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Honeybee Collection – Second Preview

September 21, 2024 ·

And here is the rest of the Honeybee Collection which will fly onto the shop shelves at 7pm EST on Sunday!

Do keep in mind that this isn’t an annual collection, and it will likely be several years before the honeybees return. I tried to make as many of each design as possible, so no one missed out. I hope you catch your intended bees!


Honey Necklaces

There will be 48 necklaces available.
Length is adjustable from 17” – 20”
Price: $140 – $160

To me, this design looks like a cup that has been filled to nearly spilling with honey!

Each necklaces features a large citrine gemstone with a few brass pollen granules placed sporadically around the stone.

From the backs of the pendants I have carefully sawn windows in the shape of a honeybee.

When you hold the pendant up to the light, the bee glows warmly.

They have been oxidized and hand polished for an organic look, and to highlight the brightness of the stone and brass orbs.


Beekeeper’s Cuffs

There will be 10 cuffs available.
XS = 5″ around with a 1″ gap
S/M = 6″ around with a 1″ gap
M/L = 7″ around with a 1″ gap
Price: $159

Rough and warm. These are cuffs to be worn while bee lining through the forest in search of wild hives, or spinning honeycomb on summer afternoons. A beekeepers cuff.

Cuffs featuring rough citrine focals, freeform and wild, like gooey clumps of honeycomb pulled right from the hive.

On either side are two little brass pollen granules, and a honeycomb pattern across the top of the band.

The bracelet has been oxidized and hand polished for a textured, organic look, and to bring out the lowlights, and accent the lightness of a stone.

The cuff band is made from rectangle band and is easily adjustable.


Bee Bloom Necklace

There will be 18 necklaces available.
Suspended from chains adjustable between 17” – 20”
Price: $160 – $170

Fluffy, sterling silver flowers set above rich citrine gemstones.

Each flower is painstakingly sawn, textured, smoothed, and shaped by hand, petal by petal.

And in the center, little brass pollen granules; the bees can scarcely resist!

The backs of the stone pendants feature honeycomb cells full of glowy orange citrine, tiny sawn hexagons to show the backs of the stone.

An eternal summer day to wear about the neck.


Queen Bee Necklace

There will be 9 necklaces available.
Suspended from chains adjustable between 17” – 20”
The pendants measure between 1.25 – 1.5″ wide
See the photos of the pendant being held
and beside an American quarter for size reference.
Price: $175 – $210

And here, the biggest, boldest necklace!

The inspiration behind this design was the queen bee herself.

Large and bold, and crowned with a circlet of flowers.

The most fitting adornment for a honeybee queen.

These necklaces are comprised of freeform citrine druzy clusters set inside floral borders.

The backs of the pendants feature the faint impression of a honeybee.

And I couldn’t help but make a Queen of the Queen Bee Necklaces, a necklace larger than the rest with a distinctly different honeybee impression on the back.

It has been oxidized and hand polished for an organic look, and to bring out the lowlights of the flowers and bee impression.


Midsummer Necklace

There will be 13 necklaces available.
Length is adjustable from 17” – 20”
Price: $230 – $256

The most detailed design in the collection: hidden bees, rich citrine gemstones, floating brass pollen, and swaths of sterling silver carefully shaped.

This piece features a citrine gemstone with a few brass pollen granules placed sporadically around the stone, like a cup that has been filled to nearly spilling with honey!

These necklaces are asymmetrical in shape, curving and undulated around the various stones and silver elements, like a bee gamboling around a garden.

There are curved leaves with vein patterning taken from real leaves. Each has a flower painstakingly sawn, textured, smoothed, and shaped by hand, petal by petal.

And in the center, little brass pollen granules.

From the backs of each of these, I have sawn out a window in the shape of a bee; a sticky, sweet thing made entirely of citrine honey.

And when you hold the pendant up to the light, the bee glows warmly.

The direction of sunbeams, summer preserved in a pendant.


August Gold Earrings

There will be 27 pairs available.
Made with sterling silver posts and butterfly backs.
Rubber earring back are available 
upon request if you prefer those!
Price: $145

I have plucked a handful of sterling silver flowers with droplets of August sunshine just for you!

These earrings feature layered sterling flowers, carefully sawn, shaped, and hand textured.

They have warm brass centers and sit atop sterling studs.

Accompanying the flower studs are sweet droplets of the most liquidy citrine I had in my gemstone cabinet.

