Last night I indulged in more jewelry making while watching a recorded basketball game and came up with my first finished object for 2009. Yeah, I really know how to party. ;-)
purple waterfall earrings
I’ve had this design floating around in my head for awhile now. I made something similar awhile back and I knew I wanted to do something like it again, but I wanted to add something more to it. The briolettes seemed like a perfect match!
purple waterfall earrings
The design isn’t all that original, but I’m still pleased with the results. I love the colors and I’m probably going to have to make another pair so I can put one up in the shop and keep one for myself.
purple waterfall earrings
Once the earrings were finished, my mother and I had our traditional portions of zenzai or red bean soup. It’s something I look forward to every year. So we had a very quiet celebration.
For 2009, the only real resolution I’ve made is to get my hair styled. With the exception of the homemade dye jobs, it’s been over a year since I’ve had anything done with it. I’m getting mighty weary of constantly putting it back in a ponytail.
I’m weird about haircuts though. I don’t have a stylist I trust and I’m afraid whoever I go to is going to royally screw it up. I also can’t stand having a person hovering around me with a scissors and fussing over me. I keep wanting to shoo him/her away by yelling “Don’t Touch Me!” Plus scissors can be very menacing.
Told you I was weird.
Sammy and the rest of the boys wish you all a prosperous New Year! I do too. :)
sammy and his kitten face
January 1st, 2009 at 11:13 am
Oh wow, those are GORGEOUS!
January 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am
Gorgeous earrings! Milo sends best wishes to Sammy and the boys. He is sooooo cute.
January 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am
Those earrings are incredibly gorgeous. Forget gorgeous…Stupendous!
Kiss the cats
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January 1st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Opal, those earrings are lovelier than anything I have ever seen in a jewelry store. I am speechless.
Hey, we slept through New Year’s. And good riddance to 2008, I say!
January 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
those are definite keepers! in fact, my friend wants me to help her with wirewrapping briolettes! i always worry about chipping the crystal or precious stone. i can relate to the hair thing – i always come home and fix up what’s been done, just monday i snipped the left side to reshape – there’s something about my left side, seems to have more hair or something….
January 1st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
oooo…love the purple!
I’m the same way about haircuts. I can only stand so much fussing and then I start wishing the stylist would finish already.
I could NEVER sit still long enough for a dye job, highlights or a perm. YIKES!
Cute Sammy — Happy New Year… we celebrated about as strenuously. I knitted.
January 1st, 2009 at 1:22 pm
They are beautiful!
My resolution is to get new glasses, which I desperately need, but I hate going to the eye doctor.
January 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Lovely earrings. Happy New Year Opal!
Are you sure you’re not Cookie’s long lost twin? O.o
January 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Oh, those earrings are so gorgeous! Good way to ‘party’! I know what you mean about hair stylists! I hate going too. I always get home and look in the mirror and wonder why I had it done! I have heard that the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is two weeks! Hair grows back, so have it cut and then let it grow again if you don’t like it. I have an appointment for Saturday at 2:30pm. I’ll be thinking of you!
January 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
My goodness, those are fabulous.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Ohhh those are nice :)
January 1st, 2009 at 8:08 pm
That pair of earrings is gorgeous! You are getting better and better with your jewelry making!
I don’t have any hair style at all … just lazy … lazy looking for someone I trust, lazy keeping a style … besides my hair is kind of hopeless in being stylish! LOL! Wish you luck with your 09 resolution.
January 1st, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Very pretty, Opal. Love the colors.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 am
Lovely earrings — I’m a purple freak so those hit all the buttons!
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:31 am
That picture of Sammy is snorgle-worthy!
Pretty, pretty earrings, love the purple goodness!
I used to have a wonderful stylist that I could just let her decide what to do with my hair. But she moved away (this is 15 years ago). It took me a long time to recover, and I still don’t have a regular person. I find that it helps if you bring a picture of the hairstyle you want. Good luck! : )
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:55 am
Gorgeous earrings! Have a very happy 2009!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 am
Purdy earrings! Love the color.
Our exciting NYE celebration involved channel surfing and my knitting a sock, so no worries.
Happy 2009!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:50 am
Do I really need to even say how beautiful those earrings are!
I don’t like stylists either; I thought it was just me.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 am
I’m sure whoever wears them will get lots of compliments. Very nice design.
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:57 am
Your jewelry gets prettier by the post. I think the cat needs an earring or two.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Those are amazing!
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Very cool earrings!
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Those are so gorgeous!
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I am one of the lucky ones who got to see the pretty earrings in person! That was a fun get together with Naomi, thanks for having us!
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:12 am
Gorgeous earrings. A fantastic start to the new year!
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:28 am
Yum. That’s all I say for now. =)
January 5th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Just pretty, your jewelry work is wonderful.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Gorgeous earrings! Good luck with the hair thing. I haven’t had a professional touch mine in well over a year at this point. I’m not sure what I want done so I just don’t go!
Happy New Year!
January 5th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Gorgeous colors! I can actually see you spinning yarn with that particular combination of color and shiny / matte qualities.
Oh, and me the the boys wish you and yours a fabulous 2009!
January 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Gorgeous earings – I’ll be stalking the shop for them :-)
Have a wonderful 2009!!!!
January 6th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Mini spin in and those dangly earrings are fabulous.
Wow, I’m typing in the dark. Now the white came on. Weird.
Happy New Year!
January 7th, 2009 at 11:44 am
OMG, I am SO loving those purple earrings. You’re shocked, I know. The funky pearls are way cool. Glad you had fun with your mini-spin-in. Wish I could’ve been there.
Hope you make it back this way in May.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Your earrings are beautiful. They keep getting better and better! Glad you had a nice get together with your friends. Have fun spinning and beading!
January 11th, 2009 at 11:20 am
They are gorgeous. Flat out gorgeous!
January 11th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
How beautiful!