Baublebar Deco Stud Earring Tutorial

These cute Baublebar Art Deco Stud Earrings are a great alternative to simple ball studs. Plus, the combination of gold and black is super-chic. 

In this tutorial, I will show you how to make the triangle studs, because they were my favorite shape!

If you want to make the trio, follow all the steps but just shape them differently.

We will be making these from scratch, using my "faux metal" technique with polymer clay. 

Polymer clay is a great medium, possibly my favorite, for making all sorts of different jewelry and crafty things! Plus, it's really cheap too and easy to use....

Great for dressing up or dressing down, people will be surprised when they hear you made them yourself!

Let's get started!

Step 1: Gather materials. Needed are earring posts, Sculpey Polymer Clay, superglue or E-6000 glue, a paint brush, Metallic Gold Acrylic Paint, and black and shimmery gold nail polish.

Step 2: Take your clay (I used yellow because it's the closest to gold). Make two small marbles, and shape these marbles into small little triangles. 

Step 3: Take these triangles, and make the little indented lines like in the real earrings. You can do this gently by dragging a toothpick through; keep it gentle, and smooth with your fingers as you go. Bake these two triangles; I do about 15 minutes in a toaster oven at 125 degrees.

Step 4: Once baked, glue onto your earring posts. Cover with two coats of your acrylic gold, then one coat of your shimmery gold polish for extra shine! When dry, add your stripe of black with your black nail polish. 

Simple and chic! Make them with silver acrylic paint instead of gold if you are a silver lover!

Maybe try other combinations, like a coral and teal, which is totally in for spring!

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