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Friday, March 8, 2019

Summer Dreaming

Spring is here but I'm thinking up excuses to indulge in as much colour as possible.  When it comes to colours...more is always more.  I've had these polymer drops framed by copper wire for ages, they never worked in my previous attempts.  I also came across these ribbed polymer beads that I've also had for years.  These were part of another pair of earrings which I took apart.  The colours in both sets of polymer beads matched up perfectly.  All I needed to do was create something to go in between...to break them down a bit.


I painted brass tubes, instead of going for darker colours I decided to go all out and match them with the polymer beads. I laid them out: polymer rounds followed by tubes and polymer drops.  They did not look complete. 


I sort of took the 'lazy' approach and wire wrapped some hoops in matching colours as I couldn't think of anything else.....hoping they would all fit together despite the explosion of colours. 


Here's a closer look.  I think the components look comfortable with each other - the oxidised copper wire acts as the 'softener'.

Polymer ribbed beads: Di Keeble
Polymer drops: Holly Stultz

These earrings are now in my Etsy shop.  Have a lovely weekend and I will see you in a couple of weeks. 

Suhana <3


18 comments:

  1. These work perfectly. I think nobody does bright and fun colors the way you do, you are definitely the queen of wire wrapping and bright fun colors.

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  2. Aways admire your earrings they are so unique and colourful

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  3. GORGEOUS! Bright, beautiful, and fun. Love! 💗

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  4. I love it when components that I have had forever finally come together to make a nice pair of earrings. You always take it to the next level and make an absolutely amazing pair of earrings! I love all the colors!

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  5. These fun and playful earrings will be great for summer! They will go with any colors.

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  6. I adore your pieces and these are just amazing for spring.

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  7. I agree that more color is almost always more. Bring it on! I love these. You can't help but feeling happy with these earrings dancing on your ears!

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  8. Wow! and i'm laughing at your description of making those wire wrapped hoops as 'lazy'! They are anything but!!

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    1. Hahaha I know what you mean, I meant lazy as in I didn’t want to come up with something new đŸ€Ł thanksgiving Sue ❤️

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