Three Earring Patterns

Late Easter Bunnies Bracelet

I had planned on having these sugary sweet marshmallowy treats ready for Easter publication, but sometimes I just procrastinate.  A lot!

I figured better late than never, so I hope you enjoy this bracelet.  (The small bunnies worked in free form,  would make cute earrings!)

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, no matter what you celebrate!

Ronit's beautiful version of the clown fish bracelet pattern

Once again Ronit Florence has taken a pattern and made it into more than just a basic bracelet.  She definitely knows how to tweak a design to get the most from it. Most readers will recognize the Clown Fish Bracelet I posted in July.

Bead work and photo by Ronit

 Here's what she had to share about the beautiful set she made:

    " As usual, your clown fish pattern wrecked havoc with my todo list - I just had to drop everything and bead it up :) I saw real clown fish in their "natural" habitat in a museum recently and learned about the symbiotic relationship they have with sea anemones, so I added the anemones to the pattern - that happened to have made beading a bit more interesting  because it meant that there wasn't a large area of solid color to bead up :)

     Of course, I had to make a set, so I rearranged the fish slightly so the pendant didn't turn out too wide and I made matching earrings. I used clear beads with AB finish (Delica #51) to do the bubbles and, while in retrospect I think it would have been better to use white, it allowed me to use the clear "water" drops or bubbles in the fringe and strap. For the strap I used this free pattern: http://storage.canalblog.com/26/09/392679/26506221.jpg from this site: http://centperles.canalblog.com/archives/schemas_a_a_d_/index.html

     Hope you like it and thanks again for all your wonderful and very inspiring patterns!!!

Hugs, Ronit"

Bead work and photo by Ronit

Truly gorgeous!! I am always amazed at how awesome (and fast! - she had this done early last week!) Ronit's work is.

easy earrings with a bit of sparkle

image copyright 2009 Ginger L.A.

I'm trying to get geared up with some pieces for holiday pressies. -- It's definitely that time of year!

This easy set of earrings uses two pieces of silver wire, a pair of earring wires, two dangle charms (mine have the messages "hope" and "dream"), 12 (size 11) siver seed beeds, 4 (6mm) bi-cut crystals, 2 (6mm) turquoise fossil beads, 4 (4mm) turquoise fossil beads, and 8 (6mm)jump rings.

A couple pairs of needle nose pliers, and a pair of wire snips were used to assemble the pieces.

More Earrings

I thought it would be nice to put a 4 mm crystal on each point where it shows the diamond shape of four beads, or just put a picot of three beads through the end of each point.. I thought I would post some more earring patterns. This time I focused on making them a bit smaller, just to see if I could. I hope you all have fun playing with them. I'd love to see and share pics from anyone who makes these up.

earrings

I am not an earring wearer - I don't even have holes for them. That means I forget most of the time that most of the world does wear earrings.

So, I gave myself the challenge to come up with an earring design, and came up with four. I have to confess: once I got started, it was fun!

Please enjoy, and if anyone makes these up, I'd love to see some pics. With all of the Bead quilt patterns - I couldn't help but still be in the heart motif mode.

note: I only show every other row of fringe - it makes it easier to see on the pattern that way. Or you can do just the fringe shown - up to you!