Shades of grey with a pop

Hello friends, I hope you all have enjoyed a wonderful weekend. Here in Greece if was warm enough to officially “open” the swimming season… we hiked in the mountains and ended the day with swimming in the sea. Wonderful.

As you might know I have set myself a challenge this year for Earrings Everyday: making earrings with long hoarded beads. The beads have been hoarded for various reasons: I could not part with them, I just had to have them without any idea what to do with them, or I bought them with an idea in mind which I had forgotten about once I received them, some I completely forgot about (yes, that happens) etc.

Today I set myself an even more difficult challenge: make three sets of earrings with the same beads.

I picked these wonderful handmade polymer clay beads in various shades of grey. I bought these in 2011 from a shop on Etsy called Peak View Creations. Sadly, this shop doesn’t seem to exist anymore. I then picked bright yellow handmade lampwork glass beads made by Amy. I am an official hoarder of the amazing muse packs from a great friend Claire Braunbarth from SmittenBeads, so I picked a pack and use some of the beads in them.

Here are pictures of the earrings. Let me know which design is your favourite.

 

Thank you so much for looking and I hope to see you in a couple of weeks. 
Here on Earrings Everyday we appreciate and love to read your comments. So don't be shy and let us know your thoughts.  Wishing you a wonderful day, full of joy, flowers and sunshine.

Janine
Esfera Jewelry

Swedish Druzy

Check out those wonderful druzy beads i got just the other day. I wanted to showcase them with all their glitter and exciting shapes. Hang them just simply from a great looking thin chain with some messy wrapping, and have them dangling a lot when being worn. 

Ingredients:

Blue and yellow/gold druzy crystal nuggets with electroplated coating

Messy wrapped oxidezed copper wire

Verdigris patinated copper chain by MissFickleMedia

Handmade oxidized copper earring hooks

And some extra info:
My earrings are extra suitable to wear on a day like this. As today, the 6th of June, is the Swedish National Day. And the Swedish flag is blue and yellow. Below a very typical view from the countryside of Sweden on a beautiful summer's day. We do love our flag.

All my best,

Malin
www.beadingbymalindekoning.blogspot.com

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