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Estylo Jewelry at the Primetime Emmy Awards Events

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:49:00 +0000

I'm so excite to announce that Estylo Jewelry returned to the red carpet! Hillary Atkin award-winning entertainment and lifestyle expert from the Atkin Report wore several jewelry pieces from Estylo Jewelry on various events in preparation for the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Some of the events include the Variety and Women in Film’s Emmy Nominee Celebration, BAFTA Tea party, NBC Pre-Emmy Party, AMC After Party, HBO Emmy Party, etc.

In this picture Lorraine Toussaint, from Orange is the new Black, Hillary Atkin and Tichina Arnold from Everybody hates Chris at the British American Film TV Society. Hillary Atkin is wearing a Sterling Silver necklace with champagne Swarovski pearls and crystal, exclusively designed for her and is now available here.

At the BAFTA Tea Party with Gwendoline Christie, known as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones.

Same event with Michael K. Williams also known as "Chalky White" in the TV series Boardwalk Empire.

Hillary Atkin and Tichina Arnold at the NBC Pre-Emmy Party at BOA Steakhouse. Hillary is wearing an Aidan Mattox Dress and accessorizing with Estylo Jewelry earrings.

At the HBO Party at Pacific Design Center the night of the Primetime Emmy Awards, with Regina King winner of Outstanding Supporting Actress for American Crime. Hillary is wearing a black Aidan Mattox dress from Pistol & Stamen and Swarovski Crystal Earrings from Estylo Jewelry.

Same event with Tatiana Maslany, Emmy nominee for Orphan Black.

Another great shot of Hillary next to Andre Holland from television show The Knick.

Any Foo Fighters fans out there? Here is Dave Grohl with Hillary and Juan Carlos Guevara.

A couple shots of the entire outfit. Loving how the earrings looked with the whole outfit and that beautiful Aidan Mattox dress!

At the BOA Steakhouse for the AMC Emmy After Party with her date Juan Carlos Guevara.

Another great picture with her date at the Comedy Central Party the night of the Emmy Awards at Boulevard3 in Hollywood.

Last, but not least at the Variety and Women in Film’s Emmy Nominee Celebration wearing a blue Aidan Mattox dress and accessorizing it with long Heliotrope Swarovski Earrings from Estylo Jewelry.

Thank you so much to beautiful Hillary Atkin for sending me these gorgeous pictures rocking my jewelry!

Want to see some closeups of the jewelry?

Blush Swarovski Pearl and Crystal Earrings with Cubic Zirconia and Sterling Silver Posts available here.

Matching Necklace also completely made with Swaroski Pearls and Crystal, Sterling Silver and Hight Quality Cubic Zirconia links; available here.

Clear Swarovski Rivoli Earrings on Sterling Silver posts with cubic zirconia. This design is available in over 20 different colors. Only Genuine Swarovski Crystals are used on these luxury earrings which are available here.

These long purple Swarovski Earrings are made 100% with solid Sterling Silver and high quality cubic zirconia links. They feature limited production genuine Swarovski crystals, very hard to find! Earrings are available in 5 different colors here.

Till next time!

XOXO,

Sandra.

Handmade Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 19:51:00 +0000

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, If you don’t know what to give to your love, here are some handmade gift ideas for her and him.

To see more Valetine’s Day Gift ideas, visit our Pinterest Board.

Let’s take a look!

I Love My Awesome Husband T-Shirt

Available Here

Love Birds Necklace and Bracelet Set

Available Here

Valentine’s Day Pillow Cases

Available Here

Zombie Mini Plushie + Card

Available Here

Sterling Infinity Necklace with Card Saying “Love Forever”

Available Here

Love Poem Art Print

Available Here

Hand Stamped Key Chain

Available Here

Hand Painted Glass Jar with Sweetheart candy

Available Here

Heart Earrings

Available Here

Valentine’s Day Soap Set

Available Here

I hope you liked them, all are adorable and original!

Have a nice day!

Wedding Dresses Trends 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:09:00 +0000

Hello everybody!

