Earrings, bracelets, necklaces ... I love to make them all. Swarovski crystal beads bring sparkling colors and visual texture to my jewelry designs. Czech Republic glass beads offer rich deep colors, with individual 2-tone Czech beads often possessing unique color shading within the clear glass of the bead. For warm colors, I like to make bracelets from the natural beauty of obsidian and jasper beads.

Lapis and Swarovski Earrings

Lapis drilled chips, natural (not dyed) natural stones. Size range approximately 2x4mm to 4x6mm. Lapis Lazuli is a deep blue often with a touch of purple and shimmering golden flecks of iron pyrite. These B grade chips that I used often have white calcite inclusions.

Material list:

Overall earring length 2.5 inches, not including earwire

4mm Sapphire Swarovski 5301 crystal beads

4mm Clear AB Swarovski round crystal beads

Gold plated 2.0mm round crimp/spacer beads

Outside dangles: Gold plated (2 inch length, .028' thick) head pins. Cut down to appropriate length (which turned out to be about 1.25 inches). Note the two outside dangles are slightly longer than the center one.

Inside (center) dangle: Gold color (2 inch length, .028' thick) eye pin. You can use a head pin, just snip the flatten end off and use needle nose pliers to make an eyepin.

Gold plated ear wire, flat hook with loop. I use the clear plastic ear nuts to make sure I do not lose the earring when I am wearing fish hook ear wires.

Gold plated 3 loop chandelier piece (17mm x 10mm)

Gold plated Victorian Chandelier (25mm)

Open gold plated 4mm jump ring for Lapis dangle at end of chandelier