Swarovski pendants and stones are gorgeous in the colors with many varieties of shapes and sizes you can choose from. Here are some beautiful and inspirational jewelry made with Swarovski pendants and stones.

1. Coastal Charm – Jan ’17 Trend
2. Swarovski Crystal Pendant – Dec ’16 Trend
3. Swarovski Crystal Pendant – Dec ’16 Trend
4. Adjustable Necklace – Dec ’16 Trend
5. Convertible Necklace – April ’15 Trend
6. Vendor Spotlight: Swarovski – Jan ’16 Trend
7. Swarovski Birthstone Jewelry – Blog

1. Swarovski Raindrop Pendant – Blog
2. Swarovski F/W New Collection – Blog
3. Swarovski Raindrop Pendant – Blog
4. Swarovski Raindrop Pendant – Blog
5. New Year’s Swarovski Earrings – Blog
6. New Year’s Swarovski Earrings – Blog

1. Swarovski Flat Back Crystals – Blog
2. Pinch Bails with Swarovski Pendants – Blog
3. Pinch Bails with Swarovski Pendants – Blog
4. Swarovski Innovations – March ‘ 16 Trend
5. Pantone Color of the Year 2017 – Blog
6. Pinch Bails with Swarovski Pendants – Blog
7. Swarovski F/W New Collection – Blog
8. Swarovski F/W New Collection – Blog

Swarovski crystals and pearls adds a shimmering and glistening effect to any jewelry project. Here are a few GoodyBeads jewelry pieces that can inspire your next jewelry piece!

1. Aquamarine Birthstone – March ’16 Trend
2. Holiday Swarovski Cha-Cha Bling – Blog
3. Red, White and Blue Jewelry – June ’16 Trend
4. Round Leather and Wire Bracelets – Feb ’16 Trend
5. Swarovski Crystal Flat Memory Wire Bracelet – Blog
6. Lampwork Jewelry – Blog
7. NEW GoodyBeads’ Master Mixes – Blog

1. Floral Lampwork Beads – Feb ’17 Trend
2. Beachy Flamingo and Palm Tree DIY Bracelets – Blog
3. Czech Crescent Bracelet and Earrings – Blog
4. Swarovski Birthstone Jewelry – Blog
5. Floral Lampwork Beads – Feb ’17 Trend
6. Tulip Necklace and Earrings – Blog

1. Sparkling Wedding Jewelry – May ’16 Trend
2. Holiday Swarovski Cha-Cha Bling – Blog
3. New Year’s Statement Necklaces – Blog
4. Swarovski F/W NEW Collection – Blog
5. Multi-Strand Necklace with Swarovski Tahitian Pearls – Blog
6. Lampwork Jewelry – Blog
7. How to Use Silk Cord in Jewelry Making – Blog

1. Vendor Spotlight: Swarovski – Jan ’16 Trend
2. Leather & Swarovski Wrap Bracelets – Nov ’16 Trend
3. December’s Birthstone – Dec ’16 Trend
4. April Birthstone – April ’16 Trend
5. July Birthstone – July ’16 Trend
6. RoseMontees – Aug ‘ 16 Trend
7. June Birthstone – June ’16 Trend

Add alphabet charms, boho feathers, coastal animals and so much more to personalize your next beading project. Take a gander at some of our favorite uses of charms!

1. Feathers – July ’16 Trend
2. Personalized Initial Jewelry – Nov ’15 Trend
3. Personalized Initial Jewelry – Nov ’15 Trend
4. Beaded Chain Pendant Necklaces – Dec ’15 Trend
5. Christmas in July: Easy DIY Necklaces – Blog
6. Easy Halloween Jewelry Ideas – Blog

1. Feathers – July ’16 Trend
2. Using Charms in Jewelry – Blog
3. Coastal Charm – Jan ’15 Trend
4. Easy DIY Threader Earrings – Blog
5. Feathers – July ’16 Trend
6. Expandable Bracelets and Rings – Blog

1. Vendor Spotlight: TierraCast – March ’16 Trend
2. Coastal Charm – Jan ’15 Trend
3. Beadalon® Artistic Wire® 3D Bracelet Jig and Tutorial – Blog
4. Beach-Ready Lampwork – May ’16 Trend
5. Personalized Initial Jewelry – Nov ’16 Trend

Chain link is not only great to add length to necklaces or as chain extenders for bracelets, but they are fun to create fringe with. With its popularity in fashion jewelry and accessories, we have some examples of how we’ve created fringed jewelry with chain.

