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I loved these swans the moment I saw them. I loved the combination of blue, pink and red. Though they were available in other colours, I picked up these.

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These are in Peacock green colour, round in shape, light weight and easy on my pocket. What more do, I want? Watch out for more.....

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Here I am once again with some more Ear Rings. This time they are in the shape of leaves.

 These are dark red or maroon colour. Look at the flower and the butterfly.

These are in bottle green colour. Other colours are also available I think. Cool aren't they? Watch out for more.....

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Dancing Peacocks-who doesn't like them? I preferred the ones in natural colour. These are available in other colours too. I just love them. watch out for more.......

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Meenakari Ear Danglers-Latest

Recently I came across some fab danglers for ears. They were so cute, elegant and reasonably priced that I could not resist my self. I am going to post them one at a time.

Here is one with blue and pink combination. Very cute. Isn't it? Watch out for more....

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Meenakari Ear Danglers

Look at these. Red, blue and green combination. Aren't they looking cute?

The smaller jhumki is attached to the center of the bigger jhumki.  This is one of the pair. I could not photograph both at the same time.

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Meenakari Ear Danglers

A classic combination of red, green, yellow, white and blue. Will match any dress. Known as Jhumkis, Jhumkas in Hindi and jukaalu or buttalu in telugu. You can see the double danglers-one small and the other big.

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Meenakari Ear Danglers

Here is a rare one. Combination of Blue and white with blue beads. They are cute and since rare to find I picked them up.

The design on the danglers is also contemporary and different. Ethnic but a touch of latest fashion. Isn't it?

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Meenakari Ear Danglers

Ear danglers, colourful but light weight with Meenakari work:

Orange and green combination with orange beads goes well with silks, satins and any dress or sari. This is a classic combination of colours. Looks ethnic and traditional. These are available in bigger and smaller sizes. This one is medium size. 

A closer look. 

More to come...so watch out....

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Meenakari Ear Rings

Of  late I have been following the latest fads and fashions in jewellery as I am creating some pieces my self. I am really fascinated by the variety our Indian markets offer us. These range from antique designs to the most latest and modern pieces. One of them I love is Meenakari or enamelled jewellery. These are enamel paint on metal surface-not too costly but very beautiful. Here are some I just could not resist picking up:

Look at these above. They have tiny hibiscus flowers on the corners-red and blue with green leaves in the between. You can see the small pearls and the kundan drops dangling below.

 This is how it looks up close.

Here is one in maroon red. 

I just could not resist these beautiful ear rings. But I am yet to get matching necklace to wear with them. This always happens with me as I pick up individual pieces and try to make a set out of them. It takes a long time and patience and also a very good memory to  scour the markets, exhibitions/sales to find the pieces to make an entire set with in the budget. 

Keep watchin....for I have more to share with you...so many lovely pieces...

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Pendant Sets

Once again I am sharing with you one more pendant and ear ring set. 

This is once again, gold plated with little Meenakari work, white stones and colour beads. This can be worn on gold chain or fashionable string or with beads. May be I will use this with one of my beads.

This can be worn with any dress or sari-ideal for office wear or party wear. This is not too heavy jewellery so can be worn on simple dresses/saris, should  be teamed with some good gold or multicoloured bangles. If one can get those Meenakari Bangles or Bracelets, well that is excellent. 

Any way this reminds me that I have lot of pending projects in jewellery. I also have to organise all my jewellery pieces. I have been simply dumping every thing I used in a box. Now I need to sort and store them properly.

Well bye for now...Keep a watch on my blog for more latest fashions in indian jewellery.

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I have this habit of collecting various items of jewellery separately and piece them together to form a set. It is very costly to go in for a complete jewellery set and also most times we may not  like all the items in the set. Whenever I visit the shops or visit the various trade exhibitions just browse through the items on display. I carefully pick and choose various items like ear rings, necklaces, bangles, pendants, anklets etc and then set them together. Most of the time I am successful in picking very unique items. But then it takes a long time to match various pieces to from a set and many a time, I end up without finding all the pieces. It is also difficult to remember all those that I have so that I buy the other matching pieces. Any way the challenge and fun is in making up sets like that rather than buying sets with unwanted pieces.

Since I have been making my own jewellery, I have started carefully collecting, single pendants and pendant sets. Pendant sets consist of a pendant and ear rings, sometime finger rings too. So I will show you some of my collections. Mind you my collection is very affordable, unique and elegant. That's what I feel.  :) :) . Here is one variety:

Meenakari as you know is a very intricate and beautiful art . I love the intricate and very delicate designs. Here is my post on Meenakari:

http://summersofindia.blogspot.com/2010/06/meenakari-work.html

Ok now for my pendant sets. 

This is a very traditional colour scheme of green and red. Red is symbol of auspicious or good events and green prosperity, fertility etc. It never goes out of fashion. These days this is much in vogue. Even beads are of jade, ruby or garnet and pearls are worn in combination with green and red pendants, ear rings bangles, anklets and so on. So I picked up this. This can be worn on a gold chain or teamed with the beads I mentioned above. 

What I like in this was the very intricate, delicate but traditional design which never goes out of fashion. I love Lotus designs. They are symbol of purity, spirituality prosperity etc. This is a very rare and unique piece. Except for the lotus, the other part of design, thats the vines remind me of Moghul designs of Tajmahal. Well is a blend of Indo-Persian design.

This is another set of red and white. I liked the floral pattern. This is not as delicate as the other one and the finish is also not that good. It has two rings, so the beads or chain need to be hung from both the rings.

Here are the matching ear rings. I have not yet decided the beads to go with it. Pearls, Green jade or red garnet or a combination of all may look good. I will just have to experiment around a bit, before I find the combination to my liking. I will post the final product after I finish it.

So How do you like this? I feel these are great for long time keeping as they go well with cottons or silks and even on a simple gold chain would look great.