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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Charming Green Elephants




This is the season of renewal, the season of Green!  Elephants are a symbol of strength, power, and wisdom.



Vintage celluloid elephant charms circa the 1940s. 



Gorgeous polymer, tribal-inspired flowers by Kimberly Rogers of Numinosity.



Sweet little vintage buttons.



I hope you all have a good and safe week!  Keep the faith!

Loralee xo

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Serendipity With Buttons

I had no idea what to make for this week's earrings, until I sat down at my work table last weekend. There, at the table, were all the leftover beads from a bracelet I'd made last week. I know, I know I should clean up after myself, but that's a whole different story.
Among the debris, I found these buttons that I'd bought at an antique/vintage store a couple of years ago. When I made the purchase, I planned to use them to create button closures for bracelets. But I suddenly saw these buttons in a new light.

I realized they could be used like earring charms or dangles! I dug through the other beads on my table and came across these really cool, rustic ceramic discs that I'd picked up at a bead show somewhere. They have very large holes in the center, so that when I attached them to the wooden buttons, the discs covered up the button shanks.

I added some accents and connected it all with brown Irish waxed linen. I love how they turned out. It tickles me that I could come up with a new, unusual way to use some old buttons. You can find these earrings in my shop now. Thanks, as always, for visiting Earrings Everyday. We love hearing from you in the comment section!

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Southwestern Bold

These Big Bold Sea Urchin Buttons have been hanging around my studio for some time,
I decided to finally use them myself!


I received these amazing Southwestern Headpins not long ago from Karin Hruza of Beadfairy and I've been dying to use them!

So I decided to go for it and make these long and luscious Southwestern Bold Earrings!


I added Faceted Turquoise beads on top!!

They are 3.25" long, I think possibly the longest I've ever made!

You can find them available for sale

Thank you!

Kristi

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Grandma's Attic



Happy First Day of Spring!!

On a trip to a local antique mall, I recently found a little wooden box full to the brim with mother of pearl buttons, big and small.  It was quite a find, as sometimes it's difficult to find the really itty bitty buttons. I imagine some cute little Grandmother who owned these, would get a kick out of the idea of repurposing them in some earrings!

I really love layered pieces, and it was fun to tie some buttons onto these enameled components from Gardanne Beads.  I dangled some bead caps glass headpins below each. The coral and pale green with the creamy colored buttons just reminds me of my own Grandmother who loved spring colors and gardening!



You can find these and other sweet earring selections in my Etsy shop, Lorelei Eurto Jewelry.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

ButtonButton


Happy Independence Day! I know you are probably expecting to see some red white and blue here today, but instead I am nodding to the past by using some beautiful vintage brass and carved mother of pearl buttons in my earrings.

I found these at the Bead & Button show,  at a great booth called Nifty Thrifty Dry Goods.  The buttons have a nice shank on the back and I wire wrapped them with some faceted Shell pearls.  I have never really seen buttons like these anywhere.
These earrings can be found for sale in my online webstore, Lorelei Eurto Jewelry.