When I saw these cute little Lucite flowers, all I could think was to make dangly earrings with beads coming out like stamens.
They didn’t come out exactly the way I pictured, but I think they’re rather adorable.
Anyhow , let’s celebrate spring flowers!
You can watch the Dainty Dangles Flower Earrings video over at YouTube.
Materials:
- 8 4mm bicone crystals
- 2 8mm bicone crystals
- 8 4mm pearls
- 2 8mm pearls
- 6 3mm silver plated round beads
- 6 silver plated headpins (or 4 head pins and 2 eye pins)
- 6 10mmx6mm lucite flowers
- 2 silver plated ear wires
Tools:
- chain nose pliers
- round nose pliers
- wire cutters
- Onto a headpin string a 3mm silver bead, two 4mm pearls, a lucite flower and three 4mm bicone crystals. Repeat on another headpin stringing only one 4mm crystal.
- Trim wire above last crystal to 3/8-inch. Grasp wire with tips of round nose pliers and twist to form a simple loop.
- Repeat to make a simple loop on other head pin.
- On an eye pin string a 3mm silver bead, an 8mm pearl, a lucite flower and an 8mm bicone crystal. Repeat step two to make a simple loop.
- Open one loop of this unit and attach the two flower dangles made in steps one through three.
- Open other loop of this unit and attach an ear wire.
- Repeat to make second earring.
I see spring on the way. Love ’em! Like your copper pot, too. 😀
Yes, Spring! Of course, as you noted last fall, I am always thinking about spring. 😀