We're All Ears:: April Inspiration::Eggs

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This month's Were All Ear's challenge is this... use the EGG as your Muse in whatever form you would like.   You can pick the rainbow colors that you remember as a child.
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You can stick to more natural egg imagery as a sign of life and rebirth and the continuance of nature awakening in the spring.

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You can just use a simple egg shape.

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      There are so many options.   Well what did I decide to do?                                                                  

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I was inspired by the eggs in the spring that are found in birds' nests.

Eggs in Nest Earrings by BayMoonDesign

I found these cute birds made by Vintaj.  I got out my natural brass wire and some vintage glass pearls that I made the birds nests with the pearls in them.  I decided to use the vintage pearls because I like their beige color rather than a stark white.  The most difficult part was figuring how many jump rings to use to get the birds to hang at the right spot and in the right direction.

I do want to make a pair of nests with sterling silver wire.  For the silver nests, I am going to use white pearls.  This was my first attempt in making nests and I am pleased with the results. There are lots of tutorial on the Internet.  I really enjoyed making them.  I plan to make nest more now.  They are great accents in necklaces.  I love an article that I read about using nests made into pins as baby shower favors.   I thought that was a really cute idea and I am filing that idea away for further use.

If you need a special gift for Mother's Day or a new mom, these earrings are available in my online shop.  This was a fun challenge for me.