Tender Greens

It's finally here - that time of year when trees start to take on a misty green hue. Buds appear, swell, and burst into leaf. Skeletal gray branches come back to life, filling out and reaching toward the sky. It seems like this past winter was more brutal than most for those of us in the US - you can certainly tell by the recent posts here on Earrings Everyday! It seemed like Spring would never get here, but that's the beautiful thing about nature, you can't stop her...

Coming off of a 70F degree day full of warm sunshine, daffodils, and singing birds, I thought I'd post about a recent pair of earrings that celebrate the tender, sweet, young green of Spring. 

 


This sweet, simple little pair

features a pair of my own polymer clay "bud" beads that dangle lightly from the bottom of two amazingly craggy raw green garnet stone nuggets. I textured and painted the poly beads and then kissed them with a little gold on top for some warmth. Each bead has been crowned with wee etched nickel bead caps from Maire Dodd.

 

I hope everyone is able to pause and soak up the season this week <3

Nikki 

LoveRoot on Etsy

Ocean Blue Moth Wings

Blue Moth Wing Earrings

I have had so many diversions recently that I was beginning to miss my workbench. Time to get back on there and hammer some metal! So the top portion of these hammered copper earrings is simple with a darkening patina, and the three long dangling copper drops on each earring have had an ocean blue patina added to them. Sometimes, I will apply a more consistent coating of the patina and then add a generous layer of lacquer for added sheen. And sometimes I allow it to blister just a bit, as long as I am comfortable that it won't peel off I will leave it that way. I still apply the lacquer for protection, but in a much lighter coat. Ocean blue patina from Shannon German of Missficklemedia.

The long blue "moth wings" were inspired by nature photos I had seen on Pinterest. You know the ones? So I added some more color to the earrings with dangling African turquoise, and Czech glass beads. They are raw and rustic with color, like moths that aspire to be butterflies.

Gloria Ewing
Chrysalis Too on Etsy
Chrysalis Jewelry on Artfire





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Metallic Drops

I've had these tribal texture 3 hole components sitting on my work bench for months waiting for something to inspire me. These Metallic Czech beads finally did the trick.
I kept the colors pretty random because they all look so good together.

Kristi

KristiBowmanDesign.Etsy

KristiBowmanDesign on Artfire

Golden Slumber

I just can't seem to get away from silver and turquoise at the moment. It seems like every time I sit down to create lately, I grab my turquoise stash first and then open my drawer of sterling wire, chain, etc. and it happened again when I found these Golden Fluorite gems. They are just lovely and I love how they look with the turquoise chips.

You can find these earrings here or see lots of my other designs on my website.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

Kristy Abner

Kristy's Kreations

Love this photo on Etsy by LupenGrainne, the colors remind me of my earrings.

Spring Has Sprung!

Well, officially anyway. I am choosing to believe! Today I heard three different birdsong, simultaneously, through the window. To me that says Spring. I actually had hoped to have these earrings ready for the Beatrix Potter challenge, but I didn't make it. There is always room for flowers, however, so here they are! (Please disregard the somewhat incongruous story line on my book pages--"Prairie Guns"--I chose the pages for their delicious yellowed color and only belatedly noticed cowboys and some shooting. I'm so avant garde!)

These wonderful lampwork blooms are "fairy flowers" by Mermaid Glass on Etsy; the rustic green and ice blue tulips are from Happy Mango Beads; and the little Czech glass flower bells inside the green tulips are from Stinky Dog Beads.

Spring on the Prairie. With some cowboys.

Orchids and Gold

A couple of days ago I was talking with Karen Totten (Starry Road Studio) about what inspires my jewelry designs.  Flowers are a big source of inspiration to me.  Not only do I enjoy using flower shaped components, but the colors of flowers inspire me as well. I enjoy making floral arrangements and I have 3 pots of orchids that are blooming on the kitchen window sill at the moment (and about 7 more that are not in bloom now).

 

My orchids.

So since I love orchids and Pantone's color of the year is radiant orchid, I decided to make some Radiant Orchid Earrings.

These earrings a probably a little more on the lilac side of the spectrum than my orchid pictured above, but hey, orchids come in many shades and tones too!

 The lampwork beads were made in a studio in Venice, Italy, a city which has a long history of exquisite glass work.  That is real gold that has been melted around the perimeter of the beads.  I accented the earrings with purple Swarovski crystal and sterling silver.
 

Linda

Linda Landig Jewelry on Etsy

Linda Landig Jewelry on ArtFire

Earrings and Inspiration

There are as many sources of inspiration as there are earrings created. Each pair has it's own story and original creative energy.

I find Pinterst to be a *great* source of inspiration. From design and fashion to a simple color concept. I tend to view color inspirations in vast categories. Meaning I don't just look at flowers for purple or sky photos for blue inspiration. 

The great thing about Pinterst is that you can search a color or colors and it will show you everything under the sun and more! 

Here is a glimpse of My "Color" board on Pinterest~

Sometimes just looking at the colors you want to incorporate is all that is needed. 

Inspired earrings...

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for more inspiration

Enjoy the day!

Cindy