Getting Wired - What's going to become of this?

I was getting some inspiration on www.jewelrylessons.com (remember I have mentioned this site earlier on?) and I wanted to try some wirework.

But - I didn't have any dead-soft or half-hard wire, the only thing I could find very fast (ooh, did I mention, that I am very very verrrry impatient and I want everything NOW? Well, now you know) ~ I was sayin': the only thing I could find very fast was STEEL WIRE in our local hardware shop... and steel wire is extremely HARD to work with! Ouch!

This is what inspired me:










And this is how I embraced the challenge:

Let's see how the earrings look like when done...