DIY jewelry designing earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Take a look, lots of bead craft photos. Swarovski, Czech, silver, gold beads.

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Jewelry you can make yourself using Swarovski, Czech, Silver and Gold

Are you a DIY enjoying bead crafts that incorportates silver and gold into your color rich jewel designs for earrings, necklaces and bracelets? The 100 colors and 20 facet cuts of Swarovski crystal beads bring visual texture to my jewelry designs. Czech Republic glass beads offer rich deep colors, with individual 2-tone Czech beads often possessing unique color shading within the clear glass of the bead.

When I wear an outfit, I like earrings, bracelets, necklaces to all reflect the colors of my outfit.

Well, a trip to a shopping mall clearly showed that I couldn't afford that! So I started designing and making my own jewelry.

Show cased below is a featured photo of my jewelry designs.  I have over a 100 designs, and I am building a web page to show them to you. I will add a few each day until I get the majority of them shown. Each jewelry design has a photo, comments and material list for each one.




Click here to view the first page of my jewelry designs. Right now I have a total of six pages of photos with links to material and instructions for you to look over.


Sterling silver heart earrings with natural aventurine beads
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to view page six of my website to see the material list and instructions for my deep green aventurine beads and Sterling Silver earrings shown below.



Sterling silver heart earrings with natural aventurine beads

I like using natural stone beads in my designs and purchased these semi-translucent green aventurine beads and the Sterling Silver chandlier drops at Firemountaingems.com. The tube beads are hand crafted and are a beautiful emerald with a slight metallic iridescence. I like the look of the refine delicate filgree chandlier drop matched against the stronger edges of the tube beads and the double cone silver plated spacer beads.


Thanks for looking at my creations.

Swarovski® crystals 

Do you admire the beauty of Swarovski® crystals? Like a tray full of deep blue sparkling Blue Zircon Swarovski® crystals that I used to make the background images below? Swarovski® crystals, made with 21% lead, are some of the finest crystals available.

I have created hundreds of original photo designs from my collection of Swarovski®. View many of these and download them for free background images from our Jewel Tones category images at GreatWebLayouts.com.





Swarovski® crystal beads 

good bulk 6mm 5301 RW

Have your jewelry project in mind and want sparkling colors. I often use the Swarovski® 5301 bicone style crystal bead which has a hole through the axis of the bicone for stringing onto bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.

To view photos of the 90+ different color Swarovski® crystal beads that I have used please click here.

What tools were used? Your work area ... 

Click help images below to view discussion of jewelry tools and some lessons I've learned about my own work area ...


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tools used help page

Free backgrounds 

The spectacular color choices of Swarovski® crystals range from delicate pastels through the sensuous deep reds and purples ending in jet black.

Many of these colors available as free background images from our Jewel Tones category images at GreatWebLayouts.com.





Czech glass beads 

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I also like to use the deep colors of Czech Republic glass beads in my jewelry designs.

Please note when purchasing glass beads to purchase your full quantity at one time as there can be variation in dye lots.

Czech Glass bead jewelry. Click photo for material list. 

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Swarovski and Czech hoop earring with twisted wire top

crysal clear Swarovski and green teal Czech hoop earring

View my jewelry designs 

I'm working hard to take photos and write up the material lists for almost 100 of my jewelry designs. If you would like to see them please

click here. Thanks for looking.

Reader Feedback 

Feedback is welcome, especially if you use any of my designs. I'd love to see photos of your finished piece(s). If you need more info about the design (how to make it), send me a note in this feedback format (thanks).

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    ElyseLuxe ElyseLuxe Aug 29, 2007 @ 7:28 am
    Thank you for giving me a closer look at Swarovski crystals. Your designs are beautiful.
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    f f Aug 7, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
    Hi Noelle_and_Dan, Great lens . I really enjoyed the articles . I have also created a lens ??.Have you glanced into your local jewelry store lately? Unless there happens to be a major women's gift holiday around the corner, they probably looked a little desolate. "Brick and mortar" jewelry stores seem to be falling on hard times recently, and one contributing factor is the growth of online jewelry auctions sites. click here
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    prissy prissy Jun 27, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
    I really like your lens, I make jewelry also, you have a lot of helpful tips.

Keep an eye out as to how you can used something differently ... 

I found these gold plated 9-loop chandelier drops marked down at half price. I have made several sets of earrings using all 9 loops and also snipped two loops off the sides to make a 5-loop drop.


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or click a photo to view my comments and material list for each of these and other jewelry pieces I have made.






In sandal wearing weather I like to wear anklet jewelry ... 

dark green anklet jewelryClick photo or here to view material list and design comments. This dangling anklet of silver beads and dark green Czech Republic glass beads is a fun one to wear as the dangles move gracefully about my ankle as I walk.

A natural stone with a nice coral color ... 

After last year's winter holidays I faced up to too much dining out and joined an indoor swim exercise class. I liked the other ladies immediately when I noticed almost all of them wore jewelry while working out. My kind of gals. Finding a coral bathing suit on sale was great, even better was that I had these bracelets and earrings already made up.

Click here to view jewelry design page for these bracelets and earrings.

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Thanks for looking!

 

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