Pantone Spring 2011 Fashion Colors
- Tin cup style necklaces
Here they are. These are easy to wear with just about all of the colors, easy to adjust the wearing length of the shorter necklaces, and easy on the pocketbook since I’ve limited the amount of sterling silver used. Most of them use dark gemstones that will highlight this spring’s colors. The Rose Quartz necklaces will look smashing with darker pinks, blues, and brown.
From top to bottom, the gemstones used are:
A – Blue Labradorite rounds. Each bead was handpicked to present the most schiller or the play of color as the gemstone is moved in the light. (21 in long with 2in extender).
B – Rose Quartz rounds with light green Serpentine butterflies (20 in long with 2in extender).
C – Dark Blue Dumortierite ovals and rounds (26 in long).
D – Dark Blue Dumortierite coins and rounds with silvery freshwater pearl potato beads (19.5 in long).
E – Rose Quartz faceted ovals and rounds (27 in long).
F – Dark Blue Dumortierite nuggets and rounds (26 in long).
G – Blue Crazy Lace Agate coins, rounds and ovals (24 in long).
H – Manmade Blue Goldstone twist ovals and faceted rounds (21 in long with 2in extender).
Being a garden-type girl from way back I’m always interested in anything spring whether it’s plants, trees, and shrubs for the outdoors, or new clothing, colors, and jewelry for spring. Jewelry can make an outfit come to life and also set the tone for the outfit – whether formal or informal. I also know that many women have to wear “uniforms” to work and only certain style of jewelry is allowed so I have designed these pieces to be very wearable whether you must wear a blue or brown suit or you can wear more stylish clothing. Since the cost of sterling silver keeps going up and up I have limited the amount of sterling silver in these pieces as well.
Better pictures and fuller descriptions of the jewelry and gemstones will be available on my website, censtudios.net.
This simple type of necklace with gemstones spaced along the wire with high-quality glass seedbeads from Japan (many with special finishes) is definitely my best-selling style. It’s a cross between the tincup style which uses knotted thread and a station necklace using chain links. In thinking back over what gemstones have sold the best for me, dark blue gemstones whether natural, such as Dumortierite, or manmade, such as blue goldstone, have been my best sellers. I can see why since dark blue looks well with just about any other color except perhaps black. Also, dark blue sapphire Swarovski crystals sell well as bracelets and in necklaces. Come to think about it, I’ve read that blue is the most popular color.
