DIY Simple Pretty Earrings Craft Box / Kit

This is a ClassBento virtual Video/Box class! From the comfort of your home, share an artisan experience with your friends, family or colleagues, or enjoy it yourself. Our Video/Box classes have been featured on The Guardian, TimeOut, Broadsheet, Concrete Playground, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Vogue, and more. Here's how it works:

1. We'll deliver a ClassBento Box to you - this is a physical DIY craft kit containing the materials you'll need. Shipping is free, and it should arrive within 3-5 business days. We ship nationwide.
2. Enjoy the online class. After booking, you'll receive a pre-recorded video with instructions. You're welcome to contact the teacher if you have any questions about it.

Earrings are easy to make and whether you are a first-time crafter or love DIY these are both stunning and original designs by Christine Smalley from Etelage. Make two pairs of designer earrings and follow Christine in a pre-recorded step by step online class.

With your craft box, you can make up to two pairs of earrings in your choice of colour.

• 'Florentine' drop earrings
• 'Fan' charm drop earrings

'Florentine' earrings are pretty and delicate but still pack an elegant statement. Aptly named after the ancient technique of metal engraving with a fringe of Czech glass crystal drops.

The 'Fan' earrings are made from a delicately brass vintage element, combined with a solo accent cloisonne enamel bead adorned with a pretty floral pattern. Gilded metallics make this vintage modern earring design an elegant statement. Plus, they are so lightweight and therefore incredibly comfortable to wear!

Both designs are sustainable with brass being the most eco of all metals as it has a small footprint. If you're looking for fun things to do at home, reach out for one of our jewellery making DIY kits which are just like making from scratch, only easier! Plus this earring kit comes with a step by step video tutorial in these times of physical distancing.

ALL MATERIALS FOR THE KIT DESIGN ARE SUPPLIED.

Please choose from the below colours at checkout: (see photos)

'Florentine' length 7cm
Colour Options:
1. Turquoise
2. Pink
3. Black (not shown)

'Fan' length: 6.5cm
Colour Options:
1. White (not shown)
2 Mauve
3. Black (not shown)
4. Red

You will learn:

• How to link beads and filigree charms together.
• Professional tips on earring assembly and design.
• About jewellery parts and how to use them.
• Different elements from beads to charms and why they are your sustainable and ethical style choice.

We believe in the power of adornment and creativity and have designed a craft box for you to design, make and play using beautiful and original elements sourced ethically and globally.
We inspire your notable style and embrace the maker culture: seeking beauty, slow, ethical and local.

Make it. Wear it. Live it.

Christine xx
EDUCATOR + DESIGNER
ETELAGE
since 2002

PLEASE ALLOW 3-5 DAYS TO PROCESS YOUR ORDER. + DELIVERY TIME

• Bead Mat ($3)
• Czech Glass Bead Mix ($10)
• Earring Kit brass 5pr ($6)
• Earring Kit 5 pr surgical steel ($6)
• Round Nose Plier ($22)

You can add these when you book (optional).
 
No jewellery making experience is required. Beginner-friendly.
 

• Earring kit with all materials to make your projects (brass stampings, Czech glass beads, ear parts, headpins and eye pins)
• Step by step instructions on how to link beads together
• Handy ruler and jewellery lengths calculator
• Colour booklet (softcover – 26 pages) on how beads are made, basic jewellery making techniques and design inspiration
• Video tutorial running time: 13 minutes
• Optional add ons may be purchased at check-out such as tools, earring parts and Czech glass beads to make additional earrings

• Round nose pliers
• Wire cutters or scissors