Dangle chain for some crazy, fun fringe. Keep fringes simple or trail it with beaded dangles. Let these examples inspire the next time you create with chain links.

1. February Birthstone – Feb ’16 Trend
2. Beaded Tassel Jewelry – June ’16 Trend
3. Fringe Earrings – Aug ’15 Trend
4. Boho-Inspired Bib Necklaces – Blog
5. Folding Silk Ribbon – Blog

1. Swarovski® Raindrop Pendants – Blog 
2. Using Swarovski® Flat Back Crystals – Blog
3. Think Spring – Feb ’17 Trend
4. TierraCast Cord Ends – Blog
5. Jesse James Beads – Dec ’16 Trend

1. Feather – July ’16 Trend
2. Feather – July ’16 Trend
3. Sept Birthstone – Sept ’16 Trend
4. All About Fringe – Dec ’15 Trend
5. Spotlight on Nunn Design® – Oct ’16 Trend
6. Swarovski Innovations – March ’16 Trend

Using the BeadSmith® Spin and String, Bead Stringing Tool you can create this seed bead necklace and bracelet in no time! Also, learn how to create twists with your strung seed beads.

Check out our BeadSmith Spin and String blog post on how to use the stringing tool, accompanied with a video tutorial.

Coastal Cove Necklace

We created a mix of side 8/0 seed beads to make this necklace just in time for a dreamy, coastal vacation!

Instead of using the bead spinner needle, we utilized the needle that comes with the Griffin bead cord. Please refer to Silk Bead Cord blog post on how to straighten silk cord and learn about clamshell bead tips.

Product used: SB00114, SB00093, SB00106, SB00010, CH00729, Z001016, A006581(2), Z008717, A001528, Z006500.

Seed Bead Twist Tutorial

Seed Bead Twist Silk Cord Bracelet

You can see here we used the same tutorial above and created this bracelet with size 11/0 Miyuki seed beads and gold chain and findings. Find tutorial here.

Add to your jewelry tools with the BeadSmith Spin & String, Bead Stringing Tool. Stringing on seed beads will get easier with this essential tool. Watch an information tutorial video on how to set up and use the bead stringing tool below.

Video Tutorial

Jewelry Example

Here are some examples of how we used the Bead Stringing Tool to make a twist bracelet from our Silk Cord blog post.

Late 2016, celestial-inspired jewelry was making a rise in fashion popularity. Embrace some moon and star jewelry to vamp up your glorious fashionable wardrobe.

Moon and Star Earrings

Take a trip around the moon as you bedazzle yourself with these simplistic link earrings. Use some glass connectors with some lovely moon and star charms for easy-to-wear earrings.

Products used: A008998, A021746,  CH00533, Y011877, Y011543, Z007856

Zodiac Celestial Layer Necklace – Cancer

Make this celestial layer necklace with your zodiac charm, moon and star charms, and TierraCast® rhodium pewter charm with Swarovski crystals.

Products used: TC02109, TC00056, TC00055, TC02211, A002413, TC00185, TC02292, A011609, A003562, TC00033.

Star Lariat Necklace

We can’t get enough of lariat necklaces. We made a chain lariat necklace by using a 24” chain and attaching a filigree washer link to one end and star charms to the other. Loop the lariat around your neck and slide the charm end through your link for a sleek necklace that is out of this world!

Products used: A008128, Z006771, A002413, A007691, A014042.

Moon & Star Wrap Bracelet Kit with Swarovski® Crystals

Another great project to make is an easy bracelet kit like our Moon & Star wrap bracelet. Embellished with moon and star charms, Swarovski star crystals and dainty miracle beads, you are ready to conjure up some magical fashion wear!

Product used: KT00115

Pinch bails are used for top-drilled beads to create a dangle for necklace or earrings. They are easy to use and functional for jewelry-making.