I hope you had great holidays and have a happy new year! For the first post of the year, I made a compilation of wedding dress trends for this year by the best wedding dress designers. We can see different styles, textures and colors! But all of them are beautiful. So you can get some ideas for your big day!

I hope you like them!

To see more wedding dress ideas, visit our Pinterest board.

Angel Sanchez

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Monique Lhuillier

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Rosa Clara

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Vera Wang

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Judd Waddell

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Carolina Herrera

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Heidi Elnora

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Marchesa

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Modern Trousseau

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Theia

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Which is your favorite?
Have a nice day!

Winter Wedding Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:59:00 +0000

Who’s planning a winter wedding? In the last post we saw fun Halloween wedding ideas, now it’s time for winter inspiration! When you think of a winter wedding the elegance and magic comes to mind. Let’s see these beautiful winter wedding ideas.

Please visit our Pinterest Board for more winter wedding inspiration!

Photo here

Have a nice day!

Halloween Themed Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:30:00 +0000

Have you ever been to a Halloween Themed Wedding? I haven't, but I sure have gotten jewelry and cufflinks orders for brides and grooms having a Halloween Wedding and I've always been curious about how they would look like, so I did a quick search on the internet and found some very cool ideas for Halloween Themed Weddings.

See for yourself:

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Hope you enjoyed! Don't forget to follow our Fall Wedding Pinterest board to see more awesome ideas for weddings during this season.

Xoxo,

Sandra.

Trick or Treat – Halloween Gift Ideas!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:34:00 +0000

October, the month of witches, black cats, pumpkins, yes… Halloween is coming! Halloween is a time for fun, maybe it would be nice to give a little present to your best friend, your kids or your husband!

Browsing on Etsy I found adorable and unique handmade Halloween gift ideas… Stuffed Toys, Spell Book, Knitted Cat Scarf are some of the fun gift ideas I found.

Let’s take a look!

Halloween Suitcase

Available Here

Amigurimi Pumpkin Halloween Decoration Set

Available Here

Skull Shot Glass Set of 2

Available Here

Outdoor Pillow Cover

Available Here

Hocus Pocus Spell Book

Available Here

Black Swarovski Teardrop Necklace

Available Here

Halloween T- Shirt

Available Here

Spooky Mason Jars

Available Here

Spooky Pumpkin iPhone Case

Available Here

Skull Bracelet

Available Here

Fire Opal Swarovski Earrings

Available Here

Knitted Cat Scarf

Available Here

Beetle the Bat Stuffed Toy

Available Here

Vitrail Medium Swarovski Earrings

Available Here

I hope you liked them and have a happy Halloween!

Autumn Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:59:00 +0000

Handmade wooden blocks HERE

Fall is just around the corner! So it's time to take out warm clothes and decorate the house for this season. This time, I'm going to share some gorgeous handmade Etsy autumn findings inspired in autumn leaves, I hope you like them!

To see more fall pictures visit our Pinterest Board!

8"x10" Fine Art Photograph HERE

Autumn decorated cookie favors HERE

Wallet Purse HERE

Hand Knit Baby Hat HERE

Mapple Leaf Charm Necklace HERE

Decorative Toss Pillow Cover HERE

1950s Olive Green Brown Autumn Leaves Day Dress.

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Hand felted slippers HERE

Real Chrysanthemum Lariat Necklace

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Swirling Leaves Chimney Lampshade

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Vintage 1950s Tea Cup and Saucer Trio Set Autumn Leaves

HERE

Leaf Bobby Pins HERE

Royal Purple Chalcedony Drop Chain Bracelet

HERE

Fall Wedding Shoes HERE

Autumn Leaves Tiara HERE

Felt Dolls HERE

Felted Wool Bowl HERE

They're all beautiful!
Have a nice day! :)

Color Blocking Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:20:00 +0000

Hello everybody!

Summer’s here, it would be fun to add a rainbow bright colors to your outfit and home decor. The color block trend has been around for a while! It consists in combining different contrasting and complementary colors and hues. I think is perfect for this season.

