Kate's Creative Connections: Earring Week!

We actually kicked off earring week on Friday, 5.1.20, with an amazing knot...soon we'll see what Kate makes those knots into!! You'll also see new earrings coming up this week from Design Team member Danielle Wickes...this is going to be a great week!!

Friday 5.1.20: The Carrick Bend Knot
Kate uses:
2mm leather in Distressed Gray*, Distressed Mahogany, and Distressed Denim.
1mm leather in Distressed Gray* and Distressed Rose
Optional Buttons: Pirouette- Brass, Crossed Arrows- Gold
You'll also want to have: Flush Cutters, E6000, Clampers, and Knotting Tweezers

*The photo makes these look purple...it's just the lighting! Sorry...we promise, that's Distressed Gray.

Tuesday 5.5.20: Leather Knot Earrings
Kate takes her Distressed Rose knots and makes some truly fabulous earrings! WOAH.
Ingredients:
1mm leather - Distressed Rose
Earwires - Vintage Leverback in Gold
Headpins - 2" Satin Gold
Jump Rings - 4mm/21G Satin Gold
Tiny Tassels - Gold Caps in Dusty Rose, Turquoise, Periwinkle, Purple
Czech Faceted Drops - Scarlet Copper and Turquoise Bronze
Czech Saturns - Garnet Red and Green Turquoise Picasso
8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads - 8-4514 Picasso Seafoam Green

You'll also want to have: Flush Cutters, Round Nose Pliers, Chain Nose Pliers, Bent Nose Pliers

Wednesday 5.6.20: Earrings 101
Kate's Master Class in earring basics! Sweet and simple!!
Ingredients:
Earwires
Headpins and Eyepins
Daisy Spacers
Tierra Heishi
Sixth Sense
Coil Spacers
Oasis Cap
Petite Petal Cap
8mm Rondelles- Green Opal
8mm English Cuts- Green Aqua Mercury
6mm Melons- Sapphire & Bronze
6mm Fire Polish- Bronze Rose Illusion
4mm Fire Polish- Aqua Graphite Rainbow
Faceted Drops- Turquoise Bronze
Chain- Simplicity

You'll also want to have: Flush Cutters, Round Nose Pliers, Chain Nose Pliers, Bent Nose Pliers

Thursday 5.7.20: Boho Earrings
Danielle's updated our Boho Earrings with two absolute stunners! Kate creates one of her own, too! Find Danielle's samples on our Project Page, and Kate's ingredients below.
Ingredients:
Earwires
Hoop Components- Drop Hoops in Antique Copper
Wire- 26G in Antique Copper
4mm Stone Rounds- Dumortierite
Czech Drops- Luster Green Mix
Shadows- Little Shadows in Antique Brass
Chain- Teardrop Bauble

You'll also want to have: Flush Cutters, Round Nose Pliers, Chain Nose Pliers, Bent Nose Pliers

Friday 5.8.20: Stopper Knots
Kate went over two great stopper kits that are great to know about: The Button Stopper Knot and the Figure 8 Stopper Knot.

Ingredients:
Earwires
1.5mm Leather- Distressed Brown and Natural
Irish Waxed Linen- Walnut
0.5mm CKC- Treebark
Large Hole Pearls
Sixth Sense
Coil Spacers


You'll also want to have: Flush Cutters and Thread Snips