Alenka's Birthday Butterfly Blog Hop

A Return to my Earring-Making Roots

When Alenka, of Pepita's Handmade suggested a Butterfly Blog-hop, in honor of her birthday, I hopped right on. I seem to need a challenge every once in a while to get my creative juices going.

And I knew I wanted to to make these simple but effective earrings. I have made this basic design before, and I always sold anything I didn't hoard for my self.

So here we are. So simple, fairly easy, but so pretty and spring-like. I started with making a little "body" for my craft-store purchased butterfly links. Hanging a coordinating bead dangle gives them a little swing. 

Peach and light green seed beads, with sweet matching green  dangles. 

Perching green butterflies on a "leaf."

Butterflies look pretty in pink. 

Purple-y  body colors are set off by amethyst glass drops that change color depending on the light.

I loved digging through my stash for the beads used in this project. I hope the other participants did too!

Here is a list of their blogs:

1. Alenka (Pepita) - hostess --> http://pepita-handmade.blogspot.com/

2. Monique (A Half-Baked Notion) --> http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/

3. Beti Horvath -->http://stringingfool.blogspot.com/  <---You Are Here

4. Kathy Lindemer --> http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/

5. Kepi --> http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/

6. Christine Altmiller --> http://onekisscreations.blogspot.com/

7. Amy S. --> http://blogspot.amybeads.com/

8. Dini Bruinsma --> http://angazabychanges.blogspot.com/

9. Cynthia (Antiquity Travelers) --> http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com/

10. Alicia --> http://www.allprettythings.ca/

11. sheilaposter --> http://catswithbeads.blogspot.com/

12. Therese Frank --> http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com/

13. Rebecca White --> http://morganafeycreations.121hub.com/

14. Rachel Mallis --> http://www.mintmonarch.com/#!blog/c1jlz

15. Liz E --> http://beadcontagion.blogspot.com/

16. Ana (ACBeads) --> http://acbeads.blogspot.com/

17. Jasvanti Patel --> http://jewelrybyjasvanti.blogspot.com/

18. Carolyn --> http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com/

19. Nan Smith --> http://wirednan.blogspot.com/