Turquois Feather Earrings

I still have some feathers left from a turkey I hit with my sister's car a few years ago (we ate it, it didn't go to waste). Mostly I've been making dreamcatchers out of the feathers, but some of the feathers are very small, so I decided to try a pair of feather earrings.

These are actually pretty simple to make. To begin you'll need two feathers. Take a quick walk through the woods or a chicken yard and you should find plenty of feathers lying on the ground. I used French hooks for the actual earring part, as they're the easiest to attach the feathers to, but you could probably use pretty much any type of earring top that has a loop on the bottom. You'll also need a few beads and maybe a piece of decorative metal.

I had an old necklace someone had thrown out made of turquoise beads and some kind of white shell bead, so I used those. And for the metal, I'd had some old jewelry scroll-work looking pieces, so I used one of those on each earring.

To put them together, you'll need some thin wire. I used copper, but any type of thin beading wire will do. Bend the wire in half and wrap it around the the quill of the feather. Wrap it several time to make it secure, then thread the two end of the wire through the metal piece and the beads. Twist firmly several times and trim the wire ends close to the twist. Use a pair of pliers to bend the tiny ends down into the beads they were just threaded through. This will keep the ends from poking into your ears.

How to make earrings out of feathers - video