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FREE: Turquoise Foil Beads Necklace with Vintage Retired Swarovski Crystals

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The listing, Turquoise Foil Beads Necklace with Vintage Retired Swarovski Crystals has ended.

23 INCHES LONG : This is an experiment with some more beads I won on here. I wrapped the crystals in copper wire and used sterling silver wire to connect them to the segments of the necklace. I think the bright colors compliment the copper very well. The shiny crystal is an unexpected surprise. These are vintage Swarovski crystals, no longer available, they are handmade in Austria, very expensive and beautiful crystals.

Let me know if you like it. My husband, Arbon, made another necklace with these turquoise beads so vote on which one of the two you like the best this week. Give me bragging rights this week and bid high! :)

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Questions & Comments

Love it ... in your description you might want to focus more on the fact that those crystals are Swarovski vintage butterflies ... i.e. no longer available. And, being Swarovski they will really sparkle a lot more than it's really possible to show in a photo.

I think in the photo, the butterflies aren't really in focus. You might try adding a photo closeup on the butterflies, with the light shining in from the side ... or experiment with positioning your light so it captures the faceted edges and prismatic effect of the crystal (have fun LOL).

Mar 27th, 2010 at 5:09:33 PM PDT by

well you just added that details for me. :) I will do some editing today. Thanks. : ) I will work on a better pick now that I have my camera back.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:07:21 AM PDT by

I think the wire wrapping works well on the butterflies, though. Love the copper ...

Mar 27th, 2010 at 5:10:19 PM PDT by

cool, I love copper wire too. Its so pretty.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:07:49 AM PDT by

Y'know, they sell a three-pack of metallic stringing wire on overstock.com, I think two choices. It's for beading but I wonder if you also could use it for wire wrapping, and might be cheaper than regular wire.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:52:33 AM PDT by

hmm. I probably could. I have tons of copper wire right now. Its a little too thin for me to use for beading but it works ok for wrapping. I need to use it up first.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:59:04 AM PDT by

Oh, and the new photos look GREAT! You've really got the knack!

Y'know, I just sold a pair of figurines I had on Bonanzle for a long time (also had them on Etsy). Both of those sites are REALLY cheap to list stuff. Jewelry is always a tough sell because it's so competitive, but you might want to list some things on those two sites (Etsy is 20 cents per item, listing lasts for four months) and see how they go. I can't remember the Bonanzle fees, it might even be free and you just pay when you sell things. Your stuff is so nice ... perhaps with free shipping you'll sell a few. Be sure to take Paypal, and any money that comes in you can use for the shipping (although I found Paypal First Class is more expensive than the normal usps rates, by using stamps), and you can transfer directly back into a bank account at no charge. I love paypal for that!

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:55:46 AM PDT by

thanks. I am content here on Listia right now. :) Glad you like the new photos.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 9:59:36 AM PDT by

Okay, I like this one much better, because it's much more elaborate and blingy. I think people who like an earthier feel will like the other one more! I think you need to get some silver plated round beads, try overstock.com, they don't have a lot of beads but I think they have some basic ones like that. Don't bother with sterling beads, it doesn't look any different and costs a lot more. Some of the cheaper plated beads have visible seams in them, but in small beads it's almost impossible to tell.

Y'know what, I have a TON of silver beads. I'll take some photos today, and if you want any, if you can send me $1 for each lot that you want via Paypal I'll send them to you with your wins. Give me a few hours (possibly tomorrow) to get some photos to you. I also have a TON of gold, and will photograph some $1 lots of those too. Gold will be back in style like tomorrow, I think ...

Mar 28th, 2010 at 10:07:25 AM PDT by

yeah, I looked at what you put up. Thanks. I would like some of them. I am in to silver right now. I know I used to be in love with gold, but oh well. I will stick with silver.

Mar 28th, 2010 at 12:50:06 PM PDT by

what an awesome piece i just love the colors

Apr 2nd, 2010 at 11:08:24 PM PDT by

thanks, I do too. :)

Apr 3rd, 2010 at 7:18:20 AM PDT by

Very pretty, you did a great job!

Apr 3rd, 2010 at 1:19:41 PM PDT by

thanks

Apr 3rd, 2010 at 1:45:20 PM PDT by

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