This is just a small sample of my "greenery" colored beads and charms... I had a ton to choose from! I really like my bright greens. I didn't end up using everything in this picture, but I did pretty well!
First up, two pairs that stick to shades of green. The one on the left may be the least true to Pantone's pick, but I was happy for the excuse to work with some recycled glass teardrops that I bought a while back. It's hard to tell from my photo, but the matte finished glass round has a nice iridescent shine that works well with the rhinestone rondelles. The pair on the right was actually the last pair I created for this challenge. I thought I was done with four pairs, but then I took a closer look at what was still on my bead board and whipped these right up! I love the leaf charms by Humblebeads... they have a translucent iridescence that is truly yummy in person.
As much as my brain often craves symmetry and monochromatic color palettes, I wanted to bring in some other pops of color into the challenge! I pulled in some accent colors from the Spring Fashion Color Report for the rest of my creations. There's a little Primrose Yellow in the ceramic rounds by Golem Design Studio but I otherwise stuck to shades of green including the tiny seed beads along the arched ear wires. Next up, I chose some (almost) Pink Yarrow hues in dyed howlite to accent the lovely green charms from Marsha Neal Studio. There's also some Czech glass and dyed, faceted agate rounds. Last, but not least, a pair of Humblebeads disks already had touches of Island Paradise that cried out for me to add more! I added in some rondelles on top and some tiny seed beads into my bottom set of wire wraps above the glass leaves.
Stop by the Earrings Everyday blog HERE to see what everyone else was inspired to make with "Greenery!"
SO lovely, all of them! I love the pop of that bright fuschia pink in the ones in the middle, and the turquoise in that last pair. Especially love the little details like the wire wrapped seed beads. I think this will be a happy color for the year! Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteStunning earrings. I'd wear them all. The pair with Humblebeads leaf charms is especially divine and would work as well in spring/summer as they would for fall/winter.
ReplyDeleteI love the touch of magenta and that of turquoise in your earrings as it makes them look refreshing. But If I were to pick my favourite it would have to be the humblebead leaf earrings for that iridescence is truly gorgeous
ReplyDeleteI love them all! The tiny seed beads on the earwires, and the fuscia with the Marsha Neal charms, are especially inspired touches.
ReplyDeleteI love them all! Your color combinations are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThe little details in each pair of earrings make them exquisite, from the rhinestones in the first pair to the little flower caps in the last
ReplyDeleteMona
Beautiful, all of them! Great choice of beads and colors! I love your diverse use of bead caps - I noticed it from my first visit to your blog but don't recall if I mentioned it before :)
ReplyDeleteI like green too, and you've used it so well here. My favorite is the last pair you made with the leaves. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love all the pairs of earrings you made! The green colors look so yummy!
ReplyDeleteGreetings, Sofie
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