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!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Day 27

Spellbinder Earrings:
Looks difficult, but really it's just 4 rows of European 4-1 woven in a loop, with a larger ring run through each edge.

 
Materials used:
2- silver earwires
100- 20 gauge, 4mm silver jump rings
4- 20 gauge, 10mm silver jump rings
2- 9mm glass beads

Instructions:
http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=94975
Connect the earwire to the wrap using 2 rings.

Experience Level: Intermediate
Approximate Time: 1 hour

I made a necklace pendant using this method and thought reducing the size and turning them into earrings would be cute. I used the same metallic looking blue-green beads that I used on Day 6. Only a small part of the bead has the metallic look, so I have to keep turning them so that the metallic part shows through the opening. I really needed to use beads that don't have holes for threading. When the beads turn the holes show too. Maybe I could find some really small marbles or decorative glass to use.
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