Halloween is that special time of the year when you get to dress up and be whoever or whatever you want for a day, well actually, for a night! With Halloween costumes, the spookier you get, the better - you can go goth like you have always dreamt but never dared to do or just go plain scary and freak out your little nieces and nephews.
This is the time of year when your clients are looking with excitement to see fresh new Halloween exciting designs! So go for it, and bring out the most creative side of you and start creating your new Halloween jewelry collection that will make your clients fall in love with this holiday all over again!
As people begin designing and planning their Halloween costumes a few months ahead, now is a great time to begin designing your 2016 Halloween jewelry line, as every witch or goblin must accessorize their costume with the perfect spooky Halloween jewelry. Also, as with every holiday, a lot of people like to get into the Halloween holiday spirit weeks before Halloween actually occurs with pumpkin t-shirts and spooky yet classy jewelry to get into the holiday mood!
This is most definitely one of the most fun holidays of the year, especially for designing cool and unique jewelry items! Here are some spooky jewelry ideas for this year's Halloween.
Spooky jewelry ideas
Spiderweb earrings for example. Imagine sitting with your best friend on the porch when suddenly a little tiny spider begins to crawl down from her ear?! Sounds scary? Very! What better accessory for Halloween than spiderweb earrings! For this, simply take a small spider pendant and attach it to a chain earring for the “web” effect. A few more ideas might be a mask pendant necklace, spider ring, vintage black choker with moon pendant or a fun yet moody skull bracelet.
Halloween jewelry guidelines
We have gathered some useful tips for you to use if you too are planning on creating a cool, chic and fashionable Halloween jewelry line! By following these guidelines you will be able to create the perfect holiday jewelry items that everyone will love! By combining vintage yet classic items together with dark shiny crystals you will be able to create jewelry pieces that truly match the holiday spirit and that people will want to wear, all year round.
Plating:
When creating a Halloween jewelry collection, you want to get a look that is dark and dramatic, and the metal plating that will be best for that is the black wither it is matt or shiny. The antique silver would be also nice to use, but would make a less of an impact. To create a more classic style jewelry for people that are looking for the softer version of Halloween jewelry, use the nickel metal plating color.
If you are looking to add a same color to your jewelry, you can always use red or orange crystals or beads. Another way is to use a yellow gold or bronze metal plating colors for your jewelry bases, and embed them with gray or black crystals and glass stones, this way you get a shiny and mysterious looking Halloween jewelry.
Stone colors:
There is a wide range of crystals in many black and gray shades that can use for creating your Halloween jewelry lines such as Silver shade, silver patina, black diamond, silver night, comet argent, jet, graffit and more.
You can also use beads or natural stones like the black Onyx stone to create an interesting piece with different textures.
Styles:
There are a number of unique styles you can go with when designing and creating your unique Halloween jewelry line.
Classic: You can create a clean cut Halloween jewelry line and use small delicate pendants of spider nets, ghosts, skulls, masks, bats or a moon and use them to make long dangling earrings,delicate bracelets and necklaces - all nickel coated with just one or two crystals for the customers who are looking for a small and classic Halloween jewelry.
Choker: This year's hottest jewelry trend is, of course, the choker, that has made a comeback from way back in the 90’s. All of the hottest "it girls" are wearing them and this has become a must item to create and sell in 2016. All you need to do is take a black ribbon, from satin, silk, leather or lace and attach a small pendant down from the middle. Add a few sparkly crystals or stones and you have the perfect Halloween item!
Goth: Goth jewelry is always in fashion, no matter what year it is or what holiday we are celebrating. But Halloween is no doubt the most important holiday for goth lovers which is why you can truly go crazy with this style! You can create black chain necklaces with spider pendants adorned with Swarovski crystals, skull rings or bracelets and many other dramatic and goth like pieces that transform an outfit from nice to absolutely stunning!
Halloween is most definitely one of the most fun holidays to create jewelry for, especially since there are so many interesting and trendy items, you can create, that people will buy and wear all year round. There are many places to draw inspiration for designing your Halloween jewelry line - TV shows and movies, history, your childhood and there are many possibilities and options, from Scary cats, white moons, bats, witches, skulls and more, get inspired by this wickedly fun holiday that is Halloween and create a unique, creative and innovative 2016 Halloween jewelry line.