Beading: Pastel Semi-Precious Gemstone Fashion Beads

Bead Fashion for Spring

Melanie L. Marten
Spring is just around the corner, and it is time to get out your semi-precious gemstone beads and craft your spring jewelry wardrobe. Pastel tones are always fashionable for spring, and gemstone beads deliver lovely color and style. This article covers ten pretty pastel semi-precious gemstone beads for spring fashion.

Pastel Stone Bead - Blue Lace Agate

Blue lace agate is a semi-precious gemstone bead material that is perfect for spring fashion. The stone is mostly white with a delicate blue swirl to it. This stone would look wonderful paired with blue agate or lapis in a spring jewelry piece.

Pastel Stone Beads - Amazonite

Amazonite comes in varying shades of pale aqua and sea foam green. The semi-precious gemstone beads are swirled gently with the green color and white.

Pastel Stone Bead - Amethyst

While some amethyst beads are quite a dark purple, you can also find some in lovely pastel shades. Some are transparent lavender and some are a more opaque purple swirled with white.

Pastel Stone Beads - Argonite

For a sunny springtime gold color, argonite is a great choice. This semi-precious gemstone bead is a pale yellow to pale peach color. It is opaque and has a slightly marbled design.

Pastel Stone Beads - Lemon Chrysoprase

This stone is also known as citron and is the yellow green color of new spring leaves. It is an opaque stone that makes beads that look great with many spring fashion colors.

Pastel Stone Beads - Citrine

This semi-precious gemstone bead is a golden yellow form of quartz. It is transparent and ranges in tone from yellowy off-white to a warm golden tan.

Pastel Stone Beads - Autumn Jasper

Although the name indicates use of these beads at the other end of the year, the pastel pink, peach, and green colors are perfect for spring fashion.

Pastel Stone Beads - Moonstone

Moonstone is a semi-transparent stone bead that is white with a silvery or iridescent sheen to it. It goes very well with other semi-precious gemstone beads in spring fashion jewelry.

Pastel Stone Beads - Rose Quartz

For a pretty pastel pink, rose quartz is the perfect semi-precious gemstone bead to choose. It is either semi-translucent or opaque and is a uniform pale pink.

Pastel Stone Beads - White Howlite

White howlite, an opaque white stone with grey marbleizing patterns, is often dyed a range of bright and pastel shades. These beads go well with spring fashions they are easy to match.

Choosing semi-precious gemstone beads in pastel spring colors is a great way to create a fashionable jewelry wardrobe. The stone bead types listed here will go well with many types of spring fashions.

Published by Melanie L. Marten

Melanie Marten is self-taught and self-employed. Besides freelance writing, she dabbles in website design and owns dozens of websites and blogs. Work is squeezed in between parenting two boys, homeschoolin...  View profile

  • Pastel tones are always fashionable for spring, and gemstone beads deliver lovely color and style.
  • The stone bead types listed here will go well with many types of spring fashions.

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  • Jeanne Marie Kerns2/6/2008

    Great article :-)

  • Carol Bengle Gilbert2/2/2008

    I could never keep these all straight.

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