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Pippi · Jun 20th, 2007, 11:06 PM

I was inspired to make these after several people told me the earrings I that I made looked like seahorses. And I thought, ....hmmm....seahorses!.. Now I can't stop making them! What do you all think?

The earrings that started it all:

Cheers!
Pippi

joanniii · Jun 20th, 2007, 11:15 PM

Wow!! They are soo pretty! Very creative

sea4e · Jun 20th, 2007, 11:22 PM

BEAUTIFUL!!

Pippi · Jun 20th, 2007, 11:22 PM

Thanks, joanniii and sea4e!

The frames are sterling silver and the coiling wire (up to 10 feet in the larger ones!) and thai silver beads are fine (99.9%) silver. I have used tourmalines, garnets, sapphires, spinels, and other faceted gemstone beads to give them sparkle. I imagine mermaids wearing them.

joanniii · Jun 20th, 2007, 11:26 PM

Did it take you very long to make?~ Seems like a lot of work!

Pippi · Jun 21st, 2007, 12:32 AM

They take about 3 hours. The biggest one is 3.5 inches and the smallest ones are 1.75 inches. Making jewelry is my meditation.

aquablueness · Jun 21st, 2007, 12:34 AM

wow, your work is stunning. and

wow, it takes so long to make! i applaud you for your efforts and work. the original earrings do look like seahorses funny. abstractly they do.

Pippi · Jun 21st, 2007, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by aquablueness

wow, your work is stunning. and

wow, it takes so long to make! i applaud you for your efforts and work. the original earrings do look like seahorses funny. abstractly they do.

Thanks aquablueness!

I think it is the curl at the end that looks like the tail.

I'm looking for a source for really tiny 18k beads so I can make one in gold.(the silver beads on the small seahorses are 1 mm.)

Cheers!
Pippi

frannita · Jun 21st, 2007, 12:50 AM

These are sooo pretty! Great job!

I envy you, I don't have the time to make jewelry anymore!

aquablueness · Jun 21st, 2007, 04:00 AM

Pippi, you make your jewelry so finely too. ahhh, 18k beads! ahh.. and looking back at the sea horses pix, you have such an eye for photography too, that stone background makes them look extra gorgeous.

Nola · Jun 21st, 2007, 07:18 AM

Those are gorgeous!!

PrincessGina · Jun 21st, 2007, 08:41 AM

Wow, you are really talented! Is that your shop in your signature?

JoeyJo21 · Jun 21st, 2007, 08:43 AM

Those are so creative! They look beautiful too. I love all the detail that you've put into them, must have taken a lot of patience

Pippi · Jun 21st, 2007, 09:51 AM

Thanks everyone!

PrincessGina - yes, that is the link for my website (under construction)

aquablueness - thanks! The stones are pavers on my front patio. They are the closest thing I had to sand, now that I live in the mountains at over 5200 ft. elev. Kind of funny to be making sea-themed jewelry in the mountains!

I'm working on a design for a dragonfly pendant next.

Thanks for all the nice comments!
cheers!
Pippi

Sweetpea83 · Jun 21st, 2007, 10:03 AM

Very creative!

Jun 20th, 2007, 11:06 PM	#1
Pippi OP my stockings are short Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Hailey, Idaho Posts: 2,179	Seahorses - my latest thing.... I was inspired to make these after several people told me the earrings I that I made looked like seahorses. And I thought, ....hmmm....seahorses!.. Now I can't stop making them! What do you all think? The earrings that started it all: Cheers! Pippi
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Jun 20th, 2007, 11:15 PM	#2
joanniii Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,191	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Wow!! They are soo pretty! Very creative
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Jun 20th, 2007, 11:22 PM	#3
sea4e Member Joined: May 2006 Location: SE Arizona Posts: 210	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... BEAUTIFUL!!
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Jun 20th, 2007, 11:22 PM	#4
Pippi OP my stockings are short Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Hailey, Idaho Posts: 2,179	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Thanks, joanniii and sea4e! The frames are sterling silver and the coiling wire (up to 10 feet in the larger ones!) and thai silver beads are fine (99.9%) silver. I have used tourmalines, garnets, sapphires, spinels, and other faceted gemstone beads to give them sparkle. I imagine mermaids wearing them.
	__________________ PF members ALWAYS get 10% off anything in my store. Just convo me before you check out and let me know you are a PF member, so I can give you the discount. Just my way to say thanks for all of you! http://pippijewelry.etsy.com My jewelry blog: http://pippijewelry/blogspot.com You can also visit me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippi-...1944632?ref=ts

Jun 20th, 2007, 11:26 PM	#5
joanniii Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,191	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Did it take you very long to make?~ Seems like a lot of work!
joanniii Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,191

Jun 21st, 2007, 12:32 AM	#6
Pippi OP my stockings are short Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Hailey, Idaho Posts: 2,179	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... They take about 3 hours. The biggest one is 3.5 inches and the smallest ones are 1.75 inches. Making jewelry is my meditation.
	__________________ PF members ALWAYS get 10% off anything in my store. Just convo me before you check out and let me know you are a PF member, so I can give you the discount. Just my way to say thanks for all of you! http://pippijewelry.etsy.com My jewelry blog: http://pippijewelry/blogspot.com You can also visit me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippi-...1944632?ref=ts

Jun 21st, 2007, 12:34 AM	#7
aquablueness Whale Tail! Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Bayarea, California Posts: 4,200	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... wow, your work is stunning. and wow, it takes so long to make! i applaud you for your efforts and work. the original earrings do look like seahorses funny. abstractly they do.

Jun 21st, 2007, 12:50 AM	#9
frannita "Turn around, lover" Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,771	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... These are sooo pretty! Great job! I envy you, I don't have the time to make jewelry anymore!
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Jun 21st, 2007, 04:00 AM	#10
aquablueness Whale Tail! Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Bayarea, California Posts: 4,200	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Pippi, you make your jewelry so finely too. ahhh, 18k beads! ahh.. and looking back at the sea horses pix, you have such an eye for photography too, that stone background makes them look extra gorgeous.

Jun 21st, 2007, 07:18 AM	#11
Nola Wish I was in Paris Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 21,832	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Those are gorgeous!!
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Jun 21st, 2007, 08:41 AM	#12
PrincessGina Member Joined: May 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,412	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Wow, you are really talented! Is that your shop in your signature?

Jun 21st, 2007, 08:43 AM	#13
JoeyJo21 Member Joined: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 2,071	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Those are so creative! They look beautiful too. I love all the detail that you've put into them, must have taken a lot of patience
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Jun 21st, 2007, 09:51 AM	#14
Pippi OP my stockings are short Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Hailey, Idaho Posts: 2,179	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Thanks everyone! PrincessGina - yes, that is the link for my website (under construction) aquablueness - thanks! The stones are pavers on my front patio. They are the closest thing I had to sand, now that I live in the mountains at over 5200 ft. elev. Kind of funny to be making sea-themed jewelry in the mountains! I'm working on a design for a dragonfly pendant next. Thanks for all the nice comments! cheers! Pippi
	__________________ PF members ALWAYS get 10% off anything in my store. Just convo me before you check out and let me know you are a PF member, so I can give you the discount. Just my way to say thanks for all of you! http://pippijewelry.etsy.com My jewelry blog: http://pippijewelry/blogspot.com You can also visit me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippi-...1944632?ref=ts

Jun 21st, 2007, 10:03 AM	#15
Sweetpea83 I <3 cycling Joined: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 15,060	Re: Seahorses - my latest thing.... Very creative!
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