Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Metallic Chocolate" (461)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Amethyst AB" - no longer available

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". 

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Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Nickel Plated" (190)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Lilac Matte AB" (#C69) - no longer available

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". 

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Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Aqua Opaque" (#C84) - no longer available

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". 

 

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Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Light Pewter" (4221)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Light Pewter" (4221)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Opaque Purple" (#C90 AB) - no longer available

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". 

 

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Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Metallic Rainbow" (no longer available)

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". 

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Video Tutorial - Chandelier Earrings

CHANDELIER EARRINGS

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Dark Bronze" (457)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Aqua Gold" (#B26) - no longer available

I followed THIS video tutorial by Sonysree Creations to make these "Chandelier Earrings". It's pretty obvious why she calls them that. They are so ornate and pretty that I couldn't resist giving them a try. The only thing that I changed from the original tutorial is where I added an 8/0 seed bead at the top instead of the loop that she adds to her earrings.

I made the large sample earring below while following the video for the first time and then later decided to use slightly different beads for the final pair above because I had exactly enough of these rondelles to make two earrings. Note that although all of the rondelles that I used have the same color name, they are all from different dye lots. I bought them at a local bead shop that is no longer in business.

The smaller sample earring was an experiment to see if the pattern would work with smaller beads. As you can see, it works quite well. I made several mistakes on that earring because the light wasn't good that day and my eyesight isn't so great anymore. Some day I will give that size another go.

I have made these earrings in six more colorways which I will blog about soon. All of the Chinese rondelles that I used came from the same bead shop. I haven't looked but you should be able to find Chinese rondelles for sale online. eBay and Etsy would be good places to look for them.

• 11/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 3x4mm rondelles "Aqua Gold" (#B26) - no longer available

• 15/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Light Bronze" (457L)
• 2x3mm rondelles "Aqua Gold" (#B26) - no longer available

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Video Tutorial - Peyote & Brick Stitch Empress Earrings

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Gold" (4202)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Galvanized Yellow Gold" (DB410)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Glazed Luster Teal" (DB264)
• 4mm Czech bicones "Hematite Luster Aquamarine"

As you probably know, I enjoy making peyote and brick stitch earrings. When I saw the latest video by Bronze Pony a few days ago, of course I had to try making some. You can watch her video HERE. What really caught my eye was the addition of the bicone in the center of the earring.

I made the two sample earrings above using two different methods. The peyote stitch earring on the left was made by following the video. I made the earring on the right using only brick stitch just to see if it was possible to do so. Obviously it worked but it was a little tricky adding the bicone. After making two more sample earrings (see them below), I've decided that I prefer the original peyote method but brick stitch does make a slightly stiffer earring. That isn't really important though because I will brush some clear nail polish on the back of any final earrings that I make to stiffen them.

I wondered if 4mm druks would work in place of bicones and they do work quite well. The earring on the left above came out too dark in the colors that I used so I came up with the lighter colorway on the right using the same druks.

I learned something when I made these two sample earrings. I got more neatly shaped earrings by using a relatively loose tension when doing the peyote stitch. I'm not happy with the irregular shape of the gold and turquoise samples and I know now that my tension was too tight.

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Dark Mauve" (4213)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Galvanized Cinnamon Brown" (DB460)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Opaque Dark Mauve" (DB735)
• 4mm druks "Matte Apollo Milky Pink"

• 8/0 seed beads Miyuki "Duracoat Galvanized Dark Mauve" (4213)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Galvanized Cinnamon Brown" (DB460)
• 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads "Galvanized Semi-Frosted Berry" (DB1157)
• 4mm druks "Matte Apollo Milky Pink"

 

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