Earrings (pt. 1) (original) (raw)
Earrings! One of my favourite things to make, as they don't take very long, and I love my earrings. The ones pictured here are two different lengths - the longer earrings don't work as well, I think, because they are threaded onto a piece of wire that bends slightly. As shorter earrings it looks fine, but as longer ones I think it looks a little strange.
I use silver plated earring hooks, I can also get stainless steel ones if you have a problem with plating. I'm currently looking for a supplier that sells silver or allergy proof metal, haven't found one yet.
You can see the earring wire I use here, and the hooks I use here.
Longer earring:
Shorter earring:
Please specify which you want. The longer earring uses the whole length of the earwire. The shorter one probably about 3/4.
Price List
£4 / $8
(either length)
Onto the earrings!
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Apologies for the blurriness of some of these pictures - my camera has been acting up lately. When it improves, I'll replace them with better versions.
Blue/Black
Just some simple black earrings I made - the idea was some earrings that went with anything. They were just black, but some blue crept in. But that's ok. I like blue.
Shorter version...
...and longer version! I don't really wear the long version anymore, but I wear the short ones a lot.
These are really simple, just to show off some beads that I bought and loved (because I think they look like marbles). Because the beads were so big, and so striking, there wasn't much else I needed to do to them.
Pink! These started out purple, but ended up pink. They're pretty, though....
I don't know why there's so much red here. There's a short and a long version that are pretty much identical, so I suppose that's something to do with it... and another version, which is a copy of some earrings I made for a friend's birthday. Very similar to some blue ones I made, too. :)
Longer version, which I never really warmed to...
...and the shorter version, which I wear a lot.
You can probably see what I mean about the longer earrings, they have that slight bend to them. I think it's because the length suggests they should move, and hang, but they don't, because the wire is stiff. I'm sure there's something I could do to fix this, but I'm not sure what, as yet. I'll get there. :)
Please note, you can see all the different colour beads I currently have in my possession here. Please feel free to request any necklaces or bracelets you might like, and I'll do my best to make them for you (and obviously will tell you if I can't).