A Collection of Flip Flop Pendants

I purchased these sweet little flip flop pendants (we call them 'slippahs') a few years ago from a supplier who visits my island. (He lives on Oahu)I only used a few of them..and then sadly misplaced them. I got a couple more back from sister when she turned in her bead stash as she's not beading anymore right now and only doing her photography. So when I made a necklace out of one my Wholesale gal, Marina, saw it and went nuts over it. She's the one with the shop B-Side the Sea in Poole England where it's the beachy scene like here on Maui. She asked for more..but at the time I only had one more to make. Then low and behold I was looking for some beads to give to my step nieces in California and I found a package with 5 more! She wanted them all! So none for the shop right now...but I will try and get more from my supplier when he comes back at the end of the year.

Here is a pic of the little slippah necklaces that are on their way to the UK..

aren't they cute?

Yellow Plumerias

I've been gone for 3 days and have not had time to catch up since..so today I'm just sharing a close-up pic of the plumerias I use in many of my jewelry pictures. I have a tree in the middle of my front yard and we just planted one in the backyard in a pot. With Plumeria trees you can just cut off a stalk of it and stick it in the dirt!

Beach Bride Jewelry Offerings

Here are my latest offerings for all you beach brides out there. Of course it's not limited to beach brides..that's just my inspiration for this ongoing line of jewelry :) All pieces are available at Jonara Blu Maui

Three White Flowers
Three lustrous mother of pearl plumeria shell pendants hang from a white silk hand knotted necklace of white freshwater coin pearls, white freshwater button pearls and white top drilled freshwater petal keshi pearls.


White Waterfall - Beach Wedding Earrings
Lustrous white freshwater pearls in coin, top drilled keshi and button shapes. Hand wire wrapped with sterling silver wire.


White Freshwater Keshi Pearl Beach Wedding Anklet
Fancy up your feet with this cute keshi pearl anklet. White button pearls, white top drilled keshi pearls and aurora borealis glass seed beads.

Spring flowers for all you winter people out there

Christina from This Girl Beads suggested I post some pics of flowers blooming here on my sunny little island. We have had cold weather but not near enough to stop all the plants from blooming. My plumeria tree does go dormant every year though. And my gerber daisy's..I thought they died because of the drought..but with two weeks of rain one popped up and said "Hello!" Perhaps they go dormant too? A lot of plants bloom year 'round here.



More flowers from the yard:


Strange alien plant I have no idea what it is. Hubby brought home from a job one day a bulb that grows on top of the ground..we planted it and this is what grew. The bulb is huge now..like a football size.


This rose was so bright..in the picture it looks like I photoshopped it onto the picture..I didn't!


Geraniums amongst some heleconia stalks





Now for some spring earrings:


I love the powdered almond color of the Swarovski crystal faux pearls. They match so nicely with the champagne colored plumeria shells I use in my jewelry. They are new in my shop, just in time for wedding season. these would be so perfect for an island bride getting married on the beach.Available here

Lime green and pink are the epitomy of spring colors. These plumerias are carved from the conch shell and have lime green dyed tuquoise accompanying them. Available here


White mother of pearl plumerias with spring green freshwater coin pearls. Available here