Rodrigo Otazu at SWAG!

SWAG has just added a collection from the  fabulous Rodrigo Otazu!
Recently heralded for his jewelry collection in Sex and the City 2 and the
"Meat Purse"carried by Lady GaGa.

This internationally renowned Brazilian designer recently moved to New York and is taking the town by storm!

PANDORA Holiday Gift Sets

Win a $100.00  SWAG Gift Card!

PANDORA has just released a wonderful collection of Gift Sets for the Holidays!

Here are some of our favorites- just a  small selection to wet your appetite and inspire you to create your own! Send your Gift Set ideas to:
Pandora@ LoveMySwag.com
We will post our favorites on our blog, and reward the top 3 with a $100.00 SWAG Gift card! Entries due by October 29th- Winners will be posted November 1st!

 

Good Luck Gift Set

Little Girl Gift Set

 

 Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend

Happy Birthday!

 

Always and Forever Together

We cant Wait to see what you come up with!

Customizing your Virgins Saints and Angels

One of our favorite things about Virgins Saints and Angels is the many ways to customize the designs to create unique pieces that reflect your style and personality!
SWAG offers our customers the option to do the same!
To do so, Navigate to to the category "Custom order VSA", or, put this address in your browser: http://www.lovemyswag.com/Virgins-Saints-and-Angels-s/3240.htm
All items in this section allow our customers to select finish, primary and secondary crystal colors, medallions, and more. Not sure what to chose? Let our staff assist you - you can call us any time at 800-767-8919 from 10am -9pm Central time.
Here are some examples of how customizing Virgins Saints & Angels can allow you to create extraordinary pieces of jewelry!
This is the Magdalena Necklace in different finishes and colors:



One of my favorite Pieces of VSA Designs is the Goddess Buckle. On this beautiful belt buckle, you can select from an incredible selection of images for the center Medallion; a Virgin, Sacred heart, or perhaps a Gypsy Calender Girl or Fallen Goddess! Once you have selected your Center Medallion image, the Artisans at Virgins Saints and Angels will select crystal colors and mosaic stones that complement the image. How cool is that!
Here are examples of how this Unique piece can be customized:
Now, have some fun and create your own Virgins Saints and Angels Design!

Wow!

We are all so thrilled to find out that Swag is a D Magazine Best of Big D: Readers' Choice finalist for the Best Jewelry Shopping in Dallas! It is such an honor to be nominated, and Swag could really use your help to win Readers' Choice.
Vote for us today, once a day, every day, until May 16 at http://surveys.dmagazine.com/bestofbigd2010-shopping/

Take Your Time

Thomas Sabo recently released a very expressively designed and affordable line of watches. The watch line follows the design code of the Sterling Silver collection, enhancing it with exciting new accents, inspiration, and ideas.

Rebel at Heart maintains its unmistakable look with favorite elements like skulls and lily crosses on the dial.

It Girl features must have colors, radiant suns, and shimmering elements to please the pickiest fashionista.

Elegant lines are the defining design element in The Classics line.
With so many choices, you are sure to find the watch of your dreams...just take your time.

Spring BLOOMS at Swag with Dian Malouf

Our customers are having a love affair with Dallas based jewelry designer Dian Malouf. Her highly recognizable designs, which are all made in the U.S.A., are distinct and dazzling.
Swag is very proud to be the destination where Dian will debut her new Spring 2010 collection, BLOOMS. The line will premier in store at Swag on Thursday, April 22 with a cocktail party at 5:30 p.m. and the opportunity to meet Dian Malouf in person. This exclusive trunk show will continue through Saturday, April 24.
Here is a little sneak peak of the collection to keep everyone happy until the trunk show.

How to Style a Pandora Bracelet Part 3 - The Center Out Method

Another method of styling a Pandora bracelet that yields exquisite and professional looking results is the Center Out method.
The concept behind this styling is very simple, so I will not be spending a lot of time explaining it, but I do have some pictures of our example in different stages of progress so you can see how we have rearranged the beads at some points so the center does not get too "bead heavy" before the outer two sections are worked at all. Yet from the very beginning, we kept the idea in mind that this would be a Center Out styled bracelet in order to maintain balance and a nice, finished jewelry look even before the bracelet is full.
In the Center Out method, we still suggest starting with the clips to divide the bracelet into three sections. Along with the clip, we help the customer choose a "strong" bead to be the centerpiece of the bracelet. Many times we suggest a dangle, but the center bead can be anything that the customer loves and would like to have stand out on her bracelet. This main bead goes in the center of the center section of the bracelet (created by the clips) directly opposite the clasp.

From this point, you just build your bracelet out from this center point. Place a bead on either side of this main bead...these two beads should be similar in size, shape, and color to maintain symmetry on the bracelet. Continue working your way out around the bracelet in pairs until you are finished at the clasp. Our example shows a bracelet built with the pairs being the same bead, but they need not be exactly the same. Simply remember to maintain balance by placing beads of similar size and shape in their relevant positions. If all beads were removed from a Center Out styled bracelet, it should be easy to match them all into pairs, except the center bead which can stand on its own.

Step 2 Added some simple spacers to give more definition to the center bead.

Step 3 Adds four more beads. The plan is to eventually move the murano beads pictured here to the center section. At this step they are in the outer section of the bracelet, however, to maintain balance and to keep the center from looking too "bead heavy".

Step 4 The build continues out on the sides so the bracelet looks complete and not like a piece of jewelry that is being built a bead at a time. Just a few more beads and this bracelet will be finished.

Step 5 This bracelet is now finished, although many customers enjoy changing out select beads to give their bracelets different looks. Balance is maintained in the Center Out styling method giving this bracelet a beautiful and fashionable look.