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