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A little Swarovski Bling for the Day!  

Enjoy!! 

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Love Sparkles and Birthdays!

Sparkles!!

Lots of stuff coming in the new year.  

New Year, New Beginnings!!  

Very excited!!

First though…..

I have two younger sisters who both have birthdays in the back half of the year.  Truthfully, none of us NEED anything but they both share my love of sparkly things maybe not quite to the same degree but still its something we all have in common and share.

Rarely, do they pick something similar that they both want but this year was that year!  They both wanted their favorite Nike's to sparkle!  Well, what is this Authorized Swarovski Instructor to do……well of course grant their wish!!!

Happy Birthday to my two favorite little sisters who are awesome, creative and I love dearly!

Artchain Day 5

The Artchain - Day Five
A great way to bring your art to the attention of others is the artchain.
The idea is that for five days in a row you show art made by yourself, on FB, and that each day you nominate someone else to take part. I was nominated by my dear friend, Jamie North

Today, I'm sharing a variety of pieces I made with Swarovski CrystalsSwarovski Create Your Style, beautiful gemstones and various components that I designed in the last few years that I love! Most have been published or taught in some way......this has been so much fun going back and looking at some of my work....I normally don't take the time to do this. Thank you Jamie North for nominating me!

I would like to invite one of my amazingly talented friend, Linda Hartung to come play and show off some of her fabulous, fabulous, fabulous jewelry designs!!!!

Sparkles!

June

The Artchain- Day Four

The Artchain - Day Four

A great way to bring your art to the attention of others is the art chain.

The idea is that for five days in a row you show art made by yourself, on FB, and that each day you nominate someone else to take part. I was nominated by my dear friend, Jamie North

Today, I'm sharing a piece I made with Swarovski Crystals Swarovski Create Your Style, this piece was featured in a magazine as well as have taught various versions of this necklace. Love that some of the pieces in the necklace were components I designed as well!

I would like to invite one of my super talented friend, Denise Yezbak Mooreto come play and show off some of her fabulous & amazing jewelry designs!!!!

Sparkles

June

Art Chain- Day Three

The Artchain - Day Three 

A great way to bring your art to the attention of others is the art chain.

The idea is that for five days in a row you show art made by yourself, on FB, and that each day you nominate someone else to take part. I was nominated by my dear friend, Jamie North

Today, I'm sharing a piece I made with Swarovski Crystals & Pearls Swarovski Create Your Style, this piece was featured on the cover of Jewelry Affaire Magazine. This piece is near and dear to my heart…..

I would like to invite one of my fabulous and dear friend Val Hirata Sparkle Queen to come play and show off some of her fabulous & amazing designs!!!!

Sparkles!

June

Artchain- Day 1 & 2

So I realized I have been remiss at blogging lately, so here we go back at it again!! A new year! Here is Day One & Day Two of the art chain that I was invited to play in….been nice going back and looking at various pieces I have created for different projects, events, magazines and more!

The Artchain - Day One

A great way to bring your art to the attention of others is the artchain.
The idea is that for five days in a row you show art made by yourself, on FB, and that each day you nominate someone else to take part. I was nominated by my dear friend in Canada, Jamie North.

Today,I'm sharing a fun piece I created a while back but still love, its fun, colorful, happy, totally trendy, creates a statement and best of all…..one of a kind!!!

In terms of inviting someone else to play,I would like to invite one of my equally sparkly friends Kristal Wick to show off some of her amazing pieces! Hugs Kristal!

The Artchain - Day Two
A great way to bring your art to the attention of others is the artchain.
The idea is that for five days in a row you show art made by yourself, on FB, and that each day you nominate someone else to take part. I was nominated by my dear friend in Jamie North

Today I'm sharing a piece I made with tons of Swarovski Crystals Swarovski Create Your Style, this piece was featured by Pamela Hawkins for Bead Design Studio Magazine. To this day its one of my favorite! Nothing like a really good statement necklace right?? 

I would like to invite one of my fabulous and dear friends Julianna Hudgins to come play and show off some of her amazing designs! Love this lady!!

Sparkles!

June

NYC

I love to take photos and on a recent trip to one of my favorite cities, NYC, I took a couple of quick pics that I wanted to share.  Summer is officially here and I love how much Americana influences there is everywhere these days!  So these windows in New York were inspiring for their fun and inspirational windows and of course I couldn't resist a night photo of NYC, always inspiring…….

Sparkles!

June

Happy Monday!!

Happy Monday everyone!  

Hope you have a fabulous and sparkling day!!!

Had some fun time  in the studio last night and wanted to share this necklace just full of Swarovski crystals in some of my favorite happy colors! Enjoy!!

Sparkles!

June

Blog Hop with Carmi!

