First post and a new store!

I have been making jewelry, crochet and knitted goods for years now, and have technically had an Etsy store for over a year, but have only just recently gotten serious about getting my crafts up for sale and taking custom orders.

This is my first post in my craft blog, hopefully the first of many to come. I am planning on posting pics and info on completed works as well as works in progress.

Here are a few to start:

This piece is hand wound copper wire with fresh water pearls. I had seen lots of tree w/ pearl wire works before, but none with a bird's nest, so I gave it a go.

This is a pretty abstract piece, again fresh water pearls. I really enjoy playing with beads and textures. The pendant came out so large and so bold, I paired it with a simple chain.

I love this one! I have a thing for little boxes and when I saw this box by Industrial Chic I knew I had to build a necklace around it. I added the wire wrap on the box itself and build each and ever link. The white beads are teak wood, and this piece used 4 different gauges of wire. It took a total of 14 hours to complete but I feel it was well worth it for the out come.

Another abstract wire wrap project. Again I incorporated frsh water pearls, but smaller ones in this piece. I love the sea foam green pearls paired with the copper. On the pendant itself there are lots of little copper beads and on the lecklace, again I have incorporated teak wood.

 

I also crochet! I had been sifting through shawl patterns for days, seeing what other people had come up with, and while there were some many unique designs out there, I wanted to start with something simple. I am sure I am not the first person to use this method, but I do love the way it came out. Just a simple forest green triangle with burgundy trim, finished with green & burgundy fringe. Regular Red Heart acrylic yarn, nothing fancy, but washed and treated to be super soft. Very warm and comfy!

 

 

Last piece for this post, I recently started knitting and am currently whipping up a simple scarf. Nothing special, just a garter stitch. Its the yarn that makes this one special: Lion Brand Tweed Stripes, a painted yarn with gradual color change that works up much prettier than cheaper variegated yarns, softer too! When this one is done I plan to offer it for super cheap in the store and proceed to find new, more complicated uses for this brand of yarn. (and yes, in this photo you can see I am rockin' my Batman pants!)

 

 

 

I suppose thats all for now, I will keep posting as the work keeps on coming. If you have any ideas for projects you'd like to see me try, or custom order requests please feel free to email me at RowynnEire@gmail.com . Also, all of the finished works you see in this post can be purchased at www.Etsy.com/shops/CopperAndLace

 

Thanks for reading, and remember to keep it yarncore!!