Nana Smith Designs

Small Business Sale 20% Off - Organic Style Jewelry!

2011-11-26T14:22:00.000-08:00

Personalized your own ring! Today until midnight Nov. 26th 2011, there is a 20% off on all jewelry www.nanasjewelry.com. (excludes 22k gold jewelry).

Leather gemstone bracelets

2011-07-24T17:10:00.000-07:00

Gemstone wrap bracelets are so addicting to make! I mostly use leather as it is very durable.

Layering these are super cute and I can even personalize a bracelet for you!

Rattlesnake sunbathing next to our jacuzzi. What kind is he???

2011-06-01T19:39:00.000-07:00

I encountered a rattle snake today. Yep, I came 2 feet away from it. It was sun bathing next to our jacuzzi and really didn't warn me that he was sitting there. Now that I think of it, I'm actually quite lucky he didn't jump at me! Look at his tail and those eyes...quite beautiful. But next time, I will be ready with a shovel.
Not sure how old he is, can you tell?

Origami Earrings & Necklace - 50% of Proceeds are donated to Red Cross for Japan survivors

2011-04-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

Origami Necklace

Origami Earrings

50% of each Origami Crane Peace Necklace will be donated to

the Red Cross for Japan Tsunami Victims

Each person will receive a receipt showing your donation to the Red Cross.

(a receipt from me will be sent to you within 2 business days)

Purchase this necklace and wear it proudly, showing that you are thinking of the kind Japanese people and know that you have helped in some way.

Please share with all your friends.

LIVE LAUGH RUN Disc Necklace

2011-03-25T19:27:00.000-07:00

Live Laugh Run Necklace

This was just made for a lovely customer with their choice of gemstone.

Unisex SWIM BIKE RUN Copper Pebble Necklace

2011-03-10T10:21:00.000-08:00

Copper Pebble Necklace

A rustic style pure copper pebble necklace that is unisex and a favorite among my customers!

My New Domain Name!

2010-12-29T21:31:00.000-08:00

I have been searching for a neat domain name and of course many have been taken. But I was shocked when I saw nanasjewelry.com was available! So now I have changed my whole website over from craftingandjewelry.com to nanasjewelry.com. Looks like the change will take a couple days so in the meantime, sending my new domain name out into the internet world is what I'm working on now..

Have a blog? Enter My Halloween Contest Jewelry Giveaway!

2010-10-05T12:01:00.001-07:00

Just Blog my website and a picture and you will be entered!

Read Rules! Enjoy=)

My Husband's Nuts

2010-10-03T11:34:00.000-07:00

Yummy delicious fresh almonds sold at http://www.myhusbandsnuts.com/ . My sister in law's sells many different kinds of yummy flavors which makes for great gifts for the holidays!

Gift baskets and individual bags are must see.

Also a halloween contest is happening now!

New Swim Bike Run Jewelry

2010-09-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

These are my new pieces for the week. I love making organic style pebbles. Now in pure COPPER!

Large organic standing vegetable planter box!

2010-08-19T21:43:00.000-07:00

I have been itchin to grow veggies in our garden for quite some time now. Since we have massive raids of cute plump raccoons almost every night, I knew I wouldn't be able to plant on the ground. They love the soft soil and have been tearing up our pretty flowers! So I had an idea to build a standing garden.
I asked my hubby all week to build me one and finally on the weekend he did! It is so awesome...the tomatoes have room to grow..my basil is getting really full,
my bell peppers are growing like crazy along with my wax peppers and my carrots are peeking through. All in one box! I noticed when I add 'bone meal' before planting each plant, I had tons of blossoms growing quickly! I also made sure to water gently and not to splash water on the leaves. So many things I have learned!

New Necklaces

2010-02-24T16:19:00.000-08:00

These are just some necklaces I was working on these past few weeks. The dainty heart necklace is my personal favorite and I have been wearing it 24-7!

Burning Man 2009

2009-09-13T15:06:00.000-07:00

*Lots of fun in the desert & sun*!

My guilty pleasure...Smores!

