Embroidered Ombre Earrings

Recently I made my third piece of jewelry with the pendants I bought, and this time around I made a pair earrings (my favorite jewelry to wear!). I did them in a silver pendant, using grey linen and various colors of floss giving off a mild ombre effect.
These pendants are seriously so light. They are the most comfortable to wear, ever! I bought the pendants off of Etsy via Kailea Silk Jewelry & Settings.

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Geometric Embroidered Necklace

Remember how I mentioned getting a few empty bezels in the mail a little while back? So far I had made a brooch with them,  and this past week I added a necklace to the list.
I used blue linen for the fabric, and colors of floss that reminded me of fall. I’m so excited for fall, and all the colors I’ve been using lately definitely show that. (The floss colors are all DMC and numbers 900, 166, 3848, 3852, 563, and 154 going from left to right if you see some you like!)

    I love the chain as much as I love the embroidery aspect. I always have liked longer chains, and this one is no exception, it sits at 30″.

You can check out more photos, and more info on this piece on Etsy, where it is up for sale!

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Embroidered Brooch

Recently I ordered quite a few empty bezel sets to make a brooch, earrings, and a couple of necklaces. The style of bezel is different than the ones I normally use, but different in a better way. The back has two layers, so with one you can wrap the fabric around, and the second is used to hide it all.
My first try was on the brooch, and I really dig it.

 First I traced the shape of the brooch with white color pencil onto the fabric I chose, so I could embroider “in the lines.”

 After I chose the colors I was ready to go. I started with the outline of the design. I did it with a back stitch, and then covered it with an overcast stitch to give it more of a finished look.

 Next I filled the space between the lines with triangles using satin stitch.

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DIY: Embroidered Ring

I have another piece of embroidered jewelry to share today, and this time it is a ring! I haven’t made any rings yet, so I’m pretty stoked about it.

 This was so easy to make. Earlier this year I made a tutorial on how to make embroidered necklaces, however this ring takes out half of the steps. I embroidered on felt versus fabric, and because of this I was able to eliminate the use of cardboard. Normally the fabric isn’t thick enough to just glue right onto the bezel, however with felt that is not an issue. So if you are interested in making one, you can follow these steps making the said adjustments.

  You can pick up the empty bezels (both ring and pendants) at any craft store, I think I got these ones at either Hobby Lobby or Michael’s. Hobby Lobby is always a bit cheaper though!

 

Now hopefully I can remember to take it off when I wash my hands…

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DIY: Crayon Necklace

 Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of “spear” necklaces around, and I think they are pretty much the cutest. I’m in love with this one I found on Pinterest:
Isn’t it beautiful? I decided to make something inspired by it. I recently bought a new box of Crayon’s to use on my embroidery, and thought they would work perfectly for this project, as well. I decided to use white, pink, and teal.
I used a potato peeler to make the crayons look a little more rough, and a warm needle to puncture the holes. I utilized a piece of silver wire I had to “string” them, and then attached it to an old chain I had lying around.

  I really like the way it turned out, but it is somewhat fragile. I need to hit up Hobby Lobby and get something a little more sound to replace the piece of silver I used. Who would of thought there are so many uses for crayons?

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Cute & Simple Bracelet DIY

The other day when I was at Hobby Lobby they had chains on sale for eighty nine cents. Yes, eighty nine cents! I initially thought they were long enough to be used for a necklace, but but they ended up being bracelets. So, I decided to add a little bit of color to them.

What you need:

•  Scissors
• Floss, or yarn
• Needle
• Chain

Once you have everything you need, the rest is nothing. So, here is what you do:

1. Cut whatever colors of floss/yarn you would like to use about two inches longer then the length of the bracelet.
2. Using one thread at a time knot the end of the floss/yarn to the little connector at the base of the clasp.
3. Thread your needle and start “sewing” through the chains (going down through one link, then up through the other).
4. Tie a knot on the last chain, trim the tail left over, and repeat with your next color.

You can always change out the colors to, depending on what you’re wearing.

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Needle felt Earrings

I feel like I’m cheating on embroidery with needle felting lately…but I just don’t know which one I like better anymore. I’m thinking soon I’m going to have to incorporate the two into some sort of wall piece.

The past couple of days I’ve been sucked into needle felted jewelry. I made a few pairs of earrings…and I’m in love. You can expect to see earrings similar to these on etsy soon, but probably not until after the holidays. I also made a little necklace, but I’m thinking it is going to be a Christmas present, so I’ll have to share that later.

ps. I’m making a personalized embroidered portrait for one of my lovely readers and I’m so excited about it!

xoxo.