Little Bird Bridesmaid Necklaces

Yesterday I completed 4 Little Bird Necklaces for a bridal order, ready to be shipped today. I just just then remembered to take a picture of it, so here it is: 

4 Little Bird Bridesmaid Necklace Gifts 

under $20 each

Hand Stamped Metal - How I make my personalised jewelry...

Here, I will try to list the steps I take to hand stamp a metal charm for your personalized jewellery.

First the tools!

Tools

1- 6mm Letter Stamping Set

2- Hammer

3- Steel Bench Block

4- Sharpie Pen (Permanent Marker) 

5- Rubber Block

6- Jewellers Polishing Cloth

7- 8mm Sterling Silver Metal Disc or Metal Charm Disc

8 - Stamping Straight Tape ( optional, not in the picture)

In this case I use an 8mm Sterling Silver Metal Disc with a jump hole that I had already punched earlier, I will show you how to do this in another post soon. 

Most of these tools you can find online at various websites, but I found most of mine, through etsy and the links provided above.

Place the sterling silver disc on the Steel Block, you could use tape to secure it, this is to ensure that you have the letter exactly where wish to position it. I don't use the tape any longer and forgot about the tape when I took the pictures. 

Choose your letter stamp, in this case I used the letter 'A'.

Take your letter stamp and visually check that the bottom of the letter faces you and position it where you would like to the stamp to be. 

Or if you using the sticking tape method, tape a bottom line along where you would line up your the letter(s), take your stamp and move it downwards until you feel the tape. 

Hold your metal stamp straight up and by using your hammer, knock the top of the letter stamp, quite hard, once or twice to make the letter stamping impression.

This is how the stamped letter my stamped letter looked, an impression of an 'A' left into the disc. 

Now for the oxidising or making the letter black. 

Go over the letter with the Black Sharpie, it will look like picture above.

Then using the polishing cloth and rub all over the disc to make it shine, which also removes the excess black.

The metal disc charm should look like this now, ready for the jewellery!!!

Here is a plain Pearl Bracelet and Studs Flowergirl Set in white to which I will attach the disc to the bracelet..

I used my round nose pliers to place a jump ring on the bracelet, then I add another jump ring to the disc, which I attach to the jump ring on the bracelet.

I found my 4mm jump rings from Beadaholique 

Here's the 2 Flowergirl Pearl Stud and Initial Bracelet Gift Sets all packaged and ready to be shipped the next business day and sometimes the same day!

Have fun trying out your stamping, warning, it takes alot of practice!!!!

:) 

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Happy New Year from RBJohnson Designs

Happy New Year !!!!

** 2014 ** 

Wishing everyone a great, prosperous and healthy 2014!

Let's celebrate the dawn of a sparkling New Year. May it bring many gifts of joy, awesome health and lots of wonderful happy surprises. 

My 2013 had it's ups and downs.. 
Ups: I had a baby boy; my daughter started big school; I have been on maternity leave all year, while my hobby turned 'business' (RBJohnson Designs) supported me during the extended maternity leave ( maternity is usually 4-6 months in Australia)!
Downs: My mum had an emergency triple by-pass operation to her heart, she only had weeks to live before this op! I had to opportunity to be by her. She is over 60, recovery is a lengthy process, however she making progress daily ;)

Best wishes to everyone and Happy New Year!!! 

Rishka

Birds Nest Necklace - now available in Gold!

I'm pleased to finally announce the latest addition, a wire wrapped Bird's Nest Necklace in Gold on a 14kt Gold-plated chain.

The necklace is still available in silver, which has been a very popular necklace in 2013, for some orders I have added charms to the necklace, such as a birthstone and/or initial disc letters. I have had quite a few requests for the gold nest, so here it is! 

The gold Birds Nest Necklace can be found at my online shops:  RBJohnsonDesigns and RBJohnson on ETSY for $25.00.

Remember Free Shipping to US, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ via my own online shop, no coupon code required!

Bridesmaid Jewelry Sets under $20

I still make bridesmaid sets for under $20 per set and matching or complimentary flowergirl sets. Most jewellery pieces are ready to purchase at RBJohnson.etsy.com and RBJohnsonDesigns.com.

Here are examples of 3 custom sets I made in the past 2 months, I wish I could take pictures of all orders I make, but there's not always enough time to take pictures, especially now with my 10 month son and almost 7 year old daughter at home for the school holidays.

Sets can be made up in any order:

• necklace and earrings
• bracelet and earrings
• bracelet and necklaces
• necklace, earrings and bracelet

I can offer suggestions and will do everything I can to make your girls look beautiful within your budget.

If you have a picture of what you would like send it to me and ask for a price quote - I will get back to you within 24 hours, sometimes minutes!!

So have a browse in my online stores below, let me know if you see a piece you would like, perhaps in a different size or color. I can customize any existing pieces or even create a completely new piece just for you!

Please come visit my etsy store or my own store RBJohnsonDesigns.com

And thank you for visiting my blog!

NEW : Zodiac Sign Silver Necklace - Hand Stamped by me

I'm pleased to announce that my new Zodiac Collection is now available.

For the launch of this new line, use coupon code VIP25 get a 25% discount across all my stores:  

RBJohnson on ETSY; RBJohnson Designs ; NuriJewelry
valid until Dec 24, 2013

In my next post you will have a peek at my hand stamping process. 

