Patriotic Filigree Earrings

I swapped blogs with Meridith of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home on Monday.  I am sharing it here in case you missed it.

Today I'm really excited to share with you a tutorial on making your own Patriotic Filigree Earrings.  They are fun, easy and  perfect for the up coming summer holidays. 

 I'm sure you have seen earrings like this they are pretty popular right now.  I'm going to show you how to make your own.

First you are going to need to buy your filigree earrings.  I got mine from Baubles Of Fun and they are marketed as flower wraps/connectors.  They measure two inches across, you get 10 for $2.95.  I have ordered a few things from this Etsy shop and have always had a great experience.  They have good shipping and I have always got exactly what I ordered.

This is what they look like before they get painted.

Now all you need is some spray paint and some earring hooks.  The spray paint can of course be what ever color you want, but for today we are using red, white, and blue.    To be more specific we are using Krylon spray paint in Burgundy, Ivory, and Blue Ocean Breeze.  Love these colors! {you could of course use your own countries national colors}

Take your filigree earrings and spray paint an even coat of Ivory over both sides of your earring.

Yes, I spray paint on my lawn.  I also use a brown paper lunch sack to set my earrings on.  ( Yes, I also have multi colored squares of spray painted grass all over my yard.)

Next tape off the section you want to stay white.

I found that the washi tape from target is the perfect width and it wont pull my paint off when I'm done.
 Put a second piece of tape over the part I want red. And spray paint blue.

Let dry for a few minutes, then pull off the tape covering the far edge.   Cover the blue edge and paint red.

Pull off all tape and let dry.

I am an impatient crafter so the first pair I made I didn't let them dry long enough and there was a big red thumb print in the white part.  So learn from me and WAIT until the paint isn't tacky any more.

Last attach an earring hook.
You can use a jump ring and earring hook or.........

 the over sized hook that clips into its self.

Both can be found at most crafting stores like Michael's or Hobby Lobby.

And there you have it some festive, fun, patriotic, summertime earrings.

Thanks for stoppin' by and hangin' out.

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