TUTORIAL: DIY Mise en Dior STUD EARRINGS

Have you ever encountered an idea so genius you wish you were the one to discover it?


That's how I felt when I read this tutorial for Mise en Dior pearl earrings that Geneva created. Every step to this tutorial, I credit to her. Absolutely brilliant. I followed her tutorial to a T.

To start off, you're going to need pearl studs. Or actually, any type of stud earrings you wish. I would recommend ball studs.

I bought the pearls at a random store in Midtown. (Luckily I don't have sensitive ears.)

a ball pair I had laying around from a f21 stud set

You're also going to need plastic beads. I say plastic, otherwise the beads will be too heavy. Resin will work also. I bought assorted sizes and also neon colored beads.

($5.50 bag from BEAD CENTER. The $6.99 is self-chosen beads from the clearance section of FUN2BEAD.)

These are beautiful, but won't work for this tutorial.

You're also going to need little rubber earring backs. I bought a smaller size than usually sold.

Also, the plastic beads need to have holes drilled large enough to fit the earring back.

Instead of a headpin you can use a skewer (Like how Geneva did).

Remember to have a window open, e6000 is no joke.

Press the earring back into the bead.

The glue will get messy.

How mind-numbingly simple. I don't know how long I have stared at Dior's earrings trying to figure out how to DIY it, and here the answer was, so easy. Man.

a pop of neon!


Of course, we gotta get down with the pearl originals.

different sizes of studs

I bought humongous pearls. No regrets.

Here are different sizes of tan balls. I love them all. This color is a lot more subtle.



Some in progress pictures

I couldn't use these pastel beads because the holes were too small

• Really fun pop of color
• I like neon in small doses
• Looks great with hair down OR up
• Super freaking cheap to make
• You can potentially use any bead as long as the hole is big enough
• THINK OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES
• Pearls really do look good with pretty much any color
• Minus the white... to me at least
• As long as you have studs and glue, just need the backs and the beads
• Sometimes you will already have backs laying around from store-bought stud sets
• Takes barely a minute to make each pair
• Of course, the bigger the back bead, the more you can see from the front
• I have freakishly large lobes though...

One downside: I have a second ear piercing on my lobes, and there is no way another stud will fit. I'm thinking I'll just wear these with a tiny gold hoop in the second piercing? Or of course, leave it bare.

Thanks for reading!