewelry, and you really don’t want to spend precious – expensive – gemstone money. We all know what that’s like, right?

But knowing the month’s gemstone colors can work. Sometimes it’s not even appropriate to spend big bucks on a gift for a friend, potential girlfriend, cousin, whoever is your giftee. But spending moderate dollars on things that she’ll like, that are a bit personalized – like her birthstone? That’s definitely appropriate.

So we know that the birthstone for March is aquamarine. And the birthstone color… is aqua blue. Here you go – some gorgeous glass gemstones in aqua!

And yes there are more aqua stones in my shop. Go peek!

DIY Earrings with Peridot and Emerald Green Glass Gems

It’s always cool to see how the faceted glass jewels I sell look when made into actual jewelry! The mannequin I use in these pics is close to life size, so you can get an idea of scale.

The emerald green octagon is 10mm x 8mm (that’s approximately 3/8″ x 1/4″). The peridot green teardrop is 13mm x 8mm, a bit over 1/2″ high x 1/4″. You can see the earring has real presence, large enough to be sparkly and “seen”, but not large and heavy. (Love that they’re really not heavy!)

Of course you’ll choose your own beads and stones – or find some in my shop 🙂 And adapt this idea to your own style!

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Customize these glass octagons in multi stone settings!

New Glass Jewels – Light Khaki Tan Coordinating Pears and Squares

Crystal Bridal Wedding Jewels

More Mother’s Day Gift Ideas!

Mother’s Day Gifts – DIY Earring Design Ideas

Diamonds – the birthstone for April

Colorful Glass Stones for Jewelry Making

Black Diamond and Crystal Pendants or Earring Jewels

Aqua blue glass stones – the March birthstone color!

DIY Earrings with Peridot and Emerald Green Glass Gems

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