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Happy Trails
Fun, lightweight earrings!
Components: Hoops, Czech Happy Trails beads, brass wire, jump rings, ear wires
Starlet Earrings
For these drop earrings, I made bead charms with assorted tiny gemstone stars and hung them from Rock Crystal & Seafoam Agate beads. I love how...
Beaten Up Brass
These earrings started out as dull, dingy brass rings. After hammering and a bit of sand paper scrubbing, they started to look like something I...
Components: brass rings, seed beads, Czech glass, hand made ear wires
Vintage Ear Rings
Finally finished the ear rings to go with the vintage necklace. They turned out pretty good. Both pairs are quite simple and the smaller pair has...
Components: vintage beads, hand made copper ear wires 20ga, niobium ear wires, 6/0 seed beads
Bird of Paradise Earrings
I have a very medically complicated 18 month old daughter, w/Down Syndrome. We have literally not left the house since February 6! My husband does...
Components: Silver jump rings, Zola Elements Tropical Paradise Fanned Tassel on Ring w/Silver Finish 89x50mm, Sterling Silver Plain Earwire w/Loop 20 gauge
Mother of Pearl Heart Earrings
For these classic drop earrings, I paired Seafoam Agate & Czech Glass rondelles with these tiny Mother of Pearl hearts. The simplicity of the...
Dew Drop Earrings
I love how lightweight & delicate these earrings are! These amazonite drops make a great focal piece, and they go great with the pink beads- which...
Sun Kissed Drop Earrings
For these drop earrings, I paired some of these new African beads with thread wrapped beads. I love all of the colors & textures and the simple,...
Cactus Flower Drop Earrings
For these earrings, I used wire to wrap seed beads around a recycled glass bead. I love the uniqueness of the design- they'll definitely stand out...
Mermaid's Tears Earrings
These Czech glass mermaids are great for creating a simple & unique pair of earrings, but I wanted to add another element to make them stand out a...
New Earrings
I love enamel earring charms!
Components: enamel earring charms, Czech glass, Black Lava Rock, Shell pearl, Chrysoprase heishe, copper earwires
Sunday Blues...
I love LB's bronze miniduos. They paired well with a denim blu duo from my stash. These are lightweight and easy with jeans and a t.
Components: Mini Duos, 11/0, 15/0 in bronze.
Long time
Ok so there's 5 pics here, but I like to let everyone sees things from different angles! I,haven't made earrings for a very long time. These were...
Components: Sterling silver, garnet briolettes, white topaz
Sparkling Simplicity Earrings
I love the modern shape of the horse eye ear wires. I wanted to keep a sleek look by just adding a charm, but with sparkle- of course!
Groovy Hoop Earrings
Czech glass daisies make me think of summer. I added greek patina spacers in between for an accent color. Simple and fun!
Emerald Sands Earrings
These earrings just glow! The tropical green combined with the gold adds a bit of elegance. You could use any of your fave recycled glass colors.
Twilight Acetate Earrings
I love the shapes and colors together in this earring design. Simple, beachy... perfect!
Boho Fringe Earrings
These fringe focals are amazing! I liked the pairing of the drip ear wires with the black lip shell.
Azul Earrings
The recycled glass nuggets have beautiful blue glow, it looks great with the gold finishes. Silver would totally work as well.
Golden Cowrie Earrings
African beads add the perfect pattern and organic shape to these earrings. Cowrie shells create a summer vibe.
Modern Drop Earrings
From the sparkle of the Czech glass to the pops of pink, these earrings have a unique style that you will want to wear everyday.
Comforting myself
I’ve been making masks for 6 weeks. So many nurses needing them, because the medical grade masks were for in patients rooms with covid19 (due to...
Components: The enameled pieces are from Etsy, as well as the lampwork beads. The blue earrings are Czech glass. I saw a picture of similar earrings somewhere. All findings are copper.
Orecchini Sarah
These almost got banished to the box of UFOs, (unfinished objects.) They gave me a lot of trouble and I learned not to use 1G thread because I had...
Components: 2 14mm rivolis. 8 3mm silver tone metal beads. 16 superduos. 16 4mm bicones of one color and 16 of another color. 16 4mm rondells. 8 silky beads. 2 4mm rondells of a 2nd color. 8 3mm pearls. Size 11 seed beads. 2 fancy ear wires. Beading thread. I used fireline.
Peace Maker
Handmade Rustic clay peace sign earrins. Has a great Gyspy style to them. Earrings made with quality Epoxy white clay. Hand painted and matte...
Components: Epoxy clay
20 gauge non tarnish silver wire
6mm fire polished beads
oval frosted white glass beads
Bohemian Gypsy
Handmade copper Boho earrings made with 16 gauge bare copper wire, wire wrapped with 20 gauge wire. Copper ends hammered for texture. accented with...
Components: 16 guage bare copper wire
8mm faceted green Prehnite stones
20 gauge bare copper wire
New Earrings
I might have to eventually resign myself to just making earrings....arthritis and I find it hard to focus. Earrings or something easy to make.
Components: ceramic bells, Pink Opal, Greek patina 4-1 chandeliers, Hessonite Garnet, Acrylic pieces, Sterling and copper earwires
Some Bright and Cheery Earrings
I found a new designer and I really like her stuff....I ordered a couple of components from her...this is one.
Components: copper enamel components, Sunstone, Carnelian, orange twinkie and copper earwires
Busy as a bee 🐝
Just cute little bees and flowers for spring/summer 🐝
Components: Tierracast bee abd flower charms, sea glass beads, sterling earwires
Tide Pool Earrings
I wanted to show a simple design that was elegant. The sparkling ring and the blue-green enamel are elegant together. I gave you silver and gold...