Pinch bails have two prongs at the bottom which will insert into the hole of your top drilled bead. Wedge one prong to one side of your bead, line up the other prong to the other side of the hole and pinch the prongs together. If the pinch bail is difficult to pinch, use nylon pliers to help squeeze the bail. String through the bail with your choice of chain or our favorite, beaded chain.

Here are some examples of how we used pinch bails:

This Cross Tribe Pendant has a simple TierraCast® pinch bail strung on 30” of beaded chain.

Products used: SW01522, TC02316, CH00271.

Here’s a different take on how we used the pinch bail. Gently open the pinch bail and slide a TierraCast Hammertone Ring onto the bail. Then, slide the pinch bail prongs into the top-drilled, Swarovski Sun Pendant’s holes. Gently pinch the bail to close. Lastly, tie your chain into a lark’s head knot around the ring and add your clasp to your chain ends..

Products used: SW01107, A010862, CH00532, TC00613, A008801, Z006530

Create some lovely earrings like these from our December ’15 Swarovski pendant trend. Attach pinch bails to 16mm Swarovski pear-shaped pendants. Open two 4mm jump rings, and slide each through one side of a pinch bail and the bottom loop of an ear wire. Close each jump ring. Repeat. You now have a very classy and simple pair of earrings to wear!

Products used: SW01593, A002413, TCZ0096, A007515.

Pantone® Color of the Year for 2017 goes to Greenery. This yellow-green hue is “nature’s neutral.” While it resembles the awakening of spring and the new life the season brings, it also plays a part to represent “the reconnection we seek with nature, one another and a larger purpose.”

Colors that can be used to closely resemble the Greenery colors are lime green, peridot and chartreuse. Find out how we transform this color into jewelry pieces for 2017.

We used this lime green cabochon (A016880) and adhered it to a Kabela filigree circle center (Z007181). We even pulled this beaded chain (CH00288) that mimics the hues of Greenery.

We’ve offset the bright green color with earthly bronze and brown beads (A017137) to show-off the vibrancy of the green (A005377) in this stretch bracelet.

The sheen in this green miracle bead (A014932) is paired with the new cross tribe crystal pendant from Swarovski® (SW01518) for a long drop pair of earrings.

These chartreuse seed beads (SB00078) are sewn with size 11/0 galvanized silver seed beads (SB00422) around a drop groovy bead frame (Z019397) to create these simple pair of earrings.

How will you show off Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year, Greenery?

You’ll soon feel the love in the air because Valentine’s Day is coming. Our GoodyBeads Designers have new Valentine’s Day DIY kits to bling out your lovely look.

These kits include all the beads and findings, along with simple step-by-step instructions. They are also easy to make and give away as gifts.

Eat your heart out with a box of chocolates and a beautiful selection of heart earrings.

Kit shown: KT00184, KT00187, KT00189

Slow dance to a romantic love song while being wrapped up with this leather bracelet.

Kit shown: KT00192

Or get carried away with a bouquet of flowers and this lovely flower necklace sprinkled with Swarovski® crystals.

Kit shown: KT00186

Check out NEW Valentine’s Kits today at GoodyBeads.com.

One of our talented GoodyBeads designers, So Vang, has her first necklace featured in Jewelry Stringing Magazine, Winter 2017. Not only was the Enchanted Bib accepted for the magazine, it made the front cover!

Inside the magazine you can see a full page spread of the necklace and the details that went into making the necklace. Instructions are also provided.

Snag your copy of Jewelry Stringing Magazine today at your nearest bookstore and see the instructions on how to create this on-trend piece/design. All components can be found here at GoodyBeads!

Q&A for So Vang

What inspired you to make this necklace design?

My inspiration came from my own cultural upbringing. As a Hmong American, there is an artistry in the silversmithing of Hmong jewelry. This is why I was drawn to the antique silver-plated oval chain. Its beautifully-etched design reflects the cultural inspiration and makes up the focal base to this necklace.

Hmong Lock Necklace source: http://www.trocadero.com/stores/ethnic/items/863248/Hmong-Ethnic-Minority-Pure-Silver-Lock-Necklace 

Why a bib style necklace?

The bib style is on-trend right now. The design look daunting to make,  but I found my pattern to be a lot of repetitive beading,  so once you get the rhythm, it’s really just putting it all together.

