Jazzy...now available in my shop

 https://roxi.zibbet.com/jazzy

'Jazzy' necklace...one of a kind/Dalmatian Jasper w/vintage beads. 

'Sweet Pink Heart' still available in my sale shop!

 

http://roxi.bigcartel.com/product/sweet-pink-heart

 

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

 

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

My Mother's Day gift for mom

 

This is what I made for my mom this Mother's Day!

 

Every year I like to make her something and this year

 

it was this ring. I hand painted it in her favorite colors!

 

 

Here are some basic directions to make your own:

 

So what I did was get a vintage earring

 

and take the clip on part off. Then you gently clean the

 

earring and let dry. Pick some acrylic paint colors you want to use.

 

(I only used 2 colors based off the flower design.)

 

 

I then mixed equal parts paint and Mod Podge (I'm sure you can use

 

a similar crafters glue if you want. This is just what I had on hand).

 

Dab the paint/glue mixture onto the parts of the earring or metal

 

you want to paint. Some areas may need extra mixture applied

 

and that's ok. Let dry.

 

 

Gently file the raised edges for a vintage-y look (I used

a nail file). Seal with a clear spray gloss. Let dry.

 

Add to your ring blank as necessary.

 

And it's that easy to make your vintage inspired ring!



Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California.

She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves.

You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

 

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Shop update...preview

"Sweet Pink Heart"



This necklace will be going up in my shop this week.

 

It's made in the same style as my "Garden Party" necklace

 

(see previous post).

 

 

This Sweet Pink Heart necklace features a

 

pink and cream vintage heart bead, antiqued brass

 

chain, ribbon, Czech glass beads, and a vintage focal bead.

 

Necklace length is long and over the head style (no clasp).

 

 

 

 

 

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

 

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Spring Things




Vintage Butterflies

 

                                        Just in....vintage butterflies available at my shop!

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

  handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Thinking of Spring



Spring Eternal

Here in Cali it already feels like the beginning of Spring...

 

so these pics definitely go with the nice weather.

 

The pic above is a one-of-a-kind bracelet made with a

 

vintage leaf bead. (The leaf is a 'new/uncirculated' vintage bead.)

 

The chain consists of metal beads and a crystal rondelle with 

 

some raspberry color beads to finish off this bracelet.

 

 

PS...the clasp is hidden behind the big leaf!

Now available on my site!



Stay tuned for my next 'Thinking of Spring' jewelry post! 



Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

 

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Holiday Cocktail Rings

Still available at my sale blog:
http://roxannemendoza.blogspot.com/

Vintage Trio of Rings

{Side view of cocktail ring}



These rings are still on sale at my sale blog!

Visit the link above or contact me for details.



Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Sneak Peak before web store update tonight

Very Vintage Bracelet
Size: 7 1/2"

 

This bracelet features all vintage beads!

A beautiful vintage strand of glass beads that look like pearls.

Vintage brass flower bead & a vintage handmade swirl glass bead

complete this design!

This will be going up on the website soon! It's currently available
at my 25% Off Sale blog link.

Send me a message if you are interested before its listed tonight.






Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Mother's Day Necklace {What I created - Part 1 of 3}

 

This necklace was made for my mom.

She loves green - so I knew I had to incorporate green into the design.

I used 2 olivine Swarovski crystal elements.

 

 

I've had this little vintage locket - that I embellished with some

vintage text showing the word 'mother' - for a while now.

There's also a hint of glitter. :)

 

 

I've had these 'Vintaj' (brand) angel wings for a while now too

and have been waiting for the perfect time to use them!

 

My mom received the left side angel wing pendant and I made a

 necklace for myself with the corresponding right side angel wing.

 

 

 She loved it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...
"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Perfect for the 4th of July {earrings}

I created these earrings a while back. And have been waiting till it got closer to July to post about them. As usual, things got busy and I almost forgot about these cuties.

UPDATE: Sold! 
Re-posting for 4th of July earring inspiration!

"Freedom"
...featuring Vintaj (brand) birds & vintage red/white/blue beads

"Freedom" earrings

These earrings where challenging to make! I almost gave up several times but they ended up just like I envisioned them. I haven't decided if I will make another pair to keep...I do have enough to make one more pair, so we will see!

-Roxi

Summer 2013 {Jewelry Stringing}

August Sunshine

These are the earrings that can be found in the current issue of Jewelry Stringing (on news stands now). I believe they are #18 in the earring gallery.

I used stringing wire to 'sew' the vintage piece of an old earring onto the brass filigree. Adding bicone Swarovski crystals around the whole earring in alternating shades of yellow, topaz and amber.

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media...

"roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Jewelry Stringing Summer 2013

You can still pre-order your summer issue of Stringing! It's a special mixed media issue. Here's a little peak of the table of contents from beading daily: {ps...my earrings will be on page 67}

ST1306-TOC

Roxanne is a published jewelry designer living in California. She creates in her studio surrounded by the people and things she loves. You can find her designs at http://www.roxidesigns.com

handmade...jewelry...vintage elements...mixed media..."roxi designs to bring a little sunshine to your day"

Giving thanks!

Earrings all lined up!

 

 

Cute owl cards

These cute little matching earrings are all ready to be given out on Thanksgiving Day! They were made using some left over 'cup of bead soup' beads donated by Crystal of 'Bead Happily Ever After' that I didn't get a chance to use. See a few posts back to see what I created with Crystal's cool vintage beads!

