Sunday, August 31, 2008

Tiny Book Earrings


These are my first offering. I'd seen tiny book earrings, and thought I could try the same. I first made a pair twice this size (about 3/4" by 1"), and realized they were much too large; they were also only one signature (these are four each). So, made a handful of smaller ones -- a leopard-print pair like this one and a red-bound pair were both snapped up by co-workers. It's a pain working so small, though! But I've now bought a smaller needle, so things should go better in the future. My adviser tells me I should put on some headbands and be sewing these on tapes ... maybe in the future! I tried other earring findings, rather than the kidney style, but couldn't get them to work -- I suppose I'd need actual jewelry-making tools for that (making little wire loops through the spine, etc.).

2 comments:

  1. Well done on the earings, I don't think my fingers work well enough for a project that detailed, bet they take ages to make?

    There is a great craft website that I watch with video demos called www.tvweekly.com Scrapbook Lounge has paper projects and Plum & Verdigris has jewelery making demos. Check out the archives for tips on various techniques hope this link should take you to the jewelery part
    http://pnv.tvweekly.com/archives.php

    Hope it helps

    Billie

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  2. Thanks for the hints, and thanks for stopping by!

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