present ideas?

[brad432 0]

so, this may be a big strech for some of you, but i was thinking about tying something pretty on earings for my girlfriend. any ideas on this or thoughts would be helpful

[Jolly Red 0]

Have seen these on the auction site etsy. Might want to look there for some ideas.

[flytire 0]

feather earrings

 

https://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&q=feather+earrings&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1066&bih=562&sei=qxXOTpboO8Lb0QHPhNg1

 

fishing fly earrings

 

https://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&q=fishing+fly+earrings&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1066&bih=562&sei=4RXOTo-RLYL_ggfUwu2yDQ

[Flyman416 0]

I tied up a pair of earrings for my sisters birthday and she loved them, i tie them with Dry fly Rooster Necks, #2 Badger grade 2 and Grizzly Matuka soft hackle, Olive. first i tied on the soft hackle using black thread and a long shank hook, and then i tied the badger hackle. the feathers don't have to be too long about four or three inches or so. i took them off the vise clipped the bend of the hook and put them in one of her earring boxes. experiment with this and you'l probably get more ideas and you could also take some saddle hackle and tie one earring it'l look like the hair feather things if shes into that. Then put the eye of the hook on a post if you don't know what that is ask your girlfriend, and tie it on to that hope this helps.

[brad432 0]

hm intresting. ill give it a try and tell you guys how it goes. thanks for the tips

[Flytyer14 0]

If your still looking for ideas shoot me a PM and i'll give you a bunch of info on them, I've had a lot of success selling and giving earrings away. So I can give you some tips and even help you with materials if you need.

[brad432 0]

they turned out fairly well i think. but ill shoot you a pm because i think i could make some for a few more people. do the peoeple you give them to actually wear them? i was wondering about that ill have to see i guess. what i did was tie onto a paperclip that i bent to be a hook shape and then bent it around the loop in the earing. ill show you a picture of how they turned out.

[brad432 0]

[Flyman416 0]

Well what i did was tie them on light wire long shank panfish hooks from walmart and i clipped off the barbs at the bend and then i put theeye of the hook on the earring and put it in my vise and i put down a layer of thread slid the eye up on the thread base and i figure-eighted it and then i tied off put head cement on and it looked like a normal earring ill post a picture if i can figure out how. could someone help me with this?

[Flyman416 0]

i Tried to get a picture of the back side of earrings to show you what i did and yes my sister wears them a lot you can go to Clair's in your mall and pick up some posts earrings.

 

ps. the ones you tied look great they are better then my first pair(not this pair). what did you use? umm you might want to zoom out your screen when you click on them.