2 Bracelets - some sort of sea theme

Some resin beads inspired me to some kind of sea theme in these two bracelets. Or at least that is what I myself come to think of.

In the first one those very large oval flat ones make me think of the kind of large grass that often grows right on the edge of water and land. I haven't managed to find out what it is called in English. But in Swedish it is called "vass".

Art Beads:
Turquoise and yellow ceramic porcelain barrel bead - Round Rabbit
Green irregular oval ceramic bead - Gaea
Turquoise flower ceramic bead - xxxx (the name has just slipped me as I write this, let me get back to you very soon)

Other ingredients:
Very large transparent with pale yellow grass like strands inside resin beads
Transparent with gold round melon resin bead
15/0 seed beads
6/0 seed beads
Brass findings
Beading wire, 49 strand super flexible
Brass magnetic ball clasp


In the this one the round shells filled with orange resin makes me think of something you could find on the sea floor. And the rustic chain could belong to an old ships anchor.

Art Beads:
Pale blue facetted polymer clay bead - Something To Do With Your Hands
Violet patinated rustic copper chain - MissFickleMedia

Other ingredients:
Large round shell filled with orange resin beads
Brass heishi beads
15/0 seed beads
Brasss findings
Copper findings
Large copper lobster clasp
Beading wire, 49 strand super flexible



All my best,
Malin

2 bracelets

Hi there, it's been a long brake since I last posted here.
But now I'm back.
And today with two new bracelets.


Art Beads:

Three teracotta clay beads with matte glazing in pale blue - Nadia Terra

Other ingredient:
 Large brown and ivory chunky resin beads
Boat shaped flat brown wooden bead
Knotted on pale blue and pale brown doubled Irish waxed linen cord
Antique silver coloured double circle clasp

Art Bead:

It's a Love Story, copper and resin link - Jade Scott

Other ingredient:
Leopardskin Jasper faceted oval nuggets
Knotted on brown doubled Irish waxed linen cord
Ball magnetic clasp



All my best,
Malin

Stacked Earrings Challenge Reveal

WhooHoo, it's time again, for a Stacked Earrings Challenge Reveal. It's the fifth time around. Five ladies from around the world have taken turns in sending each other a bead lot with creating earrings from them in mind. This time we were all working with a bead lot put together by Heidi Post from New Orleans USA. Oh my, what a lovely and inspiring collection of classy semi-precious stones, nature materials, glass, plastic and metal bits.

I made five pairs all in all, the last one I finished today actually, and took the photos of them today also, so hence my slight delay from everyone else. Sorry for that.



1. The first thing I was drawn to was the copper curved tubes and those cute small green and brown facetted beads. I made my first pair directly when I had received my parcel a few weeks ago. With the larger couple of the tubes. And the other beads in them all come from Heidi's lot, apart from the head pins and the ear hooks. These earrings have actually become a favourite private pair of mine. I've been wearing them a lot lately. I call them Long Legs. Anyway, the aqua blue opal stones are wonderfully almost glowing. I don't know what stone they are. Does anyone else?

2. Next a pair with the beautiful large facetted Llanite rondelles. I love these stones. And I just read at Heidi's reveal post that she didn't remember what they are, but that there was a special story behind her getting them. Well, I recognized the stone when I saw it. So I checked one of my favourite sources for info on semi-precious stones: the Swedish site/webshop of www.StarEyes.se. There I read this: Lllanite is a rare stone, mined only at one place on earth. The little town of Llanite in Texas USA. It is composed of a mixture of granite and lilac-blue shimmering quartz. The colour of the quartz is believed to come from a mineral called Ilmenite. I just have to show you this mesmorizing close up below :-).

3. In the pair below I stacked some of the natural beads from Heidi's lot with the rhinestone spacers, adding swirly patterned polymer clay discs by HumbleBeads. Hanging from sea blue patinated boat shaped links by MissFickleMedia. Handmade copper earring hooks and copper findings






4. My fourth pair - I was so fond of my first pair of earrings with the long legs, so I had to try to make another similar pair with the smaller tubes. The purlpe stone discs are really pretty, kind of glowing when the light falls on them. I do not know what they are though.

5. My final pair that I finished today. This is an unusual construction for me to make, with the two rings joined like that. Therefor I was hesitating about finalising them. But I decided to give it a go, because I really liked the way they looked when I had layed out the beads (but before putting them together). It's the three beads stacked in the center of the inner circle that come from Heidi's lot. A cornflake pearl with a beautiful brownish shimmering colour, and two glass pearls. The large circles/hoops all come from MissFickleMedia.

