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- Fresh Baked on “Day of the Doves”:
“The small wire details make this pendant special! I’m sure your friend will love it.…” read »
- Fresh Baked on “Prairie Winds Two-Tier Necklace”:
“Love that jasper! The knotting detail is great.…” read »
- dolllady aka Pam on “Prairie Winds Two-Tier Necklace”:
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- K Ralston on “Day of the Doves”:
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- Fresh Baked on “Something dainty for Cotillion”:
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- Robin nursechick on “Celestial Seasons”:
“Althea- such a pretty necklace. I love the theme as well! Your pieces are…” read »
- Robin nursechick on “Long Lampwork Necklace”:
“Beady, What a beautiful necklace! It's like a flower garden around your neck. I…” read »
- dolllady aka Pam on “Celestial Seasons”:
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- dolllady aka Pam on “Long Lampwork Necklace”:
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- K Ralston on “Long Lampwork Necklace”:
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Minimal?????
by Robin nursechick on 06/09/22
About this design:
I don’t know if this necklace would be considered minimal. Probably not. I wanted to try something a little elegant , but understated. Does that make sense. I got the idea from a customer at one of the shows last fall. The customer was going to be mother of the bride. I had nothing to offer. So I thought about it several months and searched for ideas. It took a lot of searching to find this calla lily bead cap- and yes it’s acrylic! Yippee! Sadly, I couldn’t help this lady, but lesson learned!
Components:
Acrylic bead cap , pearl alcohol ink, fancy silver plated bead caps, a Swarovski pearl and little crystals. A fancy chain that has crystals .Read the comments (or add your own)
Add your thoughts!
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On Aug 18, 2022 at 1:44 pm
YOU say:

On Jun 09, 2022 at 9:41 pm #
KelleyH says:Robin, what a lovely necklace! I would consider this minimal given the daintiness of the chain (even with the bling, which is great!) and the single pendant. The calla bead is really cool -I’ve not seen anything like that before! How long is the calla? This would make a great mother of the bride necklace!
On Jun 09, 2022 at 10:14 pm #
Robin nursechick says:Kelly, It’s about 38mm with the bead caps.
On Jun 09, 2022 at 10:51 pm #
dolllady aka Pam says:I would call this a luxurious minimal necklace! It would be great for MOB and MOG! It has bling but also a feeling of simplicity.
On Jun 10, 2022 at 4:27 pm #
sweetjane says:This is simple elegant and understated…it’s also really striking and quite beautiful. Any MOB or G…would be happy to have this!.
On Jun 11, 2022 at 4:08 am #
K Ralston says:You definitely succeeded at elegant. This is just gorgeous. I have some red Jasper beads identical in shape. Your acrylic beads are so stunning that I thought at first glance that these were red Jasper. I’m so amazed at how the alcohol ink (and your artistic skill) create such beauty.
On Jun 11, 2022 at 7:33 am #
Beady Little Eyes says:Robin – I love your beautiful and elegant design. Your dark red lily looks great with the silver findings and pearl. Understated and great.
On Jun 17, 2022 at 3:05 pm #
Crystal Canary says:Love the snuggled pearl within the calla lily–definitely minimal & elegant!