Earth Rebirth

In my last post here at Earrings Everyday, I wrote about how much I was yearning for spring to arrive.  Well, it's finally here, officially at least, and for some of us the weather is even getting warmer and sunnier!  So I thought I'd make earrings that would reflect the beginning of spring, that period of rebirth and renewal, when the birds are building nests for their families-to-be, the flowers are starting to bloom, and the trees are leafing out.

I looked through my cache of earring components and opened my box of treasures by Helena Benkoczka of ARETObeadsjewellry, who (as I'm sure you know) makes uniquely beautiful earring charms.  I found just what I wanted:  a lovely pair of tribal teardrop charms in soft turquoise and purple that reminded me of the Easter celebrations of my childhood.

To go with the charms, I picked lovely streaky transparent purple lampwork rondelles by Beth Mellor of Beeboo and pretty turquoise discs made for me by my friend Barbara Steffen of Fire Spirit Beads.

I added tiny purple seed beads and turquoise jump rings, and wrapped and knotted everything together with turquoise waxed linen cording.  These pretty, softly colored earrings are the result.

Thanks so much for reading--I'll see you in two weeks!

xoxo
Meridy

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Nature as inspiration

Hello lovely earring fans,

What inspires you when you create? Normally I get my inspiration from the beads itself. When that doesn’t work, nature, in all its glory does the trick.

Lilac-breasted Roller-Wikipedia, picture by Prabir2011

Look at the picture of this amazing bird. It’s a Lilac-breasted Roller. Never heard of it, but isn’t it magnificent?

I have tried to incorporate the colours into this pair of earrings.

Beautiful turquoise, matte, lampwork glass beads, made by Elasia, embellished with pink aluminium jump rings, silver plated bead caps, rose glass beads and handmade copper ear wires made by Lucy Haslam from Faerystones

Simple earrings as I wanted to draw attention to the gorgeous turquoise colour of the headpins.

Thank you for looking and I hope to see you again in a couple of weeks!

And you know by now I really love to read your comments, so don’t be shy, just write a few lines. I always respond.

 

Wishing you a wonderful day,





Janine
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