Plus, as bonus news, So Vang will be teaching at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee coming this June 2017. Check out the three classes she is teaching and sign up today!

Glam up your New Year’s Eve party with your favorite dress, dancing shoes and statement necklace. We have a few fashion trend necklaces sure to turn heads before the ball drops!

Make this iconic bib necklace from our Sept ’16 trend. Create this stunning necklace with our free tutorial, a bold bib connector, seed beads and Czech dagger beads.

From our May ’16 Boho Fringe and Tassel Jewelry trend, these statement necklaces are made with various lengths of microfiber suede cords inserted into end caps, then attached to chain. Rock this statement piece with a sassy dress or pair of your favorite jeans

Tease your fun side with a statement necklace donned with Jesse James beads from our Dec ’16 trend. Create this statement necklace with the Cabin by the Lake Mix, chain, bib connectors and feather charms. Finish it up with leather cord and you can get on with the partying!

Check out this waterfall necklace from our June ‘16 Birthstone Trend. This statement necklace has Swarovski® pearls linked together by wire wrapping each dangle and attaching each dangle to the gold-plated necklace with jump rings.

Make statement necklaces simple by draping Czech fire polish glass bead dangles across some elegant chain maille (CH00736/CH00737), like this necklace from our May ’16 Birthstone Trend.

From our July ’16 Birthstone Trend, this statement necklace has the perfect hues for the festive holidays. Headpins are strung with Czech fire polish beads, through Textured Large Oval Links (CH00738/CH00739) and teardrop Chinese crystals.

Let these Dakota Stone Gemstone Pendants (Nov ’16 Trend) create the ultimate focal statement necklace. Simply string one of these pendants with small round beads to separate the stunning sets and add your favorite chain to complete a necklace you can wear year ‘round!

Seed beads and bugle beads makes this stunning statement necklace from our Dec ’15 Fringe Trend. Find the tutorial to this necklace here.

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Here’s a unique way to use popular Czech Honeycomb beads. We have sewn them into a stunning pattern using a Groovy Bead Frame. Groovy Bead Frames are designed to string and decorate from different angles. This easy tutorial will create the perfect focal pendant on a necklace or dangled on a pair of earrings.

Honeycomb Necklace and Earrings

New to GoodyBeads are Tweedy Honeycomb beads that have a two-tone, splattered color finish.

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Necklace – Golden

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Earrings – Fuchsia 

Czech Honeycomb Pendant with Groovy Bead Frame Tutorial

What you will need:

• Round Groovy Bead Frame
• Czech Honeycomb Bead
• 8/0 Miyuki Seed Bead
• 11/0 Miyuki Seed Bead
• Fireline Beading Thread
• Beading Needles

Click here for pdf download for tutorial.

Bead Components:

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Necklace – Golden

• (1) Z019394 – 20mm Antique Silver Finish Pewter Round Groovy Bead Frame
• (1 pk.) Z018637 – 6.5mm Gold Tweedy 2-Hole Honeycomb Czech Glass Beads
• (1 tube) SB00106 – 8/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 tube) SB00422 – 11/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Ring
• (2) A008182 – 2.5mm Silver Plated Rollo Chain
• (1) A006585 – Smoke Fireline Thread
• (1) A006767 – Beading Needles

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Earrings – Fuchsia

• (2) Z019394 – 20mm Antique Silver Finish Pewter Round Groovy Bead Frame
• (1 pk.) Z018641 – 6.5mm Pink Tweedy 2-Hole Honeycomb Czech Glass Beads
• (1 tube) SB00106 – 8/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 tube) SB00422 – 11/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Ring
• (1) A006585 – Smoke Fireline Thread
• (1) A006767 – Beading Needles
• (1) TCZ0096 – Sterling Silver Hoop Earring Wires with Loop by Tierracast®

Fabric tassels are new at GoodyBeads and we can’t get our hands off of them! They are small in size but they sure are vibrant in color and easy to use. Tassels are a must-have fashion staple, especially to tempt the love of tribal-inspired fashion jewelry. Learn to make a tassel necklace with silver drop charms or blush-hue earrings with gold-plated findings.

Silver Charm Fabric Tassel Necklace

This necklace combines fabric tassels and silver charms.