Here are some variations available for this necklace.

Bridesmaid October Custom orders

I know every bride has a budget and would certainly love to help you get exactly what you want while staying within that budget! At RBJohnson Designs, I specialise in custom made bridal jewelry using pearls, Swarovski crystals, sterling silver, rhodium plated, gold filled and 14kt gold plated, all hypoallergenic for ladies with sensitive skins. 

Here are pictures of individual sets of bridesmaid orders I made in October along with a single order of crystal earrings. 

Wedding Jewelry Set - Bridal, Bridesmaid Pearl Jewelry Set 

Necklace Bracelet Earrings - $32.50

Glamour Luxury Pearl Necklace, Earrings and Bracelet Set

 Wedding Bridal, Bridesmaids Jewelry - $35.00

How many bridesmaid are too many? 6 Bridesmaids, 8 Bridesmaids, 10 Bridesmaids???

Over the past 2 months I have noticed a trend of 6-8 bridesmaids in a bridal party, sometimes even 10, some brides might say this is too many. While for others with large families and a wide circle of friends with over 100 guests up to 8 bridesmaids is a perfect number! In saying this I had one order for a bride with 12 bridesmaids, 4 maids of honor and 2 flowergirls.

From experience, popular gifts for these large bridal parties were single pearl bridesmaid set variations in white and ivory, pictured below. I asked some brides about their choice in gifts and reasons varied from:

• that bridesmaids could wear these long after their wedding, 
• wedding bridal party budget, 
• find all bridal party jewelry at the same place, 
• simplicity in design, 
• matching bridesmaid dresses, etc.. 

These brides say the hardest part of planning was getting a bridesmaid dress that they all liked, suit them, that they were happy wearing those dresses and complimenting her wedding dress, thankfully most said the gifts were sometimes easier to choose.. Word of caution from some brides was 'don't take them all to go bridesmaid dress shopping at the same time.'

With accessories, some bridesmaids skins are sensitive, so to save that additional stress my jewelry is perfect for people with allergies or chemical sensitivities, as all my ear hooks and chains are carefully crafted with hypoallergenic supplies.

Last year the number was 4-6 bridesmaids, mostly personalized gifts, though having said that, personalized flowergirl jewelry is still largely popular! Especially the initial pearl bracelet for flowergirls, very popular, even on this year's christmas gift list, see picture below..

So if you think 6-8 bridesmaids are too many, quite a few brides have managed to do it all in the last 2 months and its down personal preference. Don't worry about how many bridesmaid are too many or with what others say! Do what you feel most comfortable with.

Rishka
http://www.rbjohnson.etsy.com
http://www.rbjohnsondesigns.com

Set of 8 Pairs of Bridesmaid Earrings - $9.00 Per Pair

Set of 8 Bridesmaid Necklaces - $10.50 each

8 Simple Elegant Bridesmaid Necklaces at $12.50 each

8 Bridesmaid Jewelry Sets

Little girl initial pearl bracelet - perfect for flower girls

RBJohnson Designs - Wedding and Bridal Online Jewellery Store relaunch! 30% off

At RBJohnson Designs, I am pleased to announce an update of the online store, the images are larger and I am slowly updating the images to show more detail. I am taking the pictures and cropping the pictures myself, just on of those things that I wanted to learn and do myself!

Another major change has been that the Checkout cart has been updated to using less clicks and buttons for the purchasing process and there is no need to login to make a purchase, you may purchase as a guest.

The best part is free shipping for all products Australia wide, to US, Canada and UK until 30 June 2014. This is possible due to the fact that about 75% of my customers originate from US, Canada and UK and the rest Australia.

So all brides planning their weddings in Australia, US, Canada and UK, who are looking for their wedding bridal, bridesmaid and flowergirl jewellery, can now purchase all of RBJohnson Designs's popular wedding bridal pieces and their favourite pieces online and enjoy the benefit of not paying for any shipping until 30 June 2014.

Browse the online store, email me a message for custom orders at rishkajohnson@gmail.com and please don't forget to "Like" us on Facebook for all upcoming events, promotions and sales.

For a further 30% off anything in my online stores until Oct 15, 2013 use coupon code:

'VIP30'

Remember Free Shipping Australia wide, to US, Canada and UK from my online store 

Use the coupon code : VIP30 for 30% at my following online stores:
RBJohnsonDesigns.com
RBJohnson.etsy.com
NuriJewelry.etsy.com

Here are my latest new designs:

Bold Dangling Bridal Wedding Earrings

$45.00

Bold Bridal Diamond Shape Earrings 

- Suitable as bridesmaid gifts

$38.00

Long Pearl Rhinestone Teardrop Pearl Dangle Earrings 

$42.00

Custom Elegant Single Pearl Bridesmaid Earrings Order in Australia

Every now and then I receive an order from Australia and it feels wonderful to be making up something custom for a local bride to be. 

Here is a picture of her custom order, 4 pairs of Simple Elegant Pearl Bridesmaid Earrings, one set made slightly smaller for her Junior Bridesmaid. 

 Simple Elegant Larger Pearl Bridesmaid Earrings

$14.50 

This is an elegant single pearl pair of earring, ideal if you are looking for bridesmaid earrings under $15, each pair separately packaged, ready for gift giving to each bridesmaid, maid of honor and/or flowergirl.