Desert Dreamer Designs Jewelry

Below are pictures of some of my jewelry designs. Each piece is one-of-a-kind. I get my ideas from many different sources. My designs range from casual to fairly fancy, as the mood strikes me. Sometimes it's just a matter of what the beads tell me to do with them.

Many of these pieces are for sale. Click on a picture to see a larger version. Most pieces also have closeups of the focal beads.

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Amethyst & Pearls	This is one of the oldest pieces I'm sharing. None of my beads here, but a gorgeous gold vermeil Bali bicone with amethysts and lots of freshwater pearls. It was made as a gift for my best friend.	Amethyst Spiral	I love purples in all shades. This piece is deep amethyst with lots of silver. The focal bead is clear glass wrapped in palladium leaf then squiggled with an amethyst abstract design. Matched with Czech glass and Bali silver.  Available for $40
This necklace has a very Victorian feel to it. It has four strands of amethyst and aquamarine silverlined beads, some interesting aqua twists, and one of my feather beads in aqua and amethyst. Available for $75	Aqua & Amethyst Feather	Three strands of rich topaz seed beads are caught by three shades of handmade rounds for this piece, all drawn into a rich red-brown "fluttered flower" bead, with a subtle gold dichroic glow. Available for $50	Autumn Flower
Autumn Gold	Fall is my favorite season. I love the rich earthy colors of the leaves as they turn. I used an amber and olive feather bead along with some interestingly shaped Czech glass beads, and gold vermeil Bali-style spacers. Available for $50	Black Flame	The play of iridescent finishes over black glass has always fascinated me. I tried to emulate that at the torch, and got this wonderful black flutter bead. It's matched with some interesting shapes and a touch of Bali silver. Available for $40
The swirls of color in this bead remind me of a watercolor that's run a little. It's an etched teardrop with a subtle shimmer of goldstone. There are 3 shades of 3-sided blue accent beads and interesting copper coil spacers. Available for $30	Blue Watercolor Teardrop	I've always been drawn to the color and sparkle of citrines. Here I've used facetted citrines set in silver, and matched them with my own citrine flutter, plus etched silverlined beads, freshwater pearls and Indian silver spacers. This was a gift to my friend Jo.	Indian Honey
Citrine Choker	More fun with citrines, this time as flashy facetted rondels, spaced with golden freshwater pearls (a perfect combination!) all setting off a lovely mouthblown Venetian bead.	Garnet Dots	This necklace started with a gift of the red fossil beads and carved vegetable ivory flowers. The central bead is my first successful experiment with silver leaf and rubino glass. Deep inside each dot is the glitter of silver. I added mother-of-pearl and hematite to complete it.
This is a pretty piece with one of my bubble beads. I added lots of Bali silver, firepolished Czech bicones in cobalt blue, and gorgeous freshwater button pearls in sky blue. Available for $80	Blue Bubbles	This very special heart bead has become my trademark. It is part of my "Desert Sands" series, made to symbolize my heart belonging in the deserts of Arizona. There's even a grain of sand inside. l matched it with silver filigee beads, carnelians, and moss agates.	Desert Heart
Desert Twist	Another bead in my Desert Sands series, this was an accident that I couldn't quite put aside. lnstead I matched it with jasper and red tiger eye, and some lovely hand-turned wood and brass bicones. Available for $50	Emerald Glitz	This is an example of spontaneous collaboration. My friend Joan Eckard of MothWoman made the ruffles without seeing my flutter. Matched with freshwater pearls. Talk about luck! Available for $60
The gold leaf series is one of my best sellers. My personal favorite is the goth style, with a base of black and squiggles in garnet red. Here I've used a heart and tube set with two accent beads, strung with black hexes and garnet teardrops.	Goth Heart	Orange is one of my favorite colors, but I cannot wear it. So sad! l still work with it whenever possible.  MothWoman made these ruffles and I made it's big sister flutter. Mixed with some fun Czech glass shapes. Available for $50	Citrus Splash
Get the Point?	I found these pointy little frit beads in a beadshop in Philadelphia. They were too cool to resist. The silverlined crystal seed beads catch the light very well.	Luscious Lapis	Lapis is one of my favorite stones. I matched these lovely almond shapes with one of my floral flutters, hematites, and Turkish silver beads.
I made this necklace to match a purple floral sundress. It's an etched lavender flutter that I matched with freshwater pearls, carved and round amethysts, and some pretty Bali silver granulated accent beads.	Lavender Fancy	Another one of my bubble beads, in rose and malachite, with matching etched rose tube and malachite rounded nuggets with beautiful grain. Available for $50	Rosewood Bubble
Mistlight	This is a pretty little bead made from some leftover twisties over white agate glass. It has a misty shimmer to it. I matched with with some Czech glass shapes and some interesting Bali silver bicones. Available for $40	Pink Champagne on Ice	As anyone who follows my auctions knows, I am NOT a pink person. But this is a really splendid bead! It's clear crystal with pink dichro inside, edged in gold ruby, and matched with some gorgeous crystals, Bali silver, and vintage Japanese pink tubes with silver splashes. Available for $80
This is a wonderful borosilicate glass flutter. It has lots of colorful swirls that remind me of the Sedona area of Arizona. Very well matched with interesting unakite shapes and Bali silver accent beads. Available for $80	Sedona	I think I mentioned my love for lapis? I also love ornate silver melon beads, like this one from Nepal. It looks heavy but it's actually hollow!	Lapis Caravan
Starlight Trails	Here's an elegant piece with one of my Starlight beads. You can see shimmers of silver inside the clear trails. It's matched here with sodalites and Bali silver spacers. Available for $60	Tourmalina	This is from my gemstone series of flutters, my take on tourmaline or fluorite. I've matched it with sparkly teal crackle glass beads, palest amethyst gemstone rounds, silvery freshwater pearls, and plenty of Bali silver. Avialable for $75
This is sure to delight anyone who likes blue! The sleek ivory bicone is set with lovely blue millefiori flowers. It's matched with lapis diamonds, blue howlite twists, mother of pearl carved leaves, and aqua cloisonne rounds. Available for $50	Turquoise Flower	This is a treat I made for my sweetie as a keychain. He loves turquoise and enjoys showing this off dangling out of his pocket. The tab bead is from my Turquesa series, matched with some native Arizona nuggets, some lookalike round glass spacers, and Turkish silver.	Turquoise Key Tab
Water Wings	This is one of my experiments with flutters in ivory glass. It has a pretty, mottled effect with teal and turqouise. I matched it with some Chinese turquoise rounds, dressed up in Bali silver caps, malachite ovals, carved bone butterflies, and watery glass seed beads.	Turquoise Tube	And finally (for now) another version of my Turquesa series, a nicely marked tube bead. It's matched with sterling silver almond spacers and Arizona turquoise nuggets.

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