Garnet Queens

Sorry this post is so late, I've had a busy few days. On Monday Neil and I were busy in London; I had errands to run ad Neil had an appointment. Yesterday I was cooking two lasagnas; one for us and one for a church function today. Then last night we went to the movies. We saw Trainspotting 2, which was very good although I admit I didn't always understand what they were saying. So I didn't get around to writing the blog until this morning and I didn't feel like getting out of bed.

I couldn't think of a name for these gorgeous girls but the Chambala beads looks a bit like a disco ball so I thought Disco Queen - Dancing Queen - Garnet Queen. I love this pair! While I do like all of the earrings I've made these are my favorites so far for this year. I wore them out the on Monday and while running an errand I realized I’d lost one. I was so upset! I wore them to show them off and get a nice picture in them.  To make things worse I didn't think I had enough of the expensive Chambala beads left to make another pair. Later in the day the missing earring fell out of my sweater. What luck!

 

This design is similar to the earrings I made for the wedding line last year; instead of using pearls I used garnets – and there’s no Swarovski crystal on the end. All of the beads are smaller than the wedding earrings so the earrings themselves are smaller, hanging just over an 1.25 inches from the ear. But they are just as classy.

 

It’s February now so if you’re an Aquarian or Pisces and you’d like these in Amethyst just let me know. I can make these with any birthstone however the price will change because the birthstones vary in cost.

 

And there’s still one pair left of the Love Heart earrings so if you’re interested send me an email, tweet or fb message to be sure you can have them in time for the day.

 

Garnet Queens £7.00 including shipping to the UK, $8.85 including shipping to the US.

Love Hearts £5.00 including UK shipping or $7.50 including US shipping

Love Hearts

 It seems like every year I miss the holidays. By the time I think about producing something it’s too late for anyone to get it in time for the holiday; which is why I’ve never put out earrings for Halloween or Valentine’s Day before. That is why I started so early for the winter holidays this past year. So after Christmas I made a purchase that would ensure that I’d have something for you for Valentine’s Day.

So I’m taking a break from the birthstone designs to present a Valentine’s Day design. They’re really sweet! They consist of two crystal hearts hanging on chains. These cuties hang approximately 1.5 inches from the ear. However since these are handmade by me if you’d like them but want them to be longer(or shorter) I can alter them for you.

 

I have enough crystals to make two pairs so let me know soon.

£5.00 including UK shipping or $7.50 including US shipping

Grace

 Garnet Grace

 

I try to wear a pair of earrings every time I go out. That way if someone says “I love your earrings!” I can say ‘Thank you, I made them and I sell them if you’d like a pair.’ This is the pair I wore this week, and good thing I did. A friend of mine inquired into a bead the color of her mother’s birthstone. She thought it was a ruby but after we spoke she realized it was garnet. Good thing I was wearing these!

 

I love this little pair. They are quite small compared to the ones I released in the past two weeks. These are barely an inch long. They are a similar style to some of the wedding earrings I released last year. They feature two 6mm garnet beads and one 6mm pearl bead separated by crystal rondelle spacers. All of the findings are silver plated.

 

Remember if your birthstone isn’t garnet I can do the same designs in any of the birthstones featured on this list.

£7.00 including UK shipping, $9.75 US including shipping

Birthday Earrings

Birthday beauties - Garnets & Pearls

 

 

Did you get my picture on Monday? That was from my birthday, we did pretty much nothing in the morning. In the afternoon we went for coffee at our favorite cafe and then we spontaneously went to dinner at a great seafood restaurant nearby.

 

I wanted to wear one of the new pairs of earrings I made so I chose these. I picked this pair to wear for my birthday because they have pearls in addition to the garnets. I love this pair because they remind me of a necklace my mother has.  When I made them Neil said they were too long but you can be the judge of that. They aren't as long as the ones I posted last week.

 

 

These feature two garnet beads and one pearl strung together with gold plated pins. They are a little over 2 inches long.

After our nice dinner we came home and I took down the Christmas tree and ornaments. Apparently it's bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up after the 6th. At home I leave them up until I feel like taking them down or until the tree starts to die which can be as late as February. It didn't affect my luck any, in some ways I'd say my luck was better then.

 

Anyway I hope you like my birthday earrings as much as I do. They were a lot of fun to wear.

 

 

£7.00 including shipping to the UK. $8.85 including shipping to the US.

Happy New Year!!!

 

 Happy New Year from all of us at the Dangling Journey! We hope you had a great Christmas and wish you a dazzling 2017.

