Tallyana Jewelry Blog

Jessie

This piece was hand-picked by my cousin. She came to me on a Thursday and asked if I could have a necklace done by Saturday. I said yes of course! We met up and went to an antique store to find something that she liked. She picked this beautiful teal flower! She then picked black beads to accompany the flower which I thought helped it...

It is now officially the beginning of the Christmas season in my book! I love Christmas time, but I am not one to start celebrating it before Thanksgiving. But, I am already starting to think about Christmas gifts! I wanted to offer a great idea for your loved ones this Christmas. A personal handcrafted jewelry piece, made from your...

This wedding jewelry is long overdue. I made the jewelry back in August, but being a teacher and having the school year start, I got a little preoccupied. But, better late than never right! So, here are the pics of the jewelry I made for both the bride and then for the bridesmaids. They were made to match a rust colored dress.This last...

Ok so it has been a really long time since I have posted anything! Things have been busy! I wanted to put the word out there that I now am doing wedding jewelry and accessories. I recently had the opportunity to design and make jewelry for my best friend's wedding. It was so fun and artsy. All of the necklaces were different. To see some...

Olive is a beautiful, elegant necklace. I found this pair of really pretty green vintage earrings that just popped out at me at the antique store. I just couldn't pass them up! I strung one of them with two different strands of the same green color seed beads, and then also another strand of antique pearls. The pendant earring really...

Andrea is a vintage necklace to the core. Each bead is from a strand of antique beads. Andrea also has two different vintage pins, one a small butterfly and one like a memorial ribbon. They are both sparkly and eye catching! There are two strands of pearl beads, and then one strand of a very thick, vintage sterling silver chain. It...

Vicky is another creation using a real leaf, preserved, and then hand painted with distressed copper. It is a maple leaf, that has a green/aqua look. I hung the leaf on a chain made of Rhodium. Rhodium is very similar to Platinum. It is a made of gold and then has an overlay that is silver in color. It is a very sturdy, thick chain....

Minnie is a "look-a-like" of a recent necklace Valerie. I really like the look of getting together a bunch of different types of beads and vintage buttons, and them throwing them all together into a necklace. It is kind of like a plethora of whatever I thought looked cool together! In Minnie there are two antique buttons or pieces, two...

So I made my first bracelet! This bracelet is really neat. My friend Jane gave me these really cool stones and so I made them into a bracelet. I strung them on gold, sheer ribbon, and then added a few of my own stones to it. There are two different strands, but they are attached at two different places so that they stay together. It...

I recently had a close call with a scam from Nigeria. But, long story short, I made some other necklaces like the first Raine that I made that are now for sale. They are the same idea, but with different leaves that dangle. I have posted them here so that you can see the creations! I can change the color of the accent...

Raine has one of my new leaves in it. The vintage green, distressed ones are my favorite! My mother-in-law was over for Memorial Day and together we designed a necklace just for her. I used the 24k Gold chain, and interlocked links with dark green beads, vintage gold corrugated beads, and pearl beads. I hung the leaf to dangle at the...

This past weekend I got the opportunity to go out the a jewelry show in Chicago. When I was there, I found some really neat new stuff to incorporate into my line of jewelry. This is where Phoebe comes in. Apparently out in L.A., leaves are all the rage. They are real leaves that have been preserved, and then hand painted with 24k Gold,...

I got my inspiration for Valerie from a necklace that I had seen in a store. I wanted to grab some different looking beads that you would never think to put together and put them together. I used glass antique yellow beads, a navy colored stone, assorted red beads, an antique button, then black vintage beads on the sides. I topped it...

Memoir is stunning! A friend bought all the different kinds of pearls at an antique store, along with the broach and earrings, and asked me to create something for her. This is what came out of it all! I think is very eye catching! It is four strands of different size pearls, a bow pin, and some sparkly diamond earrings. The ribbon...

This one is a creative necklace commissioned by a friend of mine. She wanted something chunky and navy color schemes. So I found a good mixture of navy, gun metal, and sage colored seed beads. I strung 12 different strands, mixed randomly, and then wove them together. I used a white ribbon clasp, per my friend's request....

Tiffany is a spring inspired creation. I have made a lot little pendants out of many different color beads: turquoise, red, orange, aqua, brown, amber, and purple. (Some of the colors are a little bit hard to see in the picture. I wish that you all could go to the store and look at it! ) I then attached the pendants to some chain that...

So, I am kind of on the antique broach and earring designing kick! I have another beautiful necklace to offer. Meggie uses a simple flower earring pendant. It is made of metal and has one blue topaz jewel and then some smaller diamond jewels, of course the jewels are not real. I attached the earring with a simple...

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Jessie

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