Wire Wrapped Pendant

A friend of mine asked Karla to make a piece of jewelry out of a stone she (the friend) picked up at some tourist spot. I have completely forgotten where it was picked up or what kind of stone it is. So, it fell to me to do the wrapping to make it a pendant.

This is what I came up with: 

I must say that I'm extremely proud of it!  I used the tutorial here for inspiration and the general know-how to be able to do it, as I've never done it before.  Karla will be finishing the piece, finding the perfect chain and other embellishments.

As this is a custom piece and specific order, it's not going on Etsy.  But, everyone take note!  Should you want something like this, all you have to do is Convo us on Etsy, or send an email to kelleyaccents [at] gmail [dot] com.

Cool Pendants

I was browsing through Etsy this morning, as I usually do, when I found this store with really cool pendants!

ZephyrWood

I love the cool wooden pendants.  Especially "Hoot".  I think I might get that one for myself.

Busy, busy, busy!

Well, we've been very busy, making our new apartment a place we want to live in and spending time together since we'd been so busy before that we really couldn't....

Anyway, I've been lax in updating the blog. We have news, Miss Karla is pregnant. We're to have a new addition to our small family in late May. That's very exciting for the both of us. But, she's living in the horror of the first three months.

We've been working some on jewelry. I've finished another sculpted pendant that I hope to post on Etsy fairly soon. I've also started working on my stock photography portfolio again. Since jewelry is our hobby and we have plenty of jewelry stuff lying around, I decided to take some jewelry themed stock photos. A link to my photos at BigStockPhoto is to the right, just under our Paypal seal.

Other than that, it's a beautiful Sunday. So, enjoy it!

Halloween!!

Woohoo! We're now in the scariest month of the year! I love Halloween! Dressing up as evil monsters, stage makeup, all the zits brought on by an excess of chocolate...

So, we're gearing up for Halloween, trying to get some holiday themed items in our store. It's kind of tough to get something that's really cool as there is really a need for specialty beads. Pumpkins, dried leaves, etc. And, I have to face it, my last foray into bead making with polyclay turned into a major flop!

What I have been doing is some sculpture! I made a sweet vampire "bust" type pendant. I'm selling it unfinished on our Etsy site. I just baked up a frankenstein monster last night. That one I'm going to completely finish. I've also got some plans for some creepy beetle earrings!

Ah.... such fun!

And, I believe there is some confusion as to my identity here on the blog. I'm Devon. My wife is Karla. We are the Kelleys. I'm not Kelly, and I'm not female. I'm the male half of this union, the more tech-savvy one. And the one with the goofiest personality.

Well... now that's cleared up..... I have nothing left to say! :)

Keep smilin' and keep reading!

Edit: I changed the blog template because so much white became offensive to my eyes!