Sometimes Simple Really is Better

by Judy Larson

While working on ideas for snowflake jewelry for gifting during the holiday season, my most often used templates were pulled out, cut apart, and fit into a 1 x 6 inch rectangle. It was great-four pairs of earrings and a bracelet focal fit in the template blank.

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However, I just was not getting excited about the shapes and my ideas for them. They were just not going to provide enough sparkle.

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There had to be something that could be used instead of just crystal beads. There is nothing wrong with crystal beads and I use them a lot, but I really wanted the reflective quality of more silver, too. Then I remembered the little teardrop bezel connectors in my stash. The only thing I had to decide was which size ball stud to use, the 5mm or the 4mm (I went with the 5mm). Sometimes simple and easy to make really is better! These earrings are the perfect combination of ice and snow!

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6mm Sterling Silver Ball Earring with Ring - 2 Pack

K6-55

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $3.97
Gold Club Price: $2.98

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WireJewelry - Ultimate Wire-Pliers Jewelry Pliers with Case, Set of 5

G15-20

G15-20
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $170.72
Gold Club Price: $128.04

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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