Tammy Powley Earrings

A Kit That Delivers Extra Touches

Crafts Kit Sold by the Designer Often Have Little Extra Touches

I made these lovely Ceramic Raku Bead Earrings from a kit I purchased at Tammy Powley's Etsy store. This kit is an example of a well thought out and put together craft kit (unlike the Tote Bag Kit I whined about a while back).

The kit came all done up in pretty tissue paper in a jewelry box tied with a purple ribbon. If I wanted "gift" the earrings, I would be all set. But I'm keeping these myself!

The earring kit even came with extra parts. Yes really ... there were extra head pins in case I should mess one up in the making. I did too! I guess my wire working skills have gone rusty. This was a good refresher course.

I bought just the kit, but Tammy also offers it with instructions for those new to jewelry making.

To make sure the loops I made to close the bead dangle were exactly the same size as the ones on the ear wires, I slid an ear wire onto my needle nose pliers and made a mark with a fine point marker to indicate the correct circumference.