What started it all???

I was searching the internet looking for instructions for making a pair of earrings for my father's "lady friend". I used to make bead jewelry (eons ago), but none of that was really catching my fancy. Then I saw a pair of beautiful earrings made of jump rings. I could do that! I had worked with jump rings many times before and already had lots of the tools needed. From there it exploded! By "it" I mean "everything". I researched designs, bought supplies, made a few pieces, got an Etsy account and opened a shop.
But how do I motivate myself to come up with new designs? I don't want to just make the same few pieces over and over again.
Answer: I have decided to take part in a "Pair-A-Day-For-A-Month" Earring challenge. I'll make a new pair every day for all of January. Follow along with me to see if I can really do it. If I can, maybe I'll start a "Bracelet-A-Week" project next!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Day 12

Celtic Star Earrings:
This pair of earrings has two components; a Celtic Star pendant hanging from a chain of Celtic Visions. 




Materials used:
2 silver ear wires
Celtic Star Pendant-
10- 20 gauge, 3.5mm silver jump rings 
48- 20 gauge, 4mm silver jump rings
26- 18 gauge, 6.5mm colored copper jump rings (2 pink, 12 blue, 12 teal)
Celtic Visions Chain-
24- 20 gauge, 3.5mm silver jump rings
4- 20 gauge, 4mm silver jump rings
14- 20 gauge, 6mm silver jump rings

Instructions:
I used this tutorial for the Celtic Star http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=27644
And this tutorial for the Celtic Visions http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=3331


Experience Level: Intermediate
Approximate Time: 1 hour 15 min.

I have tried to make the Celtic Star pendant before with little success. I couldn't get the AR to work out and the star was too loose and floppy. I have since expanded my collection of rings and this time was able to find a combination that worked out a little better. I first had the pendant directly attached to the ear wires. It looked fine, but I wanted something a little dressier. I searched through the list of chains and found the Celtic Visions had several of the same elements as the star. Depending on the wearers taste, lengthening the chain by adding more links would not be too difficult.
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