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Happy Returns ~ 52 Earrings: week 7

Remember last week's earrings? They were preceded by three other attempts. These new earrings were one of them. The polymer beads started out as a not-so-nice olive green. They weren't even baked when I gave up on them. It was almost dark out so I just hurried through my bead stash and more or less threw the Mystique earrings together and snapped a photo right at sunset.

The sad, ugly green beads went into the oven later... I figured there couldn't be any harm in baking them. All week I kept thinking about them and wondering if I could actually revive them. Wednesday evening I decided to add a little paint... maybe that would help. I brushed on layer upon layer. Yellow, orange, green, blue, copper... They actually started to look better! Then I decided to paint little dots. Not sure where that idea came from! I'm not a polka-dot loving girl at all!! But it seemed to fit.

I finished them off with two-tone czech crystals and some brass and glass beads. And to make them a little fancier, I sprinkled in some toho beads with the wire wrapping at the top. I think they're my favorite pair so far!

And so I decided to call them Happy Returns... an ugly idea revisited turned into a happy pair of earrings!





The fabric in the photo is my new top... somehow I got the colors to match perfectly!!


Check out the Flickr pool here to see what everyone else mixed up for week seven.

See you next week with another pair!

Posted by Rebekah on Friday, February 17, 2012
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9 comments:

  1. Moobie GraceFebruary 17, 2012 at 10:27 PM

    I adore these! Funny how things that we sometimes give up on turn out pretty awesome when given a second ( or tenth) glance! :)

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    1. RebekahFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:00 PM

      So glad you like them! I am just thrilled at how well they turned out... sometimes that extra time to think when the pressure's off really can make all the difference! Thanks for stopping by! :-)

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  2. Lupe MeterFebruary 17, 2012 at 10:42 PM

    These are awesome! They are certainly happy returns!

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  3. RebeccaFebruary 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM

    They are really lovely! I especially like the wire/seed bead wrapping at the top - they give them something just a little bit different!

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  4. TeoFebruary 18, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    I love these!! I would never have guessed how much they've been through :) Love the dots and the wire thing you did at the top, very cool. Wonderful job!

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  5. PipsFebruary 20, 2012 at 6:30 AM

    They are wonderful. Loved hearing about the story behind them.

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  6. Marlene BradyFebruary 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    Congratulations on being featured on Polymer Clay Daily today! Wonderful story and a beautiful set of earrings as a result! -Marlene Brady

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  7. SeraFebruary 21, 2012 at 9:23 PM

    I love the wire wrapping with the japanese seed beads at the top - that combined with the shape of the polymer beads really makes it work. I particularly like the wire wrapping because it looks so effortless. My wire wrap attempts look like a barbed wire fence that's been stuck in a hurricane for a decade - even after all these years of practise!

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    1. RebekahFebruary 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM

      Thank you Sera! I really get you on the barbed wire stuck in a hurricane look... I do get that "lovely" effect every so often, but these came together surprisingly well and without any redos. I love wire working and some days I'd be perfectly happy to do it all day long! :-) Thanks for stopping by!

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