Earrings Every Day or four

We're back with another exciting earring adventure!

Tiara Bangle
design by Debbie van Tonder

But first!  I did some beady homework today and finished the tila bangle that i started two Saturdays ago.  woohoo go me!  It was, for me, a difficult pattern.  I had to pay attention every step of the way and i  think i still missed at least one stitch.  But it looks good! and it fits good! and i like it!  I might make another bracelet from this pattern, just to try it one more time.  It is very pretty and the directions are excellent. The pattern is available through the designer's etsy shop at www.etsy.debger

Supplies:
10gm tila beads (turquoise - my fave)
8/0 seed beads (dk brown frost)
(18) 4mm Swarovski bicone (dorado)
Fireline.  Lots of it.
#12 beading needle

Dorado is a unique bronze flash effect that coats the entire bead.  It is soooooooooo pretty!



Okay.  On to the earrings.

I often second- and third- and sometimes even fourth-guess my design decisions. I just know the next combination is going to be killer!  And playing with the beads as i try different designs is a great part of the enjoyment i get from this creative outlet.  At some point, however, you have to stop so that you can finish the piece. ( But i don't wanna!!)

Tonight i kind of cheated and made two almost the same earrings.  Same components in the same order, just attached differently.  I'm all about movement in jewelry design, especially earrings, so normally i would use loops between each bead.  But loops are a design element and i didn't like the look of all them loops.  I linked two components instead of three and it was still too bulky.  I left that one intact for comparison and then the third one i threaded all the beads onto a single length of wire.  I think i like that look best and it has movement jes' a-swingin' from the jumprings.  Which one do you like?

Supplies:
(2) FABULOUS mosaic shell tube beads
(4) 8mm Swarovski crystal pearls (grey)
(8)2mm sterling rounds
(4) 8mm twisted jumprings
(2) ear wires
length of 22gauge silver plated wire

I was gifted with a strand of the mosaic shell beads and i'm going to knot most of the rest of them on #4 grey silk alternating the shell beads and the 8mm Swarovski pearls.  woohoo sexy!  The 2mm rounds in the earrings are meant to mimic the knots between the shell beads and the pearls.  But you couldn't know that since you haven't seen the necklace.  Once i get the necklace finished, i'll put a photo up. 

That's it for today, y'all.  Bead happy!