JewelStruck Blog

Rena Klingenberg has posted about 2011 jewelry trends, which will echo and accent the season’s fashion colors.

“Honeysuckle” – is the Pantone’s color of the year for 2011. According to them – “Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life”

Also here is a sample of the 10 colors posted by Rena according to Pantone’s color palette for Spring 2011

Resource – Jewelry Business Blog

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Today’s post is about one of the coolest fall-winter jewelry trends. Bib-necklaces are funny, romantic and give my neck a warm and cozy feeling. This is why I love creating them in a wide range of models and colors, enriching each one  with sequins, beads, vintage buttons and wool embroidery. I like sewing on their back a lovely satin ribbon to be tied around the neck or providing them with an adjustable chain to create a nice contrast between fabric and metal.

My fall-winter creations are mostly in felt, but I long for spring to start creating them in different fabrics and keep playing! ;)

Here can you find a selection of  bib-necklaces I created so far:

You can find them and even more in my stores

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Creating Jewelry to me was a hobby for a long time. During the economic crisis and because of health issues I had to change my life spending much time at home. Accustomed to the rhythms of my “lost” work and life very intense, I didn’t knew what to do with my time. And then I started to use this time to create new jewelry.

1. The first thing was to get informed on trends and styles that were trendy, surfing the Net and looking for new inspirations.
2. Then I subscribed to various magazines and purchased books that explained and illustrated techniques and materials.
3. Visiting the sites of designers and craftsmen who were doing this work in a professional manner, was very useful too.

I started to apply what I learned. In the beginning – I was interested in too many subjects, types and techniques which resulted in wasting time, energy and materials in different experiments. I questioned myself, trying to identify what really I wanted to do.

Now I have fixed some steps to give an orientation to my work and this has allowed me to be clear not only about the starting point, but also about the goal to reach. I tried to use the work experience acquired over many years of decorating and art, studying art and drawing on this experience to create my own lines.

Part of the objects I create are commercial but always personal. This is my list by which I try to get inspiration from -

• Colors
• Favorite artists
• Favorite books
• Songs
• Poems
• Specific eras
• Opposites (good and bad, vices and virtues, white and black, etc.)

Whats your breakdown list when you plan to create something?

–
Roberta Aiello
http://www.etsy.com/shop/medusa1307

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Anna Rybakov & Eve Cahill – two New York based designers founded this very charming jewelry line called Grau Wal. These handmade pieces are made using braided synthetic hair in varying colors and gold-plated brass.

I was awestruck by looking at the collection. Its definitely a must have, check out their website for more.

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Why do we create jewelry? And why do we wear it? Do we create something just because it’s pretty? Sometimes…

But the pieces that really hit home and have some drive to them are the ones that are created out of passion. Passion that embodies a necklace or a pair of earrings and let’s the wearer feel like she stands for something when she puts it on (or he, of course!)

The photo shown above is of my new Phillies bracelet that I made during Game 1 of the World Series 2009. I’ve worn it everyday since the start of the Series, it embodies my belief in my team. The Phils are down in the count but boy are they staying alive. I love and have a whole-hearted belief in my team and that is why I wear my bracelet.

What do you wear that strikes your passion? What have you created that has embodied passion for another? As jewelry creators, we have the power to influence our customers, our friends, our families…our jewelry WEARERS’ lives! Tons of people wear jewelry to feel a connection to something. What connection will you bring to the piece you make today?

Passion…Pass it On.

And Go Phils! You can do it boys!

–
Peace, Love n Beads.
Sarah James
http://www.jessejamesbeads.com

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