Today's creation and clearer pictures

I enjoy also making earrings, necklaces and bracelets out of beads, using semi-precious stones, sterling silver findings and glass beads from all over the world.  This morning I made a pair of asymmetrical earrings for my mom who likes to mix it up a bit.  They are made out of lapiz lazuli which is usually mined in the Middle East and North Africa.  The beautiful blue stones are round and rectangle shaped respectively in this pair of earrings with turquoise European glass beads and a medium blue cats eye bead to set them off nicely. They are hung on sterling silver earwires.

I also wanted to get a clearer shot of the necklace I wear pretty constantly these days.  It says "My beloved" in Spanish on the larger sterling silver disc and containing my husband's and my initials on separate smaller sterling silver discs.  These are embellished with two Swarovski crystals, precision cut crystals which originate in Austria,  in peridot and aquamarine.  These three pieces are then strung on a sterling silver dot/dash design chain my husband gave me as an engagement gift in Costa Rica.  (That's why I love it!!)