Earrings

Zanzibar - mismatched (semi-assymetrical) earring pair

Left earring:

Vintaj brass earring hook

Brass flower link

Sky blue dimpled ceramic bead - ChelleV2

Light blue edged ceramic raku heishi bead - Jubilee

Horn bead

Antiqued golden leaf

Oxidized brass wire

Right earring:

Vintaj brass earring hook

Brass flower link

Brass spacer disc bead

Vintage ivory with gold lucite bead

Light blue edged ceramic raku heishi bead - Jubilee

Skye blue and bronze lampwork glass - Gardanne

Antiqued golden flower

Oxidized brass wire

(Please note that the Zanzibar earrings are a bit on the slightly heavy side, and I would not recommend them for everyday casual use, but more for evening wear or special occasions.)

Black & Fun - two pairs of earrings (sold separately)

Handmade almond shaped rosey copper earring hooks - E2SSupplies

Enameled copper head pins - PaintingWithFire
Black tabular resin squares 7-8mm
Colored seed beads

(These on the other hand are very lightweight.)

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All my jewelry is available for purchasing, even though I might not yet have listed them in my Etsy Shop. Please let me know if you are interested in any of them. Contact me at:
malindekoning[at]hotmail.com
:-)

All my best
Malin

Echo Creative Club February

This is the first time I participate in Jeannie K Dukic's Echo Creative Club. It will be three more times this year. :-)

I picked her black Peeled Paint beads 16 mm, to work with. Slightly out of my normal range, but I was really in the mood to make something different from what I normally do. These beads are super nice with their golden and copper leaf layers. Very light weight of course. And they also come in other colors, check Jeannie's blog for more info.

I decided to work with the black as a dominant color. The result is hopefully both dramatic and classy. I myself would wear these pieces with a black turtleneck jumper and all black clothes. The double pyramid glass beads in the necklace are shiny on the one side of the pendant, and matte on the other one. On the matte side I also used matte rounds, nearer to the clasp. In my stash I found the large vintage shiny bakelite type button, perfect for the closure. The hand made copper hoops for the earrings are really big.

Here's Jeannie's design team for February. Have a look.

Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com

Courtney Breul http://beadsbybreul.blogspot.com

Dagi http://kokopellidesign.blogspot.com

Jeannie K Dukic http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog

Kristen Stevens http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com

Lola Surwillo http://www.beadlolabead.blogspot.com

Malin de Koning http://beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com - You are here!

Michelle Buettner http://www.MiShelDesigns.blogspot.com

Molly Alexander http://www.beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com

Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com

All my best,

Malin

Man's Bracelet - The Lejonklou and de Koning Challenge

Here we go, this is what I made. A large unusually cut and dubble drilled black Agate makes the focal of this man's bracelet. Two thick black leather strings, triangular ivory glass beads and ghost white coloured copper wire by MissFickleMedia. I thought this task was so difficult, but now I am kind of hooked and maybe I will make a few more man's jewellery. We'll see ...

The last photos of the slide show shows my ever present assistant Charlie. He even worked as a backdrop for a few of the pictures ...