My Orange-Gold Dangles

These two dangle earrings were also some "left-over" beads. If I remember right, they came in a set of beads, but I couldn't pair up them together in a way that made me happy, so I separated them and paired them up in twos with each other.

I think they came our nicer as two sets of earrings than they ever could have if I'd tried to force them as a necklace or something else!

My Sunshin-y Day

This set is just plain fun. I found these beads in all kinds of bright, happy colors. I couldn't resist! I wasn't entirely sure what I was going to do with them at first, the just called to me. When I started playing with the memory wire and crimp beads, it started to come together. While the crimp beads on the memory wire is an imperfect science - sometimes they still move - they're easy enough to slide back into place, and the effect is a lot of fun!

The glass of the bead is light enough that the earrings aren't heavy, and the gold just picks up the bright yellow of the glass bead. It's sunshine all over the place!