On Bead Table Wednesday, I am showcasing earrings that I completed. I decided to create some new earrings for my upcoming Fall jewelry shows. I revisited the website of the very first jewelry supply company that I used --
Aunties Beads. When I first started making jewelry about 10 years ago, what drew me to Aunties Beads was
their great website, a variety of products,
design center, great customer service, and quick and inexpensive shipping. I had some jewelry components that I wanted to use and I was in need of some basic supplies and very specific items. Their easy to use website with a variety of supplies really appealed to me. I put together a shopping list, placed an order and went to work creating.
For these
blue globe earrings I used
Aunties Beads 22 gauge silver plated head pins and The head pins were easy to wire wrap onto chain. Since I had 16 head pins to wire wrap this was important to me. I added some of
Aunties Beads 21 gauge silver filled earwires with 3 mm coil earwires that were simple and didn't steal the show from the blue blue globes and crystal.
I have some rectangular cultured sea glass that I have been wanting to add some charms to in order to create some earrings. I have been anxious to see what
Aunties Beads had in the way of charms and I am happy to report that they have a large selection. I used silver TierraCast anchor charms that are 19 mm. The secret to attacking the charms to the glass is using size 9 jump rings. These
blue anchor earrings
were created with
Aunties Beads 20 mm silver filled fancy earwires. I needed some
earwires with some size and I love the large curve in them. I love the way they look with the rectangular glass and curves of the anchor.
For my next pair of
rectangular cultured sea glass earrings with charms, I used Aunties Beads TierraCast gold pewter honey bee charms. I added some yellow swarovski crystals to create heads and black swarovski crystals to create stingers. I put them on head pins and wire wrapped them onto large jump rings. The yellow rectangular glass is a perfect background. Don't you agree?
I carry a number of Celtic earrings on my website and I am always looking for attractive Celtic knots for this collection. I found
Aunties Beads had these Antique Brass Pewter Knot earring findings that are 19x23 mm. I added some green 6 mm swarovski crystals and brass earwires to them and now I have another choice to offer for Celtic earrings. These
green earrings are perfect for Christmas and Saint Patrick's Day.
Speaking of swarovski crystals, I found a great color of blue in swarovski crystals on
Aunties Beads website. I used 12 mm white coin pearls with 4 mm Capri blue swarovski crystals. The
coin pearl earrings are suspended from earwires that I got from
Aunties Beads. These
earrings will be perfect for some of my holiday shoppers.
I am so glad I revisited by old friend
Aunties Beads. I got some great supplies for my earrings. Don't you agree?
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