Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Nail Polish Jewelry

I've seen this all over the place. I just never understood how to do it myself. Until now! Thanks to Sarah over at Chalkboard Nails! She wrote up this post about some Nail Polish Earrings that she made and she outlined not only how she did it, but where you bought her supplies from. I went and bought from the same supplier and did exactly as she said. And I'm soooo happy with how they turned out!
I bought enough to make 10 sets of earrings and then 10 silver necklace pendants and 10 brass necklace pendants.

Take a look at what I've made so far!

Revlon Whimsical & ChG Sea Spray

Sally Hansen Glass Slipper and dots of light pink, dark pink, coral, and lime green.

Sinful Colors Nail Junkie
 
Impala SPFW na mira 3d (I got this in a swap with Francini in Brazil)
 

Speciallita HITS Mari Moon - Artsy
(Such duochrome awesomeness! It reflects all of these colors!)

Then I went flakie crazy and put a layer of pretty much every one I own. Finished it off with black polish as the very last layer. This is Finger Paints Twisted, Asylum, and Big Universo - Espectral (also from the swap with Francini) You can see I was impatient with this one and glued the cabochon into the blank before the polish was completely dry. That's why there is some smudging of the polish along the bottom. :( That's ok because I'll still wear it proudly!

Now onto the earrings...
Wet n Wild Pure Ice - Cost Is No Issue

China Glaze White Crackle and For Audrey

Jessie's Girl Confetti (this flashes from blue to purple, but my picture does it no justice)

Finally I tried some stamping, because supposedly you can do that! It's much harder than I thought. I had a hard time getting the image to stamp clearly because the back of the cabochon is slightly concave. But I still like them!

I bought my supplies from CandyTiles.
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22 comments:

  1. These are so cool! I love the polishes and designs you did for these :)

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  2. They are really gorgeous - I need to try some day LOL

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  3. They're amazing! I have to try, really :)

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  4. Cool!!! I like the Sinful Colors Nail Junkie.

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  5. These are gorgeous. I saw the post on Sarah's blog and thought about trying it. Now ive seen some more i have to! x

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  6. you made these!? they are amazing, ive seen girls sell them for such an expensive price.

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  7. i love these!! i have always wondered how to do them too!

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  8. Those all look awesome-- especially loving the HITS one!

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  9. Gorgeous Leslie! :D I love your designs and glad my tutorial was helpful!!

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  10. Oooh, I like yours! I made some jewellery recently too, and your ideas are really different - I like them! I definitely need to play around with flakies, and I REALLY like the Whimsical/Sea Spray one.

    Where did you get the earrings, are they Beadaholique? If so, are they ok? I bought one of their bezel ring settings and it broke in the post, and was really very flimsy, so I was wondering how their earrings were...

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  11. oooohhh, they're all soo pretty and the combinations are endless and yours are gorgeous !

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  12. I LOVE the flakies one! I'm inspired to try making one with flakies and white as the background to look kinda like an opal...must go out and buy the supplies now :)

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  13. <333 The flakies, Crackle and zebra earrings!! All really cute though, I keep meaning to try this, I just need to get the supplies..

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  14. Great first tries! I went to a local bead/jewelry making shop and together we figured out (the owner and I) how to do what I wanted to mount into jewelry. Finally seeing yours I have a use for the VERY few crackles/shatters I have. I gave most of them to teens down the street as I never liked the look. But seeing your blue and white earrings, I might try using some to see how my luck fairs. BTW, the bead shop asked me to bring in some batches of pieces. She took some and they actually sold. I was blown away!

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  15. They are all flipping gorgeous. But I think the Whimsical one is my favorite.

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  16. These are awesome! :) I really like the dotted one, it's different and fun!

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  17. These are all amazing! You chose wonderful colors.

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