Customer Shows Off Her Style with Crystal Allure Jewelry

One of our customers shows us that it doesn't matter where you work or what work you do, wearing Crystal Allure Beaded Jewelry Designs redefines your femininity!

We participated in an annual jewelry show last week, in support of the United Way through Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (Johnson & Johnson). One of our favorite customers, Liz, stopped down and purchased our one of a kind Smoky Quartz Gemstone Bali Beaded Bracelet B147.

Liz was drawn to this beaded bracelet because of its' unique off-center design technique. She loved it so much that she wore it that day and is still wearing it. Liz works in a lab and was kind enough to send a picture of her wearing her beautiful handcrafted beaded bracelet.

Thank you for sharing Liz!

Crystal Allure Jewelry ~Beautiful. Feminine. Alluring.

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2011 Fall Beaded Jewelry Colors Trend Report

At the start of every new season, Pantone unveils their latest color choices, of the moment, in fashion. Their decision is made by surveying the designers of fashion week to identify the most “directional” colors. If you’re looking for new affordable ways to incorporate color into your wardrobe this season, look to our beaded jewelry interpretation of Pantone’s color pallet.

“Taking cues from the great masters, sepia tones of old Hollywood, Chinese opera, cityscapes and countryside, designers are paying close attention to texture, contrast and color for fall 2011 – pairing menswear with feminine twists, warm prints with cool metals, incorporating both old and new influences, and creating an intriguing balance between colors.”

The hit colors for 2011 are: Bamboo, Emberglow, Honeysuckle, Phlox, Cedar, Deep Teal, Coffee Liqueur, Nougat, Orchid Hush, and Quarry.

As you can see, our intrepretation is a carryover from the 2010 fall colors (Chocolate Truffle, Woodbine and Purple Orchid) and that is because we see a similarity in the colors with 2011's Coffee Liqueur, Nougat and Phlox. Although honeysuckle was the "color of the year", we took our inspiration from the traditional warmer, deeper tones of the autumn season.

The handmade beaded jewelry pictured above is from our Fall Beaded Jewelry Collection:

Green Garnet Hill Tribe Leaf Pendant Necklace N085
Designed with stunning green garnet gemstones, natural wood beads, sterling silver and featuring a Karen Hill Tribe heart-shaped leaf pendant.

Hand Stamped Crystal Garnet Sterling Fern Charm Bracelet B185
A stunning 3-strand hand stamped crystal and stone charm bracelet featuring a strand each of sterling silver hammered chain links wire wrapped with amethyst Swarovski Crystals; a full beaded strand of gorgeous semi-precious green garnet, natural wood bead accents, sterling Bali and beads; and a third strand of simple sterling silver chain, finished with a hand stamped fern leaf sterling silver charm and our signature jewelry tag.

View the full Fall Beaded Jewelry Collection

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NEW Custom Beaded Awareness Bracelet: Addison's Disease

Raise awareness of Addison's Disease with this beautiful handcrafted beaded bracelet. Custom designed using the highest quality materials available and features Crystallized Swarovski Elements Crystals. Browse our ever-growing collection of handcrafted beaded awareness bracelets.

Addison's Disease Crystal Awareness Bracelet (B196-AD)
Handcrafted 7-1/2 inch light blue beaded awareness bracelet created with light sapphire Crystallized Swarovski Elements Crystals, Swarovski Crystal Pearls, antiqued Bali, .925 silver and sterling silver. Finished with a sterling silver awareness ribbon charm, crystal charm and our signature jewelry tag.

The nationally recognized ribbon color for Addison's Disease, a rare, chronic endocrine disorder, is light blue. This particular beaded bracelet design was adapted from our lovely Caregiver Awareness Guardian Angel Bracelet (B196) simply by customizing it with the applicable awareness color for Addison's Disease.

What Christina had to say about her bracelets:

Stephanie,
I just received my bracelets today and I wanted to let you know how much I loved them. I am keeping one of them for me and the other one I am giving to my niece who is 19 years old. She was diagnosed with Addisons Disease two years ago. We almost lost her. She was in the hospital for 3 weeks in an induce comma. Know one could figure out what was wrong. It was not until a doctor came in and asked my sister and brother in-law if Charlotte went to a tanning booth. They said no, and at that point he knew she had Addison. That is one of the symptoms that your skin is tan all over.

I am going to give this bracelet to Charlotte in June for her birthday. What makes it even more perfect is that her birthstone is pearl. Thank you for your time in making this a perfect gift.
Sincerely,
Christina

You are very welcome! It was my honor to design this special bracelet for Christina and her neice, Charlotte -enjoy!

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NEW Real Oak Leaf Copper Crystal Earrings

These stunning handmade beaded earrings are straight from nature with real oak leaves that have been hand-selected for perfection. No two are exactly alike!

