Over the past year my collection of rhinestones has grown quite extensively. I love these stones, for although the technique is quite simple, the effect is very elegant!
Bearing in mind the upcoming Christmas holidays I have created this set of earrings in Jewel tones. The colours ruby red, sapphire blue, emerald green, and amethyst purple prove an ever successful combination. You can achieve an antique look by combining them with gold-coloured materials.
The glass rhinestones have a decent weight, which means you will be wearing quite a substantial piece of jewelry.
If you need an accessory to match that special dress, a present for you mother-in-law, or if you are making a merry collection for your own line of jewelry, these Jewel tone earrings will be a guaranteed hit!
What do you need?

Rhinestones in sets, different colours, shapes and sizes
Prong settings for the rhinestones
Open rings, size 4 mm, to connect the settings
Ear hooks in a gold or brass colour
A pair of pliers to close up the settings

How do you proceed?
I have put together a range of rhinestones in the Jewel tone colour palet and included a few different shapes and sizes. I started by piecing the stones together until I was fully content with the different combinations.
In previous tutorials I have shown how to fit the rhinestones into the prong settings. You can take a look here: Ombre rhinestone earrings.

Items

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

Prong setting 1 loop octagon brass 18x13 mm KLZ-OC001A

Jump ring gold 4 mm OR-G001

Earring hooks brass OH009

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

Rhinestone glass pear red 14x10 mm PNS-P012G

Glass rhinestone octagon ruby red 18x13 mm PNS-OC009F

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

Glass rhinestone octagon emerald green 18x13 mm PNS-OC009H

Large glass pear rhinestone sapphire blue 25x18 mm PNS-P011JA

Rhinestone foiled glass pear ruby red 18x13 mm PNS-P010G

Rhinestone glass large pear ruby red 25x18 mm PNS-P011G

Glass rhinestone octagon light sapphire blue 18x13 mm PNS-OC009J

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

Rhinestone foiled glass pear dark emerald green 18x13 mm PNS-P010P

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

Retro spike earrings

Jump to: navigation, search

Date: 02-12-2013 by Elaine Zant

Aren't these earrings a cheerful bunch? These retro spike earrings are a combination of 10 mm cabochons and faux turquoise spike beads. As you can see, many different colour-combinations are possible, and I think a display of these earrings would be a great success at - for example - a Christmas market.

I started by matching different colours. The cabochons come in 10 different colours, and a strand of spike beads contains approximately 7 different colours. Each strand has a different colour-consistency, but since a strand contains over 80 beads, which means you'll have more than enough beads to make matching sets.

What do you need for 1 pair of earrings?

1 pair of ear hooks, I have chosen to use gold-coloured materials, but bronze is a good option as well.
2 retro cabochons, size 10 mm
2 lace edge settings for the cabochons
2 open rings, size 10 mm
2 faux turquoise spike beads
Glue, I have used Hasulith glue
Prongs to assemble the earrings

Fold down two of the eyelets of the lace edge setting to turn it into a connector. Apply a bit of glue and glue and fit the cabochon into the setting.

Use a 10 mm ring to make the pendant with the spike bead. It might be a bit of a struggle to fit the ring through the hole of the bead, but I found that you can usually solve this problem by turning the ring around.
Attach the ring to the setting. When I made the earrings I made sure the opening of the rings was located at the back.