Here are some ideas!

To see more ideas visit our Pinterest Color Blocking Fashion Board!

Have a nice day!

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DIY Headbands Tutorials

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone! How is your week going? I hope great!

I’ve noticed that It’s been a long time since we don’t share any DIY project. I was browsing on Pinterest to get some inspiration and I found our DIY Headbands Board with adorable ideas!

This time I will show you some tutorials on how to make beautiful headbands for different tastes and occasions. Actually they are very easy and cheap to make and are terrific!

Below each image is the link to the source and full instructions. I hope you like them!

To see more DIY Headbands tutorials visit our Pinterest Board.

Hanging Chains Headband

This is a fun and beautiful headband! All you need is a plastic headband, chains of different colors and sizes, jump rings and beading pliers.

Prepare your chains of the length you want them to hang and then attach one chain to each section of your plastic headband.

Source and full tutorial HERE

Looping Circles Headband

This is a beautiful and versatile headband because you can give it different uses! You’ll need circular loop beads, Braided Elastic {1/8" or larger... as long as it fits through your circles}, Grosgrain ribbon, Scissors, Needle, Thread and a Lighter.

Source and full tutorial HERE

Knitted Headband With Felt Flower

Now we have a beautiful knitted headband perfect for autumn or winter. You’ll need a fairly bulky yarn, knitting needles size 10 (6mm) and the felt flower.

Source and full tutorial HERE

Flower Headband or Clip

This is a gorgeous headband! The tutorial was shared a few years ago by Estylo Jewelry, it can be used as a clip too. Very easy and cheap to make! You’ll need Scissors, a Fabric Flower, Heat Gun, Felt, Rhinestone or Button if you want to decorate the center, Headband, Pin, Clip, or whatever you want to attach it to.

Full tutorial HERE

Headband With Feathers

This is very simple and looks great! It takes no more than 10 minutes to make! You’ll need a hair band, colored feathers, scissors and glue gun.

Source and full tutorial HERE

Jeweled Headband

Jewels make this headband so delicate and elegant! You’ll need a Plastic headband, 3/8 Inch Ribbon, a Large bead, a Rhinestone bracelet, and a Hot glue gun.

Source and full tutorial HERE

Double Ruffle Headband

This headband is gorgeous and it was made with scraps of material! You’ll need a hot glue gun, scissors, headband, fabric, felt, needle & thread OR sewing machine.

Source and full tutorial HERE

They’re all beautiful!

Have a nice day!

Selene

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:19:00 +0000

Mother’s Day is coming! If you still don’t know what to give to your mom, your grandma, or your mother in law, here are some Estylo Jewelry Mother’s Day gift options!
Surprise her with one of these beautiful necklaces, bracelets or earrings. I’m sure they will love it!
Remember that you can add a Jewelry Card. Your jewelry will be attached to a jewelry card saying: Thank you for being the best Mom!" and will go in a white cotton filled jewelry box with a ribbon, company logo and a "Handmade in the USA" sticker.
Let’s take a look!
* Please consider that Sandra will be going on maternity leave at the end of this month, so hurry to make your order!
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To see more options please visit Estylo Jewelry or get more gift ideas on our Mother’s Day Pinterest Board.

Have a nice day!

Great Bridal Hairstyles

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:52:00 +0000

How exciting it is to organize your dream wedding! Undoubtedly, one of the best things but maybe the most complicated is to decide what your look will be for that big day. You have to choose your jewelry, dress, shoes… well; there are a lot of things to choose! But one of the most important things that ultimately will complete your look and make you feel beautiful is your hairstyle!

Even if you are the bridesmaid, the mother or a guest, you have to look spectacular. To help you find the perfect hairstyle for you, I did a compilation of pics that I found on the web. I hope you get inspired by these gorgeous wedding hairstyles!

To see more great hairstyles, please visit our Pinterest Board.