2009-08-11T13:18:00.001-07:00

I woke up at 5:45 this morning. Not my usual time to wake up and I'm not much of a morning person of late. Throughout the day I didn't have any energy..I ran for 40 mins yesterday so I was a bit tired to run today..I had some breakfast but it only made me want to go back to sleep..and I needed to finish a few orders today to ship this week. I needed some kind of jolt..a little pick me..something for my brain to wake up to get through the next couple hours...

and then I got it! This little morsel of a smore surely hit the spot;) YUM! I'm now ahead of schedule:)

Custom Soldered Photo Charm Necklace

2009-07-30T21:42:00.001-07:00

Okay, I'm hooked. There is something very satisfying when you can smooth out your lines correctly! After many trial and errors, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. From the right amount of flux, to sealing the photos, to the right temperature, right down to getting the 'feel' of holding the soldering iron at the right angle. It took me two full days of finally making it to where I'm happy with the results (*grin*). I have many request for these charms from my wonderful customers so I can't wait to list them...which will be this sunday ;) Photo Jewelry

Rustic Fleur De Lis Necklace & Fleur De Lis Earrings

2009-07-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

These are some new pieces that were made recently. The necklace is handmade of bronze which is a new material that is so much fun to work with! If you like Fleur De Lis jewelry I have many more designs on my website:)

Bike Chain Bracelet & Mixed Metals RUN Necklace

2009-06-10T17:11:00.000-07:00

Mixed metals of bronze and pure silver with 'RUN' stamped on the front. This is one of my favorites for this week! Handformed by me with an organic style.

The bicycle chain bracelet is made of sterling silver. I only have two available :)

22k Gold Two Peas in a Pod Pearl Necklace

2009-03-11T23:08:00.000-07:00

When working with 'pure gold'..I get all excited and can't wait for the final outcome..
I stand by the kiln like a little kid in a candy store..
When I hear the kiln beep to let me know it had finished firing..I open the door to reveal what I had just made...
22k gold has a rich yellow color and is quite heavier then pure silver metals.
Adding Pearls for the final touch.. a couple pictures taken from my camera...and off it goes in cute packaging, ready to be shipped to it's new owner...this 22k gold two peas in a pod necklace is a present from a husband to his wife as they are expecting twins at the end of the month. How exciting!! I'm very happy to make this special piece for them:)

Interchangable Triathlon Jewelry & Marathon Jewelry

2009-02-25T10:26:00.000-08:00

A durable rubber cord necklace with tiny sterling beads throughout, holds a pure silver medallion that says "swim bike run". This is customized to your liking, let me know what wording you would like on your medallion!

Chalcedony, Pink Tourmalines, Turquoise Bracelet

2009-02-11T17:11:00.000-08:00

Peruvian Opal Blue Chalcedony are always so pretty...they are like little candies...

Pink Tourmalines with handmade paddle sticks, made from pure .999% silver. They are super cute, kinda flirty and the pink really pops!

The heart bracelet has become one of my favorties. I hammered the handmade heart and oxidized it. The thick sterling links and turquoise have the same wieght so it balances on your wrists perfectly:)

Organic Dice Necklace

2008-12-23T18:52:00.001-08:00

Dice! This is made out of pure silver, not sterling.

A customer wanted a pair of dice with only one dot and 3 dots. These came out very nice and might make some smaller ones soon!

These organic style dice were so much fun to make and are one of a kind:-)

Marathon Necklace and Gemstone Earrings

2008-11-04T16:16:00.001-08:00

This a rustic style unisex "RUN" necklace. Just a little piece to those who love to run marathons:)

It's made of thick pure silver...

26.2 Marathon branch necklace made of pure silver, not sterling. It's organic look makes it one of my new marathon jewelry favorites:)

It's handwrapped in sterling silver wiring and oxidized to give it a nice rustic look.

One of my websites favorite is my petite Tree of Life necklace with a lil' flying bird.

This is handmade by me using pure silver, not sterling.

It is slightly oxidized to give a natural organic style...

Fall earrings made of Carnelians and sterling silver findings. Earwires are handmade with thick sterling twisted wiring. a cute pair that go can with anything:)

NEW Marathon and Triathlon Jewelry

2008-09-16T23:27:00.001-07:00

All my custom pendants and charms are made of pure silver or 22k solid gold. I love making custom jewelry as they are not mass produced:)

I also like the look of rustic, antique metal. Oxidizing the silver gives all my jewelry a natural organic style about them.

