Trollbeads have released a lovely collection of silver beads this year actually playing with spring themes in their beads. To quote them they were inspired by "sunlight filled gardens,
rebirth, renewal and romance" and I think they have pulled it off very well. Their silver beads (and lets not forget the 2 gold beads) show a nice mix of the more traditionally styled highly detailed Trollbeads and a couple of simpler modern designs.
My new favourite of this release (I swear my favourite bead changes depending what one I am looking at) is actually their latest lock. I love the detailing, and I swear they somehow have managed to get a cheeky grin on the face of that swan, it makes me smile just looking at it. I would have a hard time choosing between this and their fish lock, though the fun part with the Trollbeads is that their locks are changeable so there is no good reason, besides my budget, that I couldn't have both.
To go with the idea of romance there are 3 heart related beads, the heartbeat bead showing what looks like an ekg reading while a fun way to say to someone they make your heart beat faster. The hugging heart is sweetly romantic, while the ball of hearts looks rather busy to my eye would be fun on a bracelet with lots of bright munaro beads.
The Paradise bird bead is encircled with 4 folk art style birds, to me it looks like nothing so much as if they are chatting to each other like a flock of starlings, the contrast of the shiny silver birds on the textured background really makes them pop. A cute chick bead is the sweetest little celebration of spring and Easter and has a nice simple design. Nothing welcomes spring like flowers and the latest floral design from Trollbeads is of of all things a Zucchini flower. I've never thought of the flowers as pretty but I do like their bright orange colour brightening up my veggie garden, that and they are delicious when stuffed and fried
For the romantic at heart there is a new kiss bead, this is a bead that looks much better in real life as it is easier to see the detail in the design and to admire the way he design flows around bead. Then of course there is another sort of love and no one is more passionate about their sport than the soccer fan and Trollbeads have released a bead for those lovers of football as it is known to most of the world.
Gold lovers haven't been forgotten with the bright gold flower wreath bead, this bead looks so sunny it would be great on an all gold bead or as a touch of colour on a silver bead. The gold heart dangle bead is an elegant looking bead with simple modern design I would love to wear this on a plain black or brown leather necklace.
Finally we have this 3 holed bead, which means that this simple butterfly design is designed to be placed on the Trollbeads fantasy necklaces to give it a different look.
So all in all I think the Trollbeads Spring 2010 collection is one with a great variety with something for everyone and well worth a trip to your local retailer to check out for yourself.