{"id":1647,"date":"2013-07-30T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2013-07-30T17:06:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T00:06:30","slug":"beaded-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaded Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ve gone back to my roots and started stitching earrings again. Here&#8217;s some of my favorites.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1647 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/dsc04640\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04640-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04640-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04654\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04654-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04654-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04654-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04653\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04653-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04653-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04653-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04652\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04652-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04652-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04652-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/dsc04649\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04649-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04649-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04649-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04651\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04651-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04651-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04651-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04646\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04646-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04646-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04646-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04647\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04647-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04647-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04647-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04648\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04648-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04648-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04648-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04643\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04643-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04643-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04643-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/dsc04642\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04642-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04642-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04642-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/dsc04644\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04644-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04644-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC04644-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s fun creating the color combos. Sometimes they don&#8217;t work, but when they do, I can&#8217;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 &#8211; while I have a fair amount, so many other colors beckon! I&#8217;d also like them to come in different finishes too.<\/p>\n<p>My rule of thumb when I&#8217;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&#8217;s not a hard and fast rule but it does work for me!<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ve gone back to my roots and started stitching earrings &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/beaded-earrings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beaded Earrings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}