Photo Gallery: My Top 40 Wire Wrapped And Enamel Jewelry Pieces, Part II

In honor of my 40th birthday, which is tomorrow, I'm posting photos of my favorite 40 wire wrapped and enamel jewelry pieces. Yesterday, I posted Part I. Here is Part II. All can be found at Naomi's Designs or MayaGirl Creations.

This group is really colorful! That round enamel piece with the pastel colors -- the one that looks a bit like an Easter egg -- is important to me because it's the first piece that I made with cloisonne wire. I was so happy that I got the wire to stay put! Even better, my best friend purchased it from me at a charity event. I believe he gave it to his boss.

That rainbow-colored anodized aluminum bracelet took about a million years to make, but I love how bright and cheerful it is. Same goes for those multicolored anodized aluminum earrings.

That silver spiral wire wrapped necklace is one of the first items I made. I couldn't believe that I'd managed to make an entire necklace out of wire. The other silver wire wrapped necklace with the asymmetrical design is a personal favorite of mine. I love how weird and different it is ... though people don't seem to "get" my design. I've had a lot of questions about it. One woman almost broke it at a craft fair because she thought it was a headband. On the other hand, I've received many compliments for the simple teardrop necklace with the Swarovski crystals.

That blue enamel necklace is special to me because I made it for my mom. I made a similar one last year, but hers came out better, I think. And those wire wrapped bubble bracelets are fairly new items that I've created. They're not only fun to make, but I think they look really interesting!

Photo Gallery: Mixed Metal Wire Wrapped Bangle Bracelets With Spirals

Lately I've been on a wire wrapped bangle bubble bracelet binge (say that 10 times fast!). I keep making these because they've turned out to be one of my favorite things to design. It's just so much fun wrapping the spirals onto the bracelet base; each wire wrapped bracelet is just a little bit different so each is a unique piece of jewelry.

Anyway, here is a photo gallery of my mixed metal wire wrapped bracelets with spirals. My favorite is the blue, aqua and silver peacock bracelet; then again, I'm always picking new favorite pieces. You can see the rest of my jewellery at Naomi's Designs or MayaGirl Creations. Enjoy!

In other non-jewelry news, my friend Michelle Arrose has recently released her novel IGNITION: AN EDUCATOR'S JOURNEY. This is a very suspenseful novel about a new teacher's first year on the job and her dealings with a "problem child," who could put The Omen's Damien to shame. Teachers will appreciate and relate to her story, but anyone else will find it engrossing, as well. Please check it out and make sure to review her work after you're finished reading!

Wire wrapped copper bubble bangle bracelet with copper and bronze spirals

My new shipment of 18 gauge copper wire arrived this weekend -- and I finally made a wire wrapped bubble bangle bracelet using a copper base instead of silver.

I usually favor silver jewelry, but I really like this bracelet in copper. The warm copper tones work so well with the bronze and the design looks a bit art deco to me.

I've made several bubble bracelets at this point, but I think that this and my blue, aqua and silver bracelets are my favorites. Next up, I want to try making one that has a silver base and then rainbow-colored spirals.

In other news, I've been trying to wear my jewelry more often. I really don't wear a lot of jewelry -- I prefer to make it for other people -- but I do like to "test drive" new pieces. We attended a wedding today so I wore one of my bubble bracelets, as well as an abstract necklace and earrings that I'd made. And a few guests noticed my accessories and asked for my shop names! I met one woman who makes pieces from polymer clay. I haven't yet worked with that, but her colorful and creative jewelry makes me tempted to try it out.

What's funny is that several of the guests were like, "You should sell on this site called Etsy..." Is Etsy still a secret for most people? If it is, I guess it's good that the word is getting out.

Meantime, check out my jewellery shops Naomi's Designs and MayaGirl Creations.

Silver wire wrapped peacock bracelet with silver, blue and aqua spirals

If you've been reading this blog for a while, it's become pretty obvious that one of my favorite colors to use for my work at Naomi's Designs and MayaGirl Creations is blue. Hell, a recent post was a photo gallery devoted to blue jewelry pieces in honor of the cold weather. But the real reason why I like blue so much is not because I'm a fan of the cold (though I do like the winter) but because blue reminds me of the sky and ocean -- two things that I find to be very relaxing.

Today I made a blue version of my silver wire wrapped bubble bracelet. I've nicknamed it a "peacock" bracelet, though, because the spirals of silver, blue and aqua remind me a bit of peacock's patterns:

When I began the bracelet my plan was to use silver and aqua wire, but I saw the darker blue wire sitting there and well, I just couldn't resist incorporating it into the design. I like the tri-colored look, though; I think that the different blues work well together and really bring out the silver base.

Now that I've made a few of these with a silver base, I'm excited to try some other colors like copper with bronze. Or maybe I'll just do something out there like make a rainbow bracelet. We'll see...