Up, up and away!

Next weekend I'm off to a hot air balloon festival. What should every girl wear to a hot air balloon festival? Why, balloon-themed earrings of course! I had this idea for some crazy earrings floating around in my head for the past week. As the weather was cold and wet this weekend, I stayed home and got making.

Fimo balloons, baskets and clouds, ready to bake

Now for the tedious bit - wet sanding!

Parts all smooth and ready to be varnished

Finished! I used silver findings and added some beads to assemble my earrings

With my little bird earring, it looks just right :)

I'm really chuffed with how these turned out. Even though they are quite big, they are very light. I feel in the mood for the hot air balloon festival already! I will tell you more about that next week on my other blog cernycaj.blogspot.cz.

♫ Wouldn't you like to ride in my beautiful, my beautiful ballooooon?! ♫

Fimo skull earrings

With Halloween and Mexican Day of the Dead approaching, I thought I would share my Fimo skull earring set with you.

I recently had a second set of holes pierced in my ears (I know, late starter! But then I only had my ears first pierced when I was 18) and was looking for some nice little earrings. What I really wanted was a matching set of 4 earrings, but there didn't seem to be much available. I therefore thought I would make my own set.

I made the skulls out of glow in the dark Fimo for extra spookiness and then added the decoration. Here are the smaller pair. I glued a pair of earring backs onto them once they were baked.

I pierced holes in the larger skulls and added rings and earring findings. I also added a little Swarovski crystal to each one for added sparkle.

I will be wearing my earrings for Halloween, but I like to wear them most days :)