Bridal Updos Photo credit 1/2/3/4/5

Half Up Wedding Hairstyles Photo credit 1/2/3/4/5

Short Bridal Hairstyles
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Vintage Wedding Hairstyles Photo credit 1/2/3/4/5

Curly Bridal Hairstyles

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Which is your favorite?

Have a nice day!

Colors of Spring

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:36:00 +0000

Spring is almost here, it’s time to take a look at color trends for this season 2013. According to experts, some of the colors for this spring are monaco blue, emerald, lemon zest, poppy red, etc. You can see the full palette at the image below.

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For brides who are planning a spring wedding, one of these trend colors would be wonderful for the wedding theme. They will look great for home decoration too, and your everyday outfit!

Let’s see some images of these bright spring 2013 colors.

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Have a nice day!

What Color is Your Wedding - Pink Palette

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:24:00 +0000

For this What Color is Your Wedding we have Pink inspiration!

If you’re planning a pink wedding, you can get inspired whith these gorgeous ideas on how to incorporate this beautiful color into your wedding.

Everything is handmade, click on the link to go to the source.

To see more Pink Wedding ideas visit our Pinterest board!

Pink Strapless Puffy Princess Tulle Wedding Dress

Available HERE

Pink Neck Tie

Available HERE

Light Pink Swarovski Earrings and Necklace Set

Available HERE

Pink Wedding Shoes

Available HERE

Rose Flower Crown

Available HERE

Pink Bridesmaid Dress

Available HERE

Flower Girl Pink Tutu Dress With Matching Headband

Available HERE

Pink Wedding Garter

Available HERE

Pink Bouquet

Available HERE

Pink Wedding Favors

Available HERE

Hot Pink Floating Orchid in Water Centerpiece

Available HERE

Pink Invitations

Available HERE

Pink Wedding Collage

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If you missed the previous What color is Your Wedding, click on the link: What Color is Your Wedding: Purple Inspiration

Have a great day!

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000

This is our first post of the year. I hope you had happy holidays and have a great new year!

We are already in February, the month of love! So it’s time to start planning the gift for that special person!

I was looking for some handmade Valentine’s Day gift ideas for our loved ones and found fantastic ideas.

Here are my findings, hope you like them!
To see more gift ideas visit our Valentine's Day Board on Pinterest!

Gifts for her:

Swarovski Heart Earrings

Available HERE Available HERE

Mustache Cushion Cover

Available HERE

Heart Pullover

Available HERE

Wire Wrapped Swarovski Heart Necklace

Available HERE

Love Bath Salts

Available HERE

Red & White Ducks Keychain

Available HERE

Heart Bracelet

Available HERE

Heart Soap Romantic Cottage Style

Available HERE

Gifts for him:

Love You Cufflinks

Available HERE

Valentine's Day Coffe

Available HERE

Custom Guitar Pick Keychain

Available HERE

Cool Geek Glow Heart (Spanish)

Available HERE

Personalized Pillowcase

Available HERE

101 Ways To Say I Love You, 101 Messages in a Bottle

Available HERE

You the Man Mug

Available HERE

Now you have some ideas to surprise your love!

Have a nice day!

Selene

Getting Ready for New Year's Eve - Silver Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We decided to spend this year's Christmas at home, so just the four of us. Prepared a nice dinner, made it cozy and enjoyed it very much.

But we're only a few days from the New Year! Last week we shared a few ideas for a gold New Year's Eve and this week we have a few suggestions for silver items. Lots of Glam!

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Photo credits: Table Setting, Earrings, Makeup, Nails, Table Setting, Clutch

Happy New Year from the Estylo Jewelry Team!

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DIY Christmas Gifts - Candy Cane Soap

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000

Hello everyone!

This is the last week of our DIY Christmas Gift, we hope you have enjoyed all great ideas shared through these weeks!
For this last Christmas DIY Gift post we have a sweet idea, very easy to make and great for a Christmas gift: Candy Cane Soap!

The idea was taken from Gluesticks blog.

