I love earrings. They’re a simple way to bring color up towards your face. The problem with buying earrings from a store as apposed to making my own earrings is that everyone has them. I like my earrings to be a little unique. I found these rose earrings at Walmart, and fell in love with them. But anyone can have them. Changing them up a bit makes them uniquely yours.
This an easy, last minute Christmas gift for any of the females on your Christmas list. You can make these in minutes & the miniature ornaments are still in the stores.
I needed some new earrings. Trying to find navy blue or grey earrings isn’t easy. So, I did what I usually do… I made my own.
I’m also fascinated with buttons, have been since I was a little girl & my Mama used to let me go through her button box. I’ve amassed quite a collection over the years, from yard sales, store sales, & friends. (You would not believe the will power that I have to use when I’m in Joann Fabrics). So, finding some buttons that were navy blue or grey was easy and making the earrings is easier than you might think.
Here’s how I turned a couple of buttons into some one of a kind earrings.
I love wearing simple earring posts. They’re unobtrusive & can be worn for any occasion. I have my favorites that I wear very often, but sometimes I think that they need a little ‘oomph’. Sometimes they could use an earring jacket, also called earring enhancers.
This is an easy way to make earring jackets that will work with any earring post.
I was asked to make some earrings for a little girl’s Christmas pictures. She wanted something that would show up & sparkle, but she didn’t know what color her little girl’s dress was going to be.
I thought about it for awhile, and my mind immediately went to Swarovski crystals. Swarovski crystals sparkle like nothing else, and I know that although simple, they will show up in the pictures. I also gave her a bonus pair of earrings. Purple is her favorite color, and she’s the star of their family.
You’ve got to love the after holiday sales. Items are marked down 50% to 90% off. Many of the items are marked down because they did sell. Why? Because sometimes, they’re down right ugly. But as a crafter, you see things in another light. Nothing is ever as it is meant to be. So was the case for this ugly Easter decoration. But I saw more.
I’ve been on a new kick lately (so what else is new?) It all started with watching entirely too much YouTube. On my latest shopping haul, I showed you some packages of Butterfly filigree that I got at Walmart. You can find that here. Well, this is what I did with them:
I thought I’d make something that I got from my Pat Catan’s Haul. I got some heart shaped beads while I was there, and I immediately thought of making some earrings for Valentine’s Day.
Here’s how I made them:
I thought I’d show you how I organize my earrings. I’ve seen them organized online using framed screens, egg cartons, and even storing them on trays, but that drives me nuts. All it takes is bumping it once & you have a huge mess that can take hours to reorganize. And I really don’t have all that much room to store my earrings like that. If you read my post on Makeup Storage, you know that I like to have all of things close together, so that when I’m getting ready, I don’t have to run all over the place. Once my make-up is on, and my hair is done, the last things I put on are my earrings & watch, and I’m out the door. It’s like a one stop shop.
How do you take all of this and store it in a section that’s 5″ wide, 7″ deep, and 6″ high?
Once I thought it out, it was actually easy.
