Colorful Lace Earrings Tutorial

A few years ago I had added pictures with only a brief description from my daughter's Bubble Guppies themed party to Pinterest. At the time I could not find any Bubble Guppies themed items at any party stores in our town. For the all the lovely followers on Pinterest who pined and repined the picture and short description of the items construction, I thank you. I was new to Pinterest, and had not built up the courage to blog. Mainly due to the positive response from other moms who used those pictures and brief discription to make their own little one's days special, the courage to put my ideas out in the world slowly grew.

Today I would like to offer my first a full tutorial. It probably isn't the first of its kind, but I change things up in order to find an easy way to get the same result as an inspirational picture. I am loving all things lace these days. I ventured out for a few spools of lace for under $5.00 from the ribbon section of the craft store. I already had tons of acrylic paint left over from the bubble guppies party and from decorating with some awesome friends for my sister's wedding. I tend to add my punch of color in small ways when creating an outfit, I decided to make a few pieces of lace jewelry.

I tried out a few different types of lace, once I picked my favorite designs in the pattern I cut them out.

Since these items won't be laundered, I used acrylic paint, as that is what I had on hand.

After letting the paint dry overnight, I sponged on a bit of fabric stiffener to the painted lace. Although the paint had already stiffened the lace quite a bit.

Once the lace was completely dry, a few hours later. Add the jump rings and ear wires and they are ready to wear, or wrap up and gift.

Supplies you will need:

• Wax Paper
• Scissors
• Lace Ribbon
• Jump Rings
• Ear Wires
• Fabric Stiffener or Mod Podge
• Acrylic Paint
• Sponges or Paint Brushes