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| Just one of the gorgeous shots to inspire us! "USA Antelope-Canyon" by Lucas Löffler - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. |
It seemed like a no brainer to me to go straight for my gemstones this month. Carnelian, mookaite, jasper, oh my! There were so many gorgeous stones calling to me that I had to make a few pairs this month.
My first two pairs are playing with some funky copper colored connectors that I picked up on super clearance at Michael's. I wasn't entirely sure what I would do with them when I bought them, but earrings were high on my list of maybes. There were two different lengths and finishes (the other was a antique silver look) and I decided to try both out. The first pair I made combined the short version with some Venus Jasper rounds, plated hematite, and Czech glass.
Despite my husband's reservations about the size of the longer bars, I decided that they could still work for the right woman. (I think these would look particularly fabulous on someone with super short hair to show them off and let them swing!) This time I kept the dangles a little more compact and just used some faceted mookaite rondelles with copper plated spacer beads. What say you guys? Too long?
My second set of earrings started with some matte finished carnelian beads that I picked up on my trip to Asheville, North Carolina this spring. I thought the colors were a perfect complement to the the inspiration photos. When I was playing with different bead arrangements and asked my husband for advice, unsurprisingly, he gave his usual answer... do both! So I did. Sort of. The first pair I just wire wrapped as is and popped on some ear wires. For the second pair I added another link with some stone that was described as "red wood lace stone." Looks like a jasper of some kind to me.
This is a blog hop... make sure to pop over to the Earrings Everyday blog HERE to see what everyone else dreamed up!
Fabulous, I love the simplicity, beauty and lines of the first pairs with that fun connector and the beautiful stone.
ReplyDeleteI love the long bars with the dangles at the bottom. A perfect pair of "shoulder duster" earrings!
ReplyDeleteI love those connectors, they really give an unusual twist to your designs. I wish we had a chain of Michaels in the UK, I think I would live in there! xx
ReplyDeleteLove the added interest of how you used your wire in the design element of the earrings...great choices in all of the earrings you made for this challenge!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings. I love the pretty stones.
ReplyDeleteI love your materials, colors, and style. Well done!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous designs! The two pair with the long wire connectors are a dramatic way to show off the gemstones. I bet they have great movement. And the stacks of colors in the other pairs are a great representation of the striations in the canyon walls.
ReplyDeleteGreat pairs of earrings, Miss Sarajo! I love those connectors. I have a little stash of them myself! I am partial to long earrings to peek out under my chin length hair so I really like those! You were super inspired this month! Thank you for participating in the Earrings Everyday We're All Ears challenge. Check back on the blog on September 4th for the next inspiration! Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteLove all the beads you used! They are perfect for the challenge. Beautiful creations!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful earrings. I love your first two with the connectors. What a neat idea and I am partial to dangly earrings to. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThere's a sweetness to these earrings that I really love. They're all lovely
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I love those connectors combined with the beautiful gemstones and glass. Your husband is a great advisor by saying, "Do both." When I can't decide between purchasing one thing or another, I always wait for my husband to say, "Buy both." Not that I wouldn't do that on my own, but it does help to relieve my buyers remorse, somehow. Anyway, I love your earrings, and I would definitely wear the shoulder-duster length. Love those!
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