Saturday, August 22, 2009

Hamburger Earrings

Mmmm.

I don't know why, but I love miniature food. I can't explain it. It can be in any form: erasers, jewelry, pointless Japanese miniatures. I just love it. 

So while making a sample for the Needle Felted Jewelry class I'm teaching tomorrow at the UCC, I decided to felt some miniature hamburger earrings. Just a nice juicy little patty with tomato and lettuce between two golden sesame buns. I'm so happy with how they turned out.


Sadly, while they were sitting on the counter at work, a customer spotted them and shouted to his companion, "Hey! Look at these lint hamburger earrings!" They are not made of lint, thank you very much. The burger is made from wool roving and the sesame seeds are made from little white seed beads.

I guess it does look a little bit like lint though...



Posted by Devon from Miss Make at 7:30 PM
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5 comments:

  1. These earrings look like something an elementary school teacher would wear...kids would love those! :)
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  2. Really cute, Devon. These little hamburgers would be great for dollhouses, too. ;)
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  3. WOW..didn't know pointless Japanese miniatures even existed..went to the link..just one question: "Why?"
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  4. LOVE these! What's your technique? I would love to try to make these for a friend's kid for a birthday present. Do you have a tutorial or step by step guide available?
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  5. Amy, I wish I did! I needle felted each layer individually, then literally sandwiched them together and felted through the entire thing. Then i used a needle and thread to sew the beads on the top. To make them into earrings I sewed a single loop of embroidery floss up through the middle and attached a french hook. You might be able to find a tutorial if you search on youtube. Good luck!
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