This week I set myself a challenge to make my longest pair of earrings yet . These enamelled seahorse charms I'd received from
Kaz Baildon a few days ago were small and thin enough for me to start building upon.
I wire wrapped some hoops matching the seed colours to those on the charms w/o making them 'too matchy matchy' and attached the seahorse charms.
Next I added the oval brass blanks on top of the wrapped hoops followed by the filigree tubes on top. But it didn't look right so I added the big brass rings behind the wrapped hoops and oval blanks. The length at this point was just over 4 1/2" which is not long enough in my opinion as I've made longer earrings in the past. Maybe I should have taken photos of each step? Something for the next post perhaps.
I spent a long time trying to figure out ways in which I could make these longer - to no avail 😓. I gave up however they still didn't look right. I showed them to my husband and he also said there was something missing - there was too much brass between the wrapped hoops and filigree tubes. I added the little red flower drops which did the trick.
So here they are, long earrings for most people I think but I failed in creating my longest pair - again something I can work on for a future post so all is not lost 😄.
These earrings are now listed on Etsy. See you again in a couple of weeks time.
Suhana 💜💜💖
My etsy shop:
Buttoned Up Beads
