{"id":404,"date":"2013-02-01T15:11:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2013-02-01T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:13:03","slug":"jewelry-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"jewelry for christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"gem earring\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/childerhouseblog\/8436541630\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8474\/8436541630_109d655407_z.jpg\" alt=\"gem earring\" width=\"576\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a>I made a couple dozen pairs of these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004BNGIF8\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004BNGIF8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=childerhouse-20\" target=\"_blank\">fimo<\/a> gem earrings to give to all of the ladies in my life. You can make them in virtually any <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/childerhouseblog\/8335070774\/in\/photostream\" target=\"_blank\">color<\/a>, and they&#8217;re very quick and inexpensive to put together. My ears aren&#8217;t pierced, but if they were, you can be sure I&#8217;d have a pair of these for every outfit. To make a pair, just:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; Knead a little fimo until it&#8217;s pliable, and form into a rough ball.<br \/>\n&#8211; Use an exacto or craft knife to make clean slices from the very edges of the fimo ball. Continue to rotate and slice until you&#8217;ve got a gem shape you like (it may take a little practice to get it just right).<br \/>\n&#8211; Bake according to the package directions, and allow to cool.<br \/>\n&#8211; Attach to an earring back with a little dab of glue (I used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004BPHQWU\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004BPHQWU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=childerhouse-20\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"necklaces by childerhouse, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/childerhouseblog\/8334013817\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8084\/8334013817_7100e34470_z.jpg\" alt=\"necklaces\" width=\"435\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>I used the same method to make some gem-shaped beads for matching necklaces. It&#8217;s an excellent last-minute gift idea, because you can have a pair of earrings (or a necklace) made in under an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a couple dozen pairs of these fimo gem earrings to give to all of the ladies in my life. You can make them in virtually any color, and they&#8217;re very quick and inexpensive to put together. My ears &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/?p=404\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childerhouseblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}