Dude. What do you think of these earrings?
Just use a large wire cutter, snip your comb into little daggers and begin creating. Earrings are just the beginning! These little things make great cha-cha dangles, too.
Intrigued? Wanna demolish some hair combs? Here's a simple earring tutorial to get you started.
Take a hair comb dagger and a small piece of craft wire, and do this:
Add a bead (or two or three). Fold the wire over and snip away the extra, leaving approx. half an inch:
This next step is really blurry, sorry! When you do it, it will be in much better focus. Turn a loop at the top, like so:
Add an earring finding...
That's it! Yippee!
Comb back next time for another upcycled jewelry tutorial.
And possibly more terrible puns.
Dear Mich, my box to recycle center have been rather empty since I started to follow your blog and my box of pending to be re-create is definitely growing! Love - PC
ReplyDeleteWaooo..This is extraordinary cool..I love it..how smartly you have arranged these sword type pieces with necklace & earrings, super genius Michelle..
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this cute effort..
cute...I regret throwing away all those plastic combs now :( I guess theres a use for everything
ReplyDeletela pulsera me encanta, y los aretes marrones están fenomenales!!!
ReplyDeleteSimply superb..............
ReplyDeleteYou are just so crafty wish I could think of things like that to make something out of!!!
ReplyDeleteGETOUTTAHERE! Combs? Serious? i never would have thought in a million years! And they look so great...almost art deco. maybe a little later...but there is something nice and retro for sure. love it!!!
ReplyDeleteThese could be my favorite yet!
ReplyDeleteAnother brilliant creation. When it combs right down to it, you're the bestest repurposer around!!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of your finest designs yet!
ReplyDeleteLoving it! Who knew? Only You!
ReplyDeleteI wore my lovely earrings to church on Sunday! Thanks for the giveaway!
These are gorgeous. There has to be a few of these in the cheap junk jewelry counter at the local thrift shop. I'll have to go rummage around and recreate some of these.
ReplyDeleteSweetness!! Light and fun - you had fun punning, didn't you!!
ReplyDeleteDude, I might still have some combs. *crosses fingers* First time visiting this blog. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteHow clever ! The pieces of comb in your first photo reminds me of tortoise shell, creating a very rich accent to your jewelry. Thank you for sharing this with us all.
ReplyDeleteps ... saw the link to this post on TheBeadingGem I'm now following your blog. :)
LOVE them! They look especially gorgeous in the necklace! Very tribal!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a great week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
I wore my beautiful and colourful earrings to church on this Sunday. Your collection is wonderful and best for party wear.
ReplyDeleteYou're crazy, and I love you, your jewelry and your puns. Don't ever change Dude!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing and SO beautiful! What a creative way to recycle and upcycle. I just LOVE it!
ReplyDeletebrilliant as always, and with your finger on the pulse, as tribal jewelry is all the rage. I'd actually like to see this idea used as fringe for a lampshade! thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday, was missing you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this up to my Wickedly Crafty Saturdays! Get ready to show me some more wickedly awesome stuff!
ReplyDeleteWow! Amazing repurpose - they look great!!
ReplyDeleteUseful information like this one must be kept and maintained so I will put this one on my bookmark list! Thanks for this wonderful post and hoping to post more of this!
ReplyDeleteThe pieces of comb in your first photo reminds me of tortoise shell, creating a very rich accent to your jewelry. Thank you for sharing this with us all.
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