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Sometimes, Even We Have to Stop and Stare
You all understand about ordering things from the Internet: Colors are off, nothing ever looks quite as good as the “random samples” displayed in the pictures. and heaven help you if you don’t check, then double check, the sizes and dimensions. With modern photo manipulation and enhancement it’s no wonder things don’t always match what you thought you ordered.
Now, we love our vendors and suppliers. They send us some amazingly beautiful stuff and rarely disappoint us. But we still experience a little anxiety, and not a few stomach butterflies on bead order delivery days (Debby orders TUMS by the case; says she just takes them for the calcium).
So it was a big relief, and just a little exciting, when our order of Impression Jasper beads showed up and looked way, way more spectacular than the catalog pictures. We really did stop and stare. And then we began to play.
What do you do when the beads look this good, and they are just sitting there on the strands? You make something like a simple string of beads, with just a few accent beads, hardly noticeable, to enhance the beauty of the featured stones.
And that’s the other thing: Making a jewelry design where every bead is perfect and exactly the same as every other bead can be okay (a strand of quality pearls is a good example), but it is more amazing when every bead may be of the same species, but each and every one is unique and and an individual work of art.
You could take one of these beads, put it, all by itself, onto a string, wire, or chain, and say, this is a necklace, and people would think, that’s pretty. But a whole string of these beauties? It’s like owning an art gallery in stead of just one little picture. It can be overwhelming. And “overwhelming” is what we wanted for these beads.
The set includes a necklace, bracelet, and threader style earrings. Each piece is made up from some of the most spectacular impression jasper we have seen. The jewelry is also accented by pretty little crystal abacus beads, and some rose gold rounds with cuts so they sparkle like diamonds.
The necklace and bracelet kits come with enough rose gold plated wire to make either a “J” or “S” hook clasp. We include a rose gold accent bead if you wish to add it to the clasp.
The earrings include a pair of rose gold threader ear findings, double plated for extra wear resistance. The earrings include rose gold plated headpins, impression jasper beads, and crystal abacus beads to make the drops.
All of the kits include complete, full color, printed instructions. And we encourage you to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, or problems while making your jewelry.
Click on any of the photos, or the buttons down below, to go to the individual product pages for more pictures, more information, and the special, holiday sales price.
