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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Fire and Ice by Caprilicious Jewellery

3/8/2018

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Hello folks, thanks for dropping by at Caprilicious Jewellery today.
The skies finally opened and rained poured from the clouds, but unfortunately for me the lovely heat wave broke on the day I had people coming round to our place for a barbeque.
​The day before the barbecue I downloaded the BBC weather app and the Accuweather app and spent anxious moments between prepping the food anxiously swapping between the two. The rain poured as if it had all been stored up for that one day. However, there was a happy ending - it stopped raining just as the guests arrived and we relaxed in the garden.  

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Fire and Ice

The anxiety of the weather watch exhausted me and it took me a while to recover. A rummage through my stash of beads soon inspired me to make a necklace that I long had in mind to create. The lava beads in this necklace appear spongy from the time when bubbles of gas escaped from them as the magma boiled and flowed from the volcano where they came from. The icy blue quartz beads are gently faceted and provide a perfect foil to the black lava beads. A box clasp set with a blue topaz finishes the necklace beautifully.
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
I liked the piece so much, I borrowed it to wear to work the next day and I was very pleased with the way it looked, a perfect piece to wear to the office.
Fire and Ice - Lava bead and aqua quartz necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Perhaps a strange name for a necklace? Well, this is a novel written by Jules Verne which inspired a video game of the same name. The story is set in Iceland which is such a mystical, magical place that it seemed to me that the geodes of amethyst used in this necklace could easily have come from there. I racked my brains as to what I could use as a focal point to the necklace without detracting from the beauty of the geodes. These beads are very hard to come by and I've been looking for them for years. They are relatively expensive and I thought long and hard before I hit the 'pay' button. However, I'd wanted them for ages, and searched so hard for them that I had to have them. I put the string of beads away, taking them out at regular intervals and stroking them, turning them over in my hands like Gollum. And now, I've released them from my stash with the addition of a silver amulet.
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
A necklace of rectangular amethyst geodes and a silver amulet by Caprilicious Jewellery
The geode beads appear as if they have been tipped with ice crystals and I just love the way they look. No photograph can do them justice, and my skills aren't good enough to show off the beauty of these geodes. You'll just have to take my word for it. The necklace sits close to the neck and is finished with a toggle clasp, and in my opinion, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I have made.

That's me for today, folks. Have a great week, and I'll catch you next week, same time, same place.
Until then
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Divya link
6/8/2018 04:06:49 pm

Lovely use of Tawiq with the geodes. It looks quite mystical

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Shilvock Neena link
6/8/2018 05:49:21 pm

Thanks Divya, that’s very kind of you

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Nad link
8/8/2018 07:58:30 pm



I’ve been following you since you’ve started your blog.
I love that jewelry with a colorful stone .It looks so sweet.I also love this lovely neckless.
Do you know what the price range of this ?


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Neena Shilvock link
8/8/2018 10:40:30 pm

Hi,
Thank you for following my blog, I hope you have enjoyed reading it. I'm not sure which necklace you mean - do message me via email on jewellerybycaprilicious at gmail dot com and I'll be happy to answer your questions - alternatively type the name of the necklace you have an interest in into the search box to the top right of the blog and it will bring up the necklace you are interested in if it is still available
Thanks once again for your interest

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