I was quick to sign on when the team at
Art Jewelry Elements issued their 2013 Earring Challenge because, as many hours as I spend at the bead table, I rarely take the time to design and create a pair of earrings. This is the perfect opportunity to remedy that!
The requirements are simple - just create one pair of earrings a week using a handcrafted artisan component. To make it easy for everyone to participate, the challenge is broken into 13-week segments, with a reveal every other Sunday.
Sweet and simple, my first pair features a hammered copper ring encircling a fine silver textured charm by Leslie Watt of
THEAtoo. Sterling silver ear wires. These have not left my ears since I made them!
My second pair combines folk art mini flowers by Susan Barnes of the Fire Goddess with jet Swarovski and fine silver spacer beads. They hang from handmade, 19mm sterling earwires.
Now, click over to
AJE and treat yourself to some amazing links!
They are lovely, especially love the sunny flowers.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love your earrings! I like the way you made your ear wires in the first pair--with the large loop. Cool. Thank you for joining the AJE Earring Challenge!
ReplyDeleteI would love to know how you made the large loops in the first pair. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteThe earwires in the first pair are fabulous - and I love Susan's lampwork flowers. A terrific pair of earring pairs!
ReplyDeleteLinda and Kathy, I love those earwires, too! And, although I make a lot of my own, I did not make those. They would be easy to create, though. Deryn Mentock has a fabulous ear wire tutorial, and these are very similar to the last example in her post. You can find it here:
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Great earrings. They are both so fun, and I love the colors in the second pair!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings! Love the earwires, too.
ReplyDeleteLove that the earwires i the first pair become a design element
ReplyDeleteReally love both pairs! so pretty
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeleteLovely! I hope you hammered that copper yourself!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful !
ReplyDeleteLove your earrings. I can't decide which one I like the most. Love the work of Lesley Watt and now I have discovered the work of the fire goddess
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