December Jewelry Color of the Month: Winter Blue

December Jewelry Color of the Month: Winter Blue

Gone is fall, and gone too is the reticence about winter. December is full of holiday cheer, winter outings and cold weather sports.  The air is crisp and clear, the chill invigorating to the soul.  

Just as invigorating is this month's color: winter blue. Nothing sparks up life more than the chill of icy blues.

Delicate Blue

While perfect for a winter wedding's Something Blue, this Classic Sapphire Heart anklet is also just right for the entire season of winter, or for showing off your love of all things icy.  As delicate as a newly fallen snowflake, the cream Charlotte seed beads glisten and complement the beautiful sapphires of your choosing (light, sapphire, or Montana), the sparkling Swarovski crystals, and the perfect snowdrop round pearls in white or cream.

December 29, 2016 — SWCreations Jewelry
Match Your Jewelry With Your Favorite Color Flowers

Match Your Jewelry With Your Favorite Color Flowers

Summer is in full swing, and the flowers are in full bloom. Just stepping outside, you can see the beauty of nature in all its splendor. The trees are lush with foliage. The flowers are ripe with saturated hues of pink, purple, blue, and any other color you can imagine. These flowers and their gorgeous colors have served as inspiration for jewelry artisans for many years.
November 15, 2016 — SWCreations Jewelry
Flower Colors and Jewelry: What an Inspiration!

Flower Colors and Jewelry: What an Inspiration!

Ah, flowers! The jewels of nature, flowers come in every color from the purity of white to the deep darkness of near black with every sparkling color in between. Whatever tint or hue of color you can imagine, there is a flower to match.

Perhaps that is why flowers have inspired artists and designers throughout the ages. From early Minoan pottery to Claude Monet's exquisite paintings, flowers have inspired beautiful artwork. They've also inspired another art form - jewelry.

October 01, 2016 — SWCreations Jewelry
Choosing a Summery Color Palette for Your Jewelry

Choosing a Summery Color Palette for Your Jewelry

Deep, rich colors are popular in the winter - particularly if they're in warm tones! However, now that summer is here it's time to trade in those deep colors for a less rich palette. Think light, bright, and fresh colors for summer. If your accessories were food, now is the time to trade in hearty stews for refreshing salads.

With that in mind, may we suggest these colors for your summer jewelry?

July 27, 2016 — SWCreations Jewelry
The Enlightening History of Valentines Jewelry

The Enlightening History of Valentines Jewelry

Approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the United States, according to estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association. If you include the exchange of valentines made by school children, that figure becomes one billion, with teachers receiving the most.
February 13, 2015 — Stephanie White
The History of Valentines' Jewelry

The History of Valentines' Jewelry

Valentine's Day is the day to show your lover how much you love them. The reason Valentine's Day exists is a person named Valentine, and there are two origins of him. Valentine marrying people in secret because there was a ban on marriage is one of them. This act cost him his life. Valentine sending a love letter to a prison officer's daughter is the other one. Since he was helping Christians escape, he died for his actions. He received a holiday named in his honor. It started as a Christian holiday until 1382. After Chaucer recited a poem at a royal feast on February 14, 1383, it became a holiday of romance.
Handmade Jewelry for Valentines Gifts

Handmade Jewelry for Valentines Gifts

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so if you haven’t been able to start your gift shopping yet, now is the time! If you are late in the game, then you will want to shop for things that aren’t too time consuming and expensive. Getting friends and family handmade bracelets will save an enormous amount of hassle. Why stand in long lines at the store when you could get gifts mailed directly to you or the one you are getting gifts for? Online shopping means avoiding the chaos of the shopping malls, getting everything done in one take, and not spending out the wazoo. Here are three different types of handmade bracelets you could considering for gifts.
January 07, 2015 — SWCreations Jewelry
Christmas earrings by SWCreations

A Guide to Holiday Gift Giving

The gift-giving season is fast approaching and it’s always nice to surprise a friend or family member with something you know they’ll cherish forever. This isn’t always easy, and sometimes you can run the risk of gifts becoming repetitious. But there is one gift that will always be unique.

SWCreations, a maker of original handcrafted beaded jewelry, offers a vast selection of beaded anklets, beaded earrings, and designer necklaces – all available with the option to include birthstones specific to those you love.

October 13, 2013 — Stephanie White
Winter Fashion Pallet—With Three Great Exceptions

Winter Fashion Pallet—With Three Great Exceptions

This fall and winter, fortune favors a muted pallet.  Those lucky few fashionistas that decide what everyone wears each season have given the new colors spunky names like the light tan “Nomad,” and “Iron” that is, by any other name, dark grey.  Mix these with a light rose pink, a Warm Olive, and a burnt salmon sienna, and this fall are fewer autumn leaves and winter cheer and cozier gothic.  But for jewelry lovers this isn’t tragic, it’s lucky.  The muted pallet makes accessorizing with the season’s three more deeply hued colors a cinch.  They can rejoice in the gem colors American Beauty, Purple Heart, and Majolica Blue.
October 12, 2013 — Stephanie White
Handcrafted Holiday Keepsakes - Lampwork Bead Jewelry

Handcrafted Holiday Keepsakes - Lampwork Bead Jewelry

Give the gift of radiant color and shimmering sparkle this holiday season with beautiful glass-beaded jewelry from Stephanie A. White, jewelry designer and artisan at SWCreations.

Jewelry is a unique gift of the holiday season, and the handcrafted process at SW Creations makes it even more special. Stephanie White uses only the finest glass beads and gemstones from around the world, many of which you won’t find at the disposal of other, more expensive designers.

July 14, 2012 — Stephanie White