DIY - How to make painted lace earrings

August 30, 2012

We came up with the idea of creating lace earrings as this product is such a simple product to be made but you can bring your own charm with your own style, totally up to your creativeness. We are happy to share our simple techniques. Hope this help. This topic is open to discussion as well. Your contributions are certainly valuable additions to enrich the products, and by the end of the day, what we need is OUR TRULY CHARM

All we need are:
- a scissor
- a pincer
- an awl
- a clip and a paint brush
To create styles for the earings we also need:
- glue or nail colour
- water colour
- a plastic sheet or any sheet of the same kind for colour mixing (you’d better make use of anything that is available in your house)
- small wires
- pinches and beads

Step 1: Snip apart the individual flowers/pattern of the lace. Be sure just to cut the connecting threads and not cut into the flower/pattern itself. In this step, make use of your imagination and creativeness to choose and cut the pattern. The chosen pattern/flower will be something unique – something that is created by you, and there won’t be any second earring of the same pattern!
Step 2: Paint the glue/nail colour to make the lace stiffened
Step 3: Mix the colours that you want and paint on both sides of the lace. We use the colour paint that is waterproof (we already made a test by leaving the painted lace in water for a few minutes)
Step 4: Wait until the first colour is dry, then paint the second colour to create a fading effect. You can use darker or lighter colour, or another colour, totally up to your creativeness.
Step 5: After both sides of the lace are dry, snip apart the individual flowers/pattern of the lace. Be sure just to cut the connecting threads and not cut into the flower/pattern itself.


Step 6: Prick holes and use the pincer to put in the wire and beads.

And tada!!! This is your own style earring!

Tips: With non-color earings, you only need step #1, 2 and 5 & 6. Note that you need to choose the right side of the lace (the up side). Look at the lace and figure out what piece of the pattern you’d like and trim around it. Decide how you want the lace to look like when they become earrings. More of our products for your reference are available at Our Etsy shop .

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to share with us.

Good luck with your DIY and please show your works as well. It’s something you’ll be proud of.

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