Valentine's Day will be here soon!

Here's a fun conversation heart broken china pendant with black artist wire - a sure conversation starter! Click here for more info.




And for the ladies to give their best guy - Men's broken china cuff links & tie tack designed from Crest-O-Gold china. Click here for more info. SOLD - other styles available.




What woman doesn't love Waterford crystal? Here's one of my designs from Waterford crystal. Click here for more info.




Here's a sweet heart-shaped Spring Garden Royal Domino broken china pendant with gold
artist wire wrap that's sure to delight your loved one. Click here for more info.




This broken antique china pendant with copper wire crochet necklace will make a unique statement this Valentine's Day. Click here for more info.




Just a few suggestions - lots more wonderful Valentine's Day gifts on my website at http://www.marjoriescracked.com. Stop by and buy something special for your loved ones! Or have a jewelry piece custom designed for an even more meaningful gift.

Valentine's Day will be here soon!

Here's a fun conversation heart broken china pendant with black artist wire - a sure conversation starter! Click here for more info.




And for the ladies to give their best guy - Men's broken china cuff links & tie tack designed from Crest-O-Gold china. Click here for more info.




What woman doesn't love Waterford crystal? Here's one of my designs from Waterford crystal. Click here for more info.




Here's a sweet heart-shaped Spring Garden Royal Domino broken china pendant with gold
artist wire wrap that's sure to delight your loved one. Click here for more info.




This broken antique china pendant with copper wire crochet necklace will make a unique statement this Valentine's Day. Click here for more info.




Just a few suggestions - lots more wonderful Valentine's Day gifts on my website at http://www.marjoriescracked.com. Stop by and buy something special for your loved ones! Or have a jewelry piece custom designed for an even more meaningful gift.

Last of the Nippon china pieces!

Afraid you missed this one! Just sold my favorite Nippon china piece. But don't despair - there are a few pieces of jewelry from this exquisite china left! This was such a lovely antique vase that unfortunately broke beyond repair. But the jewelry designed from them will live on for many generations to come.

Still available is the pendant below showing a lovely flower with green background and gold decoration with gold wire wrap. The pendant measures 1" x 2-1/4". Click here to go to webpage where available. This is the last Nippon china pendant that I have available.



I have two crocheted necklaces with Nippon china pendants left. The first is a pink flower broken china pendant with gold artist wire crochet necklace. Pendant is 1" x 1-1/4". The necklace is 17" long (this can be lengthened or shortened according to your desire. Click here to purchase.



The second crocheted necklace with a Nippon china pendant is this gold wire crochet necklace. Pendant is 1/2" x 2". Necklace is 20" long but again can be lengthened or shortened according to your desire. Click here to go to page where available.





And last but not least I have an ear cuff designed from Nippon china. Ear cuff is 1-3/4" long. See enlarged photo to see how china piece hangs when worn. Can be worn in either ear.



That's the last of the Nippon china pieces that I have. Perfect for Valentine's Day gifts or for any other special occasion. Or just treat yourself to one of these lovely pieces.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner

I think this is the first year since I started this blog that I haven't posted at Christmas and New Year's. Having lost my sweet Patches so suddenly the beginning of December, I just couldn't find it in my heart to be merry and bright. I do hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous year ahead in 2010.

The stores are now full of boxes of Valentine's candy and red heart decorations abound. I know I like to get a head start on holidays myself and start thinking of gift ideas well in advance. I had several people contact me a few days before Christmas asking if I could get jewelry to them in time - one was in Australia! So here's a bit of a head start on Valentine's Day with some gift suggestions.

This is one of my favorite sea glass pieces. It's a flawless piece of authentic white heart-shaped sea glass found on the shore of New Jersey. Wrapped in silver artist wire, it's a wonderful gift to say "I love you". Click here for more info.




Here's a fun conversation heart broken china pendant with black artist wire - a sure conversation starter! Click here for more info.




And for the ladies to give their best guy - Men's broken china cuff links & tie tack designed from Crest-O-Gold china. Click here for more info.




What woman doesn't love Waterford crystal? Here's one of my designs from Waterford crystal. Click here for more info.




Here's a sweet heart-shaped Spring Garden Royal Domino broken china pendant with gold
artist wire wrap that's sure to delight your loved one. Click here for more info.




This broken antique china pendant with copper wire crochet necklace will make a unique statement this Valentine's Day. Click here for more info.




Just a few suggestions - lots more wonderful Valentine's Day gifts on my website at http://www.marjoriescracked.com. Stop by and buy something special for your loved ones! Or have a jewelry piece custom designed for an even more meaningful gift.

New Valentine's Day Jewelry

In addition to the new broken Waterford crystal jewelry that I just wrote about, which would make wonderful Valentine's Day gifts, I also just added these new pieces to my website.

First, there is this white sea glass pendant. This is authentic sea glass, not tumbled glass, and was found on the Jersey Shore many years ago. It's a flawless piece of sea glass, not a blemish anywhere. And it's in the shape of a heart! All naturally formed by the motion of the sand and ocean. The piece of sea glass itself is worth the price I'm asking for this pendant. The pendant measures 1-1/4" x 2-1/4" counting the bail and is wrapped with silver artist wire.



Next is a pendant designed from a broken shard of Richard Ginori china from Italy. This is a gorgeous pattern of china. This particular piece has a vibrant yellow and a blue flower and has been shaped into a heart. Wrapped with silver artist wire, the piece measures 1" x 1-3/4" counting the bail. It would make someone a lovely Valentine's Day gift.

Designed from Spring Garden Royal Domino china, this piece shows a lovely spring garden and don't we all need a touch a spring in the winter time!? It's wrapped with gold artist wire and measures 1" x 2".

 

Last is a fun piece designed from a mug with a Valentine's conversation heart that says "Sweet Heart". This heart is wrapped with black artist wire and measures 1" x 1-3/4".

All of these pendants comes with an 18-inch black velvet cord with a 2-inch extension chain. Though the bails are large enough to use with almost any of your own favorite cords or chains.

So give that special someone a unique handcrafted-with-care gift this Valentine's Day. You'll know for a certainty that they won't already own such a piece of jewelry since each is a one-of-a-kind item. These pieces can all be found at Marjorie's Cracked Plate Jewelry website.

Happy shopping to you!

Just in time for Valentine's Day - new broken Waterford crystal pendants!

Here they are! My new broken Waterford crystal pendants! What a perfect way to start off 2009 with such an exciting new product. These pendants were designed from shards of a Waterford Glandore crystal pitcher. The pitcher had a deep open diamond cut with a band of laurel leaf around the rim and a 16-point starburst on the bottom.

Anyone familiar with Waterford crystal knows of its exquisite beauty. These photographs don't truly depict the colorful sparkle and shine of these crystal pieces. Whatever color is worn behind the pendant will reflect beautifully in it.

Crystal turned out to be a bit more difficult to work with than china. My fingers had more than their share of cuts by the time I was through! While china usually breaks into chunks, the crystal slivered. And unfortunately there were more wasted pieces with the crystal which is a shame because I only have the one broken pitcher to use. These are limited item since I won't be able to get too many pieces from this pitcher. I promised Ginny, the kind woman who gave me the broken pitcher, that I would design a pendant for her before her birthday. I couldn't be more grateful to her for giving me the opportunity to try something as unique as this.

I hope you like these as much as I do! There are all available on my website at Marjorie's Cracked Plate Jewelry Store.