Jill MacCorkle Designs

Happy 2010! A little of what I’ve been up to…

Wow, time flies, especially at the end of the year when the holidays just seem to come one on top of another. Happy New Year to the world!

Fall was a bit of a blur for me, with a major project (still under wraps so as not to spoil any surprises) taking up a large part [...]

Coming soon to Jill MacCorkle Designs

 

The Secret Garden necklace: freshwater pearls, Hill Tribe silver, and rubies.

 

Sliced agate geode pendant, hand-wrapped with leather and sterling wire and hung on a sterling chain.

 

The Frances necklace: a gorgeous freshwater pearl capped with multi-colored tourmaline rondelles.

 

Untitled necklace: included quartz focal with andalusite rondelles and sterling silver.

So many pieces, so little [...]

Sale on in my Etsy shop!

I’m running a 20% off sale right now in my Etsy shop, plus offering free shipping in the US (and reduced shipping worldwide) through the end of the month. Just skip on over to http://www.jillmaccorkle.etsy.com to shop now!

Bad, bad blogger!

I’ve been away from the blog for far too long. That’s the life of a mom/wife/part-time editor/dog walker for you. 

A lot of my time was spent making jewelry for the EtsyRAIN craft show (waves hello to anyone I met there!) and next up will be a sneak peek of pieces coming to my Etsy shop [...]

My most precious possessions

You know how you think about what you would try to save in a fire? Aside from the obvious (kids, dog, husband), my “must saves” are things from my family history. We have some wonderful old family photos, letters, and ephemera. It still wows me to hold a letter written more than a hundred years [...]

Blessed Belly necklace for the ICAN conference

I’ve recently finished another auction piece, this time for the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) 2009 conference, which is in April. ICAN has been a big part of my life since my son was delivered by cesarean section almost 12 years ago. I used to edit the newsletter and do some writing for the group, [...]

Another set of earrings coming soon

You’d think I’d just go ahead and list the pieces I have made, but I’m not satisfied with the pics on these. I feel like I need one more picture that shows the scale of the earrings better. 

 

The Snow White and Rose Red Earrings

Round freshwater pearls, sterling silver hand cast beads, and faceted diamond-shaped [...]

My Citrus necklace featured in an Etsy treasury this morning

It’s always so sweet to wake up to a convo at Etsy letting me know I’m in a treasury!

Etsy seller vintagedchic put together the juiciest treasury I’ve seen in a long time, full of pink and orange and red. Yum! 

The treasury will only last a couple of days: Electric Eclectic Treasury.

Here’s my necklace:

 

The Citrus Necklace at [...]

Things that inspire

I haven’t had a whole lot of time to make jewelry in the last few weeks because I’ve been copyediting another book. I love, love, love editing, but it is painstaking work and the deadline loomed large. I am procrastinating editing a rewritten chapter right now — shhhh, don’t tell my author. 

It’s a fiction book, [...]

Sneak peek – new earring design

Here’s a pair of earrings I’ll be listing soon in my shop. Just have to get the measurements and write up the description. 

 

The Moonlight Earrings

Sapphire briolettes with incredible sparkle are topped with a bouquet of creamy white keishi pearls, hand wrapped on sterling pins. Sterling French earwires let them dangle freely. So pretty!