Rose of Sharon Jewelry

From the Christmas tree to the poinsettia, nature is a part of the Christmas holiday. Why not celebrate nature with handmade jewelry featuring leaves & flowers? Sharing 5 floral handmade necklaces for Day 11 of 15 Days of Christmas.

Gardens of Stone

I’ve been gardening since I was a toddler. As the granddaughter of berry farmers, my earliest memories are in the fields. I’m a certified Master Gardener and carry on the love of flowers nurtured by my parents and my grandmothers. You’ll find plenty of flowers in my jewelry.

Here are 5 flowers that will never wilt – beautiful handmade floral jewelry from Sandra Lee, Betty, Jennie and me.

You may recognize this beautiful red and silver flower necklace from the Rose of Sharon Jewelry Facebook page. 

The Deepest Red necklace was created by Betty from lush red bamboo coral beads to accent a sterling silver filigree flower. The flower is a reinterpretation of a lotus. 

This long and lean necklace in pink and black features a richly antiqued sterling silver orchid from Thailand. The orchid is a silver version of a prom corsage orchid, the Cattleya.

The Black Orchid Fantasy necklace from Sandra Lee measures 22-inches plus the 2-1/2 inch silver orchid.

I fell in love with this beautiful Jasper leaf and spent several months searching for the right beads to complete the strand. The copper wiring is a wonderful contrast to this handmade Autumn Leaf necklace.

This is a heavy, bold one-of-a-kind design.

Mom (Betty) created a series featuring colorful enameled floral pendants adorned with crystals. This one is Betty’s Garden and features , a lovely  teal butterfly. 

Natural pearls in round and coin shapes mixes with rose quartz in this one-of-a-kind double strand necklace from Sandra Lee.

If you’re going to a Garden Party, this is the perfect necklace to show off with.

You can also twist the strands for a different look.

Day 11 Promo: Buy any handmade jewelry design from one of the Rose of Sharon Jewelry stores and receive a 20% discount coupon good for any 2011 purchase plus free shipping! This promotion ends 12/15/10 at midnight PST. Simply include the words “2011 coupon” in the comment section when you check out. You will receive 1 coupon for every jewelry item purchased. Coupons can be used at any of our stores in 2011 and beyond. You can redeem 1 coupon per future order and you can give them away.

Shop and earn discounts here:

• Rose of Sharon Jewelry
• A.F.F. Jewelry Collection 
• New Life Jewelry Art
• Adornable Anklets 

The Christmas star guided 3 wise men. Today wise men stop by the Rose of Sharon Jewelry site to give  our handmade star jewelry. Enjoy these sparkling celestial designs.

I’m wild about stars (moons, too) and often use celestial images in my jewelry and decorating (I have a blue and gold moons and stars guest bath!)

Today’s bonus buy gift  is a sparkling Swarovski star necklace in sterling silver. Buy $500 or more of Rose of Sharon Jewelry to receive this beauty FREE! Details below.

Twinkle, Twinkle

Adorned with moons and sparkling crystals, this handmade anklet can be found in our anklet only store.

The sparkling night sky can be seen in these magnificent blue goldstone beads and pendant. You must check out our larger pictures to see how great this handmade necklace is!

Sarah and I share a love of charm bracelets. We love making and wearing them. She created this handmade bracelet with sterling silver charms along with sparkling blue and yellow Swarovski Element® crystals 

This is a one-of-a-kind charmer!

Glittery coin shaped blue goldstone and golden and lilac crystal accents make this Dark Sky necklace. The clasp is a wonderful golden star toggle.

Here Comes The Sun

Betty’s Solar Flare necklace is bold and fiery like the summer sun. The center piece is slightly antiqued and Betty matched it with red & brown Carnelian beads. 

Promo Details: To receive a free Swarovski star necklace in sterling silver, you must purchase $500 or more of Rose of Sharon Jewelry from any or all of our online stores. Simply make your purchases (let me know when you are done shopping with a comment during checkout from any site) and include the words STAR NECKLACE in a comment field. This offer expires at midnight PST on December 10, 2010. Questions? Email me at slfullen@roseofsharonjewelry.com

The Rose of Sharon Jewelry women aren’t timid nor are their original designs. For our last holiday promo, I’ll share 5 bold gift choices.

Day 9’s Promo – Free pair of large hoop earrings adorned with Swarovski crystals with any order of $250 or more. See details below.

Sandra’s Style Shouts Look at Me

My wonderful sister-in-law, Sandra Lee, has great style and fashion sense. She’s been a jewelry collector and antique dealer for years with a great eye for flair. Her original work is unequalled and if you love big and bold – you’ll love her jewelry.

The drama of Tiger’s eye sets this necklace apart. Sandra then selected a mixture of agate and gemstones to amplify the natural reflective properties of the pendant.

She calls this beautiful one-of-a-kind necklace Gingersnap! A bonus pair of earrings are included!

Save 25% on this lovely necklace during December.

Juicy pink grapefruit colored Jade and a beautiful bold sterling silver leaf clasp (plus a bonus pair of earrings) will capture your heart. Sandra Lee loves jade and this is necklace has a magnificent color scheme.

