Last week I took some new work into one of the galleries that carry my jewelry. They chose several necklaces, among other things, and asked if I had earrings to match.
Um, not for all of the necklaces they chose. But I could in a day or so!
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What better excuse to go home and play with the beads, right? This was one of the pieces I needed to coordinate with, and I was extra excited to figure out how to make earrings with the cool howlite double-holed spikes.
Luckily, I had two white spikes and two black spikes left over from the batch Cynthia sent to me. So, because to me, more is never too much, I made TWO pairs or earrings for the shop owners to chose between.
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So how about you? Do you make earrings to match the necklaces and bracelets that you make? Or do you create earrings you love and then make something else to go with them?
Um, not for all of the necklaces they chose. But I could in a day or so!
What better excuse to go home and play with the beads, right? This was one of the pieces I needed to coordinate with, and I was extra excited to figure out how to make earrings with the cool howlite double-holed spikes.
Luckily, I had two white spikes and two black spikes left over from the batch Cynthia sent to me. So, because to me, more is never too much, I made TWO pairs or earrings for the shop owners to chose between.
The black pair is now in the gallery. The white ones are mine, at least for the time being! There were a lot of little pieces of copper wire that sacrificed themselves as I tried to figure out how best to work with the two holes (cross them over above the bead? loop them around? cross them behind the bead somehow?), but I'm happy with the result. Next bead show, I'm on the lookout for more double-holed beads to experiment with!
So how about you? Do you make earrings to match the necklaces and bracelets that you make? Or do you create earrings you love and then make something else to go with them?