Day 31 of Challenge 2012 - 365 earrings in 365 days

Alrighty then!  Today makes one month's worth of earrings!  Some have been inspired.  One or two were just get 'er done.  Not bad for 31 days of creative effort, eh? And it's been fun...sort of...no really...fun....

Today's pair were squeezed into the short time when my brother and his wife and daughter and our son all went out to dinner.  Terry and i begged off saying we wanted to get further along in the packing.  What we wanted was quiet and a moment where we didn't have to make a decision or clean or pack or lift or answer.

I swear.  This emptying a house is a seemingly never-ending project.  There is always something else to deal with.  And you can't dismiss it by saying you'll get it next time because, this time, there will be no next time.

So in the spirit of quickly, i pulled out the beads.  The silver plated Western dragons called to me but i want to spend a bit more design time with them.  Next was a selection of copper plated components.  Hmmm....haven't worked with copper in a few days...and those round frames have potential.  And oooh there's a couple of copper butterflies (or are they bows?). 

Funny how even when i want to move quickly through a project, i always slow
down when it comes to looking through the beads.  I just love beads! 

So, what to put in the frames?  Copper annnnnnd....turquoise!  A natural pairing, if you will.  Happened to have some little turquoise tube beads that fit the frames, a couple of copper head pins, and a couple of copper ear wires.  That's the supply list for today.

Rather than join the components with loops, i just threaded them all on a single head pin and, because i didn't wrap tight to the top bead, they kind of swivel around on their own and don't line up perfectly.  Perfect! 

So one month down and just 11 more to go.  That sounds better than 334 days to go, doesn't it?  Doesn't it?  Ummm..i'll have to get back to you on that one.