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Garnet is such a versatile color! I think it’s often regarded as a gemstone of love, which is nice but since my stones are glass, not precious gems, I’m not sure if that applies. I don’t mind that: mine are lovely, and the quality is consistent – and they’re affordable 🙂
Please take a look through my shop, at the various colors and shapes I have available in glass stones. Compare them with the garnet stones in my pic. There are some wonderful possible combinations! Imagine garnet with aqua, or turquoise. Or with black, for drama. Or with emerald. A lot of great possibilities!
And to sweeten the pot, from today through Monday, August 11, 2025 – for every pair of garnet stones or pendant you order, you get one free! Buy one – get one free. Just mention this blog post when you order 🙂
I started to title this “Amethyst and Peridot Stones” and that is totally not the right way to do it! I want to be sure to make it clear, every time I feature my glass gems, that they are made of glass, and are not precious gemstones. One of the best things about these jewelry components is that they are gorgeous – and NOT expensive!
Please take a look through my shop, at the various colors and shapes I have available in glass stones. You’ll see what I mean. They’re really attractive. They combine beautifully with other jewelry components – other glass stones and beads, fantastic filigrees, and chain for utility – and movement. I’m not suggesting they’re better than precous gemstones…. but they’re pretty cool, all the same!
P.S. And just as an added inducement, from today through Friday, August 1, 2025 – for every pair of stones or pendant you buy, you get one free! Buy one – get one free. Buy five? get five free! The only requirement is you mention this blog post when you order. Only as long as my current supplies last, but I’ve recently restocked so that shouldn’t be too much of a problem.
Have fun shopping!
I just wanted to show off this pendant necklace to show that jewelry can be pretty, and colorful, and eye-catching, and *does not have to be fussy or complicated*. So there!
Ths aqua blue glass oval pendant in this listing is just one of the pendant colors I have available in my shop right now. Of course you can choose your favorite color. And shape, for that matter. And yes you can combine stones, create layers and complexity, and that can be wonderful. But you don’t have to. Sometimes, simple and pretty really works. Like it does here!
P.S. And yes, the aqua here – aquamarine blue – is the birthstone color for March, which is useful to know. But mostly – it looks good!
These 18x12mm opaque white pears are vintage – made in post war Japan, so early 1950s. The navy blue faceted glass octagons are new – but timeless. And in combination, they make a strong contrast and a very attractive jewelry design!
I have several colors of that 10x8mm size glass octagons in my shop, and actually a terrific assortment of small(ish) stones that would pair well with these white pears. Choose your favorite shape-and-color combination. With those vintage white pears, you’ll have a clean contrast and a great new pair of earrings to gift or sell!
I’ve featured clear glass pear or teardrop stones before but I don’t think I’ve shown off the cool faceting on these pears! And I love the size – these are 14mm x 10mm (I know, you saw that on the pic) – so if you like small(ish) lightweight earrings, these really work. And even at the small size, they still sparkle and add a bit of light 🙂
People have actually been grabbing them up since I listed them in my shop, so if you don’t see them, send me a note – I always keep some stashed!
Yes, I love earrings – you probably figured that out! Without a lot of fuss, your jewelry – your earrings – can totally make your outfit! And they don’t have to be fussy or huge. And they don’t have to take a lot of work!
Sometimes you can just take pretty jewels, add your own touch (the tiny stones here for example, can be any color you want!) And voila: pretty earrings. Add earwires or posts, make earrings to gift or sell, or for yourself.
And you really don’t need to spend a lot of money. Seriously!
Love this combination of sheer golden topaz faceted teardrop pendant, and a beautiful golden raw brass flower connector. It’s feminine without being “too lacy”, and with an adjustable golden chain (which is only sketched here in the pic) – it would work with a lot of different necklines.
Of course you’ll adapt this to your own style – your favorite color, maybe more beads or jewels. But this combination works and looks great and that counts, yknow?
This is a classic style: crystal – glass gems with lovely faceting – in a beautiful pair of earrings. Enhance the gems, as shown here, with silver chain. Great movement, lovely sparkle, and the earrings are still lightweight!
Of course fashion changes every season, and we’re always looking for new styles. But sometimes it’s just smart to buy – or create! – a pair of earrings that look good today, with practically every style you can imagine. And that will look fresh and new and beautiful next year, and the year after that.
These earrings absolutely meet those criteria! You could wear these with a tank top and blue jeans (come on, you know you pictured that already!) You could wear them to work with a black dress.
You could wear them at your wedding (and isn’t that an irresistible picture!)
Do it yourself jewelry – to make, to wear, to sell. Just the way you want it!
I’ve been (re)visiting the idea lately of lariat necklaces. They are just so useful! Yes they can be lovely. But they’re extra special because they can be any length you need to wear with your outfit today.
Plunging neckline? Let the stones in the necklace dangle just to…there 😉 High jewel neck blouse? Wrap your lariat necklace two or three times so it nestles just below the neckline of your shirt – or again, dangle long. You can adjust this to just the way you want it.
And of course like all handmade jewelry, you can choose the color – or colors – you like best. DIY? Love it!
Vivid color is always fun to work with – and to wear! Case in point, I wanted to highlight some fuschia stones in my shop right now 🙂
Of course this pic shows only two of the gorgeous stones I have in fuschia pink – but just as an example, look how well these two shapes would pair up to make pendants or dangling earrings!
And you know what I like to do sometimes – if you decided to order these two shapes (yes they’re sold separately) – you get to pick another pair of stones for yourself, as a freebie. Doesn’t matter what color or shape – you get a freebie. After you order the two stones shown in this pic, just send me a note to let me know what you want for free!
This offer is only good through midnight on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – so don’t wait too long. And remember to have fun!
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