Article: Magic Number Three--Design Ideas

New jewelry designers often ask about designing their first necklace. Combining the right beads can make a beautiful design.


Try these hints:

3 different textures: Pearls, metal, gemstones, and glass all have individual textures, and they often get faceted or cut to create different textures. Use all kinds in one design; mix and match.

3 sizes: Grandma’s pearls are too boring with all the same sized beads. Different sizes will create energy in a necklace design. Use 4, 6, and 8 mm beads together.

3 different colors: Grab your color wheel! Colors can be endlessly combined. By using least 3 different colors in the same design, you will achieve beauty. Look around you and use color clues from fabrics, paint chips, wallpaper, and clothing designs.

3 of the same color: Limiting your color palette can spark your creativity. For example, use 3 hues of blue together and get great results. Try www.colormatters.com for color theory ideas.

3 different shapes: Use bicones(diamond), square, round, oval , and odd shapes together. The variety in shapes will add interest to your designs.

Valentine's Day Party

Mother and Daughter Party

Friday, February 12, 2010,  5-6pm

Make a Bracelet

Heart-Shaped Sandwiches, cookies, & dessert

Make Valentine’s Day Cards

Coloring Pages, give-a-ways, and more!

$13 each person, Ages 6 and up

RSVP to Gina 610-458-3336, or

gina@silverwingsjewelry.com

Small Lemons

At one of the best bead society meetings, we had jeweler Elizabeth Nephew show us how to make small beads using Fimo/Polimer clay.  We had a blast making these small lemons and baking the clay. 
We started with these flat colors and built up a larger lemon shape.  The large lemon shape is condensed with pushing and squeezing.  We rolled the shapes and cut them carefully with a razor.
My daughter tried to make something different and sculpted slices of cake with small lemon slices on top of them. 

Wine, Cheese, and Beads

October 2009
What a party!  We love to host beading parties at the studio.  The all made different projects and worked for a few hours.  These ladies brought wine and food to keep the party going.

Birthday Girls!

Birthday party smiles!  These girls sure did have fun making jewelry, giving each other tattoos, drawing on the mural, and petting the guinea pigs.  They had cupcakes and pizza afterward.  Girls are so giggly! It always makes me smile.