Oak Leaf Swarovski Crystal Earrings E135
Autumn Leaves. Sparkle amongst the autumn leaves wearing these real lacey oak leaves which have been hand-dipped and electroformed in 24K gold, accented by copper Swarovski Crystal beads. Finished with goldtone leverback earwires.

Each leaf is unique and special, capturing a part of nature, resulting in a beautiful piece of wearable art.

Beaded Earrings measure 1-7/8" from bottom of earwire
Oak Leaf measures 1-1/2"

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How to care for your leaf jewelry: Leaves should be cleaned carefully with a warm cloth and not with abrasives to maintain its longevity. Each leaf is unique and special, capturing a part of nature, resulting in a beautiful piece of wearable art.

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Happy Pulmonary Fibrosis Customer Feedback

In April 2011 Susan purchased seven pulmonary fibrosis bracelets and after she received them, she sent me this email:

Crystal Cube Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Bracelet (B125-D2)

Hi Stephanie-
I was away this weekend and came home last night to the bracelets!!! They are so beautiful!!

I'm seeing my family this weekend, so I can't wait to give them out! Thank you sooo much for making this a very memorable experience!! I will definitely log in later to your site to add a comment to let others know what great work you do and what fantastic service you provide!

I know I will be back for other purchases, particularly your awareness items! Thanks so much, Stephanie-you're a keeper!
Best Regards
Susan

Around the middle of July 2011, Susan did in fact come back to leave an additional comment. Here is what she wrote:

I can't tell you HOW MUCH we love our bracelets from Stephanie! She not only gives #1 customer service, but she has a great skill set that is being used for worthy causes. All the girls in my family each owns a Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness bracelet (from Crystal Allure Jewelry). It's such a pretty bracelet, and I get compliments often. When I tell people it's an awareness bracelet, they love it even more! Every morning when I put it on, it reminds me to give my Mom a shout out that I still think of her EVERY DAY! Thank you Stephanie for creating something that is pretty as well as instrumental in making sure we never forget the precious things in life.
-Susan

You are very welcome Susan! I am so glad you love your PF Awareness Bracelets and that you chose Crystal Allure Jewelry for your beaded awareness jewelry! Enjoy and I look forward to working with you again!

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Custom Behcet's Disease Awareness Anklet

Matia, contacted us to design a custom behcet's disease awareness crystal beaded anklet (A111). Her only request was to somehow include the word "hope".

The design uses the nationally recognized light blue color for behcet's disease in Swarovski Crystals, accented with sterling silver beads, Bali spacers, small awareness ribbon bead and pearlized white seed beads. The feature of this beautiful, feminine design is the personalized hand stamped HOPE charm. Design is finished with our sterling silver signature jewelry tag and a Swarovski Crystal drop charm.

Beaded Awareness Anklet measures 9-3/4"

Here are just some of the comments Matia shared about her beaded awareness anklet:

-The anklet is amazing! It is so much more beautiful in person. Thank you so much!

-I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

-I think it is gorgeous! I love the picture!! I can't wait to get it...thanks so much.

-I'm going to tell the people on the Behcet's web group all about it.

-I am blown away by how beautiful it is. Thank you so much for taking special time out to make this just for me! When one has a chronic illness, it is little things like this, little acts of kindness that keep ya going. I truly think it is absolutely beautiful. It suits me perfectly. Thanks Stephanie : )

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Welcome Autumn in Style: Jewelry Inspiration Board

Everyone has a favorite season, mine happens to be autumn. There is everything to love about fall -the crisp air, changing leaves, falling leaves, richer colors, warm apple pie (Mmm-mm!), baking, pumpkin picking and, so much more.

Getting together with the girlfriends for a lunch out and then some fall shopping is exactly what I was thinking of when I created this Welcome Autumn in Style wardrobe board.

Welcome Autumn in Style! by crystalallure featuring Smokey Quartz Gemstone Earrings E244

The down-to-earth design of the Swarovski Crystal and gemstone beaded earrings is a perfect complement to the warmer browns, yellows and golds of this fall outfit with just a hit of sparkle to pair with the sequined top. An effortlessly chic autumn look!

What pair of Crystal Allure earrings would you add to your fall wardrobe to spice it up with a little autumn sparkle? I'd love to hear your choices, share with us using the comment feature below.

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Custom Swarovski Crystal Bridesmaid Jewelry Set

It does not matter whether a custom jewelry request is for a unique beaded jewelry design or a feminine and chic contemporary jewelry design, I always enjoy custom jewelry projects.

Even more enjoyable is when they are for someone's special day. In this case, the beautiful bride, Amanda, was referred to Crystal Allure Jewelry for her bridesmaids jewelry gift sets.

Amanda was having a late summer wedding and her color was purple (my personal fav!!). She had chosen a lovely lavender bridesmaid dress, from the Forever Yours Collection, for her six bridesmaids. With a swatch in hand, I went to work.

