I do a lot of googling, and learn a lot along the way. But I am terrible at writing down where I get the ideas from...I apologize for this.
So, I had seen somewhere how they took an earring and some buttons and turned them into a baby mobile. I thought I'd give it a shot. In the first picture, you will see 2 earrings, a pair of pliers, and grommets. If you look closely, you will see a grommet on the end of the pliers. I did this to show you that if you stick the pliers into the grommet, you can open up the hole a little. You will see that the earring on the bottom has been bent into shape, and then the grommet was added~ you will need to add one grommet to each end.
Here's a closer picture of the earring and the attached grommet.
Next we have another earring. I forgot to mention that you will want to take the backing off the earrings. I used a fingernail file to file down the pointy part. Also....you are going to want to sprat paint all the pieces in the same color. At this point I epoxied one of the grommets to the back of the earring.
After the paint was dry, I began to add the buttons. I took a piece of yellow wire and wrapped one end around the button and the other end around the earring.
I'm not sure if I really like this~ it doesn't look professional, but I think it will make Cora happy. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has tried to make one???
hi! Katie, thanks for your comment on my blog, and for the link...I think you are super creative!!!!
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