Beaded Earrings
There’s a whole world out there with stuff I either didn’t know about or didn´t considered as an option. Usually I find these things at flea markets and thrift shops, but during winter the selection is much poorer and the Internet becomes the source of all things new. Beaded earrings is an American thing, maybe Native American, and I haven’t seen them over here as far as I can remember. It all started over at Bona Drag where they have this amazing pair.
They were souring in the back of my mind until a wolf pair popped up while browsing through eBay. Suddenly I discovered that people actually make a living out of making these things. And so my hunt began. They would have to be big and a little trashy looking and I’ve fallen in love with the animals in the form of wolfs and eagles, the more ethnic inspired and the colorful and fun parrot earrings. I came across this shop on eBay where you can have them especially altered for your need. I think I am going for both the Bona Drag pair and the wolves.
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January 25th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Those wolves are amazing!
January 25th, 2008 at 12:38 am
I have been looking at those bona drag earrings for a couple of months trying to work out what i would wear them with because i think they’re fantastic!
January 25th, 2008 at 12:45 am
I ordered the wolf ones. So pretty!~ Thanks. I told her I saw her here.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:11 am
All of those are so cute!
January 25th, 2008 at 1:54 am
I love the idea of beaded earrings they are definitely American but also Mexican…I live in southern California and every time i drive to Mexico I always pick up some jewelry…its very inexpensive there!
January 25th, 2008 at 2:49 am
ah, crystalette! she’s one of my faves… so fun.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:11 am
…took me a while to figure out whether or not the person in the photo is you.
January 25th, 2008 at 3:54 am
I must add that I think you should hold out for my wolf earrings ;-)
January 25th, 2008 at 5:10 am
i checked out the ebay store its great, the earrings are reasonable for being handmade. are you going to wear the wolf earrings with the wolf t-shirt you have?
January 25th, 2008 at 5:55 am
Hey Agathe!
this is not bead-jewellery related but it is jewellery-with-a-difference and i wanted to share it with you because you always share such cool things with us!
i found this jewellery designer, poet and visual artist through Jennine at The Coveted. She is Mana Bernardes from Rio de Janeiro and she is on this website http://www.do-not-touch.com {sorry, i don’t yet know how to create a link! sad i know:)
anyway, take a look….i love the lucite necklace but my favourite is the bobby pin one! so innovative! i may even give it a go myself—she has really inspired me as i often (but lately not often enough) go into deeeeeep creative modes like this and come up with the coolest creations!
by the way, your blog is the yummy food my creative soul requires each day, so keep writing, inspiring and photographing!
Liesl aka lulubrownskin from Sydney Australia x
January 25th, 2008 at 8:17 am
omg! thanks for posting this, I must have a pair now!
January 25th, 2008 at 9:47 am
i LOVE your new hair. i couldn’t hold it back anymore
January 25th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Gorgeous earrings!
Thanks for the links! :-)
January 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
the wolves are super cute
January 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
The wolves are really cute, I love the colours…wonder if they are heavy…
January 25th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
i have some beaded earring that my dad bought for me years ago. i can take them out and use them now!
January 25th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
i have some beaded earring that my dad bought for me from mexico years ago(huichol indeans make a lot of beaded art)! i can take them out and use them now!
January 26th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Boy, this brings me back to Pow Wow days. My favorite was always the Peyote Stitch where you could create long streams down each ear. I also second what Liesl aka lulubrownskin wrote above, that necklace on The Coveted is to die for. I’m going to link this post along with some others at my blog shortly.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am
I´m from Mexico, this kind of crafts are very cheap here. I own a lot of them.
In my school, a hippie group sell them.
I have a beautiful necklace and a silver bracelet with a big flower beaded. It´s my favorite.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:40 am
oh my goodness! i read your amazing blog from time to time and just today stumbled upon this– and that photo is me!! haha! :) i have so many of those earrings by cristalette and i’m absolutely obsessed… my friend alina makes these
http://goldengrain.etsy.com on etsy and i think you’d love them. they’re gorgeous and HUGE, which i love. her beading talent is classic and the beads are of such quality and so beautiful.
XOXOX!
erin