Luckily, I remembered that I had gotten a pair of black and white plaid cocoons from my friend Anna Pierson of Saga Hus. That sort of seemed like a gimme... I added some little dangles with fun polka dotted onyx beads. Not the most involved design that I've ever made, but a cute little pair of earrings nonetheless!
For my second pair, I wanted to try a more involved idea. I have an embossing folder that has some great geometric patterns on it... one of them reminiscent of a plaid pattern. My thought process was to try and use Vintaj patina paints to create a colorful, yet simple, plaid pattern. Well... my painting skills weren't quite up to the challenge. This is where things stood after combining, or attempting to combine, the blue and yellow paints that I had chosen... not great.
Determined to salvage something from my mess, I mixed up some glaze and metallic bronze patina and brushed over the top of my little blanks. It's not perfect by any means but I think that the glaze mixture worked some magic. It's hard to see the metallic sparkle in the charms, but it's there. I paired them with some blue and gold striped Czech glass rounds and some creamy-yellowish mercury glass finished rondelles with brass findings. Overall, I'm not sure the picture totally does these justice...
This is a blog hop so snuggle up in your favorite plaid clothing... or maybe under a cozy plaid blanket and check out what everyone else was inspired to make this month over on the Earrings Everyday blog HERE!
