How many times do you look at a favourite top and think, I haven’t got a necklace to match or tone with that colour? It might be an unusual shade and difficult to match up.

With the 70 plus colours (and added to those, the many different finishing effects in the Swarovski crystal range) there is bound to be a colour which matches or tones in perfectly. I’ve found the Swarovski range to be incredibly useful, now all my ‘awkward’ tops have the right necklace!

I have a couple of styles on the shop in clear crystal and black, the Gio and Icicle necklaces but they can be made in any colour – see the Swarovski colour chart – or even in two tone or complementary colours.  And Gio and Icicle can be adapted to your design, and also sized perfectly for you, after all ladies do not come in ‘one size fits all’ so why does high street jewellery?

Gio in clear crystal

Lightweight, and comfortable, these necklaces are constructed with silver beading wire protected by a fine nylon sleeve, sterling silver crimps (the little pieces which hold the beads on and sterling silver findings.  And customers tell me they wear them out on show, over black tops and also under blouses for a hint of something, so they are very versatile as well as being unusual.

The following ‘in progress’ shots show the Gio with different versions – it was fun to change the original design.

with inverted "V"

For anyone who wants to match certain Swarovski colours which are currently very fashionable – choose their ‘indicolite’ for teal; ‘sapphire’ or ‘capri’ for blue; ‘hyacinth’ for orange; padparadascha for watermelon etc, and don’t forget there are also crystal round beads available, not just the bicone shape as shown on the Gio necklace.

two shades of pink

with a flowing drop

Added to that, as always, there is an option available in gold wire and gold fill findings – so how many permutations can that make?

How often have you gazed at jewellery in the window of a shop only to find you love the jewellery but don’t like that clasp, or it’s not ‘quite right’ ?  I do it quite a lot.

So I thought a lot about flexibility when designing Kyrene Designs jewellery so you can quite often have an item in gold (using goldfill or vermeil (see precious metals) – instead of silver; or a different length, and maybe a bracelet to match.  Or have beads in between the pearls and gems, (or not) etc, there are lots of possibilities!   And it’s very hard to get that choice on the high street or even online from large commercial websites.

Gold fill version

Silver version

Generally I like to use a hook clasp on a necklace as it’s an easy clasp to do up, with an extender chain to fit your neckline, but not everyone likes these fittings, so you can have other clasps like a trigger catch,  a toggle or other types.

Bracelets are irritating if they do not fit properly; maybe you have smaller or larger wrists than the standard sizes. I make bracelets to fit me perfectly as I have small wrists and the average size is useless.  Just measure your wrist as shown in sizing for made-to-measure bracelets.

Customers often ask me about earrings and many preferences can be catered for – if you prefer hooks or posts these can be changed, and if you have non-pierced ears, clip earrings of all types can be requested.  Broad smiles adorn the faces of delighted ladies when they have my clip earrings as these are so hard to find elsewhere.

And for those with earring allergies, your problems may well be over, did you know there are metals for jewellery making which are highly inert i.e. seriously hypoallergenic which are not available on the mainstream jewellery market? (and I am not talking about stainless steel).  So please do mention this to anyone you know who is allergic to jewellery as there is hope!

It’s easy to advise you on your requirements.  Do use the contact form or email  sales@kyrenedesigns.com.