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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
LOL!! I wear my wedding rings and a gold chain bracelet.......if I go out I
add gold hoop earrings and perhaps a neck chain. That's it. Is it age? Could be cuz I am retired so don't have to dress for the office. As for your suggestion re the light azore swaros, I do have some and will try them with it tonight or tomorrow. Excellent idea. I think Dwyn mentioned them too. The amazonite leans more to the greenish than robin's egg tho. I have 3 strands in different sizes and none match. Blast!! My daughter (Elayne) is good with the "hues" and colour matches. She is a graphic artist and more. (photographer, painter, etc) Hey, good idea about keeping the chit chat going. There is absolutely no one in this town who is a beader that I know of. And we have 2 Michaels stores but no LBS, so it is so nice to ask advice and compare notes. Toronto is so big that it takes me 1.5 hours to get to BeadFX on a good day, so that isn't in the cards. About 3 or 4 million people, if that gives you an idea. I would love to take a bead crocheting class that they teach, but 3 hours of driving takes the fun out of it. Cheers.....Heather "Sterling" wrote in message ... Problem is I rarely wear jewellery, lol. You! A jewelry maker and you hardly wear jewelry? And I thought I was one of a kind!!! Myself, I wear my wedding band, my watch, and occasionally I wear my Sapphire ring. That's about it. I sort of got away from wearing jewelry. But have been designing an Amazonite and pearl necklace with brushed silver. The pacific opal bicones are a bit off on the colour, so going to try something else. Got over to BeadFX and Dwyn helped me out with the colour thing......thank goodness. FYI, I have some fantastic Amazonite pebbles that are a robins egg blue (creamy blue with a touch of green - not a teal, and not your usual powder blue) and I paired them with Light Azore Swaro's. It seems to be the only Swaro color that works well with them since the hues are in the same family. If you've never seen Light Azore before, don't be alarmed when you look at them on the computer screen. Monitors just don't do them justice. Think clear natural Aquamarine... the color is almost exact. |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
For me, it's brown. I've been trying to use it more, with things like
smokey topaz and tiger's eye. But in general, it's a color that turns me off. Cheers, Carla On Aug 14, 1:32*am, Shirley Shone wrote: In message , Sterling writes I am just finishing up the last pair of earrings for a wedding I am doing, and I've come to the realization that I hate working with the color red. * Seriously though, when I stopped and looked at my collection of jewelry that I've made, I really didn't have anything red - cept for some coral. But, when I was contracted to do the wedding jewelry for my 2nd cousin and found out that the bridesmaids are wearing red... well, I just about had a heart attack and almost turned it down. Picture this... *Bride is wearing the traditional white gown, the groom is wearing a black tux with purple cummerbund and the bridesmaids are wearing red gowns. UUGH!! Now, here is the hard part: these girls are early 20's, live and work in NY, NY and consider themselves cosmopolitan. *This translates to "NO PEARLS" cause these girls think pearls are only for older women. **shakes my head* Gesh! *Its not like I was going to string a bunch of pearls together like grandma would wear!!! I make my jewelry with only sterling or fine silver, gem stones, pearls, and Swarovski crystals - in what ever combination that works. *If you think about it, what gem stone is red? *Ruby? yep, but rubies are usually that fuchsia type red. *Garnet? yep, but garnet's are a deeper, darker, almost maroon red. *I needed a traditional red, not too dark and not too pink and not too light and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on that muffler - err, I mean the jewelry components. *Its not like you really have a lot of beads to choose from in the red family now is it, and lets face it... I couldn't use any of my red options cept for crystals but I didn't want to use just crystals alone. When you are forced into a color... ya gotta use what ya gotta use. *sigh* *I hate red! Actually, I love the color red but I really hate working with it. *It would have been a lot easier if the girls were matching the groom and were wearing purple (any shade) cause there is so much to choose from with purples. Anyone else have a color they hate working with??? Sterling Actually I hate purple, it makes me feel ill. Shirley -- Shirley Shone |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
The only color I don't think I've ever used is yellow. I am drawn to ocean
