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Beads from Venice Represent Highest Levels of Skill & Art
Read about my trip to Venice
So I scoured all the neighborhoods & streets and found a wonderful bead seller who has the most high quality glass beads I have ever seen in fabulous styles that will surely become your treasured and favorite jewelry.
If you love beads go to Venice. You will never see so many gorgeous beads in one place anywhere else! Most are already styled into finished jewelry so it is a source of design inspiration indeed.
Glittering, Dramatic Window Displays in Venice
Venetian Inside Foil Beads--Greatly Reduced!
Here is a group of 4 gorgeous Venetian foil tube shaped beads, bright turquoise & olive green. One inch long. Were selling for $5.99 each! These are the last of the collection. Venetian foil tubes 4 for $16.99.
Lovely Silver Foil Rectangle Shapes
These lovely handmade rectangles are not from Murano but the quality is just as fine. Cool pastel pink and silvery crystal lined with silver foil. A fine accent to any design. Size is 15mm. Price is very fine also! You may assort, just indicate your colors on the shopping cart page. Pink or crystal silver foil bead, 4 for $3.99, 12 for $8.99 save 25%.
Elegant Best Seller From Venice
This golden round, with 24karat gold foil inside a pure crystal ball, will give your design class and elegance. Use this bead wherever you need a wonderful contrast with other more colorful design elements. It's 8mm. Venetian gold foil round bead, 4 for $4.99, 12 for $31.75 save 20%.
New Venetian Look & Style--All with Intense Gem-like Depth and Presence(Photo reduced about 50%)
Large hearts and an olive shape on a sterling cable ring. The cable ring is $22.00 and a very neat accessory, as you can slide a variety of large holed beads on it, or hang pendants.
The pinnacle of Murano artistry can be yours! Top 2 rows in photo, baroque style flat or oval,
all with heavy applications of karat gold and intense color. These are truly unique and rare.
Also each is a little different in the way color and gold are combined and applied to the bead.
We have the flat oval in emerald green stripes with black (right of row 2), smoke topaz stripes with gold
(left of row 2),
gold with emerald "windows", gold with ruby & topaz "windows", and the olive shape in gold with
ruby and topaz "windows" (all top row). All about 30mm long, the ovals are 20mm wide and the olives are
13mm around in the middle. Large holes can be strung on 1mm cord.
Baroque flat oval or olive shape, $15.00 each, 2 for $27.00 (can assort), 6 for $75.00 (you can assort), save $15.00.
olive shape baroque beads (1 color)
Next row you see 2 sizes of the new Venetian heart. All sold out.
The medium heart bead we chose only in the gold and ruby colorway since the ruby is the most difficult color that glassmakers work with. Each heart has a different combination of these foils and colors. The medium heart measures 18mm x 18mm x 10mm thick. Medium heart bead, $14.00 each.
medium foil heart (1 color)Last row, the blown beads. These are superb. All in delicate tints of amethyst and sapphire with darker purple lines tracing the shapes. Light as a feather. 3 shapes: olive 40mm x 20mm, full round 25mm (not shown), and olive with pin striping 37mm x 20mm. The blown beads have really large holes, about 3mm. Blown bead, any shape, $18.00 each.
blown beadsImpressive Olive Shapes in Fab Colors
Here is a wonderful example of a bead that can stand on its own as
a single piece in a necklace! These are substantial and intense. Note the
luxurious gem colors in each bead. We have ruby, garnet, amethyst, sapphire, and silver with
a deep maroon spiral. Each one weighs just under
an ounce. We've created some styles which you can see below using these beads. The reds are
so difficult to photograph. The bead is partially translucent and all have that
mysterious foil inside. Must be very tricky to make!
They have 3mm holes. Measure 35mm x 22mm. Large olive shape, any color, $24.00 each.
A Beauty
Another close up of the sapphire color.
Brilliant Ruby Masterpiece
On my monitor, the color is absolutely exact, an intense bright true red. Much enlarged.
Close ups of the Hearts
Sample Styles
with amethyst accents
Venetian Heart Pendants in Many Colors Direct from Murano!
Each Piece is Completely Unique Due to the Rigors of Creating these Tiny Works of Art
Above left, our popular smaller heart pendant in many lovely colors. Each one has a unique Venetian floral design that is so difficult to create. From the left, top row, pastel multi, blue, pink/blue, & red. Lower row, teal, aqua, bright multi & red. These are 14mm with a "puffed" shape. Silvertone bail. 2nd row, the aqua shows the way they look on the back. These sell quickly & reorders take a while so make sure you get yours by ordering now. Small venetian heart charm, $3.99 each or 3 any colors for $5.99. (Specify colors in shopping cart instructions.)
Simple, Colorful, Elegant Necklace with Leather and Sterling
Here's a simple yet elegant combination of beads and narrow leather cord. The
clasp in back is sterling silver, as well as the findings used to attach the focus beads. Black leather is strong yet
lightweight and comfortable to wear all day. On the left, collectible Venetian millefiore beads with diamond shaped sterling
spacers; The necklace has 4 hand made sterling cord caps that we have permanently
attached to the leather. Leather and Venetian millefiore bead necklace, $45.00 each. Kit with everything needed
(except glue) to make the
Venetian bead necklace, $25.00.
Ideas with Venetian Heart Pendants
Above left, a bracelet idea with venetian inlay beads and sterling accents, as well as the rose quartz knot bead to pick up the delicate pastel. Any girl would be thrilled with such a lovely bracelet.
Ideas With Sterling Bead Hoops & Millefiore
The hoop earring
is 2mm sterling round wire. The wonderful colorful "fiesta" style uses Venetian
millefiore with Austrian crystals in aqua and topaz. Takes about 1 hr. to make a pair. And they
are the most comfortable style of earrings to wear! Call to find out if we have the earring hoops.
Memory Bracelet with Millefiore Beads
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| Above, is an example of how the Venetian beads combine well with memory wire to make an instant impressive design. We sell memory wire for bracelets for $3.00 for 6 coils. Just request it with your order. (The bracelet in the photo above has about 3 coils.) |
Venetian Art Glass Bracelet & Earrings
Here is a delicate, ladylike bracelet made of the floral inlay beads from Venice. We alternated 4 of the colors with sterling 3mm spacers. The toggle clasp is a sterling teapot loop and spoon. We also made matching earrings. Art glass inlaid flower bead, aqua only, $3.00 each.
Jade and Murano Glass
Here you can see the result of combining
lovely murano glass beads with a jade openwork piece. The shapes and colors enhance each other very
nicely. A pair of earrings such as this would sell for $80 and up in a shop. The outstanding marbled pink
and pale green cylinder beads are $7.99 each.
Designs with Venetian Beads
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| Left, the beautiful pastel millefiore with rose quartz. The centerpiece pendant is a rose quartz butterfly. |
| Right, a bracelet idea with the silver foil beads and the German lavender/blue vintage beads. Silver ornate beads as accents. |
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