{"id":11449,"date":"2013-01-30T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=11449"},"modified":"2013-01-30T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:54:42","slug":"designing-with-nina-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=11449","title":{"rendered":"Designing with Nina Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

Today I am really excited to share with you designs that I created with Nina Designs<\/a> components. \u00a0As part of their Blog Partner Design Program, I was sent a generous stash of components.<\/p>\n

I eagerly awaited the package from Nina Designs, not knowing what I would receive. \u00a0I was really pleased when the envelope came in the mail. \u00a0My package was full of natural bronze components as well as a couple of fiber bundles in leather and silk. \u00a0Nina Designs is a fair trade company that has been around since 1983, and do they ever have an incredible reputation. \u00a0I’ve been familiar with Nina components for quite some time and always admired the fine quality craftsmanship I see consistently. \u00a0 I think it is just incredible that all of their designs start with a sketch and are then fabricated by hand in both Indonesia and Thailand. You can learn more about their fair trade program here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Here are the beautiful components that I received in the Blogging Partner Program!<\/p>\n

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I couldn’t resist using the Nina Designs Natural Bronze Tear Drop Link<\/a> in an earring design. \u00a0Creating these dangly earrings was super easy as I simply attached them to the bronze hook earwires<\/a> that I received in my package. \u00a0I added drops made with Sand Opal Swarovski crystals. When you click on the link to view these tear drop links, you’ll see additional design options on the website sidebar. I love all of the inspiration available on the Nina Designs website – from how-to videos to design ideas.<\/p>\n

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The leather cord<\/a> in sage was the perfect choice for creating a wrap bracelet. \u00a0I braided the 2 mm – wide cording in a length long enough to wrap around the wrist three times. \u00a0 I added a few dangles to the bracelet, including the Lotus Petal charm<\/a>, the stylized Bronze Leaf charm<\/a>, and my own bronze bunny charm made by LeAnn Weih of Summers Studio<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0 A tumble-polished brass hook clasp gives the piece just the right hand-made touch.<\/p>\n

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I pulled together several of the Nina Designs components for my elegant but simple grand finale piece. \u00a0 Here you see how I used the dainty leaf-patterned toggle clasp<\/a> – an easy way to finish off a jewelry design!<\/p>\n

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I created a charm holder with coiled brass wire and then added a bunch of Nina Design components. \u00a0You’ll see I added a tiny Lotus Petal<\/a> charm, a Natural Bronze Coral Branch<\/a> charm, and the Infinity Link<\/a>. \u00a0I dangled a little coral rondelle to tie in with the branch charm.<\/p>\n

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What fun! \u00a0I’m grateful for this chance to design using such intricate and beautiful components, from a company that I respect. \u00a0Please visit their site and see all the many ways you can add Nina Designs components to your handmade jewelry too. \u00a0Thank you, Nina Designs!<\/em><\/p>\n

– Cindy xox0<\/h5>\n
The materials above were provided as part of the Nina Designs blogging program. The author of this blog has not received any payment from above-mentioned company. The post above represents only personal opinion of the blog author.<\/i><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello! Today I am really excited to share with you designs that I created with Nina Designs components. \u00a0As part of their Blog Partner Design Program, I was sent a generous stash of components. I eagerly awaited the package from Nina Designs, not knowing what I would receive. \u00a0I was really pleased when the envelope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beads","category-jewelry-design","category-studio-scoop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}