It's been awhile since I have been able to post, but here I am. I will be better organized with pictures for the next post, but everything seems to be a mangled mess around here! Lol!
Thanks for stopping by!
Marie
Friday, January 31, 2014
A Hint Of Nature's Bounty
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Clipper
I'm guessing I'm not the only one who recently had cause to think about upcycled jewellery designs. For my first post on this blog, I thought I'd share this pair of earrings that I made using paper clips.
I patinated the clips using swellegant - I was delighted when that worked! - and combined them with some button pearls, some czech glass cones and some links from a broken, vintage necklace that belonged to my mother. I was quite struck by the design possibilities these humble clips offer and, with this post in mind, I had a nose around Pinterest to see what other uses makers had found for them. I came across several tutorials. I do love these sweet ice skate ornaments.
I patinated the clips using swellegant - I was delighted when that worked! - and combined them with some button pearls, some czech glass cones and some links from a broken, vintage necklace that belonged to my mother. I was quite struck by the design possibilities these humble clips offer and, with this post in mind, I had a nose around Pinterest to see what other uses makers had found for them. I came across several tutorials. I do love these sweet ice skate ornaments.
How dinky?! These bookmarks are also very sweet - and simple too:
And finally, these flowers have a pleasing vintage look and could make for natty focals.
As I said, this is my first post here, so I'd like to say 'hello' to you all and thank you for having me! My paperclip earrings have sold but you can see a selection of other earrings on my blog and in my shop.
Ta-ra until next time,
Claire
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Garnet Inspiration
Hello Bloggers! My name is Cindy Pack and this is my first posting here on Earrings Everyday. I am a bead maker and jewelry designer with Cindy's Art & Soul Jewelry. I am thrilled and honored to be a part of this wonderful group of artisans.
The earrings I am sharing today feature handmade components. The ear wires are sterling silver with soldered closed loops. I have been obsessing lately about my ear wires and making sure they are closed in some way.
The silver charms were created with pure fine silver. Hand cut from sheet and then textured with fabric, run through a rolling mill.
I added in tiny fine silver hoop rings to contrast with the square charms.
And finally deep red micro faceted garnet stones-- because there is a few days left in January, of course!
These earrings have a lot of style and I imagine them as dressed up. But that's the beauty of silver-- it can be dressed up or casual. Garnets with their deep red color and faceted surface can make a casual outfit feel that much more stylish.
These earrings are brand new and listed in my Etsy shop!
I
found this lovely collection at Polyvore that I felt was a good match
for this set. I love the black, white and red combination. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Wild Blackberry Cordial
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| Wild Blackberry Cordial for sale at my website www.tesortrovati.com |
These wine-stained etched and dapped disks from Lisa Liddy of Metal Me This reminded me of blackberries and the color that your fingers get when plucking them ripe from the vine to pop into your mouth. That made me think of how delicious they would be as a drink, a sweet cordial perhaps mixed with a bit of brandy. Good to the last drop.
Blackberry Eating
I love to go out in late September
among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries
to eat blackberries for breakfast,
the stalks very prickly, a penalty
they earn for knowing the black art
of blackberry-making; and as I stand among them
lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries
fall almost unbidden to my tongue,
as words sometimes do, certain peculiar words
like strengths or squinched,
many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps,
which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well
in the silent, startled, icy, black language
of blackberry-eating in late September.
among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries
to eat blackberries for breakfast,
the stalks very prickly, a penalty
they earn for knowing the black art
of blackberry-making; and as I stand among them
lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries
fall almost unbidden to my tongue,
as words sometimes do, certain peculiar words
like strengths or squinched,
many-lettered, one-syllabled lumps,
which I squeeze, squinch open, and splurge well
in the silent, startled, icy, black language
of blackberry-eating in late September.
Galway Kinnell
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Welcome New EE Members
In honor of the addition of 4 new members to the EE Team
I've created a treasury featuring all of our members.
I'm so excited to see what they each create to share with us in the coming weeks!
'Earrings Everyday' by KristiBowmanDesign
Sponsored by send bulk email from excel.
We can't forget Kristy Abner who's Etsy shop is empty at the moment, but she has a wonderful website.
