“I have No beadsoup left” said no beader ever. None of us like being left with odd beads after a project, though we might (secretly) hate to part with them. However, in reality we end up with odd beads and components and hoard them hoping that we’ll use them someday. The leftovers build up (albeit slowly) over time and in my case have become my entire stash. I only have beadsoup at this point – No beads! with my business being the slowest it has ever been, I have almost stopped creating. My stash looks like I have a lot of beads(soup) but they do not inspire me as well. But when I saw the reveal post for We’re all years annual leftovers challenge pop up on my reader, I had a revelation. I could use this opportunity to purge while making some beadsoup earrings.
I spent this morning going through a portion of my stash segregating viable glass beads. Using a box with dividers,I stored glass beads colour wise. It made me realised that I have a lot more new beads than I thought I had. I do not have to buy any beads for an upcoming workshop. Since it has been a slow season, I was planning a discount sale as well – more details at the end of the post. In the spirit of the holidays, I thought “Why not make simple earrings and give it away with the Banjaran Dreams necklaces as freebies.” Getting Beadsoup earrings done for this reveal was an added bonus.
How many Beadsoup earrings can you make at a stretch?
I made 11 pairs of earrings at a stretch in less than an hour time. Yes, that was all it took to make simple earrings – from selecting beads and making a few hooks to looping them together. It took another two hours to photograph, edit and write this post – simply because I was prepping for the sale alongside. You can see eight of them here in this post.
Lets “Blue” some earrings
In the past 3-4 years I have slowly become a blue person. After teasing my Dad all his life for preferring blue, I find it strange that I like blue as well now. But I favour dark blue while he love its tints. Now that Classic blue is hte colour of the year 2020, I might roll with it for a while. Coming back to the Banjaran dreams collection – most pieces are a mix of green and blue. So I ended up making blue earrings. Here are a bunch.
I understand that these earrings are not unique in terms of design. But it felt good to make some simple jewellery after sorting and purging my stash. See below two other interesting earrings – Opal Rhinestone Earrings and Lapis Lazuli earrings that I made recently. I have tutorials on how to make them as well, for the interested.
End of Decade Sale
Did you notice that we have lived through yet another decade? 2010s has been a momentous decade for me on many fronts. More on that on an upcoming Decade in review post. To say goodbye to this decade and to usher in the next, I plan to have a grand End of Decade sale from 23rd to 30th Dec 2019. Please look for posts on my Instagram handle and JOS Facebook page to buy.
I hope you found it interesting
Cheers
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