Glass shops Strawberry Necklace large size on sterling silver, lampwork bead jewelry pendant, hand blown glass art jewelry Quinceanera Gift

Glass Strawberry Necklace featuring one of my realistic handmade medium-sized strawberry lampwork glass beads on a copper wire stem, suspended from a Sterling Silver v-shaped slider and strung with an adjustable length Sterling Silver figure-eight chain. The strawberry bead on the necklace will be about 1 inch tall (about 22mm) high. The slider is about 1/2 inch (13mm) high and wide. The sterling silver chain is 20 inches (51cm) long with a lobster clasp. You can wear it at any length you please by clipping the Lobster into the chain link of your choice. The free end is finished with a small light green glass leaf. Your jewelry will be carefully packed in natural white cotton inside a free paper gift box with a gold bow.

Did you pick strawberries when you were a kid? I picked 'em by the quart. Even in the middle of winter, strawberries bring me back to hot summer childhood days.

Multiple Items:
If you order several items from my Shop, they will be packed inside the same gift box to avoid waste. If you are ordering gifts for multiple persons and you do need separate gift boxes, please let me know in the Notes section of your order in the Shopping Cart.

About Shipping:
I ship most orders 1 to 3 days after they are received. Orders ship free in the US via First Class Package Service, but if you need your package sooner, upgrades to Priority Mail or Express Mail can be purchased during Checkout. If you need more certainty, Message me to discuss options for UPS 2-day and Next Day Air. A signature will be required for orders valued over $500. If it's inconvenient to sign for packages at your home address, during checkout you can provide the address of another place where someone will be available to sign - perhaps at your work or the home of a trusted friend.

The Nature of Mother Nature
Almost nothing in nature is completely round, smooth or even, so I avoid making my glass fruit and leaves too perfectly. I put on little splotches and speckles, make them a tidbit lopsided, and add other small imperfection so that each berry or leaf is unique. This makes them look much more real.

Process and Materials:
I make your glass strawberry look just like a real one in a time-consuming lampwork process. First I build the overall strawberry shape by melting Italian glass rods onto a twist in a piece of wire which shops will become the stem. Next I place every single seed, one at a time, into its own dimple on the outside of the bead. Then I add the textured glass leaves of the calyx, one at a time. Those little leaves are each carefully melted down onto the surface of the strawberry so they will be strong. Then the strawberry bead goes into the annealing oven for slow cooling.

Photography:
The photos above are representative of the glass fruit necklaces I make in this style. The necklace you receive will be similar to, but not exactly the same as, the one shown above. There will be some minor variations in the shape, size and color patterns of each berry.