Comments on: How Do You Choose a Jewelry Color Scheme?

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:21:57 +0000

I’ve run into this with style too. I made some necklaces (chokers) that were geared more toward men and at a home show a very feminine woman bought the necklace for herself! I just smiled and sold her the necklace and didn’t bother telling her it was from my men’s collection.
As for colors…I took my neice to a bead store to get some ideas. The colors she picked out were some I would have never picked out myself. Then while reading an article about color trends…that color was one of them! It pays to listen to the younger crowd.

By: Dita Basu

Dita Basu — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:57:05 +0000

How interesting! But then I come to a cross road. Shall I create something ugly just for the sake of making money? It hurts somewhere funny and there comes the dilemma: Am I a business person first or an artist? Then why did I quit my office job and embrace my bead box? Oh well!

By: Cecilia

Cecilia — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:57:28 +0000

In the article, you mentioned, ” I’ve always displayed my jewelry organized by color, to make it easier for my customers to find what they’re looking for.” I agree with you. Display jewelry by color is convenient for customers to choose what they want. Good job. Thank you very much.

By: Molly Marchetti

Molly Marchetti — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:19:56 +0000

My designs tend to be all about the color. Sometimes I’m inspired by fabric or colors in nature. Sometimes I just go through my bins and grab some beads and look at them in the palm of my hand and try to visualize how they will look all strung together. I have found simple is best though, if you use every color of the rainbow, how many clothing options is the buyer going to have to wear it with. It’s all instinct I guess. Color is one of the topics I plan to discuss on my blog, Confessions of a Jewelry Designer, http://www.cofajd.blogspot.com.

By: Gina Goodwin

Gina Goodwin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:25:56 +0000

Fugly colors — so funny, but true! I was furiously getting ready for a show late one night and ran across some large slab beads I’d never found a good use for, so I decided to try to make something out of them…kind of a deep mint green. So I threw them together with black onyx and silver thought the whole necklace was just hideous, but, heck, time was running short and I needed all the stock I could lay my hands on. Sure enough, it was one of the first things to go at the show and sold to a woman who I think has great taste in bold jewelry! Just goes to show everyone has their own idea of “pretty” and you can’t always make only what you would like to wear yourself–if you want to sell!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:11:20 +0000

To Dragonlady, You made me laugh, a lot of times I do not show my husband what I make because I don’t want to hear it.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:44:43 +0000

I too am very color inspired. I often worry that my pieces lack color because I use a lot of silver (not a lot of beads) and I keep being drawn back to colors I like best. I recently have been working on some Spring inspired pieces (with pastels) when my 11 year old daughter informed me she did not like my jewelry because it lacked color! Well fine then. I thought about what she said and created a necklace using her favorite colors and, I have to admit, it is now my favorite piece. I put it on the home page of my site and she is very pround to have inspired it!

By: Dragonlady

Dragonlady — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:08 +0000

I like to make all different colors and combos. I know I have a winner, whenever my husband says “That is really ugly, that will never sell, or no one is ever going to buy that!” I know that will be the first thing that sells.

By: CrystalAllure

CrystalAllure — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:40 +0000

I would have to agree with Rena on this. My designs are color inspired and I do tend to have more of my favorite colors in stock (no matter how hard I try to get other colors!). I think the one color I’ve been working hard to get more of is blue…guess it’s just not my “thing” but I am trying so as to allow the widest selection for my customers.

By: Patricia Snow

Patricia Snow — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:19:43 +0000

I make what I like , my creations are my art ,my expression of what I see. Its my hope that someone will find something from my collection that reflects their style.