"Copacabana nights" earrings

Hello everybody!

I am here with a freshy, sassy, sexy, breezy, airy and modern pair of earrings debuting my early Summer 2010 mood.

Inspired by the sexy girls from Rio de Janeiro and their wild summer nights here it is. Enjoy them.

The necklace was designed qite ago but it is like most of my jewelry timelessly CHIC !

And remember...you dont ever have to match but coordinates!

You can read a review of the shell pendants on my Modern-Expressions.blogspot.com.

 "Copacabana nights"earrings by Fernando Dasilva

WORKSHOP IN ASBURY PARK

"Starfish Beauty" set, designed by Fernando Dasilva© 2009.

Crystallized™ - Swarovski Elements and Beadalon® findings. The structure is polyester chain and a variety of quick links. Colors used: Indicolite, Light Azore, Caribbean Blue Opal, Capri AB, Indian Sapphire AB, Air Blue Opal and Crystal clear. Breezy and dazzling set perfect for lazy summer nights.

CREATE YOUR STYLE with CRYSTALLIZED™ Ambassador table.

Table set up.

A promotional space dedicated to "Exposed" and avariety of Beadalon products used on this design.

Instructor hands working on the earrings. "I am ready to go."

My happy and sassy hostess.

Model 1

Model 2 and below model 3.

Last Thursday I was in Asbury Park - New Jersey for a jewelry making workshop. I created a specific set of necklace and earrings for this group. I made 3 different designs. The original idea was to have them making a treasure-like bracelet but after showing the piece to my hostess she thought that a necklace/earrings set would be more wearable. I designed something really pretty, a little be asymmetrical on 3 layers. I kept it very flexible because it needs to be priced right. The second did not work because the price range would be away higher than people were willing to spend. I end up editing the original design and the one seeing here is the final version.

This workshop was sponsored by CRYSTALLIZED™ and Beadalon®.

W said that I need to be more concise introducing the brands cause I spent around 25 minutes with it what I agreed.

The workshop was OK. My timing was totally off.

The design itself wasn't complicated and only required basic wire-looping technique but only one lady had done jewelry before. What is basic for me might be a challenge for beginners. The workshop was supposed to be taught in 2:15 min and it took me 3:30min. Do you remember those daddies babysitting? Imagine you telling your partner that you are engaged on a workshop and it will require 2 hours of his night time and then you showed up home 4 hours later?!?

The kits had half of 22 loops made already within but it wasn't enough to speed up the process. I had to finish some of the pieces because I wanted them to leave the class wearing it. Not mentioning that all the earrings were assembled by W and I.

On a scale from 0 to 10 I rate my workshop 7.

Thank, God everybody was easy going and joke about the situation.

I ask my hostess to set up only coffee and water but she decides to cater the workshop setting up a huge table with delicious finger food...score 10 for her.

Thanks, darling!

The lesson is the project needs to be simpler but if the project is too simple the jewelry doesn't look that fabulous...to be or not to be!

At least through the pictures above, they all seem to be happy!

Timeless designs with lots of turquoise

13 strands of sleepy beauty turquoise finished with 18KY clasp with diamonds.

Assembled for customer in Dallas 2003. Knotted between each bead at a U$ 1.50 an inch per strand rate.

We can't say there is much design work on this piece but in this case the high quality of the gemstone and high carat clasp stand out. I can see this neck piece been worn during a Hampton's Summer Brunch or at a soiree by the French Riviera...how about you???

How would you wear it? (it doesn't matter where, really) maybe for a weekend in Catalina Island...huauahua

A double strand of green aventurine and vintage glass beads centered by a green onyx heart pendant. Well, at the time I wasn't a Crystallized™ Ambassador. Created for MBMJ®

I love this set above. I designed this for Paula Radke Dichroic Glass- actually Paula was one of the first manufacturer that commissioned me to create pieces for "in use" catalog and ads. She is a pioneer on mass producing dichroic glass with high quality stands. I love those donuts and I am sure she still have those available, although I designed this back in 2003..I don't even remember for sure. Daliciuusly timeless!

Oh, my God!!!

The last three were designed away back in Albuquerque - New Mexico- this is vintage me 2001...huahuahua...those turquoise came from a private mine in Arizona. How chic is that! A local jeweler commissioned a collection of casual-chic pieces so he could move his inventory fast...so he did! yay!!!

The top earrings were designed by WW. Simple and timeless again!!!

Jewelry designs in this post ©Fernando Dasilva 2001/3. Please note that all jewelry pictures are for inspiration purposes only and are not to be duplicated for resale.