For my mum

On yet another visit to my local bead shop, this time with my mum, we saw these lovely glass beads and my mum liked them so much that she brought them for me to make her a pair of earrings with. Below is the earrings I made for her.

chain drop earrings

I really like this design and was tempted to keep them for myself.

Lovely glass beads

I brought these beads from my local shop in a few different colours, I didn't want to make anything too intricate with these beads because I thought the pretty red lace style pattern was enough in its own.

Red and Silver Earrings

Earring tutorial

Follow the directions below to make these earrings.

1.        Place 10 beads on a line of wire.

2.    Bring two ends of wire together to form a drop.

3.       Pull the 2 strands of wire you brought together through an 11^th bead.

4.       Take one end of the wire you threaded through the beads and bend it over to form a loop. Re-thread the wire through your 11^th bead and into a couple more beads down the side, Finish by fastening with a crimp bead and then add a shepherd hook.

Peacock Feathers

I had these feathers left over from another craft and thought I'd put them to good use. I love the colours in peacock feather and I thinks these plumes make a real statement piece of jewellery.

Back to it...

Before finishing work to go on maternity leave I was under the false impression that I would have all the time in the world to indulge in all my hobbies while looking after my daughter... what was I thinking! It has been 13 weeks since I had my daughter and these are the first pieces of jewellery I've made. I'm sure as time goes on I'll be able to start producing more pieces regularly, but at the moment I'm more then happy just to spend the time enjoying my little baby girl.

I made these earrings by manipulating wire and adding a green glass bead. These are easy to make and produce a unique piece.

Cherry Crush

Looking through a jewellery design magazine I found inspiration to make these very delicious looking earrings. It took me ages to find the round beads in the right red to create this design but eventually I came across them. I'd like to add a silver leaf to the earings below.

Earrings

I went bead shopping recently to my local shop, here are some of the earrings I made with the beads I brought.

The clear glass beads with the lace effect detail are gorgeous! I made some various designs recently using these beads and have been asked to make some more of these earrings because they are really liked.

              These gold designs are very simple, but it seems to be the simplest designs that sell the quickest.

Green and gold earrings