Bohemian lampwork earrings

I am very enthusiastic about our new range of lampwork beads from India. Many of these beads are based on a style which has been in use for over a 100 years, especially these weddingcake style beads.
Because they are hand made, they have a lovely nonchalant bohemian look. I used the beads to make this pair of earrings: the large sky blue lampwork bead at the bottom complements the smaller ocre yellow bead at the top beautifully.
In addition, I have opted for antique copper materials because I think they really bring out the gold-coloured details of the lampwork beads. The small blue electroplate bicone beads complete the look.

What you need is a long headpin onto which you can string the beads. To make the pendant, I have shaped the eyelet very tight to the beads. The pendant can be attached to a simple earhook to make sure the lampwork beads are the eye catchers of the earring!

Items

Headpin antique copper 70 mm NS-K003

Beadcaps antique copper 8 mm KK022

Lampwork India weddingcake rondelle ocre yellow 13x10 mm LW-RD003D

Lampwork India weddingcake rondelle sky blue 17x15 mm LW-RD004

Large earring hooks antique copper 28x12 mm OH019

Amazonite earrings

These earrings have been made with Amazonite beads. Amazonite is a natural stone which usually comes in different shades of light aqua blue. The beads from our collection show a slight variation in colour, which ranges from blue to brown. We always aim to send you a varied lot.
For this set of earrings I have used 3 different types of beads, 2 round sizes and one rondelle bead. The blue and brown shades of the Amazonite are accentuated beautifully by the bronze-coloured details. Finally, the Art Nouveau ear hooks complete the look!

What do you need for 1 pair of Amazonite earrings?

• 2 round Amazonite beads, size 14 mm
• 2 round Amazonite beads, size 8 mm
• 2 rondelle Amazonite beads, size 12x8 mm
• 2 bronze headpins, size 50 mm
• 4 bronze filigree bead caps for the rondelle beads
• 4 bronze flowerpetal bead caps for the 14 mm beads
• 2 small bronze lantern beads to place at the bottom
• 1 pair of Art Nouveau style ear hooks

How do you proceed?
Take a 50 mm headpin and place in the following order:
1 bronze lantern bead, 1 8 mm Amazonite bead, 1 flowerpetal bead cap, 1 14 mm Amazonite bead, 1 flowerpetal bead cap, 1 filigree bead cap, 1 12x8 mm Amazonite rondelle bead, 1 filigree bead cap.
Cut off the headpin and try to bend the eyelet as close to the last bead cap as possible.

The pendant is finished.

The eyelets of the Art Nouveau ear hooks can be folded down, which makes it easier to attach the pendant to the ear hook.

The Amazonite earrings are finished!

Items

Earring hooks Art Nouveau style antique bronze OH011

Headpin bronze 50 mm NS-B001

Bead metal bronze lantern 6x5 mm MK-LT001

Bead cap metal flower gold 11x10 mm KK014

Filligree beadcaps antique bronze 10 mm KK027

Amazonite rondelle beads 12x8 mm AMZ-RD001

Amazonite beads round 14 mm AMZ-R002

Amazonite beads round 8 mm AMZ-R001

Pastel drop earrings

In this tutorial I will show you how to make a pair of pastel drop earrings. The drop beads are made of resin, and I love the intense coulor of these beads. I have kept the colour palette fairly soft by combining them with cabochons made of natural materials. The filigree of the bead caps gives the earrings a lovely vintage look, and you'll see that they are quite light, even though they are quite long. It's a great design and the possibilities to vary the look and colours are endless!
What do you need for 1 pair of pastel drop earrings?

• 1 pair of resin drop beads. These beads are designed to imitate the colours of turquoise and coral.
• 2 head pins, bronze, 70 mm.
• 2 long bronze filigree bead caps.
• 2 ear studs with a lace edge setting, 12 mm.
• 2 cabochons, 12 mm. I opted for cabochons made of natural materials. The soft colours of the rose quartz, aventurine, and howlite cabochons really bring out the colours of the resin beads.
• A drop of glue to attach the cabochons.
• Pliers.

How do you proceed?

• The setting of the ear stud has a lace edge, a sculpted edge. Fold down 1 of the eyes of the edge so a pendant can be attached to the setting.

• Make the pendants with the drop beads.
• First, have a look at the bead caps. It might be that they need to be bent into shape. Be careful when you slide them over the bead; you don't want to damage the resin.
• Also, you might want to have a look at the head pins to make sure they are straight. If they aren't, just bend them into shape.
• The photograph shows a blue bead on the head pin. I have used this bead to make sure I always have an extra bit of pin left to make an eyelet for the pendant. This bead is 8 mm in size, so if I cut off the material above the bead, I will have exactly 8 mm to make the eyelet. You will see it's a great little trick to make sure the pandants' eyelets are of equal size.

• Don't fold the eyelet of the pendant all the way through; you need to attach it to the eyelet of the ear stud before you can close it up!

• Glue the cabochon into the ear stud.

• Now, the eyelet of the ear stud can be gently folded back into their original position. However, if you prefer to keep the eyelet as it is, you can of course choose to keep it folded down.

Items

Turquoise howlite cabochon round 12 mm ECB-00A2

Rose quartz cab round 12 mm ECB-00A1

Green aventurine cabochon round 12 mm ECB-AV001

Hasulith Glue 31 ml L001

Earnut clasp for earstud bronze 6x5 mm DOP005

Earstuds bronze with round lace edge setting 12 mm OS013A

Headpin with ball bronze 70 mm NS-B005

Long filligree bead cap antique bronze 41x8 mm KK020A

Faux turquoise drop bead resin 30x10 mm KSK-DR002A