Featured Brand of the Month: SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Week Two

This week I want to highlight the SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystal pendants. Their pendants run the gamut of shapes from architectural, like the Avant Garde pendant, to whimsical, like the Starfish pendant. They serve as great focal pieces to a stunning design.  By offering a variety of sizes, I find that I can use the smaller ones for earrings, and when I want to be brave I can go for a larger statement pendant.  With over 65 unique shapes, sometimes it's hard to choose. 

Featured Video: How to Use a Pinch Bail

This is wonderful video that shows you an easy way to utilize some of these pendants in your designs by using a pinch bail. The Golden Goddess Necklace, by Julie Bean, is the perfect example. In this design, Julie used a pinch bail on the SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Crystal Navette pendant to secure it to a fern connector bar.

Designer Picks for SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Pendants

Julie

My favorite pendant has to be one of the smaller ones offered by SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, the Xilion Pendant. I love how the facets catch the light and sparkle on these round little accent pieces. One of my favorite applications is to wire wrap a round form and then hang three to five 6mm Xilion Pendants from the wire wraps, so pretty!




Megan

It's hard for me to choose just one favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS pendant as my favorite.  I love so many of them!  One that I continually come back to is the Helios Pendant.  It comes in vitrail medium (one of my favorite effects) and the facets sparkle with a gorgeous rainbow of colors.  It certainly packs a punch, and catches the eye!




Kat

One of my favorites is the Urban pendant. It is a new shape from SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, released as part of their Fall/Winter 2014/15 Innovations. It's sleek and cool but still has all the facets that make it sparkle. This modern design looks stunning in one of their newest colors, Crystal Lilac Shadow.

Karlin 

I've always been a fan of vintage jewelry, and so I'm immediately drawn to the Flat Baroque Pendant by SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. I like the touch of drama this piece offers, especially in Jet or Crystal Silver Shade. I would add this pendant to a longer dark chain, which I think would modernize it, but also keep its vintage feel.




Share your favorite SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Pendant with us in the comments below.  We would love to hear what speaks to you!