Happy Monday morning friends! Thank you for stopping by sweetbeadstudio….
When I began creating jewelry, I quickly found the online bead store – Artbeads. This store is wildly popular among jewelry designers as a place that offers a HUGE selection of beads and findings as well as FREE shipping in the US (pssst…right now they are have a big sale on their pendants and charms!). I was so thrilled when I was recently asked to join their blogging team. I will have the opportunity to design with some of their beads and in return I’ll share those creations here on my blog…what a great arrangement! And in case you didn’t know, Artbeads has quite an active blog for the beading community.
For my first contribution to the blogging program, I had fun creating with Swarovski Crystal. I looked through the amazing selection in the pendants category (on sale through Nov. 5th!) and chose a Cosmic ring. I’ve paired a flashy 20 mm Crystal CAL V ring with a rustic wirework bail. I wanted to add a component that I’ve never worked with before, so I chose 18×16 Black Diamond Cosmic baguette sew-on rhinestones. To add to this classic color scheme, I also used Black and Morion Swarovski crystals. The necklace was oxidized and polished.
Now for some earrings created with beautiful Swarovski sparkle…. again I chose the 18mm Cosmic Baguette Sew-on Rhinestones, this time in Aqua. These baguette sew-ons make the perfect connecting links! Shades of blue crystal dangle from a coiled sterling silver wire.
I really had fun creating this next piece….. “My Secret Garden” started with a beautiful soldered pendant from Esther’s Les Illusions Baroques shop. I pulled colors from this sweet focal piece and went to town with steel wire, pearls, crystal and handmade glass beads. A 12 mm Cosmic-shaped bead in Indicolite was paired with coiled wire to create a hook clasp. I had never seen the color Indian Pink before, so I chose them in 6 mm rounds. You’ll also see Swarovski crystal beads in Erinite, Chrysolite, Peridot and Light Rose throughout the necklace.
Please visit Artbeads (especially with this sale!) and find Swarovski crystals to complete your next jewelry project!
Have a great week! 🙂
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Happy Monday – and more importantly – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU my dear friend! Enjoy the day – and best wishes for a wonderful year ahead:)
Happy Birthday, sweet Cindy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a special day!
Love your new pieces! Lots of bling and colour!
Happy birthday Cindy!! all love!!
the 2 necklace are AMAZINGs!!! i love swarovskis! i did’nt know these “baguettes” so charming and a vintage touch for sure!!
love what you did with your “vigne” frame! what a chance i have!! it’s the second time for me (sharon did a beautiful necklace with a frame) and i can’t believe it!!
thank you!!
Happy birthday sweet Cindy, hope you’ll enjoy this ten.
Your new creations are just gorgeous, colofull, inventive. The beads are so original, and Esther’s pendant was so kind to begin something fun. And of course, i am crazy about your links and all the wire you used. Love, love, love.
Have a special beautiful and full of love day “ma chérie”.
Véronique
these are absolutely gorgeous! i love how you used the crystals… they are both beautiful, but i am a grey tone girl! :0)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!
These are stunning. There is some serious sparkle going on here and yet so you and classic. I love them. The first, perfect for a little black dress and birthday night on the town. The earrings, (should be sent to Denise) magical for say going to book club or dance lessons. The last, great for bummin around in jeans at Barnes and Noble drinking coffee. Seriously, I could “style” model shots for each of them… they are awesome!!
WOW Cindy! these are all stunning! I love each and every one. You are so talented. You must have forgotten to mention that it is your birthday but luckily your friends remembered…Birthday Wishes!!
These are so festive … they’ll look great over the holidays! Beautiful!
These are sooooooo fantastic and beautiful!! You are truly amazing Cindy! You know me, I adoooore the combination of wire and bling, and you and Esther’s piece make such a gorgeous combo!!
Happy Birthday Sweet Cindy, all the best to you today and always!
