Use plain copper charms and old nail varnish to make this marbled earring DIY. A perfect summer jewellery project!
Jewellery blanks like these copper teardrops have so many possibilities! You can paint them, hammer them, draw on them with Sharpies, glue diamantes on them, use resin or low melt enamels on them. Endless options! Please tell me that I’m not the only one to have lots of old nail varnish laying around. And why I bought green I have no idea!
You will need:
-Nail varnish in 3 colours
-Fishhook earrings
-2 x jump rings
-Toothpicks
-Chainnose pliers
Optional
-Fine sandpaper
-Nail varnish remover
How to make:
1.Lightly sand the front of your copper blanks with ultra fine sandpaper. This will help the nail varnish to stick
2.Using a cocktail stick drip a small amount of your first colour onto the blanks. Using a cocktail stick rather than the brush gives a bit more control over how much and where the polish goes!
3.Put on your second colour
4.And then your third! You don’t need to cover the whole blank with the nail varnish, its ok to have some of the background showing.
5.Then use another clean cocktail stick to drag some of the colours together. It should only take 2 or 3 moves to swirl the colours. Leave to dry. Top Tip: put a blob of nail varnish on a separate piece of paper – you can test this to see if the polish is dry, rather than ruining the finish of your earrings!
6.Once dry, use the jump rings to attach your blanks to the fishhook earrings and they are ready to wear!
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