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The Lipstick Page Forums Fashion Blog: January 2007
Pearl bracelet
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:01 PM (Eastern)
Okay, I'm done with this piece.
If anything, I've learned a lot about the finer details of construction this month. It's relatively easy to make the piece itself. But after you've worn it for a while, you start to appreciate those hundreds of little touches, that were invisible to you before, that make it a piece that either breaks down after a while, or else lasts.
That is a hot topic over at the jewelrymaking.about.com forum. Of all the about.com sections I've visited, I'll have to say this is one of the best. It's constantly being updated, and has all sorts of tutorials and links.
So...in the previous incarnation of this bracelet, for example, the pearls were connected directly to the clasp. Not good; it's a terrific wear-and-tear spot. Solution: use not one, but two jump rings to connect pearl to clasp. In fact two jump rings can work in many stress points.
While I was doing this, I discovered a better way to snip the jump rings (you can and should use a saw for this but I don't have one). Simply hold the coil horizontally to make the cuts. Comes out straight every time.
Why a blue stone? It's a beautiful clasp, but I bought it for a turquoise piece, not this. But I tried it...it's just too perfect. The blue stone in real life is sky blue in color...it's Swiss Blue Topaz, not Sky Blue, but it's not that almost gaudy blue that you see in blue topaz. It's like the California sky on a good day.
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MICHAEL Michael Kors Milan
Posted by Dain, Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:35 PM (Eastern)
I'm thinking about this for the summer. It is the perfect sultry shoe to wear with breezy dresses, no?
Labels: fashion, michael kors, personal, shoes, style
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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:37 AM (Eastern)
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Year 2 of making jewelry
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:20 PM (Eastern)
Okay technically year 2 began for me last September, but it'll be easier to document if I start the year now.
(This is the necklace on its shortest setting.)
I'm pretty pleased with this...the pearls are good quality and the overall look is dressy because of the black and clear Swarovski crystals.
Side note: are Swarovski crystals all that? I think they are. I've used Chinese crystals; some can actually be better than Swarovski's only because of the colors (I have some that are red, with this interesting yellow/orange edge, and some olive green ones), but I use Swarovski as my staple crystal.
I have enough pearls to make a matching bracelet. Here is the original bracelet (mind you, nothing in that picture exists anymore though I do plan to redo the pearl earrings):
The original necklace was similar, a plain strand of the pearls with small gold spacer beads.
Here is a double strand citrine necklace:
mumbles... I didn't even use a flash with this, I suppose the light was too bright.
The flower bead is quite nice; it's Indian sterling silver with a round faceted citrine on either side. The drop at the bottom is citrine of course.
Pink Swarovski crystal, vermeil Indian beads, on goldfilled chain. I did use a flash here and it caught one of the crystals.
Finally, some earrings:
I tried photographing them together and it didn't really work. These are good earrings...I've worn them all day and they don't get heavy. (Usually the only way to tell is by wearing them.) The pink pearls aren't that pink...they're a sort of faint peachy pink color, good lustre. The vermeil beads on the right-hand pair are Turkish.
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