You don’t have to be an expert in making soap. You only have to buy a bag of glycerin chunks, melt them down, add color and a scent, and then re-shape them into molds. Very easy!

Here is the link to see the complete post: Candy Cane Soap

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Gorgeous!!!

To see the previous DIY Christmas Gift post, click on the link:Ideas for Everyone

Merry Christmas!

Selene

Getting Ready for New Year's Eve - Gold Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

New Year's eve is almost here and even though I'm not planning on going out to parties as we used to do before our daughter was born, I still love looking around for some NYE's glamour. If you're planning to go out make sure to check out these wonderful findings in Gold color.

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Hope you enjoyed!

Sandra.

DIY Christmas Gift - Ideas for Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Given that we found so many DIY ideas for Christmas and time is running out we decided to make a feature of various gift ideas, just a short description and you can find the whole post by clicking on each provided link. There are just so many awesome ideas that we want to share with you and don't want to miss any :)

Here is the first one: Rhinestone Monogrammed Ornaments by The Creativity Exchange.

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It is an easy to follow tutorial on how to create your own ornaments with a personalized touch. And you all know how much I love bling, so this obviously got my attention immediately. Just get your ornaments in your favorite color and then add rhinestone stickers that you can get at any craft store and in just a matter of seconds you have a wonderful new ornament. Great to give to your family, especially grandparents, or adorn your home. Please read the whole instructions here.

Next is a great gift idea for Dad. It is just so cute! My husband loves beer (me too actually, lol), so I know this would make a great gift for him: Reindeer Rootbeer/Beer by Life of a Modern Mom.

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This is not only cute, but also very fast, easy and cheap to make. Just wrap brown pipe cleaners around the tops of the bottles and twist smaller pieces around to make antlers. Then use the hot glue to glue on the eyes and red pom poms to make the reindeer face. That's it! So easy to do. See the whole blog post here.

Ok, so far grandparents and dad are covered, so next is a great gift idea for friends and the best is that this is also an awesome activity for kids, DIY Snow Globe by I should be mopping the floor.

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You will need jars, some items to fill the jars which you can buy at any Dollar Store, bottle brush trees, glycerin, bleach and lots of glitter. There are a few steps involved, including gluing and which kid doesn't love that! So make sure you read the tutorial here.

Last but not least, how about we share an awesome gift idea for teachers, here is a wonderful post for Christmas Jars from will Cook for Smiles.

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The cookies are not finished until you find a nice Christmas themed jar to put them in, right? Just follow the simple instructions on how to decorate some regular jars and convert them into the awesome pictured Christmas jar. You'll need Large Mason jar, Martha Stewart glass paint, red, white silver and gold, Martha Stewart Christmas adhesive stencils, Paint dauber from Martha Stewart ,White and Red thin ribbon. Get the whole step by step guide here!

Remember that we have covered almost all important persons with these gifts. Notice I said "almost", someone is still missing, but that's dad's job to find out what to do, right ladies?

Hope you enjoyed these ideas and see you next week!

Sandra.

Winter Wedding Cakes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

The other day, I was browsing through Pinterest and saw many great wedding pictures, and I noticed that as winter is coming, there are a lot of ideas for that season. One of the things that caught my eye was the cake; there are beautiful winter wedding cakes for every taste. So I decided to make a compilation of winter wedding cake pictures for you.

If you are planning a winter wedding maybe you can get some ideas from this post or just enjoy these sweet photos!

To see more winter wedding ideas, visit our Pinterest board!

PINE CONES

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SNOWY

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GOLD GLAM

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SNOWFLAKE

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NATURE

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SPARKLY

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Which is your favorite? I hope you enjoyed these sweet pictures!

Selene

Pin to Win Winner Announcement.

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:51:00 +0000

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our first Pin to Win contest! We had more than 1,600 entries! Wow, didn't expect so much participation. You all are awesome!!

The winner was picked using Random.org and it goes to Natha Lia and here is her Pinterest board. Thank you so much Natha! You can pick any one item in my shop.

Here are a few of the items she pinned.

