Drop earrings with golden bowties

I've wanted to work with these goldstone drops for quite a while. The combination of the goldstone with the different colours of the beads really is a beautiful sight. The crystal rhinestones bring out the colours of the drops, and the cute little bowtie is the cherry on top!

What do you need for one pair of earrings?

• Novelty faux gemstone beads, two pieces. These beads can be purchased in four different colours: ruby red, malachite green, lapis blue, and a mix of these colours.
• Octagon rhinestones, 14x10 mm, two pieces.
• Prong settings with two eyelets for 14x10 mm octagons, two pieces.
• Beadcaps for the drop beads.
• Headpins gold tone, 50 mm.
• Bowties in gold tone.
• Earhooks.

How do you proceed?
The earrings consist of three parts: the pendant with the drop, the connector with the rhinestone, and the earhook.

Use a pair of nose pliers to place the octagon rhinestone into the prong setting. Put your thumb on the rhinestone to keep it in place, and fold the prongs down to secure the stone in the setting. To prevent the stone from slipping, it might help to begin by folding down the clasps that are situated opposite one another.

You won't need any glue to keep the stone in its place once you have folded down all the prongs.

Place the drop onto the headpin and add a beadcap on top. You can bend the cap to make it fit more neatly if necessary. Cut off the headpin, but make sure you leave enough material to fashion an eyelet. Do not completely close up the eyelet.

Attach the eyelet of the drop to the prong setting and close up the eyelet.

Fold down the eyelet of the earhook. Make sure you attach the prong setting before adding the bowtie; the bowtie needs to be in front of the rhinestone. Now close up the eyelet of the earhook.
Your earrings are finished!

Combinaties

Brass setting with 2 eyes for octagon rhinestone 14x10 mm KLZ-OC005B

Metal pendants bowties gold 15x10 mm MH-ST002P

Headpin gold 50 mm NS-G003

Earring hooks brass OH009

Novelty faux gemstone drop goldstone lapis blue 30x10 mm FES-DR003D

Novelty faux gemstone drop goldstone malachite green 30x10 mm FES-DR003C

Novelty faux gemstone drop goldstone ruby pink 30x10 mm FES-DR003B

Beadcaps raw brass 6x5 mm KK035

Guest blog - Ultimate statement necklace

Fran from Fall for DIY wrote a magnificent tutorial in which she designs her 'ultimate' statement necklace. The tutorial is a great read and contains lots of detailed pictures on how to make the necklace.

Used supplies from our shop:

Prong setting with 2 loops for pear rhinestone brass 18x13 mm KLZ-P004B

Prong setting 2 loops oval brass 14x10 mm KLZ-OV002B

Prong setting with 2 loops for navette rhinestone brass 15x7 mm KLZ-NV001B

Prong setting 2 loops octagon brass 18x13 mm KLZ-OC001B

Prong setting 2 loops octagon brass 8x6 mm KLZ-OC003B

Vintage pointed back rhinestone saphire AB glass octagon 8x6 mm PNS-OC002D

Acrylic rhinestone pear crystal 18x13 mm PNS-KP001Q

Acrylic rhinestone oval petrol blue 14x10 mm PNS-KOV002P

Acrylic rhinestone navette light pink 15x7 mm PNS-KNV001A

Acrylic rhinestone octagon fuchsia 18x13 mm PNS-KOC002A

Agate bead faceted drop grey 30x10 mm AG-DR009C

Guest blog - DIY Crystal Love Earrings for Valentines day

Have a look at this lovely tutorial all the way from India by Divya. She designed these sapphire blue earrings for her brand Jewels of Sayuri especially for Valentine's day. Thanks go to Totallytutorial for doing the matchmaking.

Used supplies from our shop:

Brass setting with 1 loop for pear rhinestone 25x18 mm KLZ-P007A

Gold earwire with peridot green rhinestone OH013E

Rhinestone foiled glass pear sapphire blue 18x13 mm PNS-P010JA

Drop earstuds with rhinestones

This tutorial will show you how to make your very own earrings in trendy colours with faux turquoise drop beads and luxurious rhinestones.
Last year I made a set of faux turquoise drop bead earrings, and these earrings are a sequel to that series.
The base for each pair is the same, namely a faux turquoise drop, an oval rhinestone connector and an earstud to which you can attach a rhinestone. I will show you 6 different colours, but you can easily adapt the design to your own liking. For example, use a different earhook, a different beadcap, or use contrasting colours for a fresh and completely different effect.

What do you need

• Gold coloured earstuds with room for a 5 mm rhinestone.
• Neon acrylic rhinestones, size 5 mm. One portion of this mix contains over 100 different stones, which means you have more than enough options to pick from.
• Connector setting for a 14x10 mm oval rhinestone.
• Oval rhinestones size 14x10 mm, such as this turquoise stone.
• Small beadcaps. I have opted for a filigree cap, but I think these would be very cute as well.
• Faux turquoise drop beads. One strand contains enough beads to make 8 sets of earrings in different colours.
• Headpins, size 30 mm.
• Open rings, size 4 mm.
• Glue. I have used rhinestone glue, particularly because of the applicationtip. If you use Hasulith or E6000 you might want to use a headpin to neatly apply the glue onto the earstud.
• Earnuts. To secure the back of the earstuds.

How do you proceed?
1. Make the drop pendant by placing the bead onto the headpin, finishing with a beadcap. I have cut off half a millimetre of the pin, because for me that is the ideal length to make an eyelet.

2. Place the rhinestone into the setting. It might feel a bit uncomfortable if you have not yet worked with rhinestones, so make sure you take your time. I prefer to hold down the stone at the sides while gently, one by one, pressing the little prongs down over the stone by using a set of pliers. Bear in mind, practice makes perfect!

3. Glue the rhinestone into the earstud. A small drop really is enough to do the trick – the rhinestone glue is quite liquid, which means you easily end up using too much of it!

4. Connect the separate parts with the rings.

5. Your earstuds are finished!

Here are some examples of earrings in different colours:

Items

Earnut for earstud gold 5x4 mm DOP006

Rhinestone glass oval topaz 14x10 mm PNS-OV010S

Rhinestone glass oval virtrail 14x10 mm PNS-OV010R

Rhinestone glass oval turquiose 14x10 mm PNS-OV010L

Rhinestone glass oval emerald green 14x10 mm PNS-OV010N

Rhinestone glass oval ruby red 14x10 mm PNS-OV010G

Jump ring gold 4 mm OR-G001

Headpin gold 30 mm NS-G001

Prong setting 2 loops oval brass 14x10 mm KLZ-OV002B

Faux turquoise drop beads in mixed colours 20x8 mm FTQ-DR001

Filligree beadcaps brass old gold 8,5x6 mm KK026

Acrylic simili rhinestones neon mix 5 mm PNS-R006

Earstuds gold with loop and room for rhinestone 5 mm OS009C