Spring Cleaning Sale...Ebay Auctions!

I've got a few items up for auction through Ebay..really I planned on putting more up..but as I"m looking at the pieces I'm realizing how much Hill Tribe Silver is on them...with the price of silver sky-rocketed and climbing daily..I think it's more worthwhile for me to take the jewelry apart and give the beads new design and new life.
Here are the pieces I've still got up. A couple have sold already.



Pink Peruvian Opal, Amazonite and Pearl Earrings
Faceted pink Peruvian opal coins dangle from faceted amazonite, mauve freshwater button pearls and Hill Tribe silver accents. Hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire. Earrings hang from handcrafted sterling silver ear wires. Earrings hang 1 1/4" past the bottom of the ear wires.



Mother of Pearl Pendant and Light Pink Pearl NecklaceSquares of shimmering mother of pearl shell have been set in this oval shaped pendant with a resin background. Matching square mother of pearl beads and very light pink pearls are hand wire wrapped with 14k gold fill wire to 14k gold fill chain.



Periwinkle and Lime Green Multi Gem Beaded Necklace
A Mix of dream like colored gemstones, crystals and pearls with glass seed beads lining the back. Front clasping with sterling silver closure and chain. Beads include: blue dyed quartz, lime dyed chalk turquoise, gaspeite, dyed chalcedony, green pearls, Bali sterling silver daisy spacers, Hill Tribe silver nugget beads and Swarovski crystals.



Copper Seashell Earrings with Turquoise Drops
Antiqued copper seashell beads with turquoise drop beads on over sized antiqued copper ear wires. Earrings hang 1 1/2" past the bottom of the ear wires.


Wanna see the rest of my jewelry up for sale? You can check it out here:

Jonara Blu Maui
and here:
Jonara Blu on Etsy

Mahalo!

New Jewelry

Two newest pieces just added to the shop:


White Ginkgo Leaf Beach Bride Necklace


Lustrous white mother of pearl shell pendant cut into a shape that resembles the ginkgo leaf along w/ shimmering white petal keshi freshwater pearls, white nugget freshwater pearls and opal Swarovski crystals. All are hand knotted on white silk cord.



Black Lip Shell Hibiscus Earrings

Beautiful high quality black lip mother of pearl shell carved hibiscus flowers with faceted black lip shell rectangle beads hand wire wrapped w/ sterling silver wire.

Find more island inspired jewelry hand-crafted on Maui, Hawaii at Jonara Blu Maui

Bridal Season 2010

Bridal season is quickly approaching and I'm so behind! Finally made a couple of necklaces w/ matching earrings and already sold one of the necklaces days after I listed it...I've got to stop playing w/ these cute baby goats and get to work!



Here is the necklace that I made that sold so quickly..it featured oval pearls and an oval mother of pearl pendant



and here is the other new one w/ a touch up blue for the brides looking for 'something blue'..I often make 'something blue' anklets and they seem to be very popular :)



These are new beach bride earrings just listed...



Available here:
Freshwater Oval Coin Pearl Beach Bride Earrings

Earrings!

New earrings....more to come...


Available here: Cotton Candy Drops - Artisan Earrings


Available here: Smokey Quartz and Stabilized Turquoise Beaded Earrings



Available SOON! Email if you have questions


Available here: Pink Mint Mochi - Beaded Earrings




Available here: Lime Shave Ice - Beaded Earrings

Beach Bride Jewelry Video

No recent posts..but I promise I haven't been lazy...

Last blog post was Determined not to get lazy... so I just wanted to make clear that even though I haven't been here for a bit again..I have not fallen into lazy mode. Granted this cold weather really makes me want to do nothing but curl up in my jammies and read or watch TV...I have been actually keeping a list of things to do each day for a little over a week and getting most done on it each day..except for my blog lately lol! But it's been great help w/ focusing. (a BIG problem for me)

I will admit though that Cameron and I finally did a walk today for the first time in a couple of weeks. So I have been slacking in that department as well.

