Once it was decided that this was going to be the necklace for ceremony #1, I realized I needed earrings to go with it. I found matching teeming vine earrings on Kathy's (the artist who made the necklace) etsy site.
But as I have 9 earring holes (6 of which I switch out), I would also need some studs. Due to my laziness, it took me near to a month to email Kathy. But as luck would have it, she perfected her technique of making stud earrings that morning before I emailed her! (Is that kismet or what?) As it turns out, she's been playing with the idea of making studs for several months now. But it's a bit more complicated than the teeming petals as she not only has to make the tiny enamel dot, she also has to solder it to a post. She offered to make me some custom studs and was uber excited that I was planning on wearing her necklace for my wedding (apparently friends have been giving her pouty faces for selling the star). I told her the colors I wanted and she got to work making me 2 sets of studs to go with the teeming vine earrings and my teeming petal necklace. Under a week later she sent these photos of the finished products...
And on mother's day, I sported my new jewelry!
(please pay no attention to the really really white legs... I need to make a date with the beach to see some sun!)
I just love my new found enamel artist of a friend and can't wait to see what she comes up with next! For more on Kathy's wonderful enamel jewelry visit her Smashing Etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/shop/smashing) or her blog (http://smashingsays.com/index.html)!
Don't you just love when things just seem to happen perfectly and by chance?
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