Flower earstuds with rhinestones

Aren't these cute? These flower earstuds just need a few 3 mm rhinestones to fill the petals. Because the rhinestones are really tiny, we used a headpin to apply the glue in the settings.

Items

Earnut for Earstud Bronze 5x4 mm DOP004

Rhinestone red 3 mm PNS-R003D

Rhinestone crystal AB 3 mm PNS-R003C

Rhinestone aqua blue 3 mm PNS-R003B

Rhinestone cobalt blue 3 mm PNS-R003A

Bronze earstuds flower with room for rhinestones 3 mm OS007A

Hasulith Glue 31 ml L001

Earrings with faux turquoise droplets

I really enjoyed playing about with these faux turquoise drop beads. Each strand in this lot has an identical mix of colours, enough for 8 matching pairs of beads – perfect for making earrings!
The conical filligree bead caps give the drops extra length, while keeping the design light-weight.
The technique is very simple and suitable for beginners: you take a long head pin (around 50mm), and place the droplet onto it. Then you gently place the bead cap over the bead, but don't push it down, because this can cause the bead cap to unfold. You finish it off with one simple eyelet and any earhook you prefer.
Here I chose metal parts in an antique copper colour. But parts are available for making the exact same design in antique bronze, if you prefer. And then you've got a whole new set of earrings to go with any outfit!

Combinaties

Bead cap Filligree antique copper 23x8,5 mm KK011A

Headpin antique copper 50 mm NS-K001

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

Earring hooks copper OH010B

Emerald earrings

Emerald, together with sapphire and ruby, is one of the most exclusive gemstones. Pantone has declared Emerald colour of the year 2013, and indeed it is a lovely colour to design your jewelry with. Emerald green is a warm shade, and it fits well into many colourpalettes. Emerald is reminiscant of exotic India, clean Art Deco and it also goes together well with natural materials like jade or perhaps coral. Gothic Victorian and Medieval designers too favour emerald green in their creations. To get you started, here are a few earring designs with emerald green as their main inspiration. For more jewelry design materials, please refer to our special online Emerald selection.