Family Jewels

Family Jewels

This was a challenging jewelry project for Capitola Girl. A friend of hers had some very specific materials that she wanted to turn into a holiday present for one of her family members. She handed Capitola Girl a bagful of crystals, some earring hooks and a length of sterling silver chain and asked if she could make a symbolic present for her kin. Capitola Girl exclaimed, "Heck Yeah!" Each crystal corresponds to the birth month of a sibling, and the chain was just something that she really liked (Capitola Girl liked it too!). Here is how the challenge turned out, Capitola Girl calls it the Family Jewels. Not half bad for a beady day in the Santa Cruz rain!