Summer Jewellery Trends, Ruby & Onyx Beads
20th June 2021
See our next bead fair on Sunday 4th July at Cornish Bead Fair, Probus. Then the follow weekend, 10th-11th July at Lyndhurst Gem n Bead Fair.
To save us the 10-hour trip back to Norwich, we’ll be staying for a few days break in Cornwall before Lyndhurst Gem n Bead. So online orders between 1st-10th July will be delayed.
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Content:
Jewellery Trends For Summer 2021
Ruby For July
Onyx – July’s Alternate Stone
Bead Fairs Confirmed On
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Jewellery Trends For Summer 2021
Jewellery trends transform gradually each year. So don’t worry about quick change to your jewellery styles – designs will always last longer than a few years. However, those making jewellery should be aware of all trends to lengthen sales time.
This summer rainbow-inspired jewellery is still popular, with chains and pearls which are always timeless – and charms expected to remain in fashion. Along with Ear Candy like glitzy statement earrings or a single, mismatched or hoop earring, and bold beachy necklaces.
Summer fashion is always an explosion of colour, and 2021 is no exception. The trend to spend more time outdoors will continue, even after lockdown (if that ever happens). Prompting jewellery to match, like floral garden hues.
Colours for 2021 featured by Pantone are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow, along with blue and burnt orange. Hello believes Triumphant Turquoise will make a summer return.
The fashion catwalks this year are obsessed with all things pearls. Chanel, Simone Rocha and Emilia Wickstead, love them. So do singers Harry Styles and Billie Eilish, who are often photographed with strings of pearls around their necks. Therefore, it’s time to get in on the trend yourself – whether it’s real or fake pearl beads.
Anklets remain popular with celebrities like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley posting them on social media. Boho Jewellery feature chunky chains and designs with beach vibes – and Power Rooms say vintage mood-lifting jewellery is popular.
With less need to Zoom post-lockdown, longer necklaces are back. Especially effortless and cool layered necklaces – with delicate chains and thin, elegant, oversized medallions. These are fun and easy to make – go for it!
Etsy says padlock jewellery and fidget rings are popular, and multiple finder rings in too. Who What Wear says malachite beaded jewellery is popular.
Whatever trends dominate, it pays to make sure your designs have lots of appealing summery colours.
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Ruby – July’s Birthstone
Like a perfect red rose, the Ruby’s rich colour speaks of love and passion. July’s birthstone is among the most highly prized of gems throughout history.
Ruby was considered to have magical powers, and worn by royalty as a talisman against evil. It was thought to grow darker when danger was imminent, and to return to its original colour once safe. Ruby is the hardest mineral after diamond.
The word Ruby comes from the Latin “ruber,” meaning red. It comes in hues from an orangey red to a purplish red, but the best are a true red – and is called a sapphire in any colour other than red.
Rubies were thought to represent heat and power. Ancient tribes used the gem as bullets for blowguns, and it was said that a ruby would boil water instantly.
It has been said that the ruby’s red glow comes from an eternal flame, making a gift of this stone symbolic of everlasting love. Powdered ruby was used as a cure for indigestion, and if worn on the left hand, ancient lore has it that the ruby will bring good fortune.
Ruby is expensive, so it’s not so popular with our customers – however we do stock some beautiful 3mm faceted ruby beads, see here.
Onyx – July’s Alternate Stone
The Romans, Italians and Hebrew all have a different gemstone for July – Onyx.
Onyx is a term used for several stones. It has been dyed since ancient time, with the popular pure black variety, being dyed microcrystalline quartz. Its natural colour is brown, white or grey.
Onyx used in architecture isn’t a form of quartz at all, but a type of limestone marble. Onyx is very similar to agate. With straight bands of brown, white or black, where agate has curved bands of many colours.
Although regarded as protective, onyx has a reputation as a stone of discord. Onyx was worn to cool the ardors of love, probably because it helps to balance the mind and emotions. Not only avoided by lovers, but also at night, as it provoked nightmares.
However, it does improve concentration and devotion, hence many onyx rosaries.
Onyx is a strength-giving stone, aiding confidence and useful for athletes or people under stress. Its energy is a mental tonic and can help you cope with fears and worries, making you feel in harmony with your surroundings.
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Bead Fairs Confirmed On
Please come to visit us and see our beads ‘in the flesh’! Despite the delay on full-opening, bead fairs ARE allowed: at under 1,000 people inside or under 1/2 the hall’s normal full capacity. All shows will be socially distanced and a limit to the numbers in the hall at any one time.
Sunday 4th July 10.30am-4pm: Cornish Probus Bead Fair, Probus Village Hall, Probus TR2 4NB.
Weekend 10th-11th July 10am-4pm: Lyndhurst Gem n Bead Fair, Lyndhurst Community Centre, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY.
Sunday 18th July 11am-4pm: Norwich Bead Fair, The George Best Western Hotel, Norwich NR2 2DA.
Weekend 24th-25th July 10am-4pm: Kempton Park Gem n Bead Fair, London TW16 5AQ.
Full List of All 19 Bead Fairs Booked So Fair at: Bead Beads 2021
15% Off All From MrBead
Enjoy the new shop with 15% off anything with no minimum order. This is £15 off £100 worth of beads – the more you spend: the more you save! Only once per customer.
Shipping is free too on UK orders over £30 – under this UK P&P is just £2.50. International shipping from £5.
Can only be used at the NEW shop & not with any other coupon. To get the discount Key SUMMER at checkout now, as offer ends Friday 25th June 2021. Use at https://mrbeadshop.com.