Back when I first started making jewelry, lo these 23 years ago, I mostly used seed beads. I stitched daisy chain necklaces, loomed barrettes, and had a booklet that has long since gone missing on how to make beaded earrings. Over the last eighteen months I’ve gone back to my roots and started stitching earrings again. Here’s some of my favorites.
It’s fun creating the color combos. Sometimes they don’t work, but when they do, I can’t stop! You can see that I am partial to the gunmetal/turquoise/yellow combo. I wish they made more bugle beads in more colors – while I have a fair amount, so many other colors beckon! I’d also like them to come in different finishes too.
My rule of thumb when I’m choosing colors for the earrings with multiple colors is to select three colors that each have a different finish. This way the colors are distinguishable from each other. So you would select a plain solid color, a sparkle or clear color, and/or a metallic color. There are also other finishes that you could sub in. I also try to match the bugles with one of the bead colors. It’s not a hard and fast rule but it does work for me!