Lately in some of my earring designs I've been searching out different elements and colors than I usually favor, mostly as a way to push myself out of my comfort zone a little, which in turn seems to help to keep my creativity sparking.
This week's earrings feature a pair of Nicola Morse's brass paint effect-and-resin charms:
The charms themselves are Different Element One: I rarely use gold or gold-tone metal. Even so, they're so beautiful that I couldn't resist them! I decided to pair them with lampwork glass--glossy blue discs by Helen Chalmers and small streaky mango-colored rondelles by Beth Mellor.
Different Element Two was kind of randomly imposed: I'd decided that these earrings had to have chain, something I've almost never used in my earrings. Somehow the delicate gold-filled chain I found finishes these earrings perfectly. I used gold-filled head pins to wire-wrap 2-mm round turquoise beads and 11/0 gold-plated seed beads to each segment of the chain and hung them all from gold-filled jump rings. Hey, once I decided to go gold, I went all out! 😉
They're long, lightweight, and swingy. They'll be in my shop soon.
Thanks so much for reading about my adventures in golden charms and chains. I'll be back in a few weeks! 💗
xoxo
Meridy
I am so happy you decided to use chain in these earrings. It's the perfect addition to make these earrings perfect. I love the beaded section on the chain as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like the chain, Janine--the little chain segments seem to work well with the shape of the charms, and especially with the disc shape at the top. Thank you! xo
DeleteYes! Nice touches... and I love that you kept your seed-bead accents, in a totally new way! <3
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen! Yes, I do love little seed bead accents. I was lucky that I'd had those tiny turquoise beads for years and still had enough to use on this project. I got the gold-plated seed beads at beadshop.com; hopefully they'll come in handy again! :)
DeleteLovely, its got a southern feel with the addition of gold rush to it
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Divya! xoxo
DeleteThese are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very kindly, Moois! :) xoxo
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ReplyDeletePerfect - and I'm coming round to use more gold too. It's warm and summery xx
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly, Lindsay! Yes, I have to say I agree--as much as I love copper and silver, the golden tones are appealing to me more and more! xoxo
DeleteMeridy, the gold! These earrings may be the most beautiful yet. I love love the use of chain. It adds something so feminine yet funky (for lack of a better word) to any design. I admit, I have never used gold, at least not that I can recall. I just now have gotten pulled in by silver. Blackened copper has been my almost only for a very long time. The gold tones require just the right shades, and these are perfect, and perfectly gorgeous. Please forgive my delay in commenting. <3
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