One of the important things to keep in mind when you are designing jewelry for someone is their personal taste. Therefore the first thing to consider when you are designing jewelry is, ?What do they like?? There are so many stones to choose from that the most challenging part is narrowing it down.
The most significant gifts that I’ve came across in my life are those that my faithful friends and relatives have brought me. There’s something very particular about opening a present and recognizing that not only did that person spend their time exploring for just the accurate things to go into it but they also crafted it with their very own hands!
One of the important things to keep in mind when you are designing jewelry for someone is their personal taste. I know it may sound obvious but how many times have you received a gift and thought, ?Well, it?s nice enough but isn?t this more like something I would give to my cousin. Therefore the first thing to consider when you are designing jewelry is, ?What do they like??
If you know them well you can recall their favorite colors. Do they accept anything dramatic and really wild? Or are they more into elusive and delicate? Or is perfectly everything they own neutral?
Or do they follow every new style? If they enjoy color and drama you might have in mind some of the more colored gemstones that come out bigger sizes like fluorite, lapis, blue chalcedony, kunzite, ruby, turquoise or zoisite. If they really love delicate and elegant than gems will win their hearts.
If you?re designing for someone who loves neutrals you can go with classic pearls or any of the many varieties of agate, mother of pearl, quartz or moonstone. Fossilized coral is also a lovely neutral with interesting patterns: perfect for pendants! If they follow the latest fashion it?s really fun to get them something that few people have ever heard of like hypersthenes, chiasolite, bronzite, kunzite, fuschite, or hemimorphite stone beads.
There are so many stones to choose from that the most difficult portion is narrowing it down. I find that once you’ve chosen the stones you think they will like best the designing part looks of itself. You have already thought of their personalized style so it?s easy to get hold with something that will be good for them.
After you?ve picked out your beads and designed your piece the really fun part begins: giving the gift and if you?ve done your job right watching their eyes light up when they open it. By designing something yourself for your friend or relative you get something really special. Not only do you get to give a wonderfully personal gift to someone you love; you get the enjoyment of watching them wear it and cherish it for the rest of their lives. What could be more wonderful?
Author Ethan Tanner deals his hobbies in beading designs and beads.
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