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New Earrings (links)

Hi all,

I have had company, and have more company coming in on Fri., so I haven't been around much and have missed a lot stuff on the list. I just wanted to share a couple of pics:

These are some earrings I tried making from the WAJ magazine:

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After I took the photo, I realized the wraps on the left one were a little crooked, and thank goodness that was easy to fix. This is suppose to be a beginner's pattern, but I struggled with that middle section! (I think they need to have some remdial patterns in their magazine! Some of us are slow learners.)

Then I tried these earring jackets from a pattern I'd found free on the internet:

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They are huge! With the earring, they are 2 1/2" long. Since I haven't been invited to the Oscars, I may shorten them. They're just not something I'd wear, although I think they're pretty and dressy looking. With each earring, I just made one first, to see how I liked it. Then I wore one around all day before deciding if I wanted to make another. Hubby thinks this one earring thing is a new look.

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Beadbimbo
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Steve & Susan Wright

Hi Diana,

Thanks! Jackets are not earrings, but are worn with stud (post) typ earrings. That way, you can mix and match the jackets with your diamonds, pearls, gold balls............. There's a little hole at the top that the earring goes through. The gold ball earring in the pic is separate and can be removed.

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Beadbimbo

Those are FAB - I could see the center section (the main design) repeated as components in a link necklace.

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons

Oh, cool!!! That would be such an interesting idea to play with.. this bit with that thing.and that one with this thingy.. ohhhh.... all the possibiltys! Ok.. now that I know what they are I can say yours are awesome! :-) Thanks for the explanation! Diana

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Diana Curtis

How lovely! What is WAJ?

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CLP

Wowie! That's some serious wire wrapping there. Very cool!!

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Kandice Seeber

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Barbara Forbes-Lyons" :

]Wire Artist Jeweler magazine

i subscribe to that - and NEVER noticed the word "jeweler" on it.

my favorites are still some of the children's projects that i can play with and adapt to my own use.

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vj

Wow, I think you did a great job. The wire work is very intricate (not what I would call beginner at all) and I think the jackets are stunning! I love earring jackets, wear them all the time! Cheri (Bubbee to Emily and Nathan)

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mkahogan

That makes me.......an earring jacket!!!!

Becki "In between the moon and you, the angels have a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.." -- Counting Crows

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BeckiBead

Great work, Jerri!

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scaperchick

I tried that pattern myself, and couldn't get it right. Didn't have the prescribed materials, which probably made -some- difference, but mostly I just couldn't be precise enough to get it balanced and symmetrical.

Yours looks practically perfect in every respect, like Mary Poppins. Good on you.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

Thanks Deirdre!

I think I made the loops in that center piece too small, making it a little difficult to attach the hoops. I want to try again, with bigger loops, and see if it goes easier.

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Beadbimbo

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