The lovely gold enhanced handmade glass leaves adorning this necklace are so wonderful (and they’ll never fade away).l Sandra Lee selected two matching leaves for the coordinating earrings.

Big Personalities Need Big Jewelry

Here are 2 final necklaces that fit our big and bold theme. Both were created by myself and are looking for 2 great women to wear them.

 Burgundy Deep features several  magnificent handcrafted authentic Bali beads. The center piece triangle of fine silver is from the back of my stash. Purchased directly from a Bali village known for its silver craftsmanship, these beads are ornately detailed and quite heavy. The accompanying beads are rich burgundy and black handcrafted lampwork glass.

A bold mixture of textures and colors this dramatic necklace I call South Pacific is a great way to remember a vacation or dream of one!

I love this freeform double strand design (17 inches for the first strand and 21 for the second).

I’d love to see you wearing one of these bold beauties. If you purchase one, send us a picture and we’ll share your extraordinary look in the blog.’

Promo rules: Purchase $250 or more from any/or all Rose of Sharon Jewelry sites (I’ll add the totals together if you shop from more than one store) and you’ll receive a free pair of golden hoop earrings. Make your purchases all in 1 day or leave me a comment  when checking out that you are still shopping. When all the orders are paid for, I’ll package and include your free earrings. Please add the word – HOOPS in the comment section of your order so I know you are responding to this offer. This offer expires 12/11/10.

Shop here for eligible purchases:

• Rose of Sharon Jewelry
• Just in Time Watches 
• A.F.F. Jewelry Collection
• New Life Jewelry Art

Have questions about this promo? Please drop me a note at slfullen@roseofsharonjewelry.com.

Wire wrapping stones transforms them into little jewelry gift packages. You can mix and match the chain for different coordinating looks.

Dena and LeAnne of Rose of Sharon Jewelry are best friends and self-taught wire wrapping artists. Each of their one-of-a-kind designs is lovely wrapped in sterling silver or gold filled wire just for you.

LeAnne and Dena work well together as you’ll see from their beautiful designs. Often one will start a project then have the other put her own touch to it! Collaboration at its best.

If you love simple, elegant jewelry – you’ll love their wonderful pendants. Dena and LeAnne hand selected their stone cabochons (flat backed stones that are cut and polished into various shapes) for their unique mineral content, unusual patterns and colors that tell a story.

Each of Dena and LeAnn’s pendants come with a personally selected chain that coordinates with the look of the pendant.

Here are a few of their lovely pendant necklaces that are being featured in the Rose of Sharon Jewelry store. To find all of the wire wrapped pendant pieces, select Dena DeSelms or LeAnne Velona from the artist menu.

Starting with Great Stones

Mother Earth is a wonderful gold wrapped agate pendant on multilayered gold chain.

Notice the mineral streaks that add a rich contrasting color to the natural stone.

Rainbow Nephrite is a lilac with a touch of green Jade donut pendant.  Nephrite (the actual name of true Jade) is considered to beneficial for prosperity and excellent for creating an erotic atmosphere. Perhaps wearing this handmade necklace on your next date night would be a good thing!

Ruby in the Rough features a colorful Ruby Zoisite stone. This exceptional stone features the bold pink (a similar mineral to ruby) and the green matrix which often surrounds natural rubies.

Ruby Zoisite is known for its energetic and sexual properties (as is ruby) with out the anger often associated with rubies. The green mineral provides the balance for the wearer!

Turquoise is always in style and Dena’s silver wrapped Turquoise Traveler  has wonderful flourishes. The stone is a deep turquoise color with some nice matrix (the darker minerals within a natural turquoise stone).

All of Dena and LeAnne’s  designs are hand crafted with sterling silver or gold filled wire. You’ll find them to be artistic and versatile. And they are all great values!

Jewelry creativity runs in my family. 9 women = Rose of Sharon Jewelry. Dad’s work with stones is also amazing as you’ll see from this photo array of our jewelry which incorporates his creativity.

After Dad passed away a few years ago, Mom started going through all his drawers to see what he had tucked away. While each piece has tremendous sentimental value beyond its visual beauty, we decided that creating new designs for our customers was the best way to honor him.

My Dad was a rock hound, an amateur collector of rocks and minerals in their natural environment.  Our whole family spent weekends and summers piled into our family station wagon and traveled hours over Mt. Hood into Eastern Oregon to dig in the dirt. Oregon has a great bounty of beautiful agates, crystals and other stones hidden underground.

Dad carrying my baby brother Dale in an Army surplus backpack with brother Paul at his side. Grandma Beatty in her blue hat was busy searching a stream.

At 10, I learned to handle a short pick, break off the stones’

I must say those were wonderful times together as a family. My brother’s and I were exhausted when we drove back to Boring, Oregon on Sunday night.

still see   Grandma in her blue straw hat carefully unearthing a Oregon Thunder egg,  a roundish stone (like an egg) which when broken open reveals minerals which formed an agate often with a beautiful pattern or scene.

