Memory Lane

Hi, today I thought I'd take a walk down memory lane. Here are three pairs of earrings I made before, that I hope still can inspire you.

Ingredients:

Faceted pyrite drops

Yellow vinyl spacer discs

Hammered look rhombic lucite beads

Swarovski bicone crystals

Oxidized copper wire

Handmade copper earring hooks

Ingredients:

Stone pebbles, hand picked by a friend of mine near 

where I grew up, then she tumbled and drilled them

Swarovski bicone crystals

Oxidized copper wire, two different gauges

Handmade heavily oxidized silver earring hooks

Ingredients:

Metallic pewter love knot beads

Oval metallic rings

Matte turquoise nuggets

Oxidized copper wire

Handmade brass earrings hooks

All my best,

Malin de Koning

Sea and Earth

I'm delighted to have gotten my hands on some of Darlene Fortier House's and Sasha Crow's components recently. I actually won the stamped soldered abalone shapes from Sasha in a giveaway and made a custom order with Darlene from ArtisticRejuvenations for these lovely enameled shapes.

Just a little iridized metallic pyrite and we've got ourselves a dandy pair that brings me right back to Maine with the pearly sheen and mussel shell speckled purples.

You can find Sasha Crow here and on facebook here

 You can find Darlene's torch enameled components here

Enjoy your week and thanks for looking at my latest creations!

Kimberly Rogers

www.numinositybeads.etsy.com

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https://www.instagram.com/numinosity/

Blue Bells

Gorgeous Blue Flower Headpins from Lara Lutrick paired with cool Pyrite discs.

I strung little silver beads inside the disc which seemed like a simple task but it was not an easy!

But I'm glad I persisted and got them in there because I love the way they look.

I added some gorgeous little Glass Beads on top which match the flowers almost perfectly!

They hang about 2" from Handmade Hypoallergenic Niobium Earwires.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.com

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Different Facets

Hello, I hope you are well. Here are my latest earrings. A combination of different facets. Sparkling happily when worn on the ear (even if I didn't manage to capture the swarowski sparkle in the photo).  

Ingredients (bottom to top):

Pyrite facetted drops

Heavily oxidized copper wire 24G

Yellow thin vinyl discs

Vintage lucite beads reminiscent of hammered bronze

Swarowskis bicone crystals

Vintaj brass earring hooks

All my best,

Malin de Koning

Moorland

It seems an age since I posted here last. I haven't made that many earrings recently but I did rustle up a few pairs at the weekend for a market last Sunday. I wanted some simple designs, just using lovely components in a simple way.

You've got to love a freebie and Petra of Scorched Earth is always so generous with the extras she sends.  These spikes were included in my last order and I just love them.  I'm so glad I got them because I probably wouldn't have instantly picked them out in her shop, but the colours are so luscious in the flesh. They remind me of banks of heather on moorland. 

They're a great match for the pyrite and frosted mookaite and the little jump ring embellishment / what-do-you-call-it (what do you call it?).  They're available here in my Etsy shop.

Bye for now, Claire

www.somethingtodowithyourhands.com

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