Bragging or Thanking

To those of you who read our blogs, it should come as no surprise when we say how much we love Vintaj products.   Of course, we carry all their products, and we hope you will always get them from our website.  

HOWEVER, you absolutely must visit the Vintaj site, especially the Vintaj Idea Gallery. They have hundreds and hundreds of designs.   It's almost embarrassing how many times one of their projects can make you mutter to yourself, "I would never have thought of using that piece like *that*!"

So we were pretty excited when we saw a recent bunch of Vintaj Idea projects using some of our beads.  The projects are so beautiful, we just wanted to thank Vintaj, and share them with you.  Yes, okay, we are bragging about it, too.

Floating Floret

Forest Faerie

First up, the Floating Floret necklace (l) mixes Vintaj Brass & Vintaj Arte Metal.  It uses some of our Czech table cut beads, and Czech drop beads, among others.

The lovely Forest Faerie necklace (r) utilizes more table cuts, and some opaque and two-tone fire polish beads.

Gatekeeper Necklace

The stunning Gatekeeper Necklace makes use of our freshwater pearls and more fire polish beads to help evoke the entrance to the Emerald City of Oz.  The intricate layerings of color and pattern in this piece are truly magical.

Anthropology Treasure

I have to confess, the Anthropology Treasure Necklace is my favorite out of this bunch.  It's not just because one of our hand-picked beads forms the centerpiece (okay, that is pretty cool).  It's the clever and wonderful way this bead has been made to look like a mysterious and antique artifact.  Was it part of an ancient jade statue?  A ceremonial weapon?  A symbolic charm of power for some ancient priest or warrior?  I know *I* never thought of anything like this when I purchased these beads.  How wonderful that Rose Noble at Vintaj has!

St. Patty Earrings

Obviously, the Vintaj team has been following a green theme here, and if you haven't realized why, this last project should make it clear.  The St. Patty Earrings design features some Czech leaf beads, and some pretty unique freshwater pearls we had in stock until they sold out.  

Pearls and stone beads often have that issue - it is usually difficult to get identical stock in again of the more unusual colors and shapes.  So if you see pearls or gemstones you like, you should get while you can, whether you are shopping online or at a gem show.  

Pretty neat projects, right?   Check the Vintaj Idea Gallery often, there are always new wonders to be seen.  And you can make lots of them with the help of Vintaj and Beadaholique.