As a bead-lover, I never get tired of quality beaded jewelry, and I appreciate it when a designer is able to incorporate beads that many of jewelers might use but still manage to create unique jewelry with them. Jewelry design Cynthia Bloom has done this by included beautiful crystal class button pendants to some of her creations.

For example, here is a purple button pendant and crystal necklace. The button was hand-painted with accents of gold and kiln fired. The molds for the buttons are vintage Czech, circa 1910-1920.




Obviously, Bloom is not the first to use a button as a pendant, but by using unique molds and creating her own components, her work becomes a step up from the average beaded jewelry.