Wood Love Affair

My love for using wood in my designs comes and goes and at the moment I am having a real love affair with working with wood beads and pendants.  Summer weather is often the start of the love affair because for some reason wood and gemstones to me just seem to go so well with warm summer weather.  Maybe it is because we all seem to spend so much more time outside connected with nature when the weather is nice either going for a walk or going to the beach or just sitting outside surrounded by sun and warmth.

In my great collection of supplies I have had two sets of wood pendants in my stock for a while and didn't know what to do with them to really make true justice of the beauty of the wood and the shape of them.  Recently I started playing around with them and finally came up with an idea that I think turned out just perfectly.

Tiger Ebony Wood and Sterling Silver Necklace

Now my only problem is that I love the necklace so much that I really want to keep one of them for myself.  This is always such a dilemma when you make jewelry!

Summer Inspiration - Khatsahlano! Music + Art Festival

On Saturday July 13th West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano Vancouver will be closed from Burrard to MacDonald and the streets are expected to be filled with 80,000 people for the Khatsahlano! Music + Art Festival.  This exciting street festival will have 12 stages, food vendors and a street marketplace.  Luli Designs will be part of the Portobello West section of the street marketplace so I have been using this summer festival as inspiration to get designing and making.

Here is a sneak peak at some of the stretch bracelets with semi-precious stone, wood and sterling silver I have been working on:

Smoky Quartz and Moss Agate Stretch Bracelets