City Glamour earrings

This tutorial will guide you step by step through the process of making these elegant City Glamour earrings. It's a chique design, suitable for a day at the office, followed by a night at the town. Lizzy is wearing a pair in a beautiful grape-purple colour. What's striking is that the earring has a nice length; it reaches just below the jawline. Because the weight of the stones is focused at the bottom of the earring they tend to dangle a bit to and fro.
The design is for a long earring, with simple components. I have made the earrings in three different colours, but within the overall principle of 1 large pear rhinestone and 1 large glass bead you can vary the colours to your heart's content.
What do you need for one pair of earrings

• 1 pair of XL earring hooks
• 2 pear shaped rhinestones, size 18x13 mm
• 2 pear shaped prong settings, size 18x13 mm
• 2 large glass beads, I have opted for Czech fire polished beads, size 12 mm or 14 mm
• 4 bead caps
• Gold-coloured eyepins, size 30 mm is a good size
• Flat nose pliers, round-nose pliers and cutting pliers

How do you proceed?
Step 1 Place the pear-shaped rhinestone into the prong setting and use the flat nose pliers to close it up.

Step 2 Place 2 bead caps around the glass bead and place these on an eyepin. Gently, push the bead caps down to make sure they embrace the bead. Cut off approximately 8 mm above the bead and shape an eyelet. Attach the prong setting to the eyelet, then close it up. The two eyelets of the eyepin should not be aligned! If they are, the pendant with the rhinestone will be facing sideways rather than forward.

Step 3 Now all you have to do is attach the pendant to the earring hooks and your earrings are finished!

Items

Prong setting with 1 loop for pear rhinestone brass 18x13 mm KLZ-P004A

Extra large earring hooks brass OH023

Eyepin gold 30 mm KS-G003

Czech Fire Polished Round transparent Volcano 12 mm FP-V001

Czech Fire Polished Glass Round transparent AB 14 mm FP-AB14001

Bead cap brass filigree round 9x5 mm KK018

Rhinestone foiled glass pear light pink 18x13 mm PNS-P010F

Rhinestone foiled glass pear grape purple 18x13 mm PNS-P010H

Neon Edelweiss Necklace

This Statement necklace is made of different types of howlite beads and cute resin flower cabochons. Style-wise it is a blend of folklore elements and trendy neon colours. The techniques I have used to make this necklace are quite simple, so whether you're a beginner or an expert, if you just follow the steps in this tutorial your necklace will be a success!
What do you need

• Green flat howlite drops. The flat surface of the drops makes it relatively easy to glue the flowers onto the beads. This necklace requires approximately half of the strand of beads.
• Flower cabochons in a variety of colours, size 13 mm. 17 cabochons have been used in this necklace.
• Pink howlite beads, size 8 mm. You will need the entire strand.
• Glue. I have used E-6000, but you could also use Hasulith glue.
• A clasp
• Crimping beads
• Tigertail

How do you proceed?
Step 1 Select the green howlite beads which have the flattest surface. The flatter the surface of the beads, the easier it will be to glue the cabochons.

Step 2 Glue the flower cabochons onto the flat drops. Allow the glue to dry for a couple of hours before stringing up the drops.

Step 3 Now that the drops are finished, you can experiment with the order in which you want to string them. Note that the flower cabochons come in a random mix of colours, so you probably will not receive the exact same combination of colours. Nevertheless, the fun part is that every necklace will turn out differently, thanks to, among other things, the fact that the natural howlite drops slightly differ from one another.

Step 4 String the beads and alternate between the howlite drops and the pink howlite beads. The remaining pink beads can be strung on either side until the necklace is long enough to be worn. In this example I have used nearly the entire strand of pink howlite beads, giving the necklace a length of roughly 52 centimeter.

Step 5 Finish off the necklace with a clasp. Make sure you do not string the necklace too tight; if you do, the beads are cramped together and they will 'pop up' rather than elegantly hang down your neckline.

Items

Toggle clasp antique bronze heart 20x13 mm SL-KP002

Cabochon mix daisies 13 mm CABMIX016

Coral pink howlite round 8 mm HW-R007

Green howlite flat drops circa 26x16 mm HW-DR008

Japanese rose earrings

These shabby chic earrings are the result of a surprising mix of materials. The vintage Japanese cabochon with a colourful bouquet of roses is this piece's eye catcher. Although these cabochons are quite old, the colours are still surprisingly bright; reminiscent of a vintage set of china. The cabochons are fastened onto a gold-coloured pendant and embellished with small, blue pearl cabochons. Finally, the icing on the cake is provided by vintage pink Chech navette rhinestones which are added to the earrings.
What do you need

• 2 Vintage Japanese glass cabochons
• 2 Round filigree pendants
• Blue pearl cabochons, 3mm
• 6 Vintage pink navette rhinestones, 15x4 mm
• 6 Prong settings for navette rhinestone, 15x4 mm
• E6000 glue for the Japanese cabochon and rhinestone glue for the small pearl cabochons
• 6 Gold-coloured open rings, 4 mm
• A pair of gold-coloured earring hooks

How do you proceed?
Step 1 Place the vintage rose cabochon in the center of the pendant. Use E6000 or Hasulith glue to glue the cabochon onto the pendant. I have used E6000 glue rather than rhinestone glue because I don't think the rhinestone glue will be strong enough to keep the cabochon secured. Wait a while to allow the glue to dry.

Step 2 Place the navette rhinestones into the prong settings.

Step 3 Apply the rhinestone glue around the cabochon so you can place the small blue cabochons around it. In this case I have opted for the rhinestone glue because it is more liquid than the E6000 or Hasulith glue, and because it has a very handy applicator. Neatly, glue the small pearl cabochons around the rose cabochon. If necessary you can use a headpin or an eyepin to push the small cabochons into position.

Step 4 Once the glue has had some time to dry, attach the ear hooks to the top of the pendant and the settings to the bottom.

Combinaties

Vintage rhinestone navette Rose 15x4 mm PNS-NV015

Prong setting with 1 loop for navette rhinestone brass 15x4 mm KLZ-NV002A

Rhinestone glue 20 ml L003

Jump ring gold 4 mm OR-G001

Round filigree pendant gold 24x21 mm MH-R004

Vintage glass cabochon roses Japan 13,5 mm CAB132

Earring hooks flat model gold colour OH018C