(Clicking on the pictures will take you to my site)

Camping Vacation along the California Coast

2008-09-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

Camping along the coast for a week was very relaxing, especially with our little Vespa. It made life easier getting around town while our camper was parked at the camp site:)

For dinner my hubby cooked tri-tip! I bought some fine cheeses and wine..it was like a 5 star restaurant..all in our camper!

Ocean Blue Apatite & Pearl Necklace

2008-07-08T16:29:00.001-07:00

Bright blue Apatite earrings are always a favorite! I made these chandeliers from thick sterling wiring. A double strand necklace with faceted Citrine stones have a very elegant style..

Nestled Turquoise and Ruby Earrings

2008-06-22T16:44:00.001-07:00

Want to buy these items for someone or for yourself? Just click the picture and it will take you to my website:) These earrings are handmade using thick guage sterling silver wire for the earwires and heavy wire work on the Turquoise stones. Oxidizing the wire really gives any piece of jewelry a rustic style.

The Burmese Rubies have a deep red color and is also heavily wrapped in sterling silver wire. These two are my personal favorites:)

"26.2" Marathon Cube Charm Necklaces

2008-06-14T09:35:00.000-07:00

Want to buy these items for someone or for yourself? Just click the picture and it will take you to my website:) Petite "Cube" necklaces are customized to have initials, names, words or marathon distances stamped on them. I made these 2 cubes for a customer who wanted the 26.2 stamped on the front and "Golf" on one side and her name on the other. A little gemstone dangles at the clasp so if the clasp turns around on the neck, it will show the cute gemstone dangling:) These are pretty difficult to make using pure fine silver but the end results are satisfying!

Rustic Peace Necklace

2008-06-11T15:35:00.001-07:00

I made this today, a rustic style Peace sign with a cute little bird. This was made by freehand and was so much fun to make!!

Escape from Alcatraz 2008

2008-06-09T13:30:00.000-07:00

Alcatraz sunrise..

(waking up at 3:30am so my hubby can get organized and drive down to the bay wasn't my cup of tea...but then I would of missed this pretty sunrise at 5:45am:) ( click for larger view)

Transition area with 1800 bikes..

Theres my hubby with his golden smile!! coming off from his 1.5 swim:)
(click picture for larger view)

The Alcatraz Triathlon was quite an event.

At 6am I watched the sunrise which was picture perfect with Alcatraz coming into view...it was very beautiful plus the weather couldn't be better: the high was 70 degrees on race day...

I'm very proud of my hubby, especially with the water temp. being 56 degrees. *Brrrr*...thats too cold for me!!

I went around fighting the crowds and focusing on my hubby, making sure he didn't pass by for some good pictures:) I missed him on the bike as there were way too many people to get through.

We drove 7 hours later that day back to San Diego..

Here is his swim chart taken from his Garmin...kinda neat right?(click picture for larger view) :) I must say all 1800 people were spread everywhere with the current taking many swimming so far west they had canoes redirecting them back on track. Quite a site to see!

14k & Sterling Gemstone Rings

2008-06-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

Emerald, Sapphires,Turquoise,Pearls and Peruvian Opal Rings! These rings are so much fun to make, so many variations and so many designs ideas...theres not enough time in the day!

Good Food, Good Friends

2008-05-31T22:01:00.000-07:00

Out to dinner with friends before seeing the "Mother hips" in Santa Barbara

Pendants, Pet Name Tags, Floating Heart

2008-05-28T21:47:00.000-07:00

I had fun making these 3 pendants. The heart pendant is actually a pet name tag with a phone number stamped on the back. Balancing the heart in both the circle and the Tree of Life was a bit difficult but I think it turned out sweet:)

Initial Necklace & Marathon Jewelry

2008-05-26T20:49:00.000-07:00

Want to buy these items for someone or for yourself? Just click the picture and it will take you to my website:)

I love the Cube initial necklace, it's so cute, dainty and unique! It also has a nice weight as it's pure silver. I'm also working on marathon and triathlon jewelry as my husband competes in both, I had a few requests from people asking for unique fun jewelry for marathoners and triathletes:)

Stagecoach

2008-05-09T15:43:00.000-07:00

We went to Stagecoach which is a country outdoor concert in Palm Springs. We watched the Eagles play for the first time which was really neat!

