Jewelry Wire and and a Clasp

This is my first attempt at creating jewelry using wire and a clasp. Last Wednesday I took a jewelry class at the Wye River Studio and this is the fruits of my labors.

My first step was to peruse the materials and find beads or spacers that inspired me. As I looked through the silver spacer beads, I quickly came upon these small butterflies. Because we have had such a nasty, rainy, snowy winter here in Maryland, the butterflies made me think of spring and better things to come.

Once I had my inspiration, I needed to find a color scheme. My favorite color combination has always been purple and green, so it was pretty easy to go from there.

The earrings were made using silver head pins strung with silver butterfly spacers, silver flower spacers and green and purple beads. The necklace came together pretty quickly once I had the earring done. I used a silver toggle clasp as the closure.

If I can get my webcam to work tomorrow night, I will be debuting my earrings and necklace on Inspired at Homes Web Pajama party. If you are not already a party guest, you should really check it out. It is a lot of fun, and full of great crafting ideas.