Making Lightweight Earrings with Unexpected Finds

by Judy Larson

Sometimes you come across something that screams "make jewelry with me" so, of course, it comes home with you! That was the case when I was perusing things at a $1.00 store, which is now $1.25 store, looking for little extras to add to a box to send to our young grandchildren.

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I came across laser cut pressed cardboard scrapbook embellishments that stopped me in my tracks. It was harder to decide on which of these to bring home than it was to pick out stuff for the grandkids!

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A lot of women like to wear larger earrings. Large can mean heavier so options are limited because weight can pull on the piercings, enlarging them over time. Large can also mean time consuming as well as expensive to make. Since I make all my own Argentium ear wires, the cost of using them is minimal. Add in the 45 cent laser cut embellishments (remember to add any tax you paid when figuring the cost of making something) and the investment is under $4 per pair, depending upon the size of how much wire was used to make the ear wires. These light-as-a-feather earrings are sure to be a hit!

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21 Gauge Round Full Hard Argentium .940 Silver Wire

H19-21FH

Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
Price: $3.26
Gold Club Price: $2.45

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Wire Jewelry Tool Kit

G15-1

G15-1
Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Price: $49.97
Gold Club Price: $37.48

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Category: General Education
Technique(s): Design, General Education

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Judy Larson

My philosophy has always been "I will never live long enough to learn everything I want to learn, go everywhere I want to go and see everything I want to see!" So, what I make and how I create it is always changing and evolving. I was born shortly after WWII to parents who grew up during the Depression. They always had a "we can do it, we can make it" attitude which rubbed off on my two younger brothers and me. My brothers are amazing and can make and do ANYTHING! When I was a little girl, my mother gave me an old carved cigar box, which I cherish, filled with pop beads, wooden beads and yarn for stringing. That was the beginning of my jewelry making journey.

On a visit to the Grand Canyon when I was a young woman, I was fortunate enough to help a Native American silversmith sand cast my first silver bracelet and bezel set a large turquoise nugget on top. I was in love, hook, line and sinker! While working full time and having a family here in northern Minnesota, my artistic endeavors slowed down but never stopped. I am an artist, scrapbooker, seamstress, woodworker and jewelry artisan. Now that I am retired, I am able to indulge in all my hobbies. However, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to do it all, but I try!

I have been teaching community education beginner and intermediate jewelry making classes since my retirement. Many of my students have been bitten so hard by the jewelry making bug that they say I have turned them into monsters-they just can't get enough. Making jewelry, seeing something take shape from small bits and pieces, is so rewarding that I hope it brings out the "monster" in you, too!

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