Black Swarovski Necklaces here

Peacock Bridesmaid Bracelet here

Vitrail Light Swarovski Earrings here

Personalized Hand Stamped Monogram Necklace here

Red Swarovski Heart Necklace here

Volcano Swarovski Drop Earrings here

Here is Random.org drawing.

Thanks again everyone!

Sandra.

Great Christmas Findings

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Finally december is here, the most awaited month of the year! Christmas spirit is felt everywhere, I love it! Normally the first thing we do is decorate our homes, but what about ourselves? We have to get in tune with this holiday season! So here are some great and funny Christmas findings to wear, most of them handmade. Click on the link to go to the shop or to the image source.

Christmas Purse

Ugly Christmas Sweater T Shirt

Christmas Red Handbag

Christmas Nail Art Stickers

Winter Charm Bracelet/Snowflake Pendant Necklace

Santa Hat

Holiday Christmas Shoe Clips

Flower Hair Pins

Clear AB Swarovski Drop Crystal Earrings

Christmas Slippers

Handmade Fingerless Gloves/Red Jeans/Christmas Jersey/Christmas Dog Pajama

Red Crystal and White Pearl Earrings/Wire Wrapped Crystal Earrings/Red Crystal Drop Necklace/Swarovski Snowflake Necklace

See more Christmas pictures in our Pinterest board!

Have a nice week!

Selene

DIY Christmas Gift - Girls Bracelets

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving day! Ours was pretty nice, very calm and quiet. I even took some time over the weekend to put up our Christmas tree. I love how it looks now. Well, overall I just love Christmas. So talking about it has everyone started with the Christmas gifts? If not here comes a wonderful option that Megan from One plus one equals Six was nice enough to share with us. It's an awesome idea for handmade gifts for girls. It's actually a great way to include your children in the activity.

Here is Megan's story of how she and her girls created these pretty necklaces and bracelets:

"Hi I'm Megan, visiting from One Plus One Equals Six and I'm very excited to be here at Estylo Jewelry sharing one of my projects with you. I am a mother to four loud and lovable children, who enjoys cooking, crafting and who is also trying to create DIY decor for our brand new house. With Christmas only weeks away here is a quick jewellery project that the children can help you with and it would be perfect for the gift-giving season.

Over the weekend I was going through a couple of boxes when I located a few of last year's Christmas presents. I started packing up some for our stuff from the rental two days after Christmas so it was easy to choose the gifts that would travel easily, especially as we were leaving our rental in early March. So while I was going through one of the boxes I found a few small presents the girls had been given and I thought that it would be good to swap these over for some of their old and tired toys.

In one of the boxes I found a beading kit that Uncle Nathan and Aunty Renee had given Mackenna so I hid it away so that the girls and I could work on it during the week while Mackenna was at home and not at Kindy. So that is how I managed to do my first ever craft project with both my girls today. Just after lunch I sat down with both the girls and I showed them what I had for them to do.

I was greeted with smiles, happiness and loud voices. There were ten little bags of various wooden beads and three lengths of pink elastics, so I promised the girls a necklace each and a bracelet. As the girls are only eighteen months apart they have to do everything the same, this means they eat at the same time, they each the same food, they have the same coloured plastic plates and they generally want what the other has even when we only have one of them. Mackenna will regularly tell strangers that they are 'twins' and people generally believe them.

So I spilt the beads up evenly so each girl had the same number and coloured beads. I asked each of them to choose a few larger beads and we made these beads the feature of the necklace and bracelet. I had to help both of the girls thread the beads on as the activity was aimed at older children. The other thing I had to do was to stick a large needle into each hole so that the girls could thread the elastic through the beads to create their necklaces and bracelets.

I held the bead while the girl's threaded them.

Viveca's pushing the elastic into the bead.

Mackenna having a turn.

I didn't fill the elastic with a whole heap of beads because I wanted to save some of the beads for the bracelet. I threaded the remaining beads onto the elastic, I then measured what size each bracelet needed to be and I knotted them so that they wouldn't fall off their arm. The girls are very happy with their handy work and now they are running around showing off their special jewellery.

