Here is a simple earring pattern to coordinate with the Twin Flanked Drops necklace design from a previous post. Materials required are the same as the necklace, plus a couple of 6/0 or 8/0 seed beads and jump rings for connecting the earring to an earring hook or clip. (Refer to my Twin Flanked Drops necklace post for the list of beads used in these two color schemes). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!
FREE beading pattern: Twin Flanked Drop Earrings
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Even though it is not yet Thanksgiving, I was thinking ahead toward the holidays and wanted to make some 3-D Christmas Tree earrings using twin beads. I figured if I searched online I might find a pattern or at least an idea for its construction. To my surprise, after an exhaustive search, I didn’t find anything like what I had in mind. What I did find was either 2-D, not made from twin beads, or too large for my taste to be an earring. So I decided to work out a pattern for a small twin-bead 3-D Christmas Tree myself and share it with you all! The secret to stabilizing the tiers of the tree so that they don’t shift off-center is the “hidden” bicone crystal placed between the middle and bottom tiers. The shape of that crystal helps both tiers remain centered around the post, while being only about 5% visible. I was so happy with how the first pair turned out, I immediately experimented with other color combinations. I found the pattern worked with either twin beads (like the gold and green examples) or Superduo beads (like the silver and dark blue examples). The Superduo beads seemed to make a slightly “fatter” tree, as the tiers had a little shallower bowl shape than the twin beads. The last pair I made were the gold trees, where I decided to make a wrapped loop instead of just a simple loop on the last step. That worked really well to hold the pieces more tightly on the post, and in hindsight, I probably would have done all of them like that. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!
FREE beading pattern: Christmas Tree Earrings
Materials used:
Light Green twin beads, transparent rainbow 11/0 seed beads, 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm red bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm silver round druk beads for the trunks
Silver Superduo beads, red and green silver-lined 11/0 seed beads, 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm round lime green metallic crystals for the top, and silver round druk beads for the trunks.
Iris Blue Superduo beads, gold and silver 11/0 seed beads (silver-lined), 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm gold bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm gold pearls for the trunks.
Gold twin beads, silver and aqua 11/0 seed beads (silver-lined), 4mm green bicone crystals (hidden), 4mm teal AB bicone crystals for the top, and 4mm gold pearls for the trunks.
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Here is a pattern for some earrings to match the Framed Crystal Drops necklace from my last post. It requires the same beads, plus 8/0 seed beads for the jump ring to connect to at the top. Use the jump ring to connect to either clip or pierced ear hook. The earrings below were made with gold matte superduo beads, bronze TOHO 11/0 and 15/0 seed beads, and peach rose Swarovski crystals (4mm and 6mm). I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!
FREE beading pattern: Framed Crystal Drop Earrings
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Here is a pattern for some earrings to match the Framed Pearl Drops necklace from my last post. It requires the same beads, plus two 8/0 or 6/0 seed beads for the jump ring to connect to at the top. Use the jump ring to connect to either clip or ear hook. The earrings below were made with Superduo beads that are half bright silver, half crystal (clear), nickel TOHO 8/0, 11/0, and 15/0 seed beads, and dark purple 4mm and 6mm pearls. I hope you enjoy this free beading pattern!
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Video Tutorial: Framed Pearl Drop Earrings
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I absolutely love this new Lotus Lace earring design. It requires 11/0 seed beads, 2x5mm 2-hole Superduo or twin beads, and 6mm pearls or round beads. This pattern also includes a “shorter variation” (shown in the light blue, white, and silver earrings below) as an alternative to the longer version. This pattern works equally well with either smaller Czech 11/0 seed beads, or with larger TOHO 11/0 seed beads, and works with either Superduo or twin beads.
FREE beading pattern: Lotus Lace Earrings
Here is a list of materials used in the various color combinations I experimented with:
11/0 seed beads
Superduos or twins
6mm round beads
Czech gold
Apollo Gold Superduos
Czech druks, opaque satin copper
Czech silver
White Luster twins
green adventurine (natural stone)
TOHO nickel
Silver Superduos
Light violet Pearls
Delica nickel
Silver Superduos
Dark Iris Blue Druks
Czech silver
Light Blue Luster Superduos
Ivory Pearls
TOHO Bronze
Black Superduos
Black Druks
TOHO Bronze
Transparent Amethyst Luster Superduos
Transparent Amethyst Luster Druks
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