Kristi
Friday, January 24, 2014
Mayan Headdress
I've been playing with scratch foam again lately and these copper components are some of my favorites.
I like the shape and I put a holes where they are so beady goodies could be dangled from the center
and I love way they look.
I like the shape and I put a holes where they are so beady goodies could be dangled from the center
and I love way they look.
I didn't realize until after I created these earrings how much they look like a Mayan Headdress.
I think I'll be playing with this idea much more.
Beautifully Tribal!
Glass Headpins by SueBeads.
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Kristi
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Luminous Knots
In the winter, I'm often drawn to darkly luminous colors and finishes. One of my favorite combinations is burnished copper and peacock pearls. Here I've combined rustic copper knots in a chestnut patina from Shannon German of Miss Fickle Media with large, freeform pearls in a rich oil slick coloration and smoky gray glass seed beads.
I picture them with a funky plum gown and soft taupe accessories:
These will be available in my Etsy shop later this week.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Winter Flowers
Inspired by the subtle shades of winter, I made these Czech flower beads the focal point of my rustic copper earrings. The flowers are a granite color with hints of green and blue, and accents of rusty brown. Accompanied by copper ovals that are also in a floral motif, wasabi green rondelles and darkened copper wire that I have loosely wrapped around the flowers for a casual look.
We are coming into the time of year when a warm weather vacation would be a welcome change. I love this Ralph Lauren crochet outfit, and it would be perfect with my winter flower earrings.
Gloria Ewing
Chrysalis Too on Etsy
Chrysalis Jewelry on Artfire
Friday, January 17, 2014
Gypsy Hoops
These earrings are for sale on my website but if you are interested in buying beads like these, please check out the Bubby & McGurk Beads Facebook page. Online bead sale tomorrow at 2pm EST.
Thanks for looking!
Have a great weekend,
Kristy Abner
Kristy's Kreations
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Hearts & Flowers
I am not a hearts & flowers kind of girl.
Sure. I love to get flowers, and hearts are very sentimental, but I am not that girly.
If I have hearts at all they are going to be grungy and weathered, perhaps cracked and a bit odd.
When I saw these ceramic hearts from my friend LeAnn Weih of SummersStudioBeads, I just couldn't resist. They have a cute puff shape but the glaze is rusty with flecks of black. I pulled out some handmade copper ear wires from my friend Rebecca Anderson of The Curious Bead Shoppe. One of the things I love, but can't seem to master, is handmade earring wires. So I let an expert like Rebecca help me out! Lying on my table were are few of these sweet wood flowers. Would you believe that I bought some clearance stretchy bracelets with hideous plastic beads and multitudes of these wood daisy spacers just to get my hands on those flowers? I love them.
Want to know who else loves them?
Let me introduce you to my brand new earring model.
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| Say hello to Delia |
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Beach Stones
Winter always puts me in the mood for neutrals. These natural beach stone earrings make me think of a winter lakeshore, all pearl gray sky, steel gray water, and tawny dried grasses. Other elements are red creek jasper roundels, copper, sterling silver, and little pale champagne-colored seed beads on the earwires.
I picture them with the perfect winter outfit of soft neutrals:
I will be listing an assortment of these beach stone earrings in my Etsy shop this weekend--stop by!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Bling Infusion
Once upon a time, I considered the idea of blending sparkling crystal beads with rustic metals and/or stone beads. The concept has been percolating in my brain for all this time and now I have finally worked up the nerve to begin. I am hopeful that this will be the first piece in a collection of bling infused tribal jewelry. A new direction to be explored at a time when I can make my own metal components, and Swarovski elements have been available at discounts after the holidays.
Molten lava flowing over the dark ashen colored volcanic rock is a similar contrast to my hammered copper and crystal, so it is fitting that the color of the Swarovski columns I used in my earring design is called magma.
Gloria Ewing
Chrysalis Too on Etsy
Chrysalis Jewelry on Artfire
Friday, January 3, 2014
Cosmos
Image from thewayofbeauty.org
Also, Bubby & McGurk Beads is having a BEAD SALE on their Facebook page on Saturday. Check it out if you can!
Thank you and have a great weekend,
Kristy Abner
Kristy's Kreations
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