This is what the finished pieces look like and I'm glad we did this together because it meant that each of them got some one on one time with mummy and they even got to make their own special necklace and bracelet.

Mackenna's Necklace.

Mackenna's Butterfly Bracelet.

Viveca's Strawberry Necklace.

Viveca's Lady Beetle Bracelet

Viveca likes her pieces so much that she wore them to bed and Mackenna has put hers in a plastic bag so that they don't break. Maybe mummy might be able to make herself something pretty one day."

Thank you so much Megan for sharing this wonderful gift idea! And how great that the kids can participate on this. I'm sure that any little girl (and some not that little) would love them as gifts. Please remember to visit Megan's blog to see more awesome DIY projects, recipe ideas, etc.

Hope you enjoyed it and till next week!

Sandra.

**Important: The original post and all images are property of Megan from One plus one equals Six. To see original post go here**

Real Wedding - Blue and Silver

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

I love getting pictures of the weddings where I was involved with the jewelry. It's always so nice to see all happy people, having fun, beautiful settings and overall the beautiful brides. So I got a lot of pictures from this gorgeous bride from Maryland who ordered the bracelets for her bridesmaids. I spent at least an hour enjoying all the pictures and looking at the beautiful setting of the wedding. Her theme color was blue with silver accessories and white flowers. Very romantic and perfect for a summer wedding. Here are a few pictures.

I just really love to see so much happiness. This bride and her bridesmaids just looked so gorgeous!

A couple of close ups to the bracelets:

White Pearl Bridesmaid bracelet here

Suggested matching earrings:

Bridesmaid Pearl Earrings here

Pearl cluster Earrings here also available in white

Simple Pearl studs here

If you want to see more blue wedding ideas make sure to checkout our board on Pinterest! Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I did! Please note that for privacy purposes the name of the bride is not being disclosed. All pictures unless specifically specified are property of the bride and can't be copied or duplicated.

Hope you all liked the pictures!

Sandra.

DIY Christmas Gift - Friendship Bracelet Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Estylo Jewelry) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you have a wonderful day with your family and/or friends! We have been waiting for this day for a while now. Even though we don't celebrate this holiday in my country, now that we live in the US we have adopted their traditions and really enjoy them.

So if you have some time today, after having the yummy Turkey dinner, make yourself cozy and start making some awesome Friendship Bracelets to give to your friends this Christmas. Just follow this step by step tutorial provided by Isobel from SeriMarea. She describes it just so easy and she has some other wonderful bracelets in her shop. So if you don't have the time to make them yourself head over to her shop and grab some before it's too late!

Ok, here is her amazing tutorial, have fun!

1. To make this Christmas friendship bracelet, you’ll need embroidery thread in dark red, dark green and metallic silver. Cut four strands of read, four strands of green, and two strands of silver. Each strand should be roughly 25 to 30 inches long (63 to 76 cm).

2. Lay out your threads in this order: red, red, silver, green, green, red, red, silver, green, green. Now secure them. You can knot all the threads together and pin them to a secure surface, you can use a bulldog clip to hold them firm, or you can do what I did here- duct tape the ends of the threads flat behind a piece of cardboard.

3. Now we will make the first knot. The thread on the far left will be wrapping around the thread next to it (the inactive thread), and moving over to the right. Start by taking the far left thread, and bringing it over the second thread.

4. Now that you’ve brought the thread over, bring it back under the inactive thread, and up through the loop that you’ve just created.

5. Pull the until it tightens into a knot, making sure that you keep the inactive thread pulled taut and straight. Don’t make the knot too tight, just make sure it’s secure. You’re halfway through the first knot!

6. To complete the knot you have to repeat, so pull the same thread back over the inactive thread.

7. Then bring it back under the inactive thread. Remember to keep the inactive thread nice and taut!

8. Now pull it up through the loop.

9. And pull tight- again, not too tight- be firm, but don’t tug on the thread.

10. Now bring in the next thread along. This one will be silver if you followed my original layout.

11. Using the same red thread that you just made a knot with, make a second knot around the silver thread. Follow exactly the same steps, and remember that you need both halves of the knot in order for it to work.