I admit I didn’t give any previews for what’s coming up this year, but honestly I made several pairs of earrings before Christmas. I’m only going to release them one at a time though so I don’t run out of things to present. I also got lots of new supplies to make earrings with, so the journey continues.

I had two thoughts for this month; one was to try something different. Fortunately my birthday is this month (Friday to be precise) and a lot of other people I know have birthdays this month as well so I started thinking about birthstones. I looked at my supplier’s website and found Garnets reasonably priced, I can’t say the same for other birthstones though.

The second idea came to me while I was trying to go to sleep one night. I drew it on my phone. Unfortunately once I made them I deleted the drawing.

 

I think it looks rather pretty, even elegant. It features two 6mm garnet beads and one 6mm Chambala bead all hanging from a silver plated chain. The total length of the earring is 3 inches.

 

Any of the garnet earrings can be made in most birthstones. Here’s the complicated part – there are at least four different classifications of birthstones. I can get most from my supplier but there are a few (Diamond, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire) that they do not supply or what they supply is actually glass and not rock or mineral. I have provided a chart and crossed out any that I cannot (or will not) supply. Only the best for my customers! No imitation stones here! Also some stones may be more expensive than garnet so if you order another stone I will quote you a price specific for your earrings before purchasing so there is no mix up. Colors: Jasper (leopard skin) Topaz (yellow/orange)

 

 

£8.00 including shipping to the UK. $9.85 including shipping to the US.

The Dangling Journey 12 Days of Christmas

The 12 Days of Christmas (The Dangling Journey version)

It just occurred to me that there are only 12 days left until Christmas, so why not create our own version of the classic song. I know that the 12 days actually refers to the 12 days after Christmas (because it ends on my birthday). But what better way to countdown to Christmas than singing a cute song. However, the items listed in the song do not reflect the actual stock available.

 

On the first day of Christmas the journey brought to me a crystal snow lady.

 

On the second day of Christmas the journey brought to me; two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the third day of Christmas the journey brought to me; three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

On the fourth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

On the fifth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the sixth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the seventh day of Christmas the journey brought to me; seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the eighth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; eight holly leaves, seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the ninth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; nine Kwanzaa symbols, eight holly leaves, seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the tenth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; ten sea shells, nine Kwanzaa symbols, eight holly leaves, seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

 

 

 

On the eleventh day of Christmas the journey brought to me; eleven Candy Canes, ten sea shells, nine Kwanzaa symbols, eight holly leaves, seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

On the twelfth day of Christmas the journey brought to me; twelve jingling bells, eleven candy canes, ten sea shells, nine Kwanzaa symbols, eight holly leaves, seven Christmas stockings, six pearl and crystal dangles, FIVE STARS OF DAVID. Four blue pearls, three Christmas trees, two bunches of grapes and a crystal snow lady.

 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

 Christmas Bazaar

 

Hopefully you’ve been following the journey and saw that we were making another stop at a Christmas Bazaar this past Saturday. One of my former co-workers came and brought a friend with her, they enjoyed themselves and both of them picked up some homemade blankets. It was a nice event, unfortunately (or fortunately) I was too busy to get up and wander around to see the other vendors and what they were offering. But they had tea, coffee, cakes and mince pies for sale; tables set up so people could sit and chat; they had a raffle and all the proceeds went to MacMillan Cancer support.

In the days leading up to the bazaar I received a large order care of my college roommate. I had to make a few more items so that I’d have stock for Saturday. I made 15 pairs of jingle bell earrings hoping they would attract attention to the table – and they did!   

 

 

 

In the end I sold about 12 pairs of earrings including both pairs of wreaths (and I’m not making any more of them), the pearl snow woman, most of the jingle bells, two eco-chic designs including the orange curling ribbon, and one design I adored which I think was called 3 peas in a pod.

 

 

 

 

 

Even better I got a good response to the earrings even when people didn’t buy them. Ladies came by and talked about how nice they were. I had little gift tags with holes punched in them so the few that were purchased as gifts I placed them on the festive card which had the blog address on them.  I also gave a few cards to people who didn’t buy anything but seemed interested.
 

I’m just so happy that this went so well. As I said in the previous post we’re taking the rest of the year off but again that doesn’t mean to stay away. I may have a few tricks up my sleeve. To be safe if placing an order for the US place your order by the middle of next week since shipping can take up to two weeks. Shipping within the UK is quicker but to be safe place your order by the 12^th.  And I’ve already started thinking forward to next year so I may post some previews. But in the meantime the holiday season has started. The Christmas rush has begun. It’s Cyber Monday! This year don’t forget to support small vendors.