This is a Rings & Things blog partner project. They sent us a mix of shell pearls and faceted glass in this lux color scheme.*
I mixed them with a set of branch disk beads in purple and midnight blue, a dark blue dogwood bead, a key from Green Girl Studios, a flower button from Mamacita beadworks and a copper leaf from a bead shop in Michigan. I combined the beads with a big chunky silver plated chain and a delicate gunmetal chain to off set the bright silver.
(*As a blog partner we are sent products to review and give our honest evaluations.)
Dogwood beads: I have four colors in my etsy shop. I have 2 left in this midnight blue color. If you'd like one send me a convo on Etsy and I will list it for you. They are $12.00.
So what did I think of the shell pearls? I actually dig them. They have the a nice weight to them and I like that they are not perfectly smooth. Give me a little organic any day! You can read more about shell pearls here.
More dogwood beads! These are designs from some of my customers:
Gunilla Back from Finland designed this amazing necklace with two dogwoods, a Mary Harding pendant and leaves from Diane Hawkey. I love it!
Beverly Herman taught this dragonfly necklace on the Bead Cruise this year. She has the kits and patterns for sale in her Etsy shop.
And a wonderful earthy design from Lorelei Eurto.
12 comments:
Your necklace is stunning! Love it! All the pieces are great! Can't wait to see what I come up with for my dogwood :)
Marie
Love the colors and the shapes! They compliment one another really well!
Beautiful things to look at first thing in the morning. I think the dogwood blossoms are the best.
The necklace is awesome, I love the colours! It really looks like a whole garden of flowers.
Midnight Garden is good, not evil :) What deep, rich colors your dogwood brings out! Love this...
Dave
at Rings & Things
Heather--that is one cool necklace!!
I really, really like the midnight blue ensemble. Rich and cool. Those dogwood beads are doggone versatile (sorry, couldn't resist). Great work!
Love the necklace and earring set made by our customer. Very nice!
I love the Midnight Garden bracelet- it caught my eye in my RSS feed and I had to go to the blog to get the full picture and post. Good work.
the dogwoods are gorgeous...
I would look soooo beautiful in your necklace. :)
You have VERY talented customers! Thank you for sharing their creations.
absolutely wonderful! love the dogwood beads (actually everything in your shop!)
cb
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