I love Blog Hop's!  So much fun!!  This time it is with my favorite gal, Carmi in Toronto for Dazzle It Neo chain.  Love this chain, have seen it on some of my various trips abroad and was delighted that John Bead was bringing it to everyone in so many colors and size variations

I got a lovely package from Carmi to create a few pieces from and here they are……Course, leave it to "sparkle" girl to add some of my custom pendants that I made from various Swarovski Elements to complete the pieces!  I love the faux wood grain resin pendant with Swarovski's Ceralun two-part epoxy clay which is my favorite clay these day, especially the metallics but  I used black for this project.

Here is another necklace I created with a key pendant wrapped in Swarovski Elements Ceralun Two Part epoxy clay with Swarovski Elements Chatons and Star Pendants mixed with John Bead Dazzle It Neo Chains in cream and blue, jump rings and closures! LOVE!!! 

I simply took 3 of the Dazzle It chains and made random knots to create the base of the necklace, added jump rings, closures before adding the pendant and Swarovski Elements star pendants.

Note: John Bead is a wholesale only company, so you need to have the proper credentials to buy from them directly but all the materials are available from their various suppliers.

Enjoy!  Can't wait to see what you create!!

Sparkles

June

New Trend Watch Column at Bead Style Magazine's Bead Room

Hi all!!

Here is the latest and greatest Trend Watch Column of mine at Bead Style Magazine featured in the Bead Room.....check it out!  As always love to see what everyone creates with the theme of the Trend Watch so send pictures, post them in the gallery at Bead Style Magazine's subscriber gallery or at my Beach Haus Design Facebook Page.

http://bds.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/reference/bead-room/2014/03/spring-trend-watch-black-and-white-jewelry

Sparkles!

June

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day !

A double heart dog tag necklace I made using fabulous Swarovski fatback crystals……...

Have a fabulous and sparkly day!!

Much Love & Sparkles

June

A post just for fun…..

Found this while looking on Pinterest tonight and while it made me smile it also reminded me of my dear friend Jill, who has had some fun with her dentist in the last couple of weeks….

Jill, this is for you!  Hugs & sparkles!

Sparkles!

June

Resin Time Project with Carmi

Here is some great inspiration for you today!

Carmi over at Resin Crafts hosted a series that many designers including myself participated in recently.  We were each sent a pocket watch bezel and asked to create something with it using resin or resin epoxy clay.

She has been posting the submissions in groups for the last couple of weeks and it has been so fun to watch all of the various projects come through!

Such creativity and inspiration…….I am thrilled to have been included and of course, my project included Swarovski Elements Ceralun 2-part Epoxy Clay as well as other Swarovski Elements crystals and embellishments……

Check out the projects, I have no doubt you will be very inspired both by some of the stories of some of the designers but the projects themselves……

Sparkles!

June

Bead Style Magazine Trend Watch Column- Color of the Year 2014

Hi everyone!

Back with a new Trend Watch Column for Bead Style Magazine!  Love the team at Bead Style not only are they are a sparkly bunch but wonderful ladies and each super talented!

Check out my current trend watch column:http://bds.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/How%20To/Bead%20Room/2013/12/Trend%20Report%20December%202013.aspx

Trend Watch: Pantone's 2014 Color of the Year

Create beautiful jewelry in Radiant Orchid

by June Beach

Published: December 12, 2013

brabbu.com/blog Get ready to be dazzled! Radiant Orchid is Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year! Pantone is considered the leading authority for color communication from designer to manufacturer to retailer to customer. Their new color trend announcements are eagerly anticipated across the globe. Radiant Orchid is a beautiful blend of bold fuchsia and deep purple with pink undertones. It’s a vibrant and inviting color that looks good on most skin types — perfect for making jewelry! (Think about using sugilite gemstones or cyclamen opal crystal beads.) This color has already shown up on runways at Prada, Gucci, Chanel, and Dior, and it will be a prominent look for outerwear, tops, and dresses at Topshop, Zara, and Old Navy this spring.

Pantone’s 2014 spring slate of colors is so wearable! Gorgeous tones that range from bright to pastel provide stability and balance. Along with Radiant Orchid, the vivid tones of Celosia Orange, Cayenne, Freesia, and Dazzling Blue add energy and spice to the mix. Capture those colors with hyacinth, Indian red, sunflower, and Capri blue crystal beads. On the lighter side, Hemlock, Violet Tulip, and Placid Blue provide a romantic, tranquil counterpoint. Achieve that softness with Pacific opal and tanzanite crystals and blue lace agate. Warm Sand and sophisticated Paloma act as versatile neutrals.

