Earring Swap Blog Hop

This is the first hop hosted by Jessica Wensell Murray of Whimsical Monkey. You can visit her blog and Etsy shop. My partner is Shaihi Williams who is an avid reader if her blog is anything to go by! I may have to try out some new reading material. Shai and I decided we needed a theme and picked Art Deco inspired earrings as our inspiration. Here are some of the lovely pictures I found to admire.

I did my best to meet her tastes. Her favorite colors are green, blue and brown. She didn’t want earrings that had a drop longer than 1.5 inches, prefers posts and french hooks, is not a huge silver fan, does not like yellow and wants bolder earrings because she has lovely long hair. I have to admit this was a challenge for me because of the shorter length and no silver. I usually use brass anyway, but those are definitely the two things I think of when I think Art Deco so I used a little Revival inspiration from the 50’s as well. I would have probably used lever-backs because they look more period, but Shai doesn’t like them so I decided to do posts. She likes gold so I decided to hand paint the brass and sealed it. I also aged it underneath so if the paint gets worn over time, it will just look antiqued. (I hope!)

I was very excited she listed one of her favorite colors as brown because I have some lovely vintage brown beads and cabs but it’s not always the most popular color. A shame really! I have some awesome vintage Czech glass buttons without shanks that are Art Deco and look Steampunk so I knew right away what I wanted to do.  As you can see from the pictures above, the fan shape is something that attracted me also. Here’s what I can up with.

Then, I got to thinking…what if she hates them? So I decided to make a back-up pair just in case. She likes blue and I have some Deco style glass cabs c. 50’s-60’s and was drawn to the hoops as you can see above and I even have the connectors from those amethyst earrings, so I came up with these.

Shai apparently had the same idea about a back-up pair so I was very pleased when my earrings arrived and she had also made me two pairs with two of my favorite colors, green and purple. The purple pair are really long–proper shoulder dusters!

Here are the lovely green pair also.

It was lovely to meet Shai, challenge myself and get lovely earrings in the mail to add to my collection. Please go see what the other participants made and find some inspiration for yourself.

Jessica Wensell Murray: http://whimsicalweavings.blogspot.com/2013/05/earring-swap-blog-hop.html

Inge von Roos: ingetraud.wordpress.com Nancy Smith: wirednan.blogspot.ca
Marianne Baxter: http://www.simplyseablimejewelry.blogspot.com/
Leah Tees: mybeadylittleeyes.blogspot.ca
Andrea Trank: www.heavenlanecreations.com
Miranda Ackerley: http://blog.mirandack.com/
Cheri Mitchell-Reed: http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Susan Kennedy: www.suebeads.blogspot.com
Michele Dotson: http://star-jewels.blogspot.com/
Deanna Cox: www.deannaaki.WordPress.com
Shelley Graham Turner: www.shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com
Ingrid McCue: www.wrappedinsilver.com
Lennis Carrier: https://windbent.wordpress.com
Ginger Davis Allman: http://thebluebottletree.com/
Mary Anne Flesch: www.handcraftedserenity.blogspot.com
Nicole Valentine Rimmer: www.nvalentine.blogspot.com
Stephanie Weiss: uniquelymebwd.blogspot.com/
Silvia Sernicola: http://pipa-the-latest.blogspot.it/
Karla Morgan: www.TexasPepperJams.blogspot.com
Kay Thomerson: http://KayzKreationz.blogspot.com
Paula Hisel: http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html
Carol Dillman: http://dillmansdallies.blogspot.com/
Spun Sugar Beadworks: Spunsugarbeadworks.blogspot.com
Tara Plote: http://newbiebeader.blogspot.com/
Rachel Baron: http://rbarondesigns.blogspot.com/
Laurie Keefe: http://treeofliferootedinmysoul.blogspot.com/
Kashmira Patel: http://sadafulee.blogspot.com
Gina Hockett: http://www.freestyleelements.blogspot.com
Shellie Grindy: http://www.creativeeclectica.com/
Shai Williams: http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com/
Dyanne Cantrell: http://deelitefuljewelrycreations.blogspot.com
Mimi Gardner: www.OtherCuriosities.blogspot.com
Jessica McMullen: http://pheonixgatedesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer LaVite: www.drygulchbeadsandjewelry.blogspot.com
Laura Medeiros: http://zoeowyn.blogspot.com/
Alenka Obid: www.pepita-handmade.blogspot.com
Elsie Fonseca: http://www.ladelizchica.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Dunham: www.renaissance-jewelry.blogspot.com
Sandra McGriff: http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.ca
Tania Spivey: http://moobiegrace.blogspot.com/
Mowse Doyle:  http://mowsemadethis.blogspot.com
Mischelle Fanucchi: http://micheladasmusings.blogspot.com/

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