Caught behind the eight-ball again with the earring challenge...but I coincidentally have three new pair of earrings to share!
I soldered a bunch of copper rings, and patinated them in different colors; I mixed dye oxide patinas from
B'Sue Boutiques to achieve this lilac-rose color. I thought I'd go girly and combine them with Czech glass dagger beads in moss green from
Happy Mango Beads, and ivory lampwork in a lily pad theme from
Kelley Wenzel. I put little Czech glass roundels in bubble gum on the earwires. (Also notice the little seed pods--from my Mommy's garden! I love new props.)
For these, I started with olive green copper rings, and fished around in my stash for some beads--aha! More Czech glass dagger beads from
Happy Mango, in olive and azure, lampwork glass spacers from
Julie Miller in cornflower blue, and Indonesian seed beads in olive green also from Happy Mango. I thought sterling silver would be nice (sterling silver beadcaps also by me):
I just love this etched lampwork, it glows!
These remind me of fields of hay in September on the plains--golden! (More seed pods from Mom!)
I started with copper rings that I patinated with Old Lace and Violet dye oxide patinas from
MissFickleMedia, and combined them with Czech glass leaves in caramel from
BobbiThisnThat, lampwork glass "dragon eye" beads from
Kelley Wenzel (somebody tell her to start making beads again, I mean it), glass tile beads in amber on the earwires, and antiqued brass.
Phew, that's all for now!
You can see more at my Etsy shop
HERE.
Phew, that's all for now!