colors and purple (sorry, Shirley!) for my own personal jewelry, but I've had requests for jewelry in every color of the rainbow. WHen I do a show, the first color people seem to be drawn to is purple, then red and blue. I've even had requests for earrings in orange. So I try to have several pieces in every color when I set up, and enough stock to replace the ones that sell. Linda2 "Carla" wrote in message ... For me, it's brown. I've been trying to use it more, with things like smokey topaz and tiger's eye. But in general, it's a color that turns me off. Cheers, Carla |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came
out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
hummm, Khaki Swaro's kinda go good with many gemstone beads... I think I like Khaki... but it has to
be the right shade of khaki I guess. Its strange how many different colors we each don't like to work with. Sterling "Dwyn" wrote in message ... Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
Hmmm, if I called it "sage green" would you like it better?? I happen to
LOVE sage green and am trying to imagine whether khaki is different. Is it? Just a thought. Cheers...Heather "Dwyn" wrote in message ... Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
I would be willing to bet a sou or two that the colours we love and hate
stem from something in our distant past. Silly as it may seem, I won't wear a print with flowers in it. When I was 4 or 5, a bee stung me out of the blue, while I was wearing a pretty little flowered dress and I have never gotten over that!! I hate bees and I hate flowered prints, LOL!! Heather "Sterling" wrote in message ... hummm, Khaki Swaro's kinda go good with many gemstone beads... I think I like Khaki... but it has to be the right shade of khaki I guess. Its strange how many different colors we each don't like to work with. Sterling "Dwyn" wrote in message ... Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
x-no-archive: yes On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:41:29 -0700 (PDT), Dwyn
wrote: Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. That'd be nice with a combination of black and olive green... -- Hey spambots! Harvest these: |
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Anyone hate working with specific colors?
I think sage green is more of a silverish green gray ... if you know what I mean.
I like all colors, with Blue being my favorite, but I don't like working with Reds. Weird huh? I finished the jewelry, imaged them all, and put it up on a temporary page on the net.... http://members.cox.net/silveredleaf/index.htm Its funny, but I re-did the red jewelry about 5 times each till I settled on what you see. Like I said before, the blue and green jewelry were a lot of fun to make cause those two have to be my favorite colors to work with. Sterling "Heather" wrote in message ... Hmmm, if I called it "sage green" would you like it better?? I happen to LOVE sage green and am trying to imagine whether khaki is different. Is it? Just a thought. Cheers...Heather "Dwyn" wrote in message ... Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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Absolutely exquisite!! You did a marvellous job on all of it. I, of
course, am partial to the greens and just love the mother of the bride set. But the bride's jewellery is so unique!! I see what you mean re the red.....it is lovely too, but as I am also not a red person, I would prefer working with the greens or turquoises. I end up working with a lot of shades of blue, and sterling silver. But as I was (operative word here) a redhead and have green eyes, I prefer gold and greens. But my pocketbook prefers sterling, lol. Again.....you did a SMASHING job on all of it......it is beautiful. Cheers......Heather "Sterling" wrote in message ... I think sage green is more of a silverish green gray ... if you know what I mean. I like all colors, with Blue being my favorite, but I don't like working with Reds. Weird huh? I finished the jewelry, imaged them all, and put it up on a temporary page on the net.... http://members.cox.net/silveredleaf/index.htm Its funny, but I re-did the red jewelry about 5 times each till I settled on what you see. Like I said before, the blue and green jewelry were a lot of fun to make cause those two have to be my favorite colors to work with. Sterling "Heather" wrote in message ... Hmmm, if I called it "sage green" would you like it better?? I happen to LOVE sage green and am trying to imagine whether khaki is different. Is it? Just a thought. Cheers...Heather "Dwyn" wrote in message ... Khaki. Ugh. I just tried a new (to me) glass last night and it came out Khaki. I've decided that's it - that the colour I can't stand - I can't even be objective about the shape of the bead - because the colour is getting in the way. |
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