Oh hello delicious concrete! There’s something perfectly tactile in raw concrete. Smooth and imperfect, flaws that create interesting lines and air bubbles that create pattern. You’ve got to love this stuff. I’ve been working with it a lot lately and I’ve created these earrings using this tutorial with a few changes. Mix your concrete to a much thicker consistency than described. This will give your gemstone shapes a much stronger finish. You can also set the earring backs into the concrete as it dries (which I haven’t done here…) and leave out the glue step for super strong earrings!
Materials:
Masking tape
Earring posts
Instructions:
1. Tape off half of your concrete gemstone all the way around. Press around the edge to make sure there are no air bubbles.
2. Paint the exposed section of concrete. Paint three layers waiting for each coat to fully dry.
3. Slowly peel off the masking tape.
4. Glue the earring posts to the back of the stone and leave to dry (or set into you stone as the concrete dries)
These are awesome! I’ve been thinking I need to try a concrete project. I think this might be it. If you have a second, I would love it if you came by and linked up at The Makers link party going on over on my blog. :)
I love your concrete creations. I think what I like best about these is that you’ve left some of the concrete unpainted, it looks great next to the gold!
Thank you Andrée! I think that’s what I love most about them too!
Very cool DIY. Love the gold! What kind of glue did you use to attach the posts? Thanks for sharing this cute, wearable project!
Where did you get the concrete gemstones to make these?
Would love to find instructions for making the concrete items, better still what type of concrete is used.Thank you Maxine
So cute! I can’t wait make these!
What kind of paint do you use for these? Brand and type? Does regular acrylic craft paint work, or something more specialized? And if so, where do you find it? Thanks!
Hey Jennifer! I think I used this liquid gold gilding on these earrings. I posted this almost two years ago now so it’s difficult to remember!
You can go to a craft store like hobbylobby and get paint for concrete it will be by the acrylic and bottles will look like the same but will say for concrete
Where did you get the concrete pieces for these earrings?
Awesome post and tutorial. The textures that occur using concrete as a medium are unique when left organic. I’m curating material (not copying) for a post on my website, VWRDCO (https://vwrdco.blogspot.com). Will link back to your post. TIA!
I enjoy the way the author organized his thoughts in addition to
the visual part.
Hi there! These are so beautiful! I was wondering if there is a way to set the post in the concrete so that it would be nearly impossible for it to break off? I have had trouble in the past with posts falling off with just glue! Let me know if you have any thoughts :)
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