My Dad’s talent with a stone, in spite of having a serious arm tremor which eventually lead to his early retirement, is amazing. He spent hours making everything perfect.

Be sure to check out each of the stories I’ve written to accompany the handmade jewelry which features his work.

Raven’s Plume necklace by Betty – Dad dug, cut, created and set this  rare Oregon agate  cabochon.

Irish Lass necklace by Jennie – Dad cut, polished and set the unique quartz stone with green and black streaks over 25 years ago.

September Breeze by Betty - 

Crazy Lace Agate that Dad cut and set in a beautiful silver leaf finding.

Posted lots of interesting new jewelry pieces today at Rose of Sharon Jewelry and New Life Jewelry Art! Still have another 25 or so designs to go live!

That’s what happens when Mom and I have a photography marathon – I have a posting marathon.

An exciting new collection is being started at the New Life Jewelry Art store at Etsy – rosaries made by Betty. She had a friend looking for a gift rosary so you know Mom – she just had to make several! The rosaries will all be part of the New Life Jewelry Art brand while her cross necklaces are available at Rose of Sharon Jewelry.

Here’s a quick sampling to peak your interest – just click the photo to pop over to the appropriate store to learn more. While you’re there – take time to explore all our wonderful original jewelry creations!

Seeking God rosary by Betty 

Snow Bride – vintage white faux pearls in graduated sizes.

Night Sky – deep blue goldstone necklace and earrings.

Mother of God – handmade rosary from Betty

Kenya – brass elephant and wooden bead necklace

You can never accuse the women of Rose of Sharon Jewelry of having boring jewelry. We love to create so you have lots of original designs to choose from!

When it comes to collecting jewelry – there are centuries of possibilities. I love those Antique Roadshow episodes where Granny’s old chain is worth $5K!

Collecting jewelry seems like a natural for a jewelry artist. There’s actually a lot to learn beyond what I know about construction and material identification. My personal interest lies more on buying pieces which I can repurpose into new designs. This means I’m looking for a good bargain and condition isn’t as critical to those whose interest is in beauty, rarity and value.

No matter what catches your fancy – 60s resin designs or Tiffany gems – jewelry collecting can be a captivating hobby.

Here’s today’s 5 great jewelry collecting finds.

1. I’m big on books so the first stop is your local library. Amazing place – free, too! Seems most people forget about libraries and think of those big warehouse-sized bookstores. However, older and out-of-date books on jewelry identification, history and collecting are worth searching for.  Books with prices won’t be current but you may find a gem or two (pun intended) that helps you become knowledgeable on your area of interest. Don’t forget to shop used book stores, too!
2. Join JewelCollect. This online membership group explores costume jewelry collecting and can be a great resource for those puzzling questions.
3. Find a mentor. Start by asking at locally owned antique stores, bead shops, rock shops and jewelry stores for referrals. I’ve even been successful in finding a mentor with a Craig’s List ad! Collectors love to talk about share their passion so you may find a local group with regular meetings.
4. Learn about jewelry hallmarks (brand identification, logos and stamped marks). Basic hallmark identification (online book excerpt) has great info. Fine quality artisan jewelry is often marked as is collectable costume jewelry. You’ll find a list of costume jewelry ID marks here.
5. Not all collectible jewelry is signed. This book will help you determine what your find is. 

   Unsigned Beauties Of Costume Jewelry (9781574321821):…

Jewelry collecting can become addicting. It’s a wonderful hobby that lends itself to visiting museums, garage sales, antique stores and thrift stores in every region of the country and beyond!

Go forth and collect!

Shot over 900 jewelry pics in July with new releases appearing daily in ROSJ stores. Here’s a sneak peak of our fabulous new handmade jewelry designs.

If a favorite isn’t in the designated store yet (see picture watermark), just drop me a note and I will be glad to share product info and pricing. Just remember all our designs are one-of-a-kind so it’s first-come-first-served.

Travel/Cruise/Adventure Anklet from Sharon–in AdornableAnklet store now

Journey Through Breast Cancer from Betty and now available in AdornableAnklet at Etsy 

Blue Danube -  4-inch crystal illusion style earrings from Betty available at Rose of Sharon Jewelry 

Key Largo Jade Necklace from Sandra Lee appearing soon at Rose of Sharon Jewelry 

Tropicana Jade Necklace from Sandra Lee coming soon to Rose of Sharon Jewelry

Haute Pink – Pink Rhinestone and Silver Charm Necklace appearing soon in our A.F.F. Jewelry Collection 

Blue Angel Earrings appearing soon in our A.F.F. Jewelry Collection 

Be sure to bookmark and stop by daily to see the latest and greatest handmade jewelry from the women of Rose of Sharon Jewelry

• Artisan designs – Rose of Sharon Jewelry
• Anklets – Adornable Anklets
• Budget-friendly designs – A.F.F. Jewelry Collection
• Vintage, mixed media – New Life Jewelry Art 

I’d love to hear about your newest favorites from Sharon, Betty, Dena, Sandra Lee, Olivia, LeAnne and Sarah