Olive Love

I recently won an olive oil recipe contest - check out my Malfatti di Ricotta e Bietola (dumplings with chard and cheese) - and, as part of my prize, get to attend the Paso Robles Olive Festival this weekend. I get some other fun perks, including access to the We Olive! VIP tent, wine, beer, a gift certificate, and tickets to the growers' dinner! Woohoo. I love olives.

So, naturally, I had to make some jewelry to wear - to the festival, during my interview...and just to get in the olive mood.

I used a sterling silver olive leaf as the focal point, dangling a deep purple, kalamata-shaped recycled glass bead from the finding. Then I handwired rough garnet nuggets - wrinkled like the gaeta olives - with watermelon tourmaline slabs - with colors of green picholine to the purplish liguria.

The matching earrings have garnets and watermelon tourmaline as well. Can't wait till Saturday!

Mint Chocolate Bracelet II

This chunky bracelet features both colors of a mint-chocolate chip ice cream. Yum!

 

Fluorite, recycled green glass, pale green chalcedony, smooth smoky quartz, hammered smoky quartz, and oxidized sterling silver are all handwired with sterling silver to form this one-of-a-kind piece. It closes with a sterling silver heart toggle.

 

Click here to purchase this piece or to see more photos on my etsy site.