Earrings

I've got a post about Colorado coming soon, but in the meantime, here is a bit of a follow-up to my last post.  These are earrings I just made tonight, using porcupine quills and seed beads.  I've got a plan in mind using nice ivory and jade beads, but I wanted to do some practice!

I did learn a few lessons from working with the quills.  First, always throw away clipped barbs before doing anything else - otherwise you'll lose them and spend a good amount of time on the floor looking for them before your cat eats them.  Also, while you can thread the quills straight onto the wire, it is easier to run a needle through first, then the wire.  You break fewer quills that way!