Thank You For Being A Friend: Earring and Bracelet Sets

So here's the story behind this post. Several years ago, my husband's parents retired to a small town on the Washington coast. To say it's remote is an understatement, but that's where they wanted to be. They quickly settled in and made tons of new friends. A few years after they moved, my father in law's brother joined them and he became part of their bunch. I've never seen retired people keep so busy with so many clubs and activities.


Since we started going to visit them, we've always gone to brunch at a local historic hotel owned by a sweet couple who decided they'd had enough of city life. They've been great friends to my in-laws and present for happy occasions and sad ones like when my mother-in-law passed away.

We recently celebrated my Uncle-in law's 80th birthday and they were no less gracious when we went to brunch at the hotel. They have some equally warm and funny ladies who work there and we have lots of laughs with them . I decided I'd make these ladies some things to show our appreciation for always making our extended family feel so special. I made four sets of coordinating earrings and stretchy bracelets.

The first set is silver, white, grey and gold. Most of the beads and findings are Blue Moon Beads.

The second set is blues and berries, using dichroic glass beads along with faceted acrylic beads:

The third set is shades of toffee and purples with antique gold connectors:

And the last set is copper and amber using more of the copper toggle clasps from my birds nest pendant necklace:

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