Picture: a cute little lawn gnome we caught wandering around a neighbors front yard during one of our walks last fall ;-)


What have I been up to? Well...lots of spring cleaning! I was stuck doing taxes for a couple of months so did minimal cleaning. Taxes are so boring that even cleaning feels good! Cameron's room really needed to be gutted out and have all it's nooks and cranny's vacuumed because of his allergies. We are finding all sorts of things we want to get rid of so will do a garage sale here in a couple of weeks.

Things are starting to pick up a little in the jewelry shop...I recently sold these fun pieces:






Also I'm currently working on a wedding commission for a bride in New York having a Hawaiian themed wedding. Once that is completed I will post pictures.

Hope you are all doing well! I've been trying to visit everyone's blogs..some I have gotten too and some I haven't. It's always fun to read your blogs more then it is to make my own though ;-)

New Bridal Pieces Listed Today

Ocean Petals Beach Bride Anklet




Beach Bride Dangles


Find more beach bride jewelry as well as pieces for every day wear at Jonara Blu Maui

Beach Wedding Custom Order

This little starfish, along w/ her matching earrings, is getting ready to be shipped off to Georgia for her debut in a beach wedding.






Are you planning a beach wedding this year? Please stop by Jonara Blu Maui and check out my beach bride jewelry. If I don't have what you are looking for, feel free to request a custom designed piece just for you!

Click here to see past beach wedding pieces in my gallery:
Jonara Blu Maui Wedding Jewelry Gallery

Etsy Treasuries!

How exciting.. I've been featured in a treasury two times this week! It's always such an honor!

Here is the treasury from Sunday the 28th of December entitled "Mahalo Maui" Click on it to see a bigger picture. I'm the bright blue sapphire coin and keshi pearl necklace at the bottom right:



And then here is the one from today called "Rainbows from the Sea" Here I'm the paua shell and Swarovski crystal starfish at the bottom middle



Both of these are thanks to Cindy of Peacock Jewellery who makes beautiful jewelry, much of it featuring the beautiful paua abalone shell. Please visit her shop!



thank you so much Cindy!

New Beach Bride Jewelry

Just added these to the shop!


Ocean Petals - Beach Bride Necklace
Sweet little freshwater keshi pearls with matching freshwater nugget pearls and a pendant of hand wire wrapped freshwater coin pearls. All are hand knotted on white silk cord.




White Freshwater Coin Pearl Earrings

Lustrous white freshwater baby coin pearls with white freshwater nugget pearls.
Each is hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire and hang 1" from bottom of sterling silver ear wires.

Please visit Jonara Blu Maui for more information and to see more jewelry inspired by the sea!

New Starfish Earrings

Just added these to my shop Beach Wedding Starfish Earrings

Shimmering mother of pearl carved starfish dangle from lustrous white freshwater coin pearls.Earrings are hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire and hang from sterling silver Bali style ear wires.

Earrings hang 1 1/2" from bottom of ear wires.Starfish measure 20mm

New Today - Abalone Starfish Earrings

I just added these to the shop today.
Abalone Starfish Earrings
Colorful abalone paua shell with dangling indicolite Swarovski crystal starfish and olivine Swarovski bicone accents all hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire.
Earrings hang 1 5/8" from bottom of sterling silver Bali style ear wires.
Available here

All regular priced jewelry is 20% off until the end of December!

Jonara Blu Maui
Jonara Blu Maui Etsy

Morning Glory Ceramic Beaded Earrings

Hand painted ceramic coin shaped beads pink w/ white morning glories....mother of pearl carved plumerias dangle from the bottom and mother of pearl beads accent the top.
Earrings are hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire and dangle 1 1/2" from the base of sterling silver lever back ear wires.

