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There’s something about springtime that makes me want to make (and wear!) DIY jewelry that’s pretty, you know? It’s really that simple. Pretty jewelry – pretty colors. And the lovely jonquil faceted glass stones I have in my shop right now are just that – pretty!
Jonquil glass gems, in my view, offer real advantages over other stones in the yellow color family. Jonquil is delicate, not forceful, and is actually much more flattering than, say, deep golden topaz – which can be difficult for some to wear. The softer jonquil is feminine, and easy to wear.
It’s gorgeous with many of your favorite outfits too – with greens, with sapphire, with pink. (Okay, maybe not red.) Try making some soft yellow, jonquil jewelry for yourself and for gifts – I think you’ll love it!
These settings have two glass gems – the octagons are 10x8mm, and the small round stones are about 4mm. The total length of the settings is just 18mm, or 3/4″. Not huge – they’re almost delicate. But they have a lot of sparkle in spite of being small – and are especially wonderful for earrings.
What’s even better about these multi-stone settings is that you pick the color of the tiny round stone. So you can customize these! Chooes your bridesmaid colors, or your daughter’s birthstone and favorite color. Or, well, you get the idea!
And if you click on the pic above you’ll see more color combos I have in this style – and actually there are some I haven’t listed yet. So if there’s a particular color octagon you’re looking for and don’t see it, drop me a note and ask, I probably have some!
Just thought I’d show off a few more aqua faceted glass gems that are available in my jewelry supplies shop. Yes, there are many more shapes and sizes available (you knew that!) This is just one idea I wanted to share, about some jewelry designs we can make with aqua stones. For example…
These stones – 8mm round, 10mm round, and 18x13mm pears – can easily be linked with sturdy jump rings to make gorgeous dangling earrings, or a slender pendant, or (possibly my favorite) – each end of a lariat necklace that you can make any length you want.
Yes, aqua is the birthstone color for March – but more to the point, these glass stones are lovely – and affordable!
Here’s a new collage of some of the aqua blue glass stones I have in my shop right now. I think a lot of people love aqua anyway – it’s flattering on every skin tone, it looks good year round, and it has enough “presence” to carry a piece of jewelry almost on the color alone!
It also just useful to remember that aquamarine blue is the birthstone color for March. So if you want to make some special jewelry for your bff, or your mom, or yourself (ahem) you know you have the “birth month appropriate” color. Yeah, I know, that’s arbitrary, somebody made up the birthstone color stuff – but we live in the world, yknow? And it’s a gorgeous color!
I love earrings – you probably figured that out! And I love “do it yourself” earrings that look great – and don’t take a lot of money and time. Or for that matter, not a lot of skill. Earrings don’t have to be hard to make! Case in point:
You could take this idea and make lots of variations. Look at your own jewelry supplies, the colors you already have. Use round stones like these gems, or other round beads or jewels you have. Add large jump rings. Voila! Make your own earrings to gift as gifts, or for yourself.
Don’t spend a lot of money. Make this idea your own – you’ll love the earrings!
Of course I had to feature the gorgeous faceted red heart jewels I have in my shop right now. I haven’t had this gorgeous, vivid color in a while and I was so happy to find them!
I do have other colors – sheer sapphire blue, spring peach, deep rose pink (and clear hearts that are surprisingly sparkly!) But red is just *the* color FOR Valentine’s, yknow? And there’s still time to get these before Valentine’s Day. All you need to do is add earwires or chain and your jewelry can be ready to gift! (If you need those too, let me know).
Easy and lovely Valentine’s Day jewelry – this is what DYI is all about!
Okay, I’ll admit it – I wanted to show off more amethyst glass gems I have available in my shop. Yes, I’m awfully fond of amethyst – I’ve said that before. It’s very wearable, and somehow purple gems (manmade, glass, or ‘natural’) are just kind of special, yknow? Maybe we still think of royalty from a long long time ago….
The stones shown here are called “cushion cut” – a classic octagon with rounded corners. They’re 12mm x 12mm, about 1/2″, so they’re large enough to have real presence but they’re still super lightweight. In this design, I added some silvertone chain – nothing expensive – but you know, these look super good! And these earrings would make a great gift, if you were thinking of that 🙂
You know that amethyst is the birthstone color for February – yes, there’s still time to get supplies and make these – and gift them to your bestie! (Or yourself, of course…!)
Today I’m just showing off some beautiful color glass jewels I have in my shop. They aren’t just for one special occasion – they’re for every special occasion. and that ‘special occasion’ could just mean you feel like wearing something pretty!
It’s lovely to make gifts for our loved ones. And, of course, it’s great to make jewelry for sale – we get to be creative and make some money too. But sometimes we need to remind ourselves – it’s also fun just to play with pretty things. And wear them!
Okay, I’m not doing Christmas colors anymore. One, it’s a nice change from what we see a lot of right now. And two, there may or may not be time to get your jewelry supplies, make a jewelry gift (it’ll be gorgeous of course) – and then send it to your giftee. In theory that can totally happen: but the post office is way overburdened and sometimes things arrive more slowly than they should. So I’m not showing red and green jewels. I’m showing Black. (And of course you can find more shapes and sizes at my shop.)
Because: Black is always in style. Black jewelry, black outfits, black shoes, black accessories…are always going to be useful. When in doubt you can always wear black. The faceted black jewels shown here, just as examples, would make a fabulous pair of earrings and matching pendant. You’ll think of other ideas of course, with these and other black glass jewels.
Black always looks good.
I know, Christmas is almost here! I hope your Christmas shopping is all done – but, hey, if you need something quickly, please do check out my shop – if you decide that DIY jewelry works for the gifts you want to give, I can get your order out same day or the day after. There’s still time!
But once you can relax about Christmas – you might want to think about the January birthdays coming up. Your mom, your bestie, your daughter? (Or yourself!) Garnet is the birthstone for January. I have lots of gorgeous garnet glass gems in my shop… just saying!
It’s easy to shop, easy to buy, and I ship quickly – keep it in mind, yes?
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