If you’ve been following trends, you know that Pantone, the color
forecast experts, have declared Emerald as the color of the 2013. Hmm,
emerald – really? You may have thought the same thing. I’m way more
into the warmer, yellow/olive greens than this cool jewel tone. But
with a little Pinterest inspiration I found a few fun ways to access
this trend and keep my own design style. I focused on four emerald inspired themes to share my inspirations with you today.
Beads pictured above: (left to right) NiNisBeads, Alisha White, TinasBeadMind
Zen Garden
For the Zen Garden inspiration I picked a lotus focal from The Classic Bead that surprise – doesn’t have any green. You can pair up stoneware influenced pieces in gray, browns and muted white-washed tones. And then add in some emerald green stones beads for a fresh pop of color. Totally modern and totally zen. I love it! I picked faceted emerald beads from FabulousRocks, but any emerald color stone would work.
Garden Gate
Oh, I know what you are thinking looking at this inspiration photo – brass filigree! Yes! It’s such a great combination with emerald green. In fact Vintaj did a whole series on emerald green and you can see a few of those designs
here. So add in rustic elements with brass, amber colors and dark browns to temper the bright green. Lampwork flowers from
Susan Sheehan, emerald green lampwork spacers from
Lampwork by Amy.
Emerald City
I love this architectural inspiration. Take your cues and go with monochromatic shades and dip into the lighter shades of emerald paired with the brighter. Find beads with graphic shapes and outlines and pair them up with faceted beads. Use clasps and findings that echo the graphic design elements. I love these lampwork beads from
Heather Behrendt that remind me of these windows paired up with semi-translucent faceted stones like these emeralds from
CherishedFew.
Forest Finds
Okay, this is more my comfort zone. Add emerald green to those warmer, earthy hues of olive and forest inspired finds. Sneak in some yellow or yellow-green to brighten up your palette. Pair them up with rustic brass wire and woodsy findings like metal branch connectors to give your emerald greens a rich and rustic feel. A fern ceramic pendant from
Kylie Parry would be so cute matched up with a mix of green Czech leaves from
YashmaCreations, it doesn’t take much emerald to grab hold of this trend.
So if you haven’t been feeling Emerald green I hope I inspired you to give it a second look, because you’ll be seeing it all year round!
