What we have made this week

1^st Row ~ Gemheaven Jewellery, CrysallisCreations, Gemheaven Jewellery

2^nd Row ~  Jewels by L Designs, Gemheaven Jewellery, Jojobell

3^rd Row ~  CrysallisCreations, Jojobell,  Gemheaven Jewellery 

4^th Row ~ Gemheaven Jewellery, Jewels by L Designs, Black Daisy Designs

5^th Row ~ CrysallisCreations, Jojobell , Jewels by L Designs

6th Row ~ Jewels by L Designs,  CrysallisCreations, CrysallisCreations

7^th Row ~ Jewels by L Designs, Black Daisy Designs,  Jojobell

8^th Row ~ Modeste Parisienne

Our newest new member ~ Laura from Jewels by L Designs

The Fairy Tale earrings

We hearted one of Laura's pieces here recently on the blog... so you can imagine how thrilled we are to  welcome her this week as a full fledged member of the Etsy Best Kept Secrets team!

Her shop, Jewels by L Designs, will give you a better sense of her range as designer. Central to her work are wonderful glass works in brilliant colors and intricate layers which she and her husband Aaron create themselves in the flame. The glass elements are then incorporated into wire wrapped pieces with complementary gemstones.

The De La Mar Super Star necklace

Laura sometimes works her glass into animal shapes to produce large and striking pendants....

The Crème de La Crème necklace

...and more recently she has explored grays and black as well - very unusual for glass but so hip and elegant....Fashionistas, pay attention!;)

The Fuschia BonBon necklace

Just like the person behind the work, Laura's jewelry collections are pure joy and happy vibes! She not only creates glass, she also collects the prettiest Murano and Yayin beads which she now shares through her newest line: the BonBon necklaces, which debuted this Fall.

What I hearted this week: exquisite Murano Yayin glass bead necklaces

The Raspberry BonBon necklace

Actually I did better: I bought one and hearted several more for later! Check out Laura of JEWELS by L Designs's ravishing new BonBon line of smaller necklaces. The focals are from her personal collection of Murano and Yayin glass beads, so you know they were chosen with great care and love. I just adore the happy bright colors and that they will make awesome Holiday gifts!

Laura also makes her own glass beads which she then incorporates into her wire wrapped gemstone jewelry. You can see those and her BonBon collection here.