3 New Pairs of Earrings

So, I got three new sets of earrings photographed and reasonably well-edited, though the color on Gina was really hard to get down. Gold is apparently difficult to photograph, because I've had trouble getting the right color on the monitor every time. With better lights (read: true white light, instead of incandescent yellow bulbs), I could probably get a more true color, but what I have causes all my photos to come out with a reddish tint, and getting the right color on screen can be difficult. Especially with gold.

At any rate, here they are:

These turquoise earrings have a Choctaw Indian name meaning leaping water. They're not named for Tallulah Bankhead, but when I came across the name Tallulah while looking for a native American girl's name having to do with water, I got curious and looked up her biography. (I always thought Tallulah was a British name; silly me!) She was named for her grandmother, who was in turn named for a town in Georgia called Tallulah Falls, so I guess indirectly, Ms. Bankhead was named after the Choctaw leaping water. :)

Now, these 14k gold-filled oval earrings are named for a movie star! For some reason, while I was making them last night and then photographing them today, I kept thinking of Gina Lollobrigida every time I wondered what to name them. So Gina they are. :) They remind me of tan, sexy socialites hanging out in the sun on the Riviera, with copies of Vogue and Elle and tall dark cabana boys to replenish their frozen daquairis. (Obviously I read way too many books as a child and am hopelessly addicted to 60's movies.) They look heavy but are surprisingly very light, which is awesome, and each oval link is free-floating, with a hammered-looking texture. They're also available in stering silver. Say it with me now, "Ooo! Aaaaah!" ;)

And finally, we have these African turquoise jasper earrings named Nia. Nia is Swahili and means purpose. The cubes are about a centimeter on a side, and the little "tassles" are made up of five 1" lengths of delicate sterling silver chain. They look an awful lot like turquoise but are really jasper, a harder, more durable stone. The pair pictured are of dark blue-green stone, but about half of what I have are also in a softer, more aqua color. They all have the black matrix and spots or streaks of ochre.

I like the Gina earrings a lot, but I think my favorites of the 3 are the Nia. They're nice and small, but swingy and feminine. And they feel neat brushing against my neck every now and again. I ought to send Nia Peeples a pair; from what I've read about her, the name suits her. :)

So there you have it. 3 pairs of earrings. I am going to make some pseudo-chandeliers tomorrow and may actually have the strength to try photographing the Beatrix...today's big wrestle was with this rose quartz necklace with a faceted mother of pearl pendant that I have had for forever and tried to photograph several times, to know avail. Either the camera eats it, I somehow manage to lose the photos, or everything comes out blurry, every time I try. This time I got one for the larger, alternative image (I think), but I still have to get a shot of it for the thumbnails and product image. ::sigh::

And that's all I've got for now. Hope your weekend is going well. :)

Jenie