We can usually find a way to use our “orphan beads” (the last few beads left over from a strand) in some sort of jewelry project. But here are ideas for using these orphan beads in home decor. Most of these items would also make lovely gifts! Napkin Rings Add orphan bead(s) to artistic wire, [...]
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Wow! Check out these official Fall 2012 colors! What a tropical feel this Fall palette has. If someone had handed me this color chart and said, “Guess what season this is for?” . . . I would have said “Summer.” Here are the Pantone Fall 2012 colors: Top row, left to right: Pink Flambe French [...]
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The Pantone Color of the Year 2012 has been announced today. It’s called Tangerine Tango – a warm reddish orange that’s “reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset”: Of course you may want to include Tangerine Tango in your jewelry designs if you have components in that color. But as always, many people will [...]
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The spring 2012 color trend is influenced by “renewed energy, optimism and the promise of a brighter day”. The colors for this season reflect a variety of moods with a mixture of sunny brights, light-hearted pastels, and gentle neutrals. Here are the ten Pantone colors for Spring 2012: Top row, left to right: Cabaret (an [...]
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Okay, we’re all here because we really like jewelry. But is there a type of jewelry you love to see and / or make – but that you just don’t wear? For example, I love the look of lariat necklaces, and have made several of them. But whenever I put one on, it’s just … [...]
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In the latest issue of my newsletter, I talked about wearing jewelry that contrasts with your clothes vs. jewelry that matches them. I saw a perfect example of this a couple of days ago, when my mom and I were on an early-morning exercise walk in the mall. These two mannequins in a store window [...]
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If you’re interested in selling sea glass jewelry online, you may want to hop over to see How to Sell Jewelry Online: Sea Glass Jewelry – a post I just wrote for the Odyssey Sea Glass website. The lovely jewelry photos in the article (and the one here, above) are not mine – they were [...]
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