You’ve probably seen all those fancy pants people running around with feather earrings. And you think to yourself, “Man, I would be so cool if I had feather earrings. And then people would like me. Because of my feather earrings. And then maybe they’d get to know me and really like me. For me.”

So you buy an overpriced pair of cool feather earrings and you wear them and you feel like, really cool. But then one night, let's call it New Year's Eve, maybe you have a few too many cocktails and you lose one in a hot tub. And then you lose the other one somewhere you don’t even know. So now you don't have any feather earrings. But then you remember that you write a craft blog. And everything's coming up Emma.

What you need for Feather Earrings:

Feathers

Jewelry wire

Wire cutters

-Pliers

-Earring hooks

-Jump rings

-A hole in your ears

What you need for Horse Feathers:

Blended Whiskey

Bitters

Ginger Ale

NOT A HORSE

Disclaimers!

So, obviously you should buy feathers, not ones you found on the street. Turns out you can find pretty feathers at big craft stores. Who knew? (obviously I didn’t).

I don’t really know what jump rings are? Or if that’s the right term? Either way, they’re the little rings to connect the wire on your earring to the hook. You’ll see soon enough.

Horse Feathers is a drink, not some weird type of feather or drug. Apparently that’s the only thing I’m really sure of in this disclaimers section.

Last, but not least, be careful with the drinking, wire, wire cutter combo. Just saying.

Okedokes, let’s try!

1.) Lay out everything you need for no particular reason..

2.) Pick out your feathers! Size, color, flufffervescence. All that.

3.) Pick off the feathers at the end of the “quill” so you have an area to wrap the wire around.

4.) Wrap the wire around the quill. Some people felt that it helped to cut off a piece of wire about 3 inches-ish long before wrapping. Which you should, it's way easier and you won't get stabbed in the thumb.

5.) Put the end of the wire through the jump ring or, "little hoop thing that connects the feathers to the hook." Then clamp the end of the wire down as hard as you can.

6). Using smaller pliers (or tweezers because I'm not a jewelry store), pry open the little circle on the end of your earring hook so you can put the jump ring through it. Then..close the little circle.

So just use the pliers to open the loop on the hook, put the circle in and then close. Right? Makes sense? Sigh.

7.)You’re done! Wear them! Don't lose them!

Part II – Now Let’s Lose Them in a Hot Tub!

AKA Drinky Drinky Time!

Horse Feathers:

2oz Blended Whiskey

2 Dashes Bitters

4 oz Ginger Ale

0 ability to explain why it’s called Horse Feathers.

Pour your Blended Whiskey into your high ball glass, which is filled with ice. Pour in your Ginger Ale. Dash some bitters in there. Stir. DRINK BUT NOT IN A HOT TUB.

Oops! That's not Horse Feathers. But it is proof that dudes can come to Crafty Hour!

Well I have a rule that once a picture that proves why I lose stuff enters a blog, it’s time to wrap it up. I hope you enjoyed this week’s Crafty Hour and that it brings you hours of friendship happiness.