According to Pantone, Radiant Orchid suggests creativity and ingenuity — so take it to heart! Experiment with new ideas and color combinations. Pair the softer pastels with a bolder hue for an au courant look, or combine Radiant Orchid with Celosia Orange and Freesia to really energize your color palette. Here’s a bracelet I designed that includes the Color of the Year. I love the sparkle of crystals, and weaving sequins into the chain allows for extra sparkle and shine this season.

For a modern take on Radiant Orchid tones, designer Jamie North of Glitz-N-Kitz combined leather, Swarovski Elements crystals, and metal components in this unique bracelet. Radiant Orchid is kicking off a dazzling year for color! For more inspiration, check out our Pinterest board. What will you make with Pantone’s Color of the Year? EmailBead Style with your design and check future posts to see a few of our favorites! Sparkles!

June

Blog Hop- Dazzle-It Tassels blog

So one of my favorite people in the world asked if I would be ok participating in a blog hop for John Bead Corp based in Toronto, Canada……Carmi really had to twist my arm ( LOL!!! Don't believe it!)  I love to create, love Carmi and love John Bead!  Course one of my other favorite people in the world Fernando DeSaliva, a fellow Swarovski Elements Ambassador, works with John Bead to create some of the most fabulous designs!

So drum roll, here are a few of my fav designs using their latest and greatest tassels that are trending big time!!  Loads of colors but all of the suede tassels, lacing, etc is  all available  on their website.  Keep in mind they are a wholesale only site but seriously they are more than fabulous, great service and well, cool designs as well as they are "on trend" which those of you who know and follow me, know that is SO important these days in the flash trend moments on FB, Pinterest, Polyvore and more!

Here are a few of my favorite pieces I designed featuring John Bead's new Dazzle-It Tassels:

love this fabulous Garden party style bracelet, been making this for years but seems SO updated and fresh with the tassel from Dazzle -It by John Bead

With all of the native and western influences these days this seed beaded bracelet was a natural to add to my tassel collection!! LOVE!!!!  Might just wear this bracelet tomorrow…what do you think???

Classic, clean and simple.  Sometimes that is exactly what makes up the best designs!

this is my nod to the holiday designs that are out there.  Love the tassel influences but the crochet and the soldered pendant really become the main event accented perfectly with the tassels!

Let me know what you design with the tassel trend!  Can't wait to see!

Sparkles

June

Sparkle of the Day

Thought it would be fun to post a Sparkle of the Day......

I, of course, love anything that sparkles especially if that sparkle is courtesy of Swarovski Elements which is my favorite crystal in the world!!! :)

So here is your Sparkles of the Day, full of Swarovski Elements Crystals and Neon Pearls as well as Swarovksi Elements cupchain woven throughout the necklace!

Sparkles!

June

Beaders In Paradise 2013

I was honored to be asked to teach for a second year at Beaders In Paradise 2013!

The students are so fantastic and Chevette Williamson is just a inspiring lady that created this event.  So honored to have been a part of such an amazing group of instructors including some of my fellow Swarovski Elements Ambassadors Sandra Lupo, Tammy Honaman and Jamie North.It is a treat any time I get to spend time with these ladies!

               A beautiful lady with her completed necklace from mine & Jamie North's class!!!

 Two of my favorite people in the world!  Kevin & Jamie, so much fun to be able to spend time together during Beaders In Paradise!

 Another lovely lady showing off her necklace from my Color Me Starfish resin class!  Fantastic job and wonderful student!!

 Two amazing ladies I am thrilled to call friends Melissa Grakowsky Shippee & Melissa Cable.  These ladies are beyond talented!!! Such a pleasure to get to spend time with them!

 Some of our students busy working on their necklaces....it was a busy but fun few days!

Me & my sweetie enjoying time with friends during dinner at Compass Point

Till next time!  

Sparkles!!!

June

Trend Watch: Pearls in jewelry - Bead Style Magazine

Check out my latest Trend Watch for Bead Style Magazine!

Trend Watch: Pearls in jewelry - Bead Style Magazine

Sparkles!

June

Sparkling Things to start the week.....

Hope your Sunday is going well.......thought I would share a few sparkling pieces that I am enjoying at the moment full of some great SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystals and pendants as well as some stunning gemstones from Dakota Stones.......

 Love this simple necklace with fun Swarovski Elements neon yellow pearls and the Rutilated Quartz semi precious stones

One of my favorite pieces right now!!  Love the Swarovski Elements pendants, neon yellow pearls, black crystal pearls as well as the semi precious rutilated quartz all crocheted and wound together to make quite the statement necklace!

Enjoy!

Sparkles!

June

Happy Monday everyone!  

Here is a fun necklace full of color with pops of neon that is so hot right now but loving the Swarovski Elements Forever 1 Heart Pendant

Hope you have a great day!!  

Sparkles!!!

June