Summer Festival Earrings
I love this colorful enamel chain and it looks great paired with the enamel teardrop focals.
Fun Earrings
I love these fun acrylic earring components.
Components: Acrylic components, orange twinkie and copper and sterling earwires
Simplicity
I love pearls! These are shell pearls I got from LB a couple of weeks ago. I didn't do any design work other than attach them to GF ear wires....
Components: Shell pearls, gold filled ear wires
All dressed up and nowhere to go...
Gold plated teardrop frames, various small beads and gemstones, handcrafted ear wires.
Components: I made these five pair of earrings as gifts for the leadership team for our annual Women's Retreat...that would have been held this coming weekend. Sadly, this event was canceled a month ago in light of the current crisis. We did book a weekend next April. Should I save them? April, 2021 seems like such a long time away. I also made four silver sand dollar, pearl, and beach glass necklaces for some special girls in our family for our July trip to Kauai and now that is also likely to be canceled next. It was to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. Feeling a bit down today.
Tropical Leaf Earrings
I imagine myself wearing these earrings with a sundress or tank top this summer. These earrings are approximately 3" in length, you could use less...
Open Teardrop Earrings
I really liked the combination of recycled glass and wood. I used crystal recycled glass because that's what I had at home, but you could use your...
Sea Glass Earrings
These are UFO's. Unfinished Objects. I'm working on a sea glass bracelet but just don't feel motivated right now, so I was looking through my craft...
Components: Two pieces of sea glass. 2 3mm eggplant pearls. Craft Wire in 18 guage and 24 guage. 2 ear wires, and a friend named Sheldon.
Spring Butterfly Earrings
I actually think these earrings started with a mistake I was trying to cover up so I could somehow save the earrings I started! I don't even...
Components: Vintaj brass butterfly charms, sari silk, wire, hoops, earring hooks, Czech glass beads, jump rings.
Ebony & Ivory
I wanted to experiment with wire wrapping a link with gemstones
Components: patterned teardrop link, 3mm onyx gemstones, white teardrop pearls, sterling silver earwires
Sea Spray
Coastal inspired earrings with a soothing vibe.
Components: Tube Teardrop earrings, faceted 4mm amazonite gemstones, teardrop pearls
Chatter
on “The Lady and the Sprite”:“What a beautiful cameo. This will be lovely on a ribbon.…” read »
on “The Lady and the Sprite”:“Thanks, Robin! I'll wear it the old fashion way...with a ribbon.…” read »
on “The Lady and the Sprite”:“Great pendant Bev. You really did a nice job on the wiring. When I look…” read »
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- on “Sunday Morning”:
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- on “Silken Strands”:
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- on “Silken Strands”:
“Thanks so much Fresh Baked. The necklace goes so well with my enameled dragonfly earrings. I…” read »
- on “Mother and daughter necklaces”:
“Special is right. What fun.…” read »
on “Mother and daughter necklaces”:“Both are beautiful. So cool that you shop together, create together, and both post on this…” read »
- on “Sunday Morning”:
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“These necklaces are great- and fun to be able to shop and create together. Love them…” read »
- on “Festival”:
“Congrats on POD-your necklace is a beauty!…” read »
- on “Self portrait”:
“How adorable are these?! I had no idea Lima had a fun with felt section. I'm…” read »
- on “Failures”:
“Thanks Pam and kye. And thanks for the suggestion Pam. Yes, it's amazing what we can…” read »
- on “Failures”:
“This has been such an interesting discussion. I learn so much from this site. Both necklaces…” read »
- on “La Luna”:
“Very interesting necklace. I wish you would add a few more photos so I could…” read »
- on “Sunday Morning”:
“Wow! This is amazing! Super combination of colors and beads.…” read »
- on “Mother and daughter necklaces”:
“Those are beautiful! I made necklaces for my mom through the years. I only made 1…” read »
- on “Brass and funky pearls”:
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- on “Anchors Away!”:
“Thanks, CC! If and when you are ready to handle the necklace is up to you.…” read »
- on “La Luna”:
“I love this necklace! The beads and spacers would be wonderful for my neighbor girl.…” read »
- on “Failures”:
“BLE both necks are beautiful. Have you tried a little smaller group of flowers higher…” read »
- on “Failures”:
“MH, have you tried the spacer flatbeads? They are with the heishi beads. They are…” read »
on “Sunday Morning”:“Thanks everyone for your lovely comments!…” read »
- on “Self portrait”:
“MM- I get the tweezer thing(too funny). If I had to choose which one is me,…” read »
on “Sunday Morning”:“Beautiful combination of differing pink beads that create a lovely backdrop for the grey rose focal.…” read »
on “TIME TO GET OUT AND PARTY!”:“HotGemsHilda, You have quoted the Freedom of Speech ammendment for yourself and wish to…” read »
- on “Failures”:
“Thanks CC. I never thought of weighing my beads. I have a nice digital scale that…” read »
- on “Mother and daughter necklaces”:
“How fun is sharing beads between mother & daughter?! It is great that you both…” read »
on “Self portrait”:“Both are cute! Which one is you? I keep tweezers in each car and my purse…” read »
- on “Sunday Morning”:
“This is lovely, and with so many things that inspire me to think outside my little…” read »
- on “Self portrait”:
“What patience to sew these cute pieces with such tiny pieces of felt. Those tiny…” read »
- on “Failures”:
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