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What if making beaded quirky and funky earrings was as easy as pie? Scroll till the end to find some great DIY ideas and get inspired!
For someone who loves making their own customized jewelry, these beaded, quirky, and funky earrings can be a great addition to their box of accessories!
Beaded Quirky and Funky Earrings To Try
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Essentials You’ll Need
- Letter alphabet beads
- Glass, acrylic, or clay beads
- Faux pearls or gemstone beads
- Jewelry wire or stretch cord
- Necklace chain or waxed cord
- Jump rings and lobster clasps
- Jewelry pliers
- Bead stopper (optional)
- Charms or pendants
1. Handmade Beaded Quirky and Funky Earrings
Let’s begin with something cool for card lovers! Use Miyuki Delica glass seed beads and sew them into intricate patterns via a standard breadweaving method, like a brick stitch or peyote stitch, to make these. How about trying today?
2. DIY Beaded Frog Earrings
Drawing inspiration from Sanrio‘s popular character, Keroppi, these pretty beaded earrings will make you wanna make a pair right away! They are lightweight and quirky, and will look great when you wear them. Make heads turn with these beauties wherever you go.
3. Handmade Book-Stack Earrings
All the book-lovers assemble here! These out-of-the-box, stack of books earrings look like a dream. Make them using a brick stitch beading technique and accent with gold-toned details to make them look realistic.
4. Mismatched Beaded Earrings
Who says earrings have to always match? These poop and toilet paper roll earrings will make you chuckle and stand out in a room full of people. This is a friendly reminder for all to not take life so seriously.
5. Rubik’s Cube Dangle Earrings
Weave these multicolored glass seed bead Rubik’s cube earrings with precision. Suspend them using classic metallic fishhook ear wires to make them wearable.
Why don’t you check some more seed bead jewelry ideas here!
6. Beaded Quirky and Funky Earrings
Who knew your flip-flops could turn into such gorgeous seed bead earrings? Customize these using your favourite color beads and decorations to make them look personalized. Pair these with some lovely DIY beaded beach bags!
7. Beaded Cigarette Statement Earrings
Smoking cigarettes is injurious to your health, but these awesome beaded earrings might just make you look like a style icon. Artist Sunny B West has designed these using a specialized wrapping and stitching technique over a central nylon paracord core. You can make your own rendition and slay like a queen!
8. Violet and White Beaded Snake Earrings
Pick your favourite color combination of glass seed beads to make something as amazing as these snake earrings! You can make a pair to go with a specific dress, just pull the most prominent colors from the dress for the beads.
It’s time to stop wearing boring and simple earrings and make a statement of your own instead.
9. DIY Jellyfish Earrings
A multitude of colors and patterns, these jellyfish earrings are something you cannot miss. They are bohemian and nautical-themed, making them a great choice of earrings to style your outfits with.
Note: Use a loose fringe technique to make the tentacles. Add extra accent beads at intervals and loop back up through the strand so that the thread curls up naturally!
10. Beaded and Funky Fringe Earrings
Drawing inspiration from the iconic masterpiece, The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, these are a one-of-a-kind-earring’s! Digital designer Elena of Elena Bead Art has created these beauties using Miyuki Delica 11/0 seed beads.
Would you like to take a look at some beaded keychains and bag charm designs?
11. Beaded DNA Double Helix Earrings
A beautiful amalgamation of science and art, these earrings look ethereal and whimsical! Use gold-toned seed beads for the sugar-phosphate backbone and tubular bugle beads for the nucleotide base pairs.
Wouldn’t these be a fun gift for a friend whose in medical school?
12. Cat Beaded Quirky and Funky Earrings
You can never go wrong with cats; they are pretty and mysterious, and make for great motifs! Here’s a pair with a black and white cat, each beautiful in its own way.
How about taking a look at some more fun cat jewelry patterns?
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