Earrings and Flower Shops

Freshwater coin pearls are encircled by a silver metal hoop and are pictured on these beautiful pink hydrangias.

I can't wait for someone to own these.  I love them! Green CZ teardrop bead hang from bronze vintage flower pendants.

Some great earrings for a bride, so elegant and shiny! Swarovski crystals and luscious freshwater pearls hanging from sterling silver ear wires. I took a lot of pictures of these earrings, but these two pictures really stood out to me. I love the contrast of the red ginger with the white pearls and the daintiness of the earrings with the bulkiness of the ginger. So fun!


These are some of the pieces that I made last weekend.  Usually I just take pictures of my jewelry around the house or in my backyard, but this time I decided to go to my parents flower shop to take pictures! I had so much fun finding creative places to take these pictures. I might be biased, but I think they turned out pretty great : )

My hope for this blog...

Pictures of our first "jewelry shop" operated out of our dorm room

When I was at Biola my dear roommate taught me how to make jewelry and shortly after that we started our own little business selling jewelry out of our dorm room.  It was such a great exerience and so exciting to see our friends wearing our original pieces around school! However, after we graduated we lost our venue.  It was shortly after that that I decided to sell my jewelry on etsy.  For those of you who don't know, etsy is a place where people buy and sell all things handmade. It's a great place and if you have not ever visited etsy.com you should definitely check it out.   I've had so much fun with this so far and hope to make this blog an extension of my little shop. Hopefully a place where I can share more pictures of my jewelry and give some background on my pieces as well as keep you all updated on my life. Be sure to check out etsy.com and my shop at cocoabeaddesigns.etsy.com.

So I've decided to start blogging!

We'll see how this goes : )