What you will need:

• (1 pk.) Z013686 – Red Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Z013689 – Turquoise Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Z013685 – Coral Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Y006450 – Silver Plated Round Disc Drop
• (1 ft) A008131 – 7mm Silver Plated Bar Chain
• (1 ft) CH00533 – 2.5mm Silver Plated Soldered Cable Chain
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Rings
• (1) Z001124 – Silver Plated Lobster Claw

Instructions:

1. Attach a silver drop to the round O-ring of the bar chain with a 4mm jump ring.
2. Attach a tassel charm to the next O-ring of the bar chain with a 4mm jump ring.
3. Repeat steps 1-2 until you’ve reached the end of your chain, ending with a silver drop.
4. Cut your cable chain in half.
5. Open a 4mm jump ring and attach one end of the bar chain with one end of the cable chain half. Close jump ring.
6. Open another 4mm jump ring and attach the other end of the bar chain to the second cable chain half.
7. Open a 4mm jump ring and slide on one end of your cable chain. Close jump ring.
8. Open another 4mm jump ring and slide on other end of the cable chain and slide on a lobster clasp. Close jump ring.

Zahra Rose Tassel Earrings

This pair of earrings will make you want to scream in excitement, that you may forget they’re handmade. Beautifully made with gemstones and gold earring findings, you can rock this street-chic look in style

What you will need:

• (1 pk.) Z013672 – Fuchsia Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) Z013678 – Purple Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) Z013673 – Rose Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) A019605 – 1.5 Inch Gold Plated Eyepin
• (1 pk.) A010234 – Gold 7 Ring Chandelier Lever Back Earwire
• (1 pk.) PKL4RD-8 – 4mm Round Pink Crazy Lace Agate

Instructions:

1. Slide one gemstone onto an eyepin and make a simple loop. Make loop large enough to slide on tassel loop. Create a total of 7 gemstone eyepin dangles.
2. Open larger loop of a dangle and slide on tassel. Close loop.
3. Repeat to create a total of 7 dangles; 2 purple tassel, 4 fuchsia, 1 rose.
4. Open small loop of purple dangle and slide on to first loop of ear wire. Close loop,
5. Repeat with attaching next loop with 2 fuchsia dangle, 1 rose, 2 fuchsia and 1 purple dangle.
6. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Check out our September ’16 Tassel Fringe Trend or November ’16 Tassel Earring Trend for more tassel inspiration!

From our GoodyBeads vault, we pull out our EZ DIY Series on how to make a resin pendant. This tutorial will show you the basics of how to mix resin and to use resin with bezels.

Resin

Resin comes in two parts: a resin solution and a hardener solution. To utilize the resin, you will mix equal parts of the two. Only then will it cure or harden after 24 hours of sitting. Check out GoodyBeads Resin supplies.

When mixing the resin, always pour into a container that will be discarded later, like these cups and sticks. When mixing the two solutions, always scrape the bottoms and sides at a slow speed for two minutes. If you mix rigorously, you will create more bubbles, which may be harder to get rid of later.

Once mixed, let the it settle for a minute before use. Depending on the resin, you have less than an hour to use the resin before it starts to thicken or become unmanageable.

Bezels

Each bezel has a framed lip, which is great for resin, as the resin will be contained within the bezel area. You can also create a resin dome with a bezel. To do so, pour the resin almost to the top. Let it dry for a few hours. Then pour more resin on top slowly, in the middle, to create a dome.

Note: Make sure to clean off any debris or dust that may have settle in the bezel before pouring in resin.

Resin and Bezel Tutorial

Resin Tips

• If there are small bubbles after you pour in your resin, take a straw and blow gently at the bubble. This will help pop it. You can also use a toothpick to pop the bubbles.
• To dome your resin in your bezel, fill your bezel until it reaches almost to the top. Let it sit for a few hours. Your second resin layer will dome your bezel. Slowly pour a little resin at a time. Let it settle to the edges while your slowly pour the resin into a done shape. Let it dry for another 24 hours.
• If you use pre-printed collage sheets or a printed image from your printer, make sure to seal the front and back of the paper with glue or Modge Podge. Let it completely dry before use.
• Color or tint your resin with opaque or transparent Dye.
• You can pour resin into resin molds. Make sure to coat the molds with a conditioner for easy resin removal later.