Whenever I want to add an extra sparkle to my crystal jewelry designs, I use AB crystals. “AB” stands for Aurora Borealis, and it’s a light rainbow coating that’s applied to a crystal bead to give it a color-changing effect when you move. The coating could be applied to any color crystal. On a jet black crystal, the rainbow effect is more intense.

The 3mm AB crystals that were hand-sewn onto the edge of my wedding veil….by me…all 1275 of them.

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