The faceted rhinestone pears I’m showing in this pic are different colors than I would normally use, but I had them on my worktable and thought… hmmmm, let’s try it! Of all the pears (or teardrops) in my shop I think it’s kind of interesting to actually try combinations I wouldn’t normally use. And the aqua and red are fun together!

So hey, try that yourself… Pull out some of your stash and try combinations you normally wouldn’t. Of course some will be…not great. But some of them will be very cool! By the way – I also think it is totally okay to combine different metal finishes. Use both gold and silver in the same earrings or necklace. Seriously, why not? Because it breaks A Rule? (Yeah, so…)

I’m going to play with that idea myself. And yes I’ll share pics!