From invitation to pendant: a chain for a dress-code party

Most of our chains are made in team colours. But sometimes someone comes to us with a completely different starting point. This time it was a party invitation.

An invitation that was a brief

The invitation didn't sum up the dress code in one word. Instead, it listed a whole mood:

Oriental glamour, resort luxury, silks, gold, turquoise, jewellery, linen, holiday opulence.

The client sent us a photo of it with one request: a chain with a pendant that would match the style of the party. No ready-made idea, no sketch. And that's fine — a few keywords are often a better brief than a detailed description.

How we read a brief like this

From the list of words we pick out three things:

• Colours — here given outright: gold and turquoise. Deep blue (sea, holidays) and soft cream (linen, silk) follow naturally.
• Mood — “opulence” and “glamour” tell us it should be bold and shiny, not minimalist.
• Motifs — “oriental” and “resort” suggest images: an exotic animal, palm trees, a moon over the water, flowing fabric, shells and pearls.

One important thing: our pendants are printed in a maximum of four colours, with no gradients. It's a limitation that helps — it forces us to choose what really matters in a given mood.

Four proposals, one choice

Based on that, we prepared four different designs — all in the same palette of gold, turquoise, deep blue and cream, but each with a completely different idea for shape and motif:

1. Hamsa — a hand with an eye in the centre, filled with floral ornament, a lotus flower and small palm trees. The most “oriental” of the four, with a strong jewellery feel.
2. Holiday postcard — a pendant shaped like an arched palace window, framing a palm tree, a sailboat at sea, a white domed villa and flowers. At the bottom: Vacation Opulence — the invitation's theme, spelled out.
3. Shell with a bow — a shell in turquoise-and-cream stripes, tied with a bow ending in a pearl drop. The lightest and most resort-like, a bit like an accessory for a linen dress.
4. Spotted cat under a palm — a round pendant with a big cat striding against the moon and waves, a silk scarf flowing around its neck.

The client could compare them side by side and pick the one that felt most right. The choice: number four.

The finished chain

What ended up on the pendant:

• A spotted cat in gold — striding confidently, head held high, like a guest who knows they look good.
• A silk scarf in turquoise and cream, tied around its neck and caught by the wind — straight from “silks”.
• A full moon, a palm tree and waves in cobalt blue — “resort luxury” in a single frame.
• Gold outlines holding it all together — a bit like a jewellery setting.

Between design and finished product, the blue got more intense and turned cobalt — so it would play well with the chain. The pendant hangs on a chunky, metallic blue chain that catches the light just the way holiday opulence should.

Four colours: gold, cobalt, turquoise and cream. Exactly the ones from the invitation — and not a single one more.

Why it works at a themed party

A dress code is usually a challenge for your outfit. A chain solves it in one move: put it on over a plain T-shirt or a linen shirt and you're instantly “on theme”. It's also big, colourful and visible from across the room — great in photos and party videos.

And after the party, you keep a souvenir nobody else has.

Got an idea of your own?

You don't need a finished design. All it takes is:

• the invitation or the party theme,
• a few words about the mood, colours or motifs,
• which chain colour you like (or trust us to match it to the design).

We'll take care of the rest: we prepare four proposals, you choose, we print.

Themed party, wedding with a motif, birthday, company night out — why go without?

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