Friday mornings can be liberating when you have pretty stuff to make.
I have a soft corner for earrings. Big droopy chandeliers with emeralds. Tiny sapphire studs. A simple diamond hoop. Earrings can completely change your outfit and in my case my mood as well. Wearing a new pair of earrings can make the day seem perfect, trust me! I'd advocate wearing them over a cutesy pair of pajamas too. You never know, you could create magic ;)
Anyhoo, I made big stud earrings today.
The kinds you'd see at fancy stores at malls and spend a fortune over?
I made 8 pairs of those for not more than 100 bucks each.
You can do it too!
What you need:
1) Pretty buttons in pairs. You'd get them at any Lace store.
There are loads at Santacruz, Lokhandwala and Manish Market.
2)Big Golden flat sequins. (You'd get these at the same stores)
3)Feviquick - One minute adhesive
4)A pair of scissors
5) A wirecutter
6)Earring needles/ Earring posts- The part that goes through your pierced hole (You get these at many shops that sell jewelry material)
7)Earring backs/holders
Here's what you do next :
Pick a pair of pretty buttons! There's a lot to choose from at the stores. This is what I picked out:
1) Buttons have hoops at the back. Gently remove those with a wire cutter.
2) Cut open a packet of the sequins and cut a sequin into the shape of the earring.It can have rough edges as it is just to make the surface flat.
3) Apply a thin layer of feviquik on the edges and firmly paste the sequin on it. Hold it in place for a minute.
4) Place the earring post in the center and fasten it with Feviquik.
5) You're almost done! Let it dry for about 10 minutes and secure it with the earring backs!
You've got yourself a new pair of earrings!
They look really pretty on wearing too !
Here's to creating lots of pretty things!
A treasurebox of love and a new pair of sparkly baubles,
Juie :')
I have a soft corner for earrings. Big droopy chandeliers with emeralds. Tiny sapphire studs. A simple diamond hoop. Earrings can completely change your outfit and in my case my mood as well. Wearing a new pair of earrings can make the day seem perfect, trust me! I'd advocate wearing them over a cutesy pair of pajamas too. You never know, you could create magic ;)
Anyhoo, I made big stud earrings today.
The kinds you'd see at fancy stores at malls and spend a fortune over?
I made 8 pairs of those for not more than 100 bucks each.
You can do it too!
What you need:
1) Pretty buttons in pairs. You'd get them at any Lace store.
There are loads at Santacruz, Lokhandwala and Manish Market.
2)Big Golden flat sequins. (You'd get these at the same stores)
3)Feviquick - One minute adhesive
4)A pair of scissors
5) A wirecutter
6)Earring needles/ Earring posts- The part that goes through your pierced hole (You get these at many shops that sell jewelry material)
7)Earring backs/holders
Here's what you do next :
Pick a pair of pretty buttons! There's a lot to choose from at the stores. This is what I picked out:
1) Buttons have hoops at the back. Gently remove those with a wire cutter.
2) Cut open a packet of the sequins and cut a sequin into the shape of the earring.It can have rough edges as it is just to make the surface flat.
3) Apply a thin layer of feviquik on the edges and firmly paste the sequin on it. Hold it in place for a minute.
4) Place the earring post in the center and fasten it with Feviquik.
5) You're almost done! Let it dry for about 10 minutes and secure it with the earring backs!
You've got yourself a new pair of earrings!
They look really pretty on wearing too !
Here's to creating lots of pretty things!
A treasurebox of love and a new pair of sparkly baubles,
Juie :')
