Feathered Earrings made with Sisterly Love

There is so much choice in jewellery nowadays which as a fashion 'guru' I really appreciate. Nevertheless after so many years of being a professional shopper I still don't believe that the variety can cover my imagination. I grew up with a very creative and artistic mother that loved handicrafts so I learned to use my imagination and create my own pieces and not rely on what you find in stores. While she was making her own Christmas and Easter decorations I was experimenting with the materials she was using to make my own. As a girly girl I experimented in making bracelets and other jewellery pieces. I was lucky I was given with the materials and tools to do that but then again the same luck has made me very picky.
There is a huge difference between experimenting with available materials when you are a teenager and making really nice decorations or jewellery pieces that you can use as fashion statements in your adult years. Maybe you can get away with decorations but with jewellery for sure not! At one point my sister showed me some jewellery she had made and I was impressed! She was really good! The materials she is using are a combination of precious stones and cheaper elements giving an expensive feel to her creations. Her designs are very edgy, playful and fashion forward. She has definitely something to say about fashion through her work. I think what thrilled me the most was that I had someone very close to me that could turn all my crazy jewellery ideas into one of a kind creations! I am so selfish I know!
I love her pieces and even though she sells some of them I'd rather she kept everything for me and her! OK she is also allowed to make jewellery as presents for friends but only for special occasions!

This pair of earrings has been one of my favourites! She has made it with different colours of feathers and even though fuschia is my favourite colour, turqoise being my second favourite has made me fall in love with this specific combination. I find feathers very sexy and edgy but I think the way they are used in jewellery is very simplistic. I was impressed by my sister's idea to add the artistic wooden piece and I believe it works perfectly.

The use of feathers in earrings that I find in stores over and over again is the following, as currently featured in accessorize and you can buy for 8 pounds,

and is definitely not good enough for me!

Then you can find the very common combination of feathers and chains, this one is from etsy and the shop LoveAtFirsthBlush costing 24.17 pounds,

still not good and as I would say a bit traaaaaagic! 

Then a bit more sophisticated and geometric use of feathers, as found in etsy by wildspirits

which I have to admit is a bit better :)
For me even swarovski hasn't managed to perfect the use of feathers in their jewellery, as you can see in the photo below, so I still believe that I am impartial when I say that my sister's designs rock :)
If you think you can challenge me please feel free to reply and share designs you have found!
I promise to keep posting more of her jewellery!

If you want more information about her designs or maybe order a piece or two you are more than welcomed to email me at kurkubinii@gmail.com