Hematite Handmade Earrings

If your mom is like most, then she probably has her ears pierced.  I recently posted instruction on how to make handmade earrings, so I thought I’d continue to post different handmade earring projects that you can easily recreate.

These earrings appeal to lots of people because of the hematite beads used.  Hematite is that beautiful black/grey stone that goes well with lots of different outfits – hence the broad appeal.  Basically, when you are making earrings for someone and you’re not sure what colors they like or wear often, make earrings that go with almost anything.

You can refer to my original article regarding how to make handmade earrings for step-by-step instructions.  In this post, I will give you the details about how I stacked the beads I used (see picture).  When stacking the beads on your wire posts, start from the bottom and layer one on top of another as follows:

1.  Silver seed bead

2.  Hematite tube bead

3.  Silver seed bead

4.  Hematite round bead

5.  Silver seed bead

6.  Hematite tube bead

7.  Silver seed bead

The design of these earrings is very simple and classy.  They can be worn with a casual outfit or something fancier, as well.  If this design doesn’t match the personality of the person you are giving them to, I encourage you to mix and match these beads in a way that you like.  If you have a mother and a mother-in-law, you could make them each a pair of the same design or vary each pair somewhat to customize the design for each person.  If you go to your local bead store and can’t find an exact match to the beads I used, don’t panic.  Keep in mind the basic elements of the design, and then substitute different beads based on what is available.   At the very least, I hope this project inspires you and gives you a place to start making your own handmade earrings for Mother’s Day and other occasion throughout the year, such as birthday gifts, thank you gifts, Christmas gifts and more.

Happy Crafting,

AJ

One common thing to do on Mother’s Day is to send poems to our mothers. Have you considered writing a personal one for your mother? If you don’t think you can do it, you have come to the right place. Here’s a simple method to write your own poem for your mother.

The first step is to decide what to write about. Think of something you love or admire about your mother. This may be some aspect of her character such as her love, patience, grace or a combination of those. Another good theme to write about is your past, present and future relationship with your mother. You could also make what you want to say to your mother but never got around to saying it as a theme.

From your theme, you derive the title of your poem. The next thing to think about is the format or structure of your poem. The most common one is the four lines a verse format. Another format of poem is where the verses do not have any specific number of lines. Such free-style poems may consist of only single lines or any number of lines in a verse.

The major part of writing your poem is to choose the right words. Since this is a poem, it should have words that rhyme. Choose your rhyming words and write your poem around these well-chosen words. Here’s where most people find the greatest difficulty.

But finding words that rhyme is not very difficult if you have a few tips. Rhyming words can be grouped into four basic categories.

1. Words with the same suffixes or endings such as ‘tion’, ‘ty’, ‘ment’, ‘er’, ‘est’, ‘ly’ etc.
For example, mother rhymes with sister, father, happier, greater, lovelier etc. Likewise, wisest rhymes with prettiest, gentlest, warmest, smartest and so on.

2. Words with partly the same spelling. For example, girl rhymes with pearl and curl, friend rhymes with mend, turn rhymes with burn, mat rhymes with hat, sat, fat etc.

3. Words with completely different spelling but the similar sounds. For example, sky rhymes with why, guy rhymes with goodbye and my, slow rhymes with Joe.

4. Words that sound similar enough to be considered as rhyming. For example, ocean and mountain.

Another consideration in writing a poem is to have the same (or almost the same) number of syllables for each line or every other line. This makes your poem more readable. This is not a hard and fast rule but such a pattern enhances the quality of your poem.

Here’s an original Mother’s Day poem I wrote with the tips I shared above. And with this I end with wishing you a wonderful Mother’s Day.

MOTHER YOU ARE TO ME

Mother you are to me

My joy and inspiration

In you I always see

A life of full devotion

Mother you are to me

My hope when I am down

Though others may desert me

You will always be around

Mother you are to me

A warm hug and smiling face

I’m a living legacy

Of your wisdom, love and grace

You can use my poem if you want, but there’s more where that came from at Poems for Mothers

 
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