Ear ear!

A week or so ago I made a 'singleton' earring - I've done them in the past, as custom orders for those who take asymmetry to the nth degree. After posting a picture on Instagram, I had quite a few requests for more.

If you are just going to wear one earring, it needs to make a real statement, rather than looking like you've just lost one!

I had a little stash of beautiful, orphan metallic finish lampwork leaf headpins by Linda Newnham and a few left of Faerystones swirly copper integrated earwires. Orphan components are perfect for singleton earrings.

I added toning swarowski crystals to each one to bring out those colours - unfortunately, it's so dark here today you can't quite see the shimmer.

The darkest one has been nabbed, but the others will flutter over to my Etsy shop soon. See you again in two weeks - keep well, everybody.

                                                                          Lindsay x

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Night Sky at the Cafe Terrace

Look up on a clear summer night. The parade of stars and the moon light up the evening sky and turn it from a flat black to luminous shades of midnight blue. I can see that night sky represented in the lampwork glass beads I chose for these earrings.

 The midnight blue glass has swirls of yellow green in it, that remind me of the night sky in van Gogh's painting Cafe Terrace at Night. 

The ceramic flower beads accent the yellow green swirls. Semi-hidden under the flowers are midnight blue Swarovski crystals and then, suspended from the crystals, is sterling silver chain with Swarovski crystals dangling at the end. Bold, without being gaudy. Sexy and elegant.

Thanks for visiting Earrings Everyday. Maybe I'll have some Easter earrings for you when I come back in 2 weeks. 

Linda Landig Jewelry

Elephant Sunset

Hey guys!  Not only have I been craving warmth these days but I've also been working on some animal themes for an upcoming charity event.  Mix the two together and voila!

The lovely drenched pewter elephants are by Kelly Luttrell of Soul Relica.

The accent beads are by polymer great, Jon Burgess.

I used blackened annealed steel, heavily oxidized vintage spacers and topped them off with a coiled wire bead cap. 

Thank you for stopping by my worktable!  See you in a couple of weeks!

Loralee xo

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Flowers in the Snow

My earrings this week reflect what is going on outside; it's very odd weather, as it's been a reasonably warm winter so far and all the snowdrops, early daffodils and primulas are already out and tiny pale pink blossom is beginning to appear on our cherry tree. And yet this last couple of weeks we have had storms, a fluttering of snow and it is wetter than wet. So the need to wrap up warmly remains.

These began with my desire to use some of my new gorgeous soft pink organic banana yarn; I wrapped and secured it around two Faerystones black copper twisted sisters, added some beautiful creamy rustic pearls from The Curious Bead Shop and popped them on these lovely polymer clay floral beads that our own Janine Lucas made. Aren't they unusual? Pink and black - always an unbeatable combination.

So here you have - flowers with snow, and a scarf! They'll be in my Etsy shop, should you like them.

                                            See you again in a couple of weeks - keep well.

                                                                            Lindsay x

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Whimsical Wings

Hi everyone, it's been crazy weather here for the past couple of weeks, with lots of rain and wind. I'm yearning for spring now!

These earrings in warm tones of orange and yellow with contrasting dark wood might very well brighten anyones day in the mean time.

The wings, made by me are hand painted wood with Pyrography line work and the exquisite lampwork beads are by Régis Teixera. They have been teamed up with wooden spacer beads, copper bead caps and Czech glass bead caps. The ear wires are copper.

The earrings are available in my FB show today in The Jewellery Show.

Thank you for taking a look, if you would like to see these and more earrings this is my group, 

Nicola Morse - Jewellery & components

We're All Ears :: Reveal :: Land Art

I would have loved to spend more time in the amazing world of Jon Foreman and his incredible Land Art installations. They are intricate and precise and yet made from things that are exactly the opposite. It thrills me to see all the color along with the patterns. If I had more time I would have done more with the patterning and the placement of pieces.

But what I decided to focus on was making my own stones.

Yes! I made every single one of the stones here in a challenge within a challenge.

To create these faux stones, I started with translucent polymer clay and incorporated different inclusions, from mica powder to mica chips and embossing powders. That is all the coloring you see here, and it was fun to see how I could make them look like some sort of stone found along a lakeshore. Shaped haphazardly and baked, the embossing powder adds a dimension of realness. They may look like stones but they are as light as a feather!

So I have a couple pairs of the faux stones that I created that would love to come home and play with you! If you enter a pair of earrings, you will automatically be entered to win a pair of "stones" of your very own. And if you didn't get a chance to enter some earrings (remember you have a week to do so!), just leave a comment telling me what your favorite type of stone is and you can win a pair of my Stoned earrings! I will announce winners on Friday, March 6th.

Your turn! Show me your nature inspired land art earrings!

In The Pink

I am a gingham lover; they remind me of more innocent times but most of all, they remind me of my grandmother ♡.  

These sweet gingham enamel hearts are by Cathleen Zaring of Blue Hare.  

Heart charms always have the small challenge of what to do with that center dip.  In my stash, I found these vintage acrylic etched beads with perfect proportions and color.

This was a nice little surprise - the backs had a daisy pattern on them!  Cathleen always finishes her work so beautifully. 

These had been on my worktable for a few weeks.  I have a newfound obsession with vintage sequins.  They were in the same soft pink so I thought I'd include them in today's blog post.

The lovely enameled wire chandelier hoops are by Gaea Cannaday of Gaea Handmade.

The vintage pink petal sequins are from Allegory Gallery

Thank you for joining me!  I have no clue as to what I'll be working on next ... but hopefully, you'll look for my posting in a couple of weeks!  😺

Loralee xo

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