Sometimes simple is best. And that statement coming from someone who LOVES sparkle, who would encrust every surface with Swarovski crystals and who honks for shiny objects! 
I spend hours of my time scouring the jewelry supply houses for previously unseen nuggets of shiney goodness. I like my handmade jewelry pieces to be unique and different – my greatest joy is when someone stops dead in their tracks to compliment a piece of my jewelry and comments that they’ve never seen anything like it! I like to try new jewelry making techniques that I can use in new designs – perhaps incorporating them in a way no one has thought of.
Until two weeks ago. It was a lazy sunday and I felt inspired to make something. I trotted out to my jewelry making spot (couch!), grabbed my beadboard, my tools, some wire and my handy-dandy new nylon wire pliers. I looked at my fattest piece of wire and started getting creative. Here’s the result!
They’re absolutely stunning in person – simple and yet so impactful.
I remembered a tutorial that I had done online for french earring wires and quickly whipped up those to match the earrings. Earring wires are the portion of the earring that go into your ear. Everything on this pair of earrings was handmade by me – and it felt so good.
You see – like all jewelry designers – I do buy some premade components like earring wires, clasps, pre-made chain and jump rings. They are of a high quality and add a nice finished look to a project. They’re also pretty expensive – so I have to invest alot of capital and time to go purchase these items. When I run out in the middle of some great jewelry design, it’s inconvenient and disappointing. So creating these earring wires was both fun and liberating. If I run out of earring wires, I can make my own!
No swarovski crystals, no intricate wire work, no dazzling combination of colors – just simplicity. And the earrings look gorgeous!
I’ve also created them in silver, and added matching necklaces to the collection. And as you can see on my site – I didn’t leave well enough alone and also created a version with little Swarovski crystals on the end. Take a look at the beautiful handmade earrings on my site.
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