Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Beauty of Spring

While spring is still a long time away for me, Artbeads has given me the opportunity to enjoy it a bit early.  I made some choices from their website that evoked feelings of spring.

I chose some old favorites, Swarovski Pendants, from the Swarovski Crystals section of the Artbeads website.  I adore the flat briolette shape and selected some in spring colors: ruby, light rose and olivine.  I had a friend in college named Jane.  Jane's mother shared this wisdom with her at an early age:  the color green goes with everything because it's the color of the stem of a flower.  You would never claim that a flower "clashed' with it's stem, would you?  I can find little to argue with here.

These earrings feature the briolettes in olivine and I've topped them with 2 other Swarovski beads: the lovely flower shaped margarita and a traditional bicone.


On a more traditional note, colorwise, these two additional pairs of earrings use those same briolettes.  I can't get enough of them.

 

 

Tune in tomorrow (or the next day!) to see what I've done with some lovely Hill Tribe silver floral beadcaps.

Disclosure: Artbeads invited me to join their blogging community. I receive these products free of charge in return for honest reviews. I have not been paid for doing this

5 comments:

brokenteepee said...

They are lovely...as always!

Brenda. said...

Very beautiful and Springy! I love your choices, and the colors are gorgeous! Wonderful designs Vicki!

Evie's Tool Emporium said...

I adore Swarovski...lovely work!
Michelle-

Diane said...

These are just beautiful, Vicki. Love the colors, too.

DVArtist said...

Hi Vicki the earrings are fantastic!!! As I say a girl can never have enough earrings.

Nicole/Beadwright