So, a friend comes to me with a piece of chalcedony drusy. It is gorgeous with a capital G! (I seriously considered swiping it and telling her the cat ate it. Damn scruples!! 
) She asked me to set it for her in a necklace. I asked her what sort of look she thought she’d like – something a woodland fairy would wear. Ok. I can do this. Breathe, breathe.
Getting started was really difficult. The drusy was so beautiful that I was worried about damaging it by experimenting or doing something that simply wouldn’t work for it. I tend to prefer simple settings for elaborate stones but that is SO not what I wound up with here. Still, I think this suits the stone and will suit my friend really well.
In this piece (besides the drusy) are 202″ of sterling silver wire in 5 gauges and 2 shapes (square and round), 84″ of leather cording, 17 moss agate rounds, 19 moonstone rounds, 28 pearls, 9 oval moonstones, 23 teeny tiny labradorite rounds, 9 wood rondelles, and 1 moss agate tube. Oh, and 6 sterling leaf beads, 3 sterling maple leaves, 1 sterling ladybug, and 1 sterling dragonfly. Yep, it’s a busy piece.
Hope you liked it! (Got a similar piece of cool something you’d like set similarly (or differently, for that matter!) ? Email me at info (at) silveryeverafter.com !
