OTTBS Week 5: Earring Challange

I'm slightly behind on this challenge but this weeks submission was well worth the wait!  My beautiful daughter has been watching me play with my sead beads creating (and pulling apart) various earring designs in my quest to create a pair of earrings that I am happy with! 

After many hints - a couple of weeks ago we had success in finding a pattern she would be happy with. Liz Reed's etsy shop -  The Crimson Moon  is a treasure trove just waiting to be discovered. 

So here are the earrings my gorgeous girl decided on.

OTTBS Earring Challenge - Week 4: Silver Balls

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls..." ~ Mother Teresa

 

For this weeks challenge, I have re-created Florence Turners Beadinfinitum  spinning top bead.  Have a look at Beadinfinitum's website - Florence and Gwen have some amazing tutorials and kits for sale which I look forward to trying in the near future!

OTTBS Earring Challenge - Week 3: Ellad Fan Earrings

Although slightly behind in this challenge, I am enjoying perusing the many tutorials on offer by some wonderful designers.  This weeks designer is Ellad2.  She has an incredible arrangement of tutorials on offer and each one comes with detailed instructions and loads of photos so that if you are a visual learner like me you can easily follow the directions.

Following on from my experimentation with Preciosa Super Duos and the Twin Beads earrings from Weeks 1 and 2 - I decided to try Ellad2 fan earrings tutorial.  These were fun to make and I could see that I would have fun with this design in the future.  Here are my Bronze Fan Earrings.  

OTTBS Earring a Week challenge - Weeks 1 and 2

The fabulous facebook group - Operation Tackle That Bead Stash (OTTBS) has given us the choice to create each week either a ring, pendant or earrings.

As I am relatively new to off-looming beading, my second weekly challenge of the year is to create earrings using beads from my stash.  This is going to be a fun challenge and I look forward to sharing with you each week.

These two designs are created using Twin beads, Swarovski pearls and Miyuki round beads.  I look forward over the next year trying many new styles and learning to read patterns. check out new tutorials and expanding my horizon.