lightweight, colorful and with silk tassels...
DIY your Isabel Marant earrings!
These earring where calling my DIY name,
I made them using my favorite spring/summer colors
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| left: Isabel Marant tassels Earrings on polyvore - collage by moi |
--> DIY tassels earrings: supplies
Note: I used all sterling silver components because silver is the one metal that doesn't give me allergies. The original Isabel Marant earrings are actually brass which is a much, much cheaper metal.
* 2 sterling silver earring hooks (Sterling Silver Ear Wire French Hook Earwires Coil Ball
)* 2 sterling silver cord ends (Sterling Silver Bright 4mm Round Leather Cord End Cap
)* sterling silver wire 24 Gauge half hard (Sterling Silver Wire 24 Gauge Round Half Hard (Qty=5 Feet)
)* 2x 3 links of chain (or connect 3 jumprings)
* round nose pliers (Artistic Wire Round Nose Pliers
)* scissors
* 4 small beads - 2 larger beads
* a small piece of light silk (the size of a tissue) (I used the last small piece of silk used for this bracelet)
* not pictured: matching thread and E-6000
gluemaking the silk tassel : tutorial
1* make a little cut with the scissors, to be able to rip apart a strip of 1" width
2* rip apart 7 strips of 1" width silk (5 would have been enough) and 2 strips 5/8" width
3* cut the wider strips at 3-1/2" length - use the thin strips and 5 1" x 3-1/2" for each tassel\
4* place the strips slightly overlapped onto the thin strip of silk
5* tie a double knot (without pulling the central strip too much)
6* dip in water and squeeze in your hand to obtain the messy look of the tassel
7* use a matching thread and wrap few times around the top to create the tassel
8* cut the bottom part to make it even and rub it with your fingers to fray the edges
9* cut the ties at 1/2" from the knot
connect the beads to the earrings hooks
1* thread the beads into the wire
2* connect the three chain links into the loop
3* wrap the loop around and cut the excess wire
1* open the earring hooks pulling the wire to the side (or afterwards won't close as well)
2* connect the chain links to the earring hook and close it
3* connect the other side of the wire to the cord end
4* wrap the loop around and cut the excess wire
connect the silk tassels to the earrings
1* open the cord end and place a drop of E-6000
onto the silk tassel ties2* place the ties inside the cord end and use the pliers to close firmly one side of the cord end
3* close the other part of the cord end and let the glue dry completely
and from few years back ... the feathers version: check
xox, d.
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