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Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com and I have a fun product showcase for you
today
this is SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS innovations collection for spring and summer
2015. Now a couple times a year SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS releases some new
shapes, new colors, new affects and it's really fun to see what they've come up
for us to be able to incorporate into our jewelry design
so we look forward to every launch and I wanted to actually take an
opportunity. I've have never done this before to actually show you in a video form
what the new collection comprises of. First off
the newest color is this wonderful tangerine color. It's
very vibrant. SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS tells us that it was inspired by the Mandarin
garnet
but I think it looks very summery and looks like sunset
just really fresh and clean. I'm going to pull a piece of white paper over here
because
it might be a little easier to see the true color against a white background
this is the tangerine color
and this might be something you want to consider pairing with violet
oranges and purples always look beautiful together
you can also pair it with the new effect which is going to be
Crystal Iridescent Green. So those would look great paired together. You could even do
like a smoky topaz, if you want to tone it down a little bit
or maybe go in the blue direction like a
turquoise or maybe even a aquamarine. That's a couple different ideas
and like I said I did pull out the newest effecct
which is Crystal Iridescent Green
which has a great gold shimmer to it. I think that's really pretty
so I have a couple different examples of it right here
and so this might be something you would pair with like a vintage rose, a denim blue
maybe even a tanzanite. So different
options there. So the new colors are tangerine and the effect is crystal
Iridescent Green
and the new Pearl as also the crystal iridescent green pearl
I have a little coin pearl and some baroque pearls here to show you this
so I feel like the blue comes out a little bit more in the Pearl than it
necessarily does
in the crystal. So this feels like a blue-green
pearl to me, which is real pretty. It has a nice vintage feel to it
You might want to consider pairing this with a petrol pearl
would be really pretty. You can do it with mauves,
purples, go with some neutrals, a nice
antique gold would be lovely and now let me show you the new shapes and styles
I'll put these back. Probably the most talked about
one is the skull bead. It comes in two different sizes. We have a nineteen
millimeter
and we have a 13 millimeter and you can see where it's drilled, see the hole
placement
now I want to just turn this a little. You can see the various facets involved
so this is going to be a great piece to incorporate into your designs, give them
a really dramatic
effect. So small one, large one. You see the size comparison here
very very cool bead, a lot of things you can do with this
another really talked about release is going to be the
Grand Crystalactite Pendant. I hope I'm saying that right
this is the large size which is 56 millimeters
It is a very a dramatic shape, it's modern
it'll look great hanging just as a pendant by itself
and it also comes in a smaller 30 millimeter size
which you might want to consider for earrings or something if you don't
want something like this. This is actually quite heavy. This is a big piece
but you can see how the light catches in the facets
and then we also have a Petite Crystalactite Pendant which is a little
different shape
It almost has more of a blunt feel to it
and again this would make a great pendant. You could probably get away with this
for earrings as well
but those are really new fun pieces that have been added to the collection
we also have a new button which is a four-hole button
I do like putting this on the white just so you can see it a little bit better
you see what the back looks like and then the front and this is in the Crystal Iridescent
Green
It's got great shimmer to it and then we have
a Xirius Raindrop Pendant which are side drilled
here's the large size which is going to be
24 millimeter and then we also have a little one which is 14 millimeter
said that's a fun new shape
as well and then moving along
we have new mini beads and we've got
six different ones
large to small. So we have a new mini rectangle bead
and this one here is going to be a 10x8 and the smaller one is gonna be
8x6
we have a new Rhombus Mini Bead. I'll show you where that hole is, so it's going
through it
so that's going to be in 8 millimeters and 6 millimeters
and then we have the new Drop Mini Bead shape which is going to be again in two
sizes. We have a 12x8
and we have a 6x10. You can actually see there's quite a size
difference in these, between the small and the large ones
You want to pay close attention when ordering but these would be great in
perhaps
earring designs were you want a little bit more of a petite scale
you might want to add multiples of them. So those are the new mini beads and
they're beautifully
faceted and then the last new item I wanna show you
is this cute little Bow Tie Flatback. So this is a flatback, so you would glue it
on
it's got a great bow shape and the way it is cut, you can actually see the
center
of the bow in the middle if I can get the light to catch here for you
it comes in a variety of colors, it's just a really fun new piece
what I like about Swarovski's newest release here is it combines
really good basic structural
pieces like these little many beads that are going to be great to
incorporate into some more classic designs, give you more options
and then at the same time they threw in pieces like the skull beads,
the bows, the Crystalactite Pendants, things are very modern that are very
you know kind of in line with what's trending right now and what's popular in
fashion. So it's nice that they did blend the two worlds together so
you've got the classic, you got the elegant, but you also have the modern, you have
the hip
so I hope you enjoyed this quick overview. I hope you enjoyed actually
seeing
some of the beads in terms of their scale against each other and being able to see
the colors and the different facets in a video form
If you like this I'll keep doing this for every new Swarovski release
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