Faceted to drink the light and spill it outwards.

The gemstone components are made to be worn either on the backs or front of the earlobe, or the flowers alone.

However you prefer!


Bee-tree Earrings

There will be 20 pairs available.
Earrings measure about 42mm (1.65”) from the 
top
of the earlier to the bottom of the earrings.
Price: $125

Like glowing drops of honey gently held in a weathered tree.

Warm honey citrine gemstones are carefully balanced within a hammered twig.

Each earring was carefully measured and shaped into a hexagon and suspended from sturdy earwires.

Earrings made for reaching into honey trees and pulling out liquid gold.

See the last photo to see an example of how these earrings will look worn.


Honeydipper Necklaces

There will be 37 necklaces available.
Chains built to be adjustable between 17” – 20”
Pendant sizes range from Small to Large, 


measured horizontally across the honeybee.

Sm: 26mm | Med: 29mm | Large: 35mm
Price: $90 – $110

And here, the necklace I made for those who wish to carry a secret honeybee through the long-dark months. Simple and unassuming.

These necklaces are comprised of sweet little honeybees set amidst sterling shadows and built into a simple chain.

Tiny citrine gemstones of graduated color drip upward from the pendant.

Like wildflower honey of varying sweetness neatly arranged around the honeybees.

Three layers of sterling silver to give these simple pieces weight, to wear close to the heart.


And that’s everything! An entire summer of good, steady work. I think I became part honeybee myself, working away in the darkness of my hive.

This collection will float into the shop on
SUNDAY, September 22nd at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Click here for a direct link to where they will appear.

And remember, refresh your page often once the clock strikes 7:00 PM EST, until they all appear.

   

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🍁🕸️🕷️ N O C T U R N E  C O L L E C T I O N 💙🪦⚰️
Memento Mori Rings, Necklaces, & Earrings 
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th @ 7pm EST 

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This Thursday all your October lovers! This will b This Thursday all your October lovers! This will be a small collection, and will all tumble into the shop at the same time on Thursday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m. EST
 

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These rings though! There is something so darkly m These rings though! There is something so darkly magic about autumn labradorite. 

Wisps of gray smoke and layered crackled stone, like any rough quartz plucked from a riverbed. But then you tilt them just the right way, and they conjure up the most brilliant flash and swirl of color. 

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The Nocturne pieces will release THURSDAY, OCTOBER The Nocturne pieces will release THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th AT 7pm EST. Mark your calendars all you October souls! 🎃🪦🖤

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Something spooky this way comes! If I can get some Something spooky this way comes! If I can get some good photographing weather, that is. 🫠

Soon soon though! And I will ship as soon as possible in hopes of pre-Halloween arrivals. 

If you have some bright, overcast skies above you right now, push them my way please! 

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In addition to the little Memento Mori coffin ring In addition to the little Memento Mori coffin rings, earrings, and necklaces, there will also be the tiniest handful of Arachnes! 

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With a cup of midnight oil and equal parts autumn With a cup of midnight oil and equal parts autumn air drifting through the window, I am nearly ready to photograph these Memento Mori pieces for you! 

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I won't be able to make enough for everyone who voted in the poll, but I have the gemstones for about 10 necklaces and 8 pairs of earrings. 

Keep an eye out for a preview on the blog/newsletter! I think this one will be a quick one without too much lead up, in hopes of getting these spooky little lovelies to you as soon as possible.

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💙💀 Call for ring sizes, all you ghostly gals 💙💀 Call for ring sizes, all you ghostly gals and October souls! 💀💙

This year's only Nocturne design will be the petite version of the Memento Mori ring.

Crackling blue and soft green labradorite coffin gemstones set amidst a twining vine border and a single flower laid at the base.

Inside the ring band are the Latin words
"Memento Mori" which translates roughly to "remembrance of death" or "remember you must die." These serve are encouragement to not wast a moment of your life. 

They are set atop a narrow rectangle band that fit true to size. 

If you'd like there to be a ring in your size during the release, call out your size below and I will take a tally! 

Hoping to ship before the end of the month, which with autumn vigor and jugs of cider, I should be able to accomplish. 💀💙⚰️👻🎃

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Who's ready to get spooky!? 👻⚰️💙🎃 The Who's ready to get spooky!? 👻⚰️💙🎃 The next post will be a call for ring sizes. 

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