We are well into the long and lazy days of Summer, with little herds of happy kids roaming the village, ice creams in hand… We’ve had months of dry weather, with skies that show of every shade of blue over the course of the day. Everyone who can possibly swing it has scuttled off to their waterside spot… beach, river, pool or lake…
Where is your favorite place in the sun?
Dendritic Agate feels like beach pebbles…
The most common Trollbeads design request through these balmy months is to “lighten and soften” existing blue bracelets. It’s natural… over the Summer I reach for soft, breathable linens and cottons in sun bleached tones of grey, aqua, chambray blue and white. It’s all the colours that can be found on one of our West
Coast beaches: water, sky and sand. For a bracelet or necklace, the same organic soft shades satisfy, and feel just right.
Today I’ve created a West Coast beach inspired bracelet using beads that are currently in stock at Tartooful. I’ve leaned heavily on the “Rocky Beach” kit by West Coast designer, Scot Bouwens…
You’ll find two of his beautiful, subtle designs framing the central Dendritic Agate, and a third close to the end of the bracelet. I added a pair of our beloved “Azure Bubbles” that add a rich, organic note. Khaki greys are cool but earthy, and the various touches of brilliant cerulean blue evoke a Summer Sky.
Clockwise from clasp: “Dragon Lock”, “Grey Prism”, “Beach”, “Paradise Birds”, “Azure Bubbles”, “Blue Agate”, “Flowers on Indigo”, “Scarab”, “Stone Flower”, “dendritic Agate”, “Sand Beach”, “Scarab”, Milan”, “Blue Agate”, “Cliffs’, “Etruscan”, “Azure Bubbles”, “Magical Lamp”.
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