Swarovski offers a variety of purple colored crystals and to keep the shades from clashing, I went with a deep purple velvet crystal. The finished bridesmaids jewelry gift sets were a three-bead Swarovski Crystal pendant on an elegant sterling silver chain with coordinating crystal drop earrings.

Congratulations to both Amanda and Michael on their August 20, 2011 wedding! And thank you Amanda for choosing Crystal Allure Jewelry for your Custom Swarovski Crystal Bridesmaid Jewelry Gift Sets.

Enjoy some more lovely photos of this beautiful set:

Getting married or have a friend getting married? Let Crystal Allure Jewelry design your custom bridal jewelry or bridesmaid jewelry. Contact us for more details.

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Custom Mother of Groom Swarovski Pearl Wedding Jewelry Set

Earlier this year I was contacted by one of my best customers, Mary Kay, requesting a beaded wedding jewelry set for her upcoming son's wedding. I was honored to have been chosen to design this special wedding set for the Mother of the Groom.

The true feature of this beautiful set is the gorgeous filigree clasp that complements her shoes and handbag accessories perfectly, with that just right classic elegance.

While on a trip, Mary Kay had already found her perfect dress, a rich navy colored Patra designer dress (RN #65518). This dress is truly beautiful because of the beaded illusion mesh inset at the neck with a softly draped neckline.

Mary Kay had sent some photos of the dress but the color was not showing true, so she decided to come by the studio with her dress and accessories. Based on the color she said it was, I placed out a palette of Swarovski Crystals and Swarovski Pearls that were options to coordinate with her dress. Mary Kay brought her husband and between the three of us, we chose a light grey and night blue Swarovski Pearl with a montana Swarovski Crystal.

We discussed further the details of her look for the wedding day and with some notes jotted down, the ideas began to flow. I had a lot of time ahead of me, which was perfect, since the wedding was not until August.

Mary Kay's Custom Swarovski Crystal Pearl Mother of the Groom Wedding Jewelry Set includes a beaded 2-strand choker, bracelet, earrings and wire-wrapped ring. The choker style necklace is a great complement to a portrait/off the shoulder style dress. And Mary Kay will be in full fashion at this late summer wedding with her selected picks of elegant embellishments and an illusion neckline.

It was my pleasure to have designed this very special wedding jewelry set for Mary Kay! And a special thank you Mary Kay for selecting Crystal Allure for her custom beaded jewelry and for the bridal referral. I cannot wait to receive pictures of this beautiful wedding.

Prior to Mary Kay contacting me, she had referred her future daughter-in-law to Crystal Allure for her bridesmaids jewelry sets. These custom handcrafted designs will be featured soon -stay tuned.

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Custom Crystal Transplant Awareness Earrings

One of my sweet customers, Beverly, contacted me to see if she could get a coordinating pair of earrings designed for the Transplant Awareness BREATHE Bracelet B195 that she was planning on purchasing.

While on the phone she asked if it was possible to also have a pair of beaded earrings designed to go with the bracelet she had already purchased, the Transplant Awareness Ribbons Bracelet B105. Of course, I was more than happy to custom design these crystal awareness beaded earrings for her!

On the day we spoke, I just happened to be having a not so great day (you know how it goes..murphy's law..). Well, I sent her a photo showing four sample pairs of earring design options and in her reply she said, "I would have never known that you were having a bad day, you were so pleasant and kind to talk to." A few other kind comments she made included: "you are very good to your customers", "you are just as beautiful as your jewelry is..", "I love your jewelry and will wear them with much pride..", "I am so happy thanks to you!", "you are an awesome person and so very very kind" and, "the meaning behind your awareness jewelry is so beautiful and so true!".

I am sharing all these comments with you because I am always so very grateful for each and every comment a customer sends me. Your comments guide me on how well (or maybe not so well) I am conducting business, as well as, how well received and meaningful my designs are.

As my gift to Beverly, I added a sterling silver butterfly charm to her BREATHE bracelet and here is what Beverly had to say after she received her much anticipated package of sparkling awareness jewelry:

Hello Stephanie,
I received my awesome jewelry in the mail yesterday afternoon and I just absolutely love them all! You truly did a super job on coming up with the idea of your jewelry. It's all so gorgeous and the charms on the bracelet are so adorable. I love the meaning of the butterfly, what a beautiful way to express the new lungs taking their first breath.

Well, thank you again Stephanie and thank you for keeping in touch with me. Thank you for the pen, the beautiful card you wrote and the beautiful jewelry. Obviously...the beautiful jewelry comes from a beautiful person!!! :)

Hugs and kisses to you and may God Bless you always!

Thank you ever so kindly,
Bev

You are very welcome Beverly! And thank you for your continued business. Enjoy your new designer jewelry!

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