Finally a group shot of all my earrings. I will be listing them soon in my Etsy Shop. Welcome!
www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/MalindeKoning:



Now you must head over to my friends' web sites to see their reveals. I promise, there are so many great looking earrings to see:

Rebecca Anderson – SongBead – www.songbeads.blogspot.com
Leah Curtis – BeadyEyedBunny – www.beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.com
Heidi Post – ExPostFacto – www.expostfactojewelry.blogspot.com
Claire Lockwood - SomethingToDoWithYourHands - www.somethingtodowithyourhands.com

All my best,
Malin

From Earlier Era's of the Earth

Long necklace

 Art beads:

Fossil large round focal bead - SLArtisanAccents, Stacie Louise Smith

Handmade drop linked soldered copper chain (oxidized) - ArtIncendi, 

Johana Nunez

Black and white Japanese paper tube bead - PassionForPaperBeads, Dee Rick

Other beads and components:

Emerald Impression Jasper rounds, 12 mm

Seed beads 6/0 and 11/0

Glass beads

Black swiveling lobster clasp

49 strand beading wire

Bracelet

Art bead:

Fossil shell like focal bead -  SLArtisanAccents, Stacie Louise Smith

Other beads and components:

Green flower glass beads (with picasso coat)

Brown three-cut seed beads (with picasso coat)

Dark grey waxed linen cording 4 ply

Dark rust waxed linen cording 4 ply

Black hook and eye clasp

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All my best,

Malin de Koning

Earrings

Hello there,

It's been a while since I posted here on my blog. Lots of things are going on in my private life at the moment, so my activity in social media unfortunately suffers. Still I am so happy for the moments when I get around making jewelry. Some of you might have noticed I am now a proud member of the Earrings Everyday blog. I post there regularly twice a month. Please check out some new earrings I've made over the last couple of months.

Rustic ochre/mustard/saffron patinated chain links - MissFickleMedia

Perky opaque apple green glass rounds

Vintage Swarovski pale sky blue facetted drops

Messy wrapped oxidized copper wire

Handmade oxidized earring hooks

Porcelain charms with a shell/fan motif -  RoundRabbit

Newspaper Jasper heishis

20 gauge heavily oxidized copper wire

Handmade earring hooks - MetalFuze

Turquoise thistle motif (or is it pine?) polymer clay coin shaped beads - BeadsByEarthTones

Handmade oxidized silver ear hooks - JNicLoft

Turquoise picasso three-cut czech glass beads

Turquoise waxed linen cord

The cute blue rhombic ceramic dangles came in a gift package from someone - I am a little bit unsure who it was, but I believe it was HappyFish.

The other beads are a mix of ethnic beads, seed beads and czech glass.

Violet patinated hammered copper rings - MissFickleMedia

Aventurine irregularly squared plates

Purple electroplated hematite square heishis and saucer beads

Handmade oxidized copper earring hooks and head pins

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All my best,

Malin de Koning

New Earrings and guest posting at Earrings-Everyday

I've had the honor of being invited twice recently to do guest posts on Earrings Everyday Blog. For the posts I've created some new earrings, that I haven't yet shown here. Here they are:

Ceramic links - Scorched Earth

White enameled curvy discs - PaintingWithFire

Silver ear hooks (oxidized) - E2SSupplies

Beaded beads - Malin de Koning

Rustic olive coloured pearls

Long flower patterned patinated brass dangles - Mary Dodd/MissFickleMedia

Copper ear hooks (oxidized) - RubyMountain

Oxidized copper wire

Cognac coloured rustic pearls

Electroplated hematite facetted square heishis

Rust coloured greek ceramic cog washers

Rustic Tin Works Caps Pins - CrowsCacheSupplies

Silver ear hooks (oxidized) - RubyMountain

Electroplated hematite saucer beads

Bronze and swirly polymer clay bead - HumbleBeads

Bronze polymer bicone bead with edge pattern - GracefulWillow

Green and yellow drop shaped rustic pearls

Copper ear hooks (oxidized) - RubyMountain

Oxidized copper wire

Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing any of the earrings in this post.

malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Bracelet and Earrings

Art beads and handmade components:

Silver drop shaped links - DaisyChain 

Rustic Tin Works caps - CrowsCacheSupplies

Silver ear hooks (oxidized) - RubyMountain

Art beads and handmade components: 

