Well, you don't get much more girlie than a bunch of pink and white beads with polka dots (and a few hits of orange just for fun). I have to say that I just love polka dots right now. They seem to have a clean, almost contemporary feel while at the same time being a heck of a lot of fun. This set is made with Effetre and CIM glasses including Effetre Dark Pink Alabastro, Rose Opalino, Rubino, Dark Pink Pastel, Sunset, White, and Transparent. On the CIM end I've used, Gelly Sty, Pink Champagne, and Blush. This is 7 different shades of pink with various matching polka dots. I love how the Sunset, which is a layered rod of glass with pink, orange, and white, creates these textured, two-tone dots.
These are the kind of beads that you can either go completely kitschy with by using bright oranges, pink, and whites or get sophisticated with Bali silver and more subdued neutral accents. I've also got a set of matching wheel shaped beads that I will be listing separately that has all the same pinks and other colours, but no polka dots.
Another set of soft, pale, warm toned neutral colours. I think my favourite part of this set is how the CIM Linen, a pale, slightly greenish beige works with the CIM Adobe which is a very soft, warm terracotta colour. Really you could wear these colours with almost anything and they are perfect for summer tans and bright white t-shirts. The disc beads, which are a juicy peach colour in natural lighting are made with a core of CIM Peaches & Cream which has been encased in Peachy Keen.
I had a small problem with cracking on one bead (which didn't make it into the set, of course) but I think it was my fault since the bead wasn't even encased. However, I would strongly recommend NOT encasing Linen. I think there are beads where it might work but I've had a couple crack on me several days after coming out of the kiln so I think it's a bit risky. It's is beautiful as a base colour and very nice to work with.
