Red and Gold Earrings
The red and gold rooster tails were a snap to convert into jewelry.
Materials:
- 2 Rooster Tail fishing lures
- 2 French hook earring findings
Tools:
- Wire cutting pliers
- Needle nose pliers
First I carefully removed the treble hooks using wire cutters. |
Then I added gold-plated French hooks using needle nose pliers. Done! |
Red and Gold Bracelet
I accidentally cut a lot of the feathers off of one of my red and gold lures, so it was no longer a good match. Since I didn't want to waste the lure, I also made a matching bracelet.
Materials:
- 1 Rooster Tail fishing lure
- Various sizes and shapes of glass seed beads
- Small gold tone beads
- Gold tone headpin
- Gold tone memory wire
Tools:
- Round nose pliers
First I disassembled the lure and separated the spinner and feathered portions. I made a loop in the wire at the top of the feathered portion and put the headpin through the spinner portion. I cut a length of memory wire that passed around my wrist a couple of times. Then I made a small loop in the end of the wire using the round nose pliers. I hooked the loop at the top of the feathered portion of the lure to the loop in the memory wire, then I began stringing the beads. I did a fairly random pattern using large and small seed beads and bugle beads.
When I reached the end of the memory wire I finished the bracelet by making another loop. I made a loop in the top of the headpin with the spinner on it and attached the headpin loop through the memory wire loop.
Ta da! |
The sonic swing minnows required a little more disassembly and reassembly than the rooster tails, but I think the results were worth it.
Materials:
- 2 Sonic Swing Minnow fishing lures
- 2 gold plated french hooks earring findings
- 2 silver plated french hooks earring findings
- 2 gold tone headpins
Tools:
- Wire cutters
- Round nose pliers
First I carefully removed the treble hooks. |
Next I straightened the wire and removed the spinner and gold tone beads. |
For the fishy earrings, I trimmed the wire formed a loop using the round nose pliers. |
I added the silver plated French hooks. Done! |
For the golden spinner earrings...
I threaded the smallest golden bead, then the spinner, then the larger beads onto the headpin. |
I clipped the headpin so it was just long enough to bend into a loop. |
Here it is with the loop. |
Pair three, check! |
Three pairs of earrings plus a bracelet! The lures cost less than $10, and I had all the jewelry findings on hand. |
Today's craft was inspired by this one from Craftzine.
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