I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, and if you celebrated, a wonderful Valentine's Day. We had a very low-key one, but of course, there was chocolate!
I didn't take any in-process pictures, but had some fun over the weekend with some of the goodies I got at this year's bead shows.
Since I don't have pierced ears, I make almost all of my own earrings. Clips aren't easy to find, and when I do, they're generally more dainty than what I wear, but thankfully, I can easily get clip earring backs at Michaels or online. However, it's sometimes hard to find "fronts", meaning something to which I can glue the backs. So when I find components that work, I stock up and was very pleased to find the silver ones shown here at one of the bead shows. The ones in the middle I found at Michaels, intended to be the hanging part of earrings themselves, but being flat on both sides made it easy to adapt them to my needs.
As you can tell, I like bolder pieces.
What are earrings without bracelets?! All of these are on stretch cord. I used black onyx beads for the black-and-silver bracelet, along with some bean-shaped silver beads, agate and glass beads for the one behind it, hammered and textured silver beads, and I don't remember what the small white beads are. I got a massive bag at a show last year for a steal. I also proceeded to spill a bunch of them and had fun finding them all on my floor!
Since I wear a lot of black and white and neutrals, these work together, and with pieces I already have.
The great thing about making your own jewelry is that you can also remake your own jewelry! I usually go through mine once or twice a year, decide "I don't like this anymore", take it apart, make something new. But of course, that doesn't stop me from adding to my stash!
Have you ever made or want to make your own jewelry?
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