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Pairing Necklaces with Different Necklines

Pairing Necklaces with Different Necklines

The Ziggy Necklace

Pairing your necklace with your neckline can sometimes be a challenge.  It can be frustrating and if you're like me, you have all sorts of necklaces with different lengths and styles to choose from!  You end up asking yourself "Does this work? Does it look right?"  And believe me, I understand.  I think this is something a lot of us second guess and could use help with.

How do you choose your necklace?  Generally, when picking out a necklace we tend to echo the look of the neckline.  This works well most of the time.  For example, a v-neck top goes well with a y-shaped necklace with a focal point, such as the Ziggy Necklace. This type of necklace also complements boat neck and crew neck tops.

The Purple Faux Lariat

For rounder necklines, choose rounder necklaces - this way the necklace falls right above the blouse in a flattering way. An example of this is the Lucy Necklace.

When you wear higher necklines, it's important not to overcrowd your neck area, and by choosing a longer necklace, you allow both your neckline and your necklace to shine. For tops with turtle necks or cowl necks, necklaces such as lariats and multiple strand styles look best. A necklace such as the Purple Faux Lariat would work nicely with a higher neckline.

The Angel's Wings Bridal Choker

With a strapless top, the choice is yours: a delicate chain, a bib necklace or choker (like the Angel's Wings Bridal necklace) looks great.  An open collar blouse looks stylish when paired with a thick, chunky necklace. Pairing a square neckline with a pendant that dangles from a long chain works really well.

It can also be helpful to know what the different necklace lengths are called: 14" is a collar, 16" is a choker, 18" is princess length, 20" is matinee length, 24" is opera length, and 30 - 33" is a rope or lariat.

Common Necklace Lengths

Adding a necklace gives your outfit a stylistic finishing touch.  And although certain necklaces match particularly well with certain necklines, what's most important is wearing a piece you love.  How you wear your jewelry is a personal choice, so remember to make sure that you let your personality shine through!

-Karlin

 

Types and sizes of Beading Thread and Stringing Material

http://www.firemountaingems.com/encyclobeadia/beading_resources.asp?docid=THREADTYPESSIZES&WT.fmg_linksection=20025NT7CR925&cid=701034139549611804&_rid=231035.1600.95398&WT.mc_id=CW130303H

Conversion Chart - FGM

Millimeters to Inches Conversion 

25.4mm = 1 inch
Size in mm	Closest equivalent in Inches
1mm	just over 1/32 of an inch
2mm	just over 1/16 of an inch
3mm	1/8 of an inch
4mm	5/32 of an inch
5mm	3/16 of an inch
6mm	1/4 of an inch
7mm	9/32 of an inch
8mm	5/16 of an inch
9mm	11/32 of an inch
10mm	3/8 of an inch
11mm	7/16 of an inch
12mm	15/32 of an inch
13mm	1/2 of an inch
14mm	9/16 of an inch
15mm	19/32 of an inch
16mm	5/8 of an inch
17mm	11/16 of an inch
18mm	23/32 of an inch
19mm	3/4 of an inch

Inches to Millimeters Conversion 

1 inch = 25.4mm
Inches	Millimeters
1/32	0.79
1/16	1.59
3/32	2.38
1/8	3.18
5/32	3.97
3/16	4.76
7/32	5.56
1/4	6.35
9/32	7.14
5/16	7.94
11/32	8.73
3/8	9.53
13/32	10.32
7/16	11.11
15/32	11.91
1/2	12.70
17/32	13.49
9/16	14.29
19/32	15.08
5/8	15.88
21/32	16.67
11/16	17.46
23/32	18.26
3/4	19.05
25/32	19.84
13/16	20.64
27/32	21.43
7/8	22.23
29/32	23.02
15/16	23.81
31/32	24.61
1	25.40

Christmas Spider

Do you know the story of the Christmas Spider?

		The Christmas Spider Legend
		A long time ago in Germany, a mother was busily cleaning for Christmas. The spiders fled to the attic to escape the broom. When the house became quiet the spiders slowly crept downstairs for a peek. Oh what a beautiful tree! In their excitement they scurried up the trunk and out along each branch. They were filled with happiness as they climbed amongst the glittering beauty. But alas! By the time they were through climbing, the tree was completely shrouded in their dusty grey spider webs. When Santa Claus came with the gifts for the children and saw the tree covered with spider webs, he smiled as he saw how happy the spiders were, but knew how heartbroken the mother would be if she saw the tree covered with the dusty webs. So he turned the webs to silver and gold. The tree sparkled and shimmered and was even more beautiful than before. That's why we have tinsel on our tree and every tree should have a Christmas spider in it's branches ! *author unknown* This beaded spider is made with a crystal, pearls, seed beads and bugle beads.

Chameleon bracelet and earrings- Sold

Bracelet and earring set with silver dusky beads, silver filigree beads and alexandrite crystal.  This is such a pretty set; it is purple in natural lighting and turns an icy blue under artificial lighting. The ear wires are plated silver and it has a decorative silver tone toggle clasp.

Jump ring size chart

 Here's something really useful from Art Jewelry Making Magazine

a jump http://art.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/~/media/Files/PDF/art-jewelry-jump-ring-size-chart.pdf ring size chart

Leaf Earrings

These earrings were made with a patinaed look leaf shape and I added the filigree bead and decorative ear wires.

Falling Stars Earrings - Sold!

This photo is not very clear but before I could retake it they were sold.These Crystal Star Earrings are sold!  They were about 2 inches long and they sparkled as they swung from delicate chains on gold plated ear wires.

Swarovski Crystal earrings

Sold! Beautiful, decorative silver earrings with Swarovski crystals.

Dazzling Crystals

Sold!  Beautiful sparkly bracelet in gold and silver tone chain and dusky gold and silver beads with sparkly Swarovski crystal dangles.

This beautiful mother of pearl bracelet and earring set with the cloisonne heart bead  and pale pink Swaorvski pearl is sold.

Viking Knit Bracelet - sold!

This bracelet is made with sterling silver wire.  It looks like a knit wire tube and very different to chains or links. The clasp is also sterling silver.

Orbit Earrings - Sold

I found these beautiful lamp worked beads that looked like something from space -  a planet? My daughter called them Orbit.  I added the black diamond Swarovski crystal to echo the shade in the lamp worked bead and the four petal bead cap sets it off. They hang 1 inch from sterling silver ear wires.

Black Elegance - sold

 These earrings look so elegant.  I used a faceted black crystal bead and some fancy silver spacer beads. I added chain tassels and it creates lovely movement. the ear wires are silver plated