My sister in law had a booth selling her almonds called " My Husbands Nuts " (which are really yummy) and she also displayed my jewelry:)

My husband and I rode our bikes from our RV to the concert site which was too much fun..The blurred picture was of us racing our friends who were on another bike riding back to the camp site..

Leather Cuff Bracelet

2008-05-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

I just made this bracelet today..

I love making the recycled leather look old and rustic looking:)

Mothers Day Necklace

2008-05-07T18:42:00.000-07:00

I just made the Tree of Life gemstone necklace for a lady celebrating her first mothers day:) The gemstone colors are her familys birthstone (aquamarine, peridots, rubys and citrines). With the bell ball chain, this lays nicely along the chestline..

A few of my favorites..

2008-05-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

It was my honor to make a Tree of Life necklace for wonderful lady who had lost her husband. His name is engraved on the back...

Petite earrings with a trio of little gemstones dangling at the bottom are always very cute and can be worn everyday:)

There is a worm in my plant!

2008-04-29T15:21:00.000-07:00

Isn't this worm cute? He lets me know when my soil is wet or when it needs water..when he is dark that means the plant doesn't need water, when he is a lighter color, it mean it needs watering.

Unisex Tree of Life Necklace

2008-04-26T10:01:00.000-07:00

This Tree of Life necklace is made with a thick bail, large clasp and thick leather cording which can be worn both for guys and girls:) I just made this one a few days ago for a guy who is a chef. The Tree of Life jewelry are very popular!

Mr. Spidey

2008-04-25T21:47:00.000-07:00

Mr. Spidey is made out of PMC3, pure fine silver. A customer of mine asked for a cute spider necklace so I went to work on trying to make a spider as cute as possible...Have you tried to make a non threatening looking spider out of anything? It's not easy! !I think Mr. Spidey turned out comical and super cute! I will miss him...maybe one day I will make a spidey for me:)

Trigger happy

2008-04-19T22:08:00.001-07:00

I was a bit trigger happy today at the beach..isn't this squirrel cute? Carlsbad squirrels are such lil' posers!

New jewelry pieces

2008-04-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

I made a few new pieces using clay, sterling silver, cubic zirconias and gemstones.. these are very addicting! So many colors and variations!

I also had to make a cute little bumble bee using precious metal clay - he's .999% pure silver..with cute detailing:)

Fishing?

2008-04-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

"P" has a cute water fetish...our betta fish "Blu" and "P" are buddies for life:)

Another year older!

2008-04-11T10:50:00.000-07:00

butterfly chocolate cake...

Sushi Plate

2008-04-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

it's my birthday tomorrow and I accidently opened my gifts from my family, I didn't know I wasn't suppose to open them till tomorrow!
how cute is this sushi plate?? my sister in law gave this for me for my birthday (among other cute things ) and I had to take a picture of it! every piece of sushi is actually bath soap! tuna & salmon handroll, cucumber, egg , shrimp, tuna and fish egg sushi. doesn't smell like fish though..it has a nice rose scent:)

Padres vs Dodgers

2008-04-04T16:39:00.000-07:00

our fun loving friends had two extra tickets to see padres vs dodgers..we had some nice seats and it turned out to be such a fun night!

Sailing

2008-03-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

with weather like this, we had to go sailing...this time we were with family..
everyone with smiling faces now...until the boat tilts on it's side.. then it's total chaos..!

Cinnabuns

2008-03-27T15:36:00.000-07:00

we had family coming over so they wanted some cinnabuns..due to our new convection oven..

it took me two trys to figure out how cook my cinnabuns! still needs improvements..

but i'm happy everyone enjoyed them:)

Our Wedding!

2007-09-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

daisies & peach flowers..

beautiful sunny fall weather...

peaceful park...

family fun with friends..

My Love

2007-09-07T17:16:00.000-07:00

my fiance during our rehearsal dinner..he is such a sweetie:) he inspired to me to make this sweet pea using pure .999% silver and fresh water pearls...it is much fun to make..two peas in a pod

Time Warp with my Parents

2007-08-25T19:02:00.000-07:00

my parents haven't been to balboa park since 1968. so we went to where they took their first picture in 1968! we took another picture in the exact spot....40 yrs later! same bench, same scenery..it was all still there...