New Earrings (links)

Jul 09, 2003 13 Replies
B

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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B

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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B

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

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D

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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K

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

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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.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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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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B

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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D

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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B

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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