The black and gold beads are vintage (from Crystal's shop) and the crystals are from Fire Mountain Gems. The cute owl earring cards I found on etsy (my secret for now until I write up a special tag/packaging post soon).

I wanted to use harvest tones for the crystals but the blue looked so good I had to include it too. I'm going to have to make more to give out all weekend to any visitors that come by! My way of 'giving thanks' to those family and friends for putting up with me all year. ;)

Roxi

Cup of Bead Soup Reveal! {Bead Happily Ever After}

'Red Hot' earrings

 

I made two sets of earring & necklace combos with my cup of bead soup stash. At this time, that's an accomplishment in itself! Just not enough hours in the day recently. {When I get more stuff created using the remainder of these beads I'll be sure to post!---Also, sorry about the pics not being the greatest. Had to use my phone this time around.}

 

 

Here's the first combo made...

 

---#1 Set---

 

The pic above shows the earrings I made (by now you probably know that I gravitate towards earrings) using the vintage red beads from the cup of bead soup. The small swarovski pearl beads in black and gold are set on each side along with a crystal rondelle from my collection.

 

The pic below shows another red bead from the cup of soup...

 

'Red Hot' necklace
 

'Red Hot' combo

My take on a tassel necklace.

On display!

                                                                       
This necklace looks even better in person against black clothing! I love the long length of it and the small red vintage bead is still the star of the show (in my opinion). I am tending towards simple with just a touch of bling with the rhinestone chain and the crystal rondelle. Black & brass chain and a black/gold bead, all from my stash finish off this design.

I hope you enjoyed this first set of jewelry...it was fun wearing it around the house trying it on for size! ;)


                                                                         ---#2 Set---

What a retro vibe! When I saw the 2 same sized light blue beads from the cup of bead soup, I knew I had to make earrings. (No surprise there right?!) But, then the 2 goldish knot beads caught my eye and I knew I had to pair them together. Very 80's!

'Retro' earrings

 Another long necklace.

 

 Matching large blue bead makes a statement!

 

 On display!

 

Another long necklace was created using the matching large blue bead from the cup of bead soup. Then, I saw the antiqued gold rose bead and everything flowed from there! The dark round bead with gold etching was perfect for this style necklace. I can drop the blue pendant bead straight through the round bead and adjust this necklace as needed. Chain from my collection, with matching blue beads rounded out this design.

 

I also modeled this necklace around the house and really loved how it looked against black. I'm sure it would look great against white too! Don't know yet if I can part with this one. ;)

 

Thank you Lori for hosting this fun little cup of bead soup! And a big thank you to Bead Happily Ever After for the beautiful vintage beads you provided for us to play with and create!

 

-Roxi

 

As seen in 101 BNE magazine {Part 1}

vintage acorn earrings

I wanted to share with you some of my pics of my 'vintage acorn' earrings that are featured in the current issue of 101 Bracelets, Necklaces, and Earrings. My project can be found on page 59 in the Earthy Browns section. There you will find all of the project information needed to recreate these cute little earrings for yourself or to give as a gift. They would also transition into the Fall season nicely.

Here's an outfit that I would pair with these earrings. It has both a vintage and earthy brown vibe!

Source: theletteredcottage.net via Sarah on Pinterest

Enjoy,

-Roxi

As seen in Bead Trends magazine!



{As seen in Bead Trends April 2012}

These earrings were recently featured in the April issue of Bead Trends magazine. Their photography is always spectacular! Bead Trends featured these earrings on 2 pages which I was excited to see. {The above photo is mine.} But, for a closer look here's a snippet of the 2 pages {below}...for an even closer look be sure to pick up a copy at any book store or for a digital copy go here!

I used vintage floral cabs as the focals and picked some Swarovski crystals to match. For materials used please refer to the April issue of Bead Trends.

Thank you Bead Trends for featuring my designs in your publication,

-Roxanne

Foiled Again {Rings}

{Blue and Orange - Perfect summer combo!} Pin It

I will be adding these fun rings to my etsy shop this week!

They are a very limited edition design for me.

The focal is a rare, vintage, Japanese Foil Cabochon.

{Foiled Again - Rings} Pin It

The Blue ring is set in a brass adjustable ring setting.

The Orange ring is set in an antiqued copper ring setting.

Click here to visit my etsy shop.

Color Inspiration:

Blue & Orange color(s) complement each other.

I just happened to buy these beads together from my supplier and didn't realize, at the time, why I was attracted to the two colors! Below, is a color swatch I found at Design Seeds.

Source: design-seeds.com via Roxanne on Pinterest

What are your favorite colors to wear?

If you design jewelry, what colors do you like to create with the most?

Have a wonderful week,

-Roxi

Heart of Gold

{heart of gold earrings}

By now, you must know how much I love discovering vintage uncirculated beads! These hearts are vintage lucite heart etched beads.

{sold}

I paired the vintage beads with a topaz color swarovski crystal. This pair is sold but I do have a limited amount available for purchase. Leave me a comment here if interested. This will probably be the last of the 'heart' themed earrings I will blog about before Valentine's day.

ps...aren't these the cutest cupcakes!

Source: vintageandcake.blogspot.com via Roxanne on Pinterest

Enjoy,
-Roxi

As seen in Stringing...

Here are the other 2 pairs of earrings that are shown in the Winter 2011 issue of Stringing magazine! (pg 54-55)...


{winterberry earrings}

{vintage glitter snowballs}

I do have a limited amount of each pair of earrings available. Just contact me for details.

Thank you to those customers old and new who have placed their orders this week! :)

Enjoy,
-Roxi