Gorgeous! My favorite.. the one with Esther pendant!!! love it!!! BTW Happy B-day!!! Feliz cumpleanos, que Dios te bendiga y que cumplas muchos mas!!!!
Oh, Cindy, those are just beautiful! I love how you used the baguettes and the wirework is awesome (as usual!).
Thanks for the recent comment to by blog.
Happy Birthday!
These are what I call “eye candy”! Very nice:)
Birthday wishes for you! I hope you have a fabulous day!
The pieces are just stunning! I agree with Joella, they are the perfect eye candy!
Cindy –
These are just stunning – you have really outdone yourself! I love the detail work of each link – beautiful!
Also, it seems that birthday wishes are in order, so…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have a wonderful day, and may this coming year bring many blessings to you and your family.
🙂 Molly
Birthday greetings, Miss Cindy!
I love what you did with the crystals, especially the sew on ones…Brilliant! And Miss Esther’s pendant couldn’t have found a more perfect home than in your secret garden…and your capable hands!
Enjoy the day!
Erin
Cindy, what beautiful pieces you created with the crystals from their shop. You are the perfect artist to showcase their products!
Late happy birthday and those pieces are stunning!!
Funky Monkey girl,
Jolene
Hi Cindy….just on Esther’s blog and realised it was your birthday….sorry…. a very very belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Love your necklace and earrings, but especially the one with Esther’s pendant. Going to check out Artbeads now….have a great day.
Julie
Happy birthday! Love the necklace!
You have been a busy little bee–more like the Energizer Bunny! Wow– what a beautiful load of new work and so bling-y and so YOU! I’m usually not a fan of crystals but you pair them so well with the wire– I want some! Wishing you many more happy Birthdays to come, dear friend!
Julie, you didn’t miss my birthday….I’m still the birthday girl and enjoying every moment of it (well, as much as you can when you’re turning the big 4-0). I just found a wonderful surprise when I visited Esther’s blog…check out her digital skills here! 🙂
http://lilibulle-illusions.blogspot.com/
You simply have outdone yourself on those necklaces. I am drooling over all of them but especially “My Secret Garden” ooh lala!
All the jewelry is beautiful, but the last necklace featuring Esther’s pendant is BREATHTAKING! I love the colors and everything about it. And…Happy Birthday, my November Birthday Buddy!! Hope you have an AWESOME birthday week!! (because you know you are entitled to a birthday week, not just a day, right?!?)
😀
Lisa
What gorgeous pieces! And a wonderful combination of Esther and Cindy art! Congrats on being part of the Art Beads blogging team.
Ohhhh, love those sew-ons~yes! great connecting links! Beautiful, beautiful work Cindy! And, your photos are just gorgeous =)
xoxox
Your creations are stunning! I love Artbeads and love Swarovski Crystals. I’m just now getting into the sew-ons to use in my jewelry–one of those forehead-slapping instances when I think “Why haven’t I been using these before now?”
Gorgeous stuff Cindy!
Happy Birthday! I love Artbeads and shop there regularly. Funny that you posted that pic using the Swarovski ring, as I just finished making a chunky necklace using 4 Swarovski rings and chain. I will try and post a pic this week of it.
Love your jewelry designs, especially “My Secret Garden”. I too do some soldering and use a lot of Swarovski. Once you use there crystals you never turn back!
Nancy
Very very nice! I loved working with Art Beads, too! Totally want that necklace, btw!
Wonderful creations, just as usually. I haven’t got the time for blogging and visiting blogs for so long, that I’ve missed your publication in the magazine. A little bit late, but Congratulations!
Nicely done Cindy, they are beautiful. Happy Birthday wishes as well!! I love Artbeads as well, I’m on the blogging team too. LOVE those Swarovski crystals! Take care.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the beautiful black and crystal necklace!! Wow…it is stunning!! Love that crystal pendant!! You did an amazing job, girlfriend!! And, the other designs are just as beautiful! I know I am going to keep thinking about that necklace…. haha 🙂