I was having fun with these beads! I had gotten the lampworked beads (the polka dotted ones) years before because they were cute, but couldn't ever decide what to do with them! Then one day while browsing around at Hobby Lobby, I found this set of large painted porcelain beads in red/yellow/teal. I came home, searched through the rest of my beads and came up with this! I thought it was really cute and whimsical and can match a lot of things.
I went on a bit of a pearl kick a few months ago. I was at the gem and jewelry show and couldn't help myself - it was a pearl bonanza!
So I had gotten these peachy potato shaped freshwater pearls and wanted to dazzle them up a bit. Swarovski crystals do the trick!
This one is one of my favorites - I almost kept it for myself!
I wanted to make something really striking and I had wanted to try to see if I could make a graduated color necklace, featuring - what else? - pearls!
This necklace is a little bit of everything - white and gray freshwater pearls and all shapes and sizes, semi precious gemstones, glass beads, swarovski and chinarovski crystals, fiber optic beads, and sterling silver components. I really liked how it came out - a really dynamic look at a glance, but also lots of textures and visual interest up close. This one sold quick!
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