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what is your favorite type of necklace? (Poll)?
quick poll...i've started making jewelry (esp. necklaces) and im really curious what people like.. don't think too hard, just choose what you'd prefer over the other:
metal/wire:
1) gold vs silver vs copper
2) antiqued/vintage vs. new
3) shiny vs "matte"/dull
beads:
1)big vs. small
2) pale vs bright
3)one pendant vs. lots of beads
layout:
1)multi-strand vs single strand
2) symmetrical vs assymetrical
3) long vs medium vs short (choker-length)
also, what type of necklace catches your eye the most? What was the last necklace you bought? Do you typically have an eye for unique pendants, or are you more on the lookout for pretty types of chain, or are you more drawn to the actual beads?
Thanks a million. Best answer to whoever gives the most insight!
I love making jewelry. My favorite thing to make are hemp necklaces. I make some with guitar picks and sell them at a couple stores, and I've sold a few. I've made custom hemp necklaces for people.
I also make and sell beaded, but most my sales were hemp necklaces. I also make layered beaded hemp necklaces (inspired by this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dOXK-BcsM) and I've sold a couple of them for $18 canadian, no problem.
Metal/wire
1) I def. prefer silver. It matches like any outfit, and I find it usually looks prettier. I think silver tends to be the preferred colour. Gold can look good with the right outfit, though. It also depends on the necklace's style. If it's more of an "antique" style, I prefer a more bronze or copper, maybe even a gold look to silver.
2) I love an antiqued look, however I am more prone to wearing new/modern.
3) I love shiny things. xD
Beads:
1) Small to medium, I never wear big beads. I'll wear big pendants, but not big beads. I just only have one big-beaded necklace, and I haven't worn it in 2 years. xD
2) Bright for me, all the way. =0
3) If it's single strand, I'll usually buy it and wear it because I'm in love with the pendant - and I love pendants. If it's multistrand, I don't want a pendant on it, just beads.
Layout:
1) Tough call, I love them both. I do, however, tend to wear more single strands.
2) If it's a single strand, symmetrical, if it's multi strand, asymmetrical.
3) Multi-strands, I prefer medium - maybe long as long at it isn't too long (wow, that was confusing xD). Single-strand beaded with pendant, maybe about medium. Chains, medium to long. Only time I'll usually wear a choker is if it's hemp, and even then when I wear hemp, it's usually a little longer than choker-length.
Usually, hemp catches my eyes - but that's probably mostly because I make so many of them. xD
I have a tendency to avoid metals and chains, because my skin is very sensitive to metals. I have a couple of chain necklaces, but I don't wear them too often, and the last one I bought that I really loved and didn't bother my skin started tarnishing, which kind of depressed me. D=
Multi-strand beaded necklaces usually catch my eyes, as well as necklaces with gorgeous glass pendants. I am, however, much more prone to buy single-strand - mostly only because they're usally less expensive. If I'm drawn to a chain, it's usually only because it has nice beading to it, or because it's a "big hoop" necklace (similar to this sort of style: http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/5f/2/AAAAAoVznwYAAAAAAF8skw.jpg?v=1185506777000)
I'd probably wear more chains, but I can't because I get allergic reactions. For this reason I am more drawn to beads than chains.
I also love glass beads, but there's a certain flower pattern some of them have that I personally find tacky and cheap-looking (a couple beads have it in this picture: http://www.baseinchina.com/up_files/images/2009420/633758477715091740-Wholesale-FASHION-JEWELRY-Flower-pattern-marble-and-glass-beads-double-line-toggle-bracelet.JPG)
But yeah, glass beads are awesome.
For colours, I love black/white/+one other colour.
Black/white/purple and black/white/blue are my favorite combos. I also love black/white/pink, black/white/red, black/white/brown and black/white/yellow.
Summery/beachy looking necklaces always catch my attention - maybe because they look warmer/sunnier/happy or something, I don't know.
One thing I've been doing lately is making necklaces with tiny glass bottles/vials. I make messages in a bottle, make clay sceneries (palm tree, mini ship in a bottle, aquarium, woodland scene, etc). I haven't brought them out to sell yet, but many people who've seen them so far want one and love them. I put a little tiny bit of gold microbeads (no holes in them) to represent sand, write a message on a piece of paper and roll it up, glue part of it shut, tie red thread around it, drop it in with a tiny shell, and then glue the cork in. I make it into a pendant by sticking a safety pin - I bend it on the bottom to keep the pin from sliding out, and then bend a circle on top. If you google image "message in a bottle necklace" or "glass bottle necklace", you'll see what kind of bottles I mean.
I was lucky and found a store that sells six tiny glass bottles for a dollar. They might have some in craft stores, or you can buy them in bulk online on ebay or amazon. I once read they could be found in Hobby Lobby in the dollhouse section or something rather, but I wouldn't know as Michaels is the only legit craft store in my area, and the closet craftstore other than that one is another Michaels, 2 hours away. xD