flower earring tutorial

making your own earrings is actually much easier than it might look. i don't claim to be an expert by any means. in fact, if you know of other {better!} ways of doing this, i'm all ears. i would love your ideas and suggestions. here's how i did it:

*again, sorry for the photography quality. 

i planned to do this in the daylight, but my day just didn't go as planned... 

supplies:

glue gun {um, isn't this one darling!?}

glue sticks

earring posts ($1.99 for a pack of 60 at michael's}

earring backs {$1.99 for a pack of 120 at michael's - they had lots of different kinds to choose from}

object for front of earring {in this case, brads! from michaels}

{01} prepare the object for the front of the earring. in this case, i had to remove the brad backing. some popped right off, others came off with a little bit of help from mr. pliers. easy peasy. i've also used a snip to remove the button hook off the back of a button i wanted to use for an earring. cabochons are also a great item to use {see bottom of tutorial}.

 

{02} with a hot glue gun, 

place a small {no larger than the base of the earring post} 

drop of glue on the back of the item 

you are using for the front of your earring. 

{03} immediately place earring post in the hot glue. 

press all the way in and set aside to dry completely. 

{04} once dry, 

the earring back can be placed on the post and you're done. 

seriously. 

just like that. 

 

i just discovered "cabochons" and found a ton on etsy.com. there are a lot of things categorized as cabochons, but i found some great flowers that i thought were lovely! they have flat backs {some are a bit concave, but not too bad} and they'll make for great earrings. 

i also purchased some bobby pins with a flat, 

circular surface perfect for adding 

a little bit of beauty to the tip. 

that's how i did it. 

how have you done it? 

what items would be fun to use? 

is there something better than hot glue? 

{i'm sure there is!}

do tell.