Friday, February 14, 2020

Esmeralda Earrings - Antique Silver


ESMERALDA EARRINGS
  • 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
  • 11/0  seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
  • 3mm fire polished beads "Antique Silver"

While looking through my bead stash for colors to use to make some more "Esmeralda Earrings", I decided to see if fire polished beads would work. I only have a enough 3mm fire polished beads in a couple of colors to make a complete pair and this was one of them. It turns out that fire polished beads work great with this pattern and it also turned out that I like this monochromatic metallic colorway very much.

I made these earrings by following THIS video tutorial by Designer Beadwork. Please note though that I make mine smaller than the ones in the video so all of the beads that I use are one size smaller than what she calls for. You can buy a copy of the pattern HERE on Etsy.



 

8 comments:

  1. I have a ton of fire-polished beads so was going to try this pattern with them. So glad to see they do work after all!

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    1. I already knew that fire polished beads worked well in the Princess Earrings and those are made using similar method.

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  2. Nice genuinely antique look

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  3. So glad you revisited this pattern. Just made a pair with 457s and 3mm metallic turquoise/green picasso fire polished. Love them!!

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  4. I love this! Followed the DesignerBeadwork tutorial on her youtube and it turned out so pretty! I want to try it with the smaller beads like you suggest. It came out kind of crowded.

    Do you have any suggestions on where to get the earring findings?

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    1. Craft stores should have them. I buy mine from China on eBay because they're super cheap.

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