Ceramic bead - Mari Carmen Rodrigez Martinez

Art beads and handmade components: 

Turquoise Drop shaped ceramic charms - HappyFish

Copper (oxidized) earrings hooks - RubyMountain

Art beads and handmade components: 

Arrow shaped ceramic charms - HappyFish

Copper (oxidized) earrings hooks - RubyMountain

All pieces are available for purchase. Please contact me if you are interested. malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin de Koning

Some New Bracelets

Art Beads and Handmade components by HumbleBeads and Malin de Koning

Art Beads and Handmade components by RoundRabbit and Malin de Koning

Art Beads and Handmade components by DaisyChain and MarlasMud

Art Beads and Handmade components by SomethingToDo, MissFickleMedia and Malin de Koning

Art Beads and Handmade components by DaisyChain

3 new bracelets

Art beads and handmade components:

Mustard yellow ceramic clasp with saffron patinated toggle - Karen Totten

Pale blue and bronze polymer clay bead - GracefulWillowBeads

Other beads and components:

Rustic carved bone beads

Pale blue waxed linen cord

Art beads and handmade components:

Large etched glass ring - OutWest

Maroon ceramic rose bead - Gaea Ceramics

2 maroon round ceramic beads - Gaea Ceramics

Hammered copper toggle - Malin de Koning

Other beads and components:

Raw brass heart chain

Magenta waxed linen cording

Art beads and handmade components:

Bird and nest polymer clay clasp with copper toggle - HumbleBeads

Other beads and components:

Speckled oval acrylic beads

Forest green serpentine rounds (semi-precious stone)

Waxed linen cord

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All three bracelets are for sale. Contact me if you are interested: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

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All my best,

Malin de Koning

Three bracelets for fall-autumn

Bracelet - Fall In Love

Art beads:

Beige, blue and brown stripy polymer clay disc - HumbleBeads

Leaf in polymer clay - HumbleBeads

Other:

Chocolate jasper rounds

Lime yellow jade faceted rounds

Skye blue czech glass beads

Rhodium toggle clasp

Pale blue waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Greens With Ivory Opals

Art beads:

Bright green and clay raku ceramic round bead - Jubilee

Mermaid blue-green ceramic round - Gaea

Ivory white ceramic round - Gaea

Green and Ivory ceramic Oval - MarlasMud

Hammered copper toggle bar - Malin de Koning

Other:

Ivory white opal nuggets

Faceted semi-precious stone (unknown)

11/0 ivory seed beads

Ivory waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Purples With Green And Lime Turquoises

Art Beads:

Syringa lilac with green leafs polymer clay discs - Humble Beads

Syringa lilac ridged lampwork glass round - Gardanne

Rose swirl copper clasp - The Curious Bead Shop

Other:

Green And Lime Turquoises

Green griffin silk cord

All my best,

Malin de Koning

Earrings in September #3

And more earrings :-)

Art beads by Jubilee and HumbleBeads

Art beads by Jubilee

Let me know if you would like to buy any of these earrings pairs.

All my best,

Malin

Bracelets

Bracelet - Houses (so packed with art beads)

Art beads: Saffron Yellow twisted rings - MissFickleMedia
Green Erudite facetted polymer clay bead - Second Surf
Bronze large Bicone with patterned edge, polymer clay- GracefulWillowBeads
Green edged raku ceramic Disc - Jubilee
Yellow raku ceramic House - Jubilee
Oxidized Copper Oak leaf dangle - DaisyChain
Teal on dark clay small Pebble bead - Gaea
Pink and orange polymer clay cube - GracefulWillowBeads
Green raku ceramic House - Jubilee

Other:

Wooden side drilled oval bead

Oxidized copper wire
Oxidized copper lobster clasp


Bracelet - Maroc

Art beads: Bronze Macaroni ceramic bead - Elaine Ray

Rustic Sea Blue etched Lampwork rondelle - OutWest

Sand and Sea Blue polymer clay disc - HumbleBeads

Other:

Brass spacer beads

Large rose red and dark grey matte seed beads 

Bronze drop beads

Czech glass beads
Vintaj brass swirl clasp
Waxed linen cord


Bracelet - Roses Garden

Art beads:

Copper Rose Swirl hook clasp - CuriousBeadShop

Flower stamped resin coins - Susan K Nestor

Rose and Pink raku ceramic beads (6) - Jubilee

Other:

Copper ring

Czech glass beads

Waxed linen cord

All my best,
Malin