How To Make (Peacock) Feather Earrings
Do you remember my little post about incorporating peacock feathers into your wardrobe? Well, one of my lovely readers, Ayesha, made a comment about how to make peacock feather earrings. The good news is that they’re so cheap, quick and easy to make, and the better news is that they go well with a tonne of different outfits and styles. They’re gorgeous! So firstly, let’s look at what we need to make these babies!
You’ll need: 2 feathers (I bought these from a $2 shop for, oddly enough, $1 each…), super glue, scissors, 2 beads, 2 earring hooks and some sort of pliers (I used some tweezers, but you could just use the scissors if you’re talented enough).
Step 1: Trim away the feather until you get the desired result. You could make a neat feather earring or leave all the dangly bits for a more bohemian kinda look.
Step 2: Cut the spine of the feather, leaving about 3cm. If you’re using a very long bead, or several beads, you’ll need to leave a longer length stem.
Step 3: Bend the spine in half (see picture above). Then dab a bit of glue on the outside of the spine.
Step 4: Slide on a bead, making sure there’s a tiny loop (say, a couple millimetres long) above the bead (for your earring hook to go in).
Step 5: Use your pliers to put the earring hook through the loop, and you’re done! Easy as pie, wasn’t it?! Here’s a tip: When you loop in the earring hooks, make sure they both face different directions. In other words, you want to make an earring for your left ear and one for your right ear, because when you wear the earrings, you want them to both face forward.
If you want to jazz it up even further, you could thread some beads through the bottom of the feather (see picture above), making sure you glue them in securely at the end of each bead. You can do this for any kind of feather, actually, you could even make a cluster of feathers, like these! Try it out, toots!
Big love,
August 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Oh! I’m going to try it! I use to make jewels with shells, but I didn’t think about using feathers! Thank you for that sweet idea!
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:28 am
These are very, very cool!
August 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Awwww, Ivy, you’re so clever! They are absolutely beautiful! I’m going to have to make some - I looooove the ones with the long dangly bits left on - thanks, gorgeous!
P.S. How was your afternoon tea yesterday? So, so wish I could’ve been there!
August 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am
ooooh - this is actually heaps easier than I ever thought it was. I wonder if Spotlight sells peacock feathers.
PS: Need you to model them now, sweet.
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August 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Oh wow, those look great!
August 19th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Oh, WOW! These are so pretty, and you make it sound so easy to make them I think I’ll have to give them a try!
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August 19th, 2008 at 8:22 am
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Natalie - Oh, why thank you, sweets!
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x Miss Corrine x - Tee-heee! Yup, I think those are my favourite too. I’ve been wearing just one of them in my ear for the last 2 days
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Song - Isn’t it?! Easier than I thought, too! I’m sure Spotlight will sell them - they better.. Otherwise you might be lucky and find them in a Chinese Market or $2 shop
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Annie Spandex - Thanks, lovely!
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LuckyGirl - Please do! They seriously only take about 5 minutes to make, and they cost about $3! Definitely worth a try
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 am
oo, this is lovely, i must try it!
by the way you have a lovely lovely website.
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September 6th, 2008 at 9:17 am
wow that looks really good! i like the extra beads you put in the end, must look good on the ear dangling! Just a random stupid question but don’t the feathers tingle at all?
September 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am
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Amika - Haha, totally not a stupid question. But no, they don’t tickle or tingle. You’d think they would though, wouldn’t you? And by the way, I didn’t put those beads on there, hehe. I cheated and had those made ages ago
September 18th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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