Earring Give Away!

This is my first give away, hope you enjoy it! I've made a pair of earrings for just this occasion! 

Here's how to enter (you can pick from any of the following, or try them all to improve your chances): 

• Go visit my etsy shop and let me know which is your favorite item, and why by leaving a comment on this blog.
• Purchase anything from my etsy shop, and leave 2 comments here letting me know. 
• Begin following my blog, and let me know in a comment here.
• If you twitter, tweet about this giveaway and leave another comment.

I'm excited to see how this works out! The winner will be randomly selected on May 11, 2009. 

Earrings

I spent the morning working up a few pairs of earrings for my sister, who brought me beads a couple weeks ago. 

Jewelry Braid

I finished this project a few weeks ago, but we just got in hung this weekend. I got the idea for this jewelry hanger from the purse straps I made for my last purse. 

Here's how I did it:

1. Cut 18 strips of fabric 2" by 45" long. (I used some scraps that weren't quite long enough, so just cut them so you have enough for the total length.)
2. Sew them together in sections of 3 so that you have 6 total strips, all about 135" long. 
3. Stack them all together, and tie a knot in one end, with about 2" of strip hanging out of the knot. 
4. Attach a large safety pin to the knot, and anchor that to something sturdy in an area with a LOT of space. I used our old couches, but a mattress also works. 
5. Braid these strips. You'll have 2 strips together for a total of 3 to braid with. 
6. Knot them all at the end and trim those ends up to about 2" hanging out to match the other end. 
7. Sew as many buttons along the facing side of the braid as you'd like. I did them about every 3" or 4" with a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 
8. Hang where you'd like. This was the trick party for me, because it needed to be anchored to the mirror. Tom put a couple small nails into the back edge where you can't see for me to hang the braid from.