Lace Earring Tutorial
July 10, 2007
Welcome to the first edition of Photo Tutorial Tuesday™!
I have all this great lace that is just too big for practically anything except these earrings. If you have any lying around the house, this little project is great for using some.
You’ll need:
- scissors
- craft or fabric glue (I used Sobo)
- a piece of heavy lace trim with a repeating pattern
- little kidney shaped ear wires
- a needle or safety pin
The first thing you’ll need to do is look at the lace and figure out what piece of the pattern you’d like and trim around it. Decide how you want the lace to face when they become earrings.
The second step is to turn the lace over to the back side and cover the back with fabric glue. I blobbed some on and then used my finger to smooth it out. This will help keep the piece flat as well as prevent anything from fraying.
After the glue dries, take your needle (or safety pin) and poke a hole where you’d like the ear wire to go. Slip the bottom of the ear wire into the hole and you’re done!
You can find the ear wires at any jewelry supply shop. The ones I’m using in these earrings are sterling silver. If you’d like to purchase a pair [$4, free shipping] to use for your own lace earrings, shoot me an email at prismeradesign [at] gmail.com.
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Victorianize your earlobe&hellip | July 14, 2007 at 5:04 am
[...] make your own lace earrings? It’s pretty simple and I’ve even found a tutorial over at Minding Prismera for you to make it even easier. It’s really just a few easy peasy steps, so there should be [...]
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Dawn | July 19, 2007 at 1:28 am
I just stumbled across your blog, while browsing the switchboards.com. I love the lace earrings - I’m a teen services librarian and am always looking for projects. This is something the girls will definitely like, they love jewelry-making projects.
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Lacey Earrings made easy!&hellip | August 17, 2007 at 9:28 pm
[...] This earring tutorial from Minding Prismera is ingenious! Its a SUPER way to make earrings to match a wedding dress or create heirloom jewelry from an antique dress that perhaps is in bad shape or unwearable. [...]
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Lace Earring Tutorial | C&hellip | August 21, 2007 at 8:36 am
[...] Barbe at Craft Gossip Jewelry Making points to this easy tutorial by Minding Prismera that shows you how you can make your own lace earrings from heavy lace trim. [ via ] Link. [...]
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Leah | August 21, 2007 at 8:58 pm
Great idea! Very cute, almost instant gratification project.
For people who know how to crochet, you can also crochet little motifs & stiffen them with fabric glue or resin for a similar type of earring.
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prismera | August 21, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Thanks for all your great feedback, everyone! It totally is an instant gratification project, which is the best kind.
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msbelle | September 16, 2007 at 9:48 am
How beautiful!!!
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Craft Beauty: DIY Accesso&hellip | January 17, 2008 at 4:29 am
[...] to create. I’m definitely going to be trying out this tutorial by Minding Prismera for making Lace Earrings. Also on my list is the Chain and Paper Collage Necklace from Crafty Chica and the Fabric Headband [...]
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lea | April 8, 2008 at 10:46 pm
hi,
love it. looks awesome, i’ll soon be doing some for myself! thx for the inspiration
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*vanilleah » Blog A&hellip | April 8, 2008 at 11:01 pm
[...] Lace Earring Tutorial [...]
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pintoo | April 8, 2008 at 11:34 pm
great idea. simple and neat
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En lång vecka+söndagspy&hellip | April 13, 2008 at 11:12 am
[...] ♥Spetsörhängen gör man tydligen i ett kick också! Med spets, lim och en hake att sätta i öra… [...]
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Kim D | June 30, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thank you so much! I found this great lace trim and tried it out. Because it was trim there was barely any cutting to do. I ended up having to cut the pattern in half, so I have one flower earring and one leaf earring. They look gorgeous! I used modgepodge since I was out of white glue and it works great.
Thank you again!