12. Bring the next thread in. This one will be green. Using the same red thread, make a third knot. If your knots are making a straight line, which they probably will, use your fingertip just to nudge them up and down until you have a diagonal line.

13. Use exactly the same knotting method to knot around the next green thread. Remember to make sure that your knots are all doubled- wrapping the thread around only once won’t work!

14. Continue using the same thread to knot all the way across the row, until all the threads are incorporated. Neaten it into a straight diagonal line.

15. Now start on the second row. Take the thread from the far left, and knot it around the silver thread beside it, using exactly the same knotting method as on the first row.

16. Keep working across the row in the same way as the one before, knotting the red thread around each inactive thread. You will probably find that your knots go horizontal again- just keep nudging them into a diagonal line!

17. Complete the entire row.

18. Repeat with the next row, starting with the thread on the far left, which will be silver. Again, remember both halves of the knot, and keep pushing your knots back into a nice neat line.

19. Now move onto the next row, which will be green. Knot your way across all the threads from left to right. Hopefully by now your knots will automatically form a diagonal line, but you may still want to neaten them a little.

20. Continue with the next row. You can see the shape of the bracelet starting to form.

21. Keep knotting, starting each new row with the thread from the far left.

22. All you have to do is keep following this pattern until eventually your bracelet is long enough!

23. Now braid off the ends to secure the bracelet. Use the braids to tie it onto your wrist, and your Christmas friendship bracelet is all finished and ready to wear!

Thank you so much Isobel for sharing this wonderful instructions! I'm sure a lot of the readers will enjoy making some bracelets for themselves or for gifts in this Holiday season. I'm for sure going to try making one myself!

A little about Isobel in her own words:
"Based in Dublin, Ireland, I'm a 20yr-old student with a huge love of jewellery! I've been making friendship bracelets and other pretty things for years, but it's only recently that I decided to sell them- and so I started Seri Marea Jewellery! The main focus is friendship bracelets, especially personalised bracelets- I love making something that's completely unique, and exactly what the customer wanted! I also love embellishing and decorating friendship bracelets to make something that has all the appeal of a simple knotted thread bracelet, but also has a little extra edge! I add charms, rhinestones, studs, pieces of mirror, vintage jewellery findings, and (my personal favourite), tiny seed beads to bracelets. Ultimately, what Seri Marea Jewellery is about is beautiful, creative pieces, carefully and lovingly made!"

For the ones who don't have enough time to make them here are a few pictures from the personalized bracelets you can get from her shop:

See you next week and I hope you enjoyed this wonderful DIY Christmas Tutorial!

Sandra.

**Please note that this tutorial and all pictures provided are property of Isobel from SeriMarea and should not be copied or used without her permission. **

What Color is Your Wedding: Purple Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0000

For this “What Color is Your Wedding“ we have a sophisticated color, perfect for this fall season: Purple! This color is one of my favorites; it’s the combination of red and blue. Purple provides the stability of blue and the energy of red, so it’s a good balance for your wedding day, don’t you think?

If you are planning a purple wedding, here are some inspiration pictures of this romantic wedding color.

You can see more pictures in our Pinterest board.

Wedding Dress

Purple swarovski earrings by Estylo Jewelry

Groom

Estylo Jewelry Bridesmaids Swarovski Briolette Necklace

Bridesmaid Dresses, Purple Dress

Purple wedding shoes

Flowers purple cake, Cupcakes, Hydrangea cupcakes, Purple ruffle cake

Estylo Jewelry wedding set

Bouquet of blooms, Purple bouquet

With love tags, Wedding soap favors

Wedding table, Tall lighted vase, Lovely lilacs, Wedding chair bow

Purple wedding invitation

Great ideas, I hope you liked them!

Have a nice week!

Selene