Radiance Earrings {Tried & Tested}

There is something very liberating about following someone else's tutorials - whatever craft you may choose as your favourite, every so often (usually when I'm lacking a little bit of focus) I like to visit my Pinterest Boards or my Etsy Favourites to find an achieveable little project that I have been 'meaning to do'.

A couple of weeks ago, with no mojo but a need to make something I went in search and found Sarouchka Lobbens' Radiance Earrings Tutorial - a small, but suitably sparkly project that I could make in an afternoon. Little did I know just how much I would love, and I do mean truly love, this beautiful and adaptable pattern!

The pattern calls for a small selection of easy to find materials, making this a wonderful stash stretcher (or perhaps an opportunity to use up all of those little leftovers?) The tutorial included well photographed, step-by-step pictures, combined with easy to follow written instructions. I was intrigued by the 'unusual thread path' - it's like a small insight into how someone else thinks - and I was surprised to find that I was really enjoying myself. It was so nice to just 'bead'.

But the best thing about this tutorial? It's easily adapted for different sizes of chatons, rivolis and dentelles! Needing a bit of beautiful bling for my niece's 21st birthday, I had acquired some 10mm Swarovski Dentelles in this luscious 'lemon meringue' - my niece's favourite colour - through an Operation Tackle That Bead Stash friend. To adapt the pattern, I simply used five Bicone/Superduo Sets in the first round, instead of seven, which worked a treat! To adapt for other sizes, simply divide the diameter of the stone by two for the number of Bicone/Superduo sets - it's that simple!

If you would like to try out Sarouchka's beautiful tutorials, you can visit her etsy store - JuJuJewelleryUK. I've certainly been back and bought a few more!