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I finally got around to pulling out my bead kit and making a pair of earrings to replace the pair that broke about a month ago. I'm really pleased with them, they look really finished. I went with gold-tone findings instead of silver this time, and I finally got the right kind of pliers for making loops, so they look pretty professional, I think. I got the idea for the flower cups from a beading book I glanced through about a week ago, and I liked the results so much that I bought some more cups today, in several different colors.
Estimated cost, not counting labor: $2.25 per pair.


Above is the dangle view from the bottom angle.

And here's a side view, so that you can see a little more detail.

No matter how hard I try, whenever I actually buy beads, I never leave with less than $25 worth.  It's amazing how quickly those $0.05, $0.10, and $0.35 beads add up! I had only planned to pick up some more gold-tone findings and some more flower cups today, but I ended up spending about $26.00. I found some really cute green leaves that should look lovely as leaves for the flowers, and about 10 different colors of flower cups, among other things.