Arabesco Earrings - Three Samples

I previously blogged about Deb Roberti's "Arabesco Earrings" HERE and HERE. Although I love all three of these colorways, they don't match any of my clothes so I will take them apart and use the beads to make something else. Below are the bead lists for the earrings in the photo above from left to right.

LEFT EARRING

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Gunmetal" (451)
• Paisley Duo beads "Polychrome Mix Berry"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Polychrome Orchid Aqua"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Transparent Amethyst Luster"

CENTER EARRING

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Pewter" (4222)
• Paisley Duo beads "Polychrome Plum"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Polynesian Pink Olive"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Amethyst Valentinit"

RIGHT EARRING

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• ZoliDuo beads "Alabaster Lila Vega"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Amethyst Luster"
• 4mm fire polished beads "Stone Pink Luster"

You can buy Deb's "Arabesco Earrings" pattern HERE.

 

Peyote & Brick Stitch Empress Earrings Sample

PEYOTE & BRICK STITCH EMPRESS EARRINGS

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Light Bronze" (DB22L)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Matte Glazed Anjou Pear" (DB2290)
• 4mm Czech bicones "Chrysolite Celsian"

Read THIS post for more information about Bronze Pony's video tutorial for making these earrings. I also blogged about them HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. I really like this colorway but it doesn't go with any of my clothes.

 

Odds & Ends - Earrings #233 Samples

As you can see, I'm trying out a new photo background today. I had a small amount of money left on a Hobby Lobby gift card which was enough to buy a couple of sheets of scrapbook paper. This one caught my eye and I really like the colors on it. It obviously won't replace my standard background paper because it is a little bit dark and busy but I thought it was just the thing for these sample earrings. Below you can see them on my old background for comparison. The greenish beads in the center earring are a little washed out but the other colors came out quite true to life. I also think that the beads pop a bit more than in the other photo but that may be due to the lighting at the time I took the photos rather than the background paper.

I followed THIS "Earrings #233" YouTube video tutorial by Lor and Beads. I had high hopes for these earrings because they are unique and cute but they come out a little too wonky for my liking. I had pretty good luck with the earring on the far right in the photo but the other two are a bit of a mess. I've decided not to bother making more of them. Do check out her other videos. She has some others that I will be blogging about in the future.

As you will see when you look over my bead lists below, I tried both Toho and Miyuki seed beads. The sample that came out nice has Miyuki beads but I had just as much trouble with Miyuki as with Toho in the other two samples so the brand of beads isn't the issue here.

SAMPLE 1

• 11/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Bronze Antique Gold" (225)
• 8/0 seed beads Toho "Denim Blue Metallic Matte" (511F)

SAMPLE 2

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Union Opaque Blue Luster" (65431P)

SAMPLE 3

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Matte Metallic Bronze" (2006)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Matte Metallic Bronze" (2006)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Hybrid Opaque Turquoise Blue Picasso" (4514)

Winter Blossom Earring Sample

WINTER BLOSSOM EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 4mm druks "Goldenrod Picasso"
• SuperDuo beads "Yellow Dark Travertin"

Now that life is pretty much back to normal since my husband's bicycle accident, I'd really like to get back to beading again. So, the other day I started sorting through some beading projects that I was planning to work on before all of my plans went out the window back in March. I found a few sample earrings I had made using various patterns that I probably won't make the mates to. I would like to recycle the beads by taking them apart. Before doing that, I took photos of the samples to show them to you today and in my next few posts.

I made this sample earring by following THIS free to watch "Winter Blossom Earrings" video by  JRPDesigns. She also has the pattern for sale HERE in her Etsy shop. It's a cute earring but I have so many other things that I need to work on first. I may revisit this pattern in the future.