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The Trendy Bead – Lockets

September 5, 2008

Big pendants and bold necklaces are the look season. Lockets offer the punch your fall jewelry styles need.

A tip from Cynthia Deis’ book, Beading with Filigree: In place of a photo add a favorite quote or the definition of a special word cut from a vintage dictionary to your locket.

I’d use a simple geometric shape, like this Round Brass Locket from VintageBeadShop to play off the bold shape of Jangles Earthtone Striped Bead.

Brass Bird Locket from DecandenceandDecay would be lovely complimented by a set of Golden Branch Disk Beads from Humblebeads.

For a softer floral style in this season’s hottest color I’d use a Silver Filigree Flower Locket from Urbanrose paired with Cindy Gimbrone’s Plum and Steel Spiral Set.

Let your art beads and locket mirror one another for visual impact. The simple leafy pattern on this Floral Embossed Locket from FabBeads would look fall fresh paired with Creative Impression in Clay’s Leaf Button in fern. Remember Tari can create her buttons in a variety of configurations for jewelry designers, including a hole at the top and bottom or metal links. ExpeditionD’s Zephyr Bronze Squares have a sense of history and narrative, so they would be perfectly paired with a bronze book locket from WanWanCorner.

For more lockets check out Ornamentea.
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5 Comment

  1. AJ
    September 5, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    Great post! I had been thinking of combining art beads and lockets all week, and this was the final shove I needed to get it done 🙂

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14940676

  2. LLYYNN
    September 5, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    I love lockets, they are so sentimental and sweet, how fun to match them up with art beads to make them more contemporary.

    A locket update! Thanks, Heather.

  3. rosebud101
    September 5, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Gorgeous beads! Wow!

  4. Anonymous
    September 7, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    I love Vintage styled jewellery,with lots of copper,brass, and lockets thanks for the input about this falls designs I’m all over it!!

  5. Vikas Nagar
    June 10, 2016 at 10:00 am

    I really love the Collection!! What a unique way to show off your collection!Thank you for sharing such great ideas! Yes; It is nice Blog on Memory Locket. I Love it & must share it………..

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