Vintage style is very popular at the moment and the most favourite style of all at WishWare Beads.
Particularly in vogue are beads with decals of vintage images: owls, trees, burlesque ladies and simplified animals which just seem to fly off the shelves of my shop. It seems that we may have morphed back to the 1930-40’s and many regret sending those old style rosary beads to the op-shop when they temporarily went out of fashion!
This necklace worn by actress Illeana Douglas ( star of Six Feet Under, Ugly Betty ) taps into the vintage feel really well. A stylish tree silhouette set in a filigree silver piece, which is capped off with rosary type neck-wire in simple black. Illeana offset this really well with her bright colours at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards.
“Illeana” Necklace $28 AUD - available at WishWare Beads
For my angle on this piece I’ve used NEW “Fragments” Acrylic Ovals and adhered a silohette tree print to the back. Diamond glaze was used to make it sit straight ( with no bubbles! ). This focal was then wrapped with a silver plated square filigree piece using chainnose pliers. The neckwire was devised to compliment using silver wire and swarovski crystal bicones in jet black.
