Calling all trendsetters! I need some jewelry help!

[snoopygirl78]

Hi Ladies!

I'm having a difficult time finding jewelry for my bridesmaid dresses. The dresses are sage green irridescent taffeta from Alfred Angelo. I really like the irridescent crystal (chunky) necklaces I've seen in recent issues of Brides Magazine, however, I can't find anything like them in stores or online! I've searched E-bay, H&M, Target, Claires Boutique, JCPenney, Kohl's and Macy's with NO luck! I don't want rhinestone jewerly or beads...I'd like something more trendy that the girls can wear again. Any ideas are greatly appreciated! Thank you and happy planning to all you lovely ladies! :)

[RosieAngel]

The type of iridescent crystals you are looking for are called "Aurora Borealis (AB) Crystal." Other than that, I don't exactly know what you are looking for. Do you have a picture from the magazine that you can post so we can try to find comparable products?

[Moon.Dust.]

try etsy.com it's a site where artists sell their stuff. There are tons of jewelry makers on there and if they don't have what you want you can get something custom made.

[snoopygirl78]

Thanks for replying to my post. Here is a picture of the bridesmaid dress. I really like the necklace shown with it but can't find anything similar in the stores.
http://s7d4.scene7.com/ir/render/AlfredAngeloRender/6536-600?wid=340&obj=main&sharpen=1 (javascript: changeImage('6536-600?wid=340&obj=main&sharpen=1',null,1);)

Thanks again and happy New Year!

[neebelung]

I feel your pain... I searched high and low for chunky AB crystal jewelry after falling in love with a (very pricey) emsemble from MEG Jewelry. I searched all OVER the 'net, including Etsy, to no avail.

I actually lucked out at a small local crystal jewelry shop. The necklace that would've been something like $375 from MEG cost me about $80 (it was a bit more than the "standard" ones they had in the store, as I wanted the larger pear shaped drop... they also had round, shell, starfish and other shapes).

Here's the inspiration piece from MEG:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b247/neebelung/wedding%20accessories/ingerlisa.jpg

And here's what I got:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b247/neebelung/wedding%20accessories/necklace1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b247/neebelung/wedding%20accessories/necklace3.jpg

(funny thing though... after all that searching, I ended up NOT wearing them in my wedding, and I gave them to my Mom about a month after the wedding, because they went really well with a dress she has).

Here's the shop where I got my stuff:

http://www.sunburstcrystal.net/

The shopping cart feature on their site is fairly new so they don't have a lot of product on there yet, but it'd be worth giving them a call.