Monika Wiklund

This theme is linked to trees and flowers and other growing things. I used small round semi-precious stones with slightly varying colors but mostly in different shades of green, combined with metal charms in the shape of leaves or flowers to create this necklace.

The rectangular beads are green jasper, the larger round beads are green opals, and the smaller round beads consist of a mix of green jaspis, chalcedony, and tiger-eye.

The center-piece is a large metal leaf charm, surrounded by slightly smaller flower charms and more leaf charms evenly spaced out along the length of the necklace, and even the toggle clasp is following the theme.

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I used a rather discrete color scheme for this necklace, using a combination of a gray stone pendant, facetted needle agate beads af slightly varying shades of gray, grayish blue glass beads, and a thick chain with antique finish. The stone pendant is not quite as dark as the picture implies, and I think that the necklace works very well in combination with dark clothing.

I am not quite sure what kind of stone the pendant is made of, but I really like the slightly uneven pattern and I think it is about the right size and color to combine it with the other stones and beads of the necklace.

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For this necklace, I used some round beige-pink desert sun beads, large light purple silver-lined seed beads, and some light purple silver-foil beads of different sizes and shapes. I think that the colors are complementing each other nicely, and that the combination of different types of beads highlights the pattern and shapes.

The seed beads are used as spacers between the desert sun and silver-foil beads, and the smaller silver-foiled hearts in the necklace gives a tighter connection between the pendant and the beads in the necklace as well as increases the variation in the pattern.

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This is a necklace made of amazonite, alexandrite, lava stone, and cinnabar together with silver-colored metal findings. in the lamp light I use while working on my jewellry, the amazonite and alexandrite seemed to be much closer in color than they actually are, so I was a bit surprised when I had completed the necklace and looked at it in another light. Even though it was kind of a mistake, I still like the contrast between the light purple of the alexandrite together with the light green of the amazonite, which is why I have not remade the necklace.

The pendant is a rectangular cinnabar bead with a dragon on either side, and I combined the amazonite and alexandrite with round and oval lava stone beads interspersed with the metal findings. The lock is a simple silver-colored toggle clasp, and the necklace is made with bead string.

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chain necklace with purple silver-foiled beads with matching bracelet and earrings

A matching set of necklace, bracelet and earrings made from a light silver-colored, oval, angle-cut chain, some silver-colored metal beads, purple silver-foiled beads of different sizes and shapes, and with a large purple silver-foiled heart as a pendant.

I really like the combination of and the contrast between the dark purple beads and the light silver-colored chain and I wanted to create a set with a common theme without using the exact same pattern in each part. The bracelet and the earrings use the same colors, but rather than using the square and oval silver-foil and metal beads of the necklace, I used the small silver-foil hearts to increase the focus of the pendant of the necklace.

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flowery blue coral and seashell necklace

Blue is one of my favorite colors, and when I found these blue seashell flower beads I knew I had to make something of them. It took me a while to figure out what to do with them, mostly because I had a few other projects that I was working on and I didn’t have the time or space to start working on this one.

I like the combination of the pale blue round coral beads and the slightly varying blue nuances of the seashell flower beads, and I think that the silver-colored spiral hook  fits in perfectly with the style of the beads. I used the smaller grayish blue seashell beads near the ends of the necklace to achieve a more natural transition to the hook and make it more comfortable to wear. The necklace is fairly short, and the idea is that is will look like a wide band when wearing it.

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A thick and rather heavy chain necklace with large nuggets of african jade and raw tiger eye. The chain consists of patterned spades and rings, combined with a couple of larger flower contour links.

The pendant consists of one african jade nugget and one raw tiger eye nugget, and on one side of the necklace there is a combination of two african jade nuggets and one tiger eye nugget, while the other side of the necklace has two tiger eye nuggets and one african jade nugget. This, together with the positioning of the flower contours in the chain, results in an asymmetric necklace, which I think draws the attention to the details.

Closeup of one side of the necklace and part of the chain.

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A rather discrete brown glass bead and copper chain bracelet with a cute, heart-shaped copper toggle clasp.

Copper chains are very nice, I wish I could find more of them, I only have a few different kind of chains right now. I think that the flat, square brown silver-foil glass beads fit in very nicely with the copper tones of the necklace, and the combination with a couple of small brown silver-foil glass hearts and the heart-shaped toggle clasp completed the bracelet.

The picture above shows the colors of the necklace, and below you can see the shape of the beads and the composition of the bracelet.

I think I also have a copper chain necklace somewhere that should match this bracelet perfectly, but I can’t seem to find it at  the moment…

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I think I have gotten hooked on using semi-precious stones for my necklaces. The more I use different kind of stones, the more I like them.

This necklace is made from round lilac stone beads, lava beads, raw rectangular nuggets of amethyst, and a polished amethyst pendant. I like the combination of the lighter purple in the lilac stone, the darker and more shifting colors of the amethyst, and the counterpoint created by the black lava stones.

I used small silver-colored bead caps for the lava beads, but the pendant is hanging from a darker metal holder that matches the simple dark metal toggle clasp. The necklace is strung on a dark bead string.

Here is a closeup of the pendant, and you can also see a little bit of the amethyst nuggets.

I think this necklace will become one of my favorites.

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Carved carnelian flower necklace

The carved carnelian flower is pretty large, and really draws attention to this necklace made of alternating red agate and carnelian nuggets on knotted string with a copper toggle clasp. The large flower is held in place by the small blue goldstone bead in the middle and by the knots behind  the flower.

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