Is Your Jewelry As Unique As YOU Are?

Don't Settle For Ordinary Jewelry and Look Like Everyone Else!

LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR JEWELRY STAND OUT IN A CROWD

Whenever I need some inspiration to make a necklace or a bracelet, I search Google for "unique jewelry".

You know what I find? Sites that show a bunch of beads strung together and labeled "necklace".

After searching through the internet and seeing site after site of the same old, same old, I was able to cull a few gems (pun intended).

I also found this great information on design, color and technique.

The photo on the left will change periodically whenever I find something fabulous to share!

Today's photo: Polymer clay necklace by Kathleen Dustin. I want!

If you are a jewelry maker, I'm sure you will be totally inspired to move your creations in a whole new direction after viewing some of these little treasures. True, some of them may be over-the-top, but look beyond that and imagine the thought process that went into creating that piece.

If you're not a jewelry maker, you can just drool.

Tips, Recommendations and Unique Jewelry Inspirations Contents

Tip # 1 You Don't Have to Match Everything
Tip # 2 Round Is Not The Only Shape
Tip # 3 It Doesn't Even Have To Be About Beads
Tip # 4 Add Your Signature
Tip # 5 OopsArt's Recommendations
My Favorite Lenses
Want to Make Your Own Cool and Unique Lens?
What Unique Jewelry Can You Make With These?
Shake Up Your Creative Muse
Even MORE Inspiration!
What Is YOUR Favorite Source of Inspiration?
Share Some of Your Tips!
Was this lens on jewelry helpful to you?

Tip # 1 You Don't Have to Match Everything

(from left) The contrasting colors make this simple turquoise and carnelian necklace by FelicityRox on Etsy quite eye catching. There are no two beads alike in Ford and Forlano's polymer clay artwork. Note Vilaiwan's ingenious use of color combinations.

Experiment with colors, sizes and textures. You can make a necklace of just round beads very unique just by mixing some of the elements as you can see in this example.

To learn more about great color combination, read The Beader's Guide to Color. I found this book to be invaluable in helping me design my pieces.

Tip # 2 Round Is Not The Only Shape

(from left) Designer Anne Maa uses a slice amethyst geode to fashion this wire wrapped pendant. Valerie Hector weaves tiny sterling beads into larger rectangles for this modernistic bracelet.

What other "un-round" designs can you come up with?

Tip # 3 It Doesn't Even Have To Be About Beads

(from left) The delicious glass-like cuff bracelet by Wear No Evil is actually made out of flexible PVC. The colorful, bohemian cuff by K Joo is fashioned out of felted wool. Both artists can be found at Etsy.

Tip # 4 Add Your Signature

(from left) Melanie Bilenker's pieces are miniature framed works of art: line drawings made using human hair! Anne Gericke's pieces are like slices of life captured in a tiny diorama. Heather Wynn has a penchant for nature, especially birds, and she includes these elements in her creations.

Tip # 5 OopsArt's Recommendations

Robert Lee Morris: The Power of Jewelry
Award-winning designer Robert Lee Morris has dominated the world of high-fashion jewelry and body ornament in America for more than three decades. Morris's strong yet graceful shapes recall...(more)

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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making & Beading (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer)
You've probably coveted jewelry you've seen in artsy boutiques and fashion magazines or envied friends who have the perfect bling to accent everything. With this book, you'll learn to craft designs that are chic but inexpensive. With hundreds of detailed photos, this book covers...(more)

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The Beader's Color Palette: 20 Creative Projects and 220 Inspired Combinations for Beaded and Gemstone Jewelry
Confused by color? Don't be. Get The Beader's Color Palette, a priceless resource for beaders seeking inspiration for their jewelry designs. Author Margie Deeb presents 220 palettes inspired by five diverse themes, along with examples of...(more)

My Favorite Lenses

Fabulous Inspirations

Always in search of inspirations to create unique fashion accessories, I look to the web for ideas. I find them sometimes in the least expected places which I plan to keep secret for the time being as I am using them for my creations. Listed are some o...

Beautiful And Unique Earrings

Earrings are my passion and weakness. Make that second passion and weakness. Bracelets are my first but this lens is about earrings, so let's talk about earrings. Like many people, I make my own jewelry and earrings are one of the easiest and hardes...

Want to Make Your Own Cool and Unique Lens?

I learned how to make this one with this FREE tutorial

It walks you through the process step-by-step and it even has visuals (a great help for people like me :P) Really. It's starts off with "What the heck is Squidoo?".....okay, I don't think she used the word "heck" but it really is a great step-by-step. Best of all, it's free!

Get your copy here

What Unique Jewelry Can You Make With These?

Amethyst stalactite slices are absolutely gorgeous!

I am dying to get my hands on one of these beauties. Definitely, a simple sterling silver setting is the way to go with these.

Or any one of these little treasures would make for a stunning creation!

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Shake Up Your Creative Muse

While they are not only about jewelry, a lot of inspiration and ideas can be spawned with these projects. Of course, they can also be a (creative) distraction...;P

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Open source is terrifying!: Here come the open source culture = piracy articles... from CNN.

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