$49
Available at Jonara Blu Maui

More Blue Jewelry

Here are a couple more pieces I made to match Turquoise Sky



Turquoise Sky - Maui Beaded Earrings



Paua Palm Tree Bracelet

Fishy earrings to match

Here are the earrings I had planned to make to match the fish bracelet I just posted the other day. I uploaded it to my shop yesterday and it was sold this morning...so I quickly finished making up the earrings and snapped some photos of them so I could offer them to my customer. The pictures are a little washed out because I don't usually take them in such bright sunlight..but I didn't have a choice. Photoshop helped bring back the color in a bit..




If she doesn't want these..then they will be placed in my shop at Jonara Blu Maui

The Quest for Yellow Pearls

My recent experience with a lovely beach bride customer reminded me of how I really need to grab unusual pearl colors when I see them available. Just get them because they are there, not because I neccesarily like them or need them..or even think I will ever need them..because you just never know what you will come across in this business.

Pearls are especially difficult at times to get in certain colors. The most common seems to be white and peacock. But once you get into other colors you never know whats available so it's best to stock up. Also it's basically a one time shot. Pearls are dyed in lots..so the next lot can turn out completely different. So get what you need and even more if you can when you find something available.

Now I never thought much about yellow pearls, I'm not a yellow person..as in it looks really bad on me so I don't think of this sweet little color much. But I love yellow sunflowers, yellow chicks, yellow houses are cool..now yellow cars - not so much..but yellow pearls..I found out that they are beautiful!

Here is the dress I needed to find yellow pearls to match this dress from David's Bridal. This is stlye number F12899 incase you see this and are intersted. (Doesn't the model look like Jan, Michaels X on The Office?)



So in my search I could not find any yellow coin pearls which was the first choice because my customer wanted to copy some earrings that I carry in my shop only in her colors. We only had a couple of choices..but I purchased both just to have them in stock after I saw how it's a very rare color. Thankfully they were a yellow that blends well with the dress..which looks like it's a bit darker yellow.

Here are the earrings..I took pictures of them with different backgrounds to show the color changes of the Aurora Borialis Swarovski Crystals. They, while being a clear crystal color, actually pick up a lot of yellow color which is a bonus because the yellow pearls look very light on their own and around darker backgrouns. You can see though, how they really truly are a true yellow when they are on the white and next to a bunch of other of the same pearls.





And here are the 6 pairs she ordered ready to go. The quality and light of this photo isn't the best as I was packing it up at night and needed to get it out in a hurry. This bride was so calm and cool about it all and she had less then a month to get this all together. I prefer to have a month to work with at least when dealing with a special order where I have to order supplies..esp from different places. But we went for it and got them out to her ASAP on a Saturday when I don't usually ship/work.



My sweet little yellow pearls are so shimmery and happy and I can't wait to figure out what else to use them in ;)

Jonara Blu Maui - Video

I just put this video together this morning...hoping to make a little introduction type of thing. I get so tongue tied and could not manage to say everything even just once with out a mistake..but oh well..thats just me lol!

Simple Beauties

Simple and beautiful, natural and organic...




Large white petal keshi freshwater pearls hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire to sterling silver lever back ear wires. Shimmering beach petals to dangle from your ears..perfect for the beach bride or for those who love island inspired jewelry.

These earrings are available here at Jonara Blu Maui

New! Shell Hoop Earrings!

Super cute black lip shell hoop earrings are black irridescent on the front and white mother of pearl on the back.





These are brand spanking new and have not been added to Jonara Blu Maui's shop yet..so please email or leave a comment if you are interested.

A Cocoa Beach Wedding

Meet Omayra and Edwin...they eloped and were married on Cocoa Beach, Florida June 25, 2008. So romantic!



Omayra is wearing a beach bride pearl necklace and earrings that she purchased from Jonara Blu Maui, they look amazing on her! She was so nice...a definite pleasure to work with :)



Here is a close up of the pearl beach wedding jewelry she picked out. The earrings were custom changed to gold findings for her to match the gold in the necklace.






What a beautiful beach wedding. Thank you so much Omayra..I wish you and Edwin all the happiness in the world!