August 27, 2009
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Beads and Earrings.
A while back, a friend of mine send me a big ol' Ziploc bag of beads. I was very excited.
Every since I discovered the titanium ear wires, I have been happily rediscovering dangly earrings. I certainly didn't mind wearing plastic studs and titanium hoops...but the titanium ear wires have freed me considerably! Because of this, I have been happily making my own earrings as well as buying some earrings that I can swap out the ear wires on and even reclaiming a few old pairs that I had in the bottom of my jewelry box. Anyway...back to the bag of beads.....So, I have had these new beads and fondled and drooled on them for a while....but just the other day, I actually pulled some out and made some earrings.
The bag had tons of amethyst chips in it and I was very excited to make some chip earrings.
Simply, yet lovely.
You will note that simple yet lovely is a theme with most of my earrings!
Here are some more I made....I love the faceted tear drop purple beads.
And the red beads are just fun!
And notice to the right....I mentioned those earrings a while back but I don't recall if I posted a picture....Those were earrings that had tarnished in the embossing (more like the silver flaked off). In order to save them, I used nail polish and enameled the embossing. I love the way they look!
At this point, I have many earrings to wear.
I love being able to think and choose which pair to wear when I go out. I also was talking to a friend recently about earring storage. My system is quite simple. I use bowls.
I just hang the earrings over the edge of the bowl It is quick and tidy.
Hmmm...I see that in the top bowl picture, that with the exception of the vining flower earrings in the center, I made all the pairs of earrings that you can see in the picture. In the bottom bowl, I made the three pairs on the left. And the faceted purple drop earrings are missing because they are in my ears!
And please note, I made sure to get the embroidered table topper in the photos too. That's one of the items from that yard sale a couple of weekends ago. I just love it! It is so pretty! I enjoy having it dress up my bureau.
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