I already had a few older me made orange jewelry sets. However this autumn I went hog wild making even more in every combination possible. Orange bling is the best way to instantly brighten an all black October ensemble amirite?
Adorable cat-shaped rose gold spacers accented a small orange cross choker set along with tiny, lighter colored two, three, and four millimeter beads. It's usually tough for me to handle such smaller sized beads, but it's useful to have a subdued in size set that's also having a fun wink with the cat charms. In keeping with the fall metals, I also used the last of two matching copper cross charms for a simple orange earring pair. Previously I made a black, silver, and orange cross necklace set, so this time I used fireball orange beads with hematite for a cool, tone on tone matching earrings, necklace, and bracelet with a cross spacer from my Last Joann Haul. Like my Dilemmas in Orange blouses, none of these orange jewelry materials never actually color match. Fortunately, I've come to embrace the shade differences so long as the same color, size, or shape beads carry throughout the bling set. It gives the eye a place to travel between noticing the orange in the earrings to the same in the necklace or coordinating bracelet. The jewelry also compliments my other orange attire, from the Autumnity Accessories in my hair and my handbag or belt right down to the burnt umber laces in my shoes. Yes.
Silly thrift plastic gold teardrop beads add more fall color to an orange beaded cross necklace. Like the small size beads, it's important to note which beads have side holes which don't look right as sideways earrings while other top hole beads also have limited uses. Thankfully, with cheap materials or thrift finds, it's okay to experiment guilt-free on what looks work or don't, as I wrote in my latest Jewelry DIY for Search Magazine. There's no mixed metals or chonky necklace done wrong if you are having a customized, good ole time with your bling! After exhausting a bag of orange beads I received last Christmas, I actually ordered more because, according to my handy jewelry chart, I still had more metal and cross combinations to make. Silver beads with a filigree line detail and a clearance cross charm both look somewhat spider-web-esque in detail so they became a different necklace set to another with plain cross earrings and alternating round orange and silver spacers instead. I suppose you could wear like metals together or mix and match in a multi-layered orange smorgasbord however that may be too bold even for me! I don't want to repeat jewelry designs but different earrings, necklaces, and bracelets work for a variety of collars or long sleeves.
Of course, sometimes that doesn't always happen and I do end up disliking a bracelet with the wrong sleeve or a necklace that doesn't sit right. Fortunately, making your own jewelry is so superb because it gives you so many styling options for every ensemble. I did go a bit crazy with several odd, large size copper spacers for some big bobble earrings and necklace pendants, again changing it up from a simple choker or longer necklace thanks to a few head pins. My jewelry chart indicates that I still need some gold and orange earrings and bracelets in the more antiqued or bronze tone, and I have just the right square Joann gold spacers to match some dangling cross earrings. Likewise a large bronze sideways cross and metal beads to match helped used up most of the orange in a more simple earrings and bracelet combo. Unable to stop until every orange bead was vanquished, several orange crackle beads and odd silver fireballs made for another shiny trio. The last of the small millimeter rondelle beads were actually different shapes and slightly different colors, and it was kind of annoying to make sure I was alternating them correctly with some gold balls going wild with the orange beads and gold leaf charms. At least they look cute!
The orange column in my jewerly-making spreadsheet is now pretty full. I've all but finished most of the orange beads, and any more sets would probably duplicate all this me-made bling. Thankfully, I have enough zany, no fear citrus combinations to last all fall long.
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