I can’t wait to go out with these! I was amazed that I had the the 18x13 Swarovski Rose Pear Stones for almost a year before this color idea came along :( Credit for the color idea goes to Ilona’s Pink Crystal Stud Earrings on Etsy XD
Click here for FusionBeads.com’s intructions for this earring pattern!
Materials:
Size 11/0 and 15/0 Galvanized Champagne Delica Beads
18x13 Swarovski Rose Pear Shaped Stones
3mm Swarovski Pacific Opal Bicone Beads
1 pair 14kt Gold-Filled Ear Wires
I just finished these yesterday and I can’t wait to wear them! These sparkling earrings were designed using Deborah Roberti’s Antique Earrings Tutorial (only $5!). I used Pacific Opal 4mm crystal bicones along with 3mm Indian Pink AB2x bicones (super sparkly!). I was originally going to use 12mm Rose Peach crystal rivolis however I bumped into a shop on ebay that sells custom coated crystal stones! I ended up buying quite a few stones from this shop and I chose Rose Peach Shimmer Rivolis for these earrings. The special coating (Shimmer) brings the crystal color and reflection to another level giving the stones a fiery radiance with a turquoise iridescence at certain angles.
After a little tiny journey, I finally was able to make these earrings!! Basically, a couple months ago I saw a youtube vid by Kelly from offthebeadedpath and she was wearing some beautiful and extremely sparkly beaded crystal earrings. I immediately fell in love with them and I began searching on Etsy and almost every other handmade jewelry site for these earrings but no such luck. However, one day I was doing some shopping at Beads n' Other Needs near my home and on their wall of picture tutorials I noticed a pattern for the same earrings that I had been looking for all this time!! The tutorial was created by Mabeline Gidez and it's super easy to follow. If you're a slightly more experienced beader, you can easily find a way to use a single needle as opposed to the 2 needles that are used in the tutorial.
Anyways, once I got the idea of how to make these, I splurged on FusionBeads.com and bought 4mm Padparadscha AB2x bicones (outline color) along with 3mm Emerald AB (main color) and Pacific Opal bicones (inner color). I was a little nervous about using such bold colors but as I started weaving, it became clear that they were an awesome combo :)
Can't wait to make these in more colors! I'll definitely be posting soon :)
P.S The pics don't do the color and sparkle of these any justice!
These bubbly little ring creations were inspired by a tutorial in a book I’ve had for a very long while, “The Bead Palette” by Ondori staff. I found Fusionbeads.com’s 4mm Escape Crystal Bicone Mix to be very helpful for the color inspiration for the second ring :)
I’ll admit I was eating a lot of chocolate when I made the first ring XD
This honey colored ring was designed in the same fashion as the Jet and Cyclamen Opal Flower ring in my previous post :)
I used 10mm Topaz AB Swarovski Hearts and 6mm Crystal Bronze Drop Pendants along with some Smoked Topaz Bicones
I’m thinking of doing another with 14mm hearts instead of 10mm ;)
My newest edition to my ring collection! You can check out my previous posts for my original flower rings :)
I used 10mm Jet Swarovski Hearts layered with super cute 6mm Cyclamen Opal Rivolis XD
I’ll be making more of these soon but for now I need to find some color inspirations! I have a bad habit of always picking black and purple :(
This ring is inspired by Cecily’s tutorial photo on Etsy :)
