Hand-Made Jewelry Earrings
You'll need:
6 Swarovksi crystal beads 6mm
8 Swarovksi crystal beads 4mm
2 gold ear wires
18” length of .015” diameter 7 beading wire
28 gold crimp beads
Chain-nose pliers
Desginer flush cutters
Instructions
To make the teardrop part of the earring: cut one 4” length of beading wire. Pass the end through a crimp bead, make a small loop and pass it back through the crimp bead. Crimp it.
Pass the wire through the following beads: crimp, 4mm, crimp, 6mm, crimp, 6mm, crimp, 6mm, crimp, 4mm, crimp. Don’t crimp any of the crimp beads yet.
Pass the wire end through a crimp bead, make a small loop and pass it back through the crimp bead. Crimp it.
Adjust the beads so they’re in the center of the wire, then crimp the outermost crimp beads on to hold the beaded section in place.
To make the cloverleaf shape: Cut a 5” length of beading wire. Fold it in half and pass the ends through a crimp bead; adjust it so it’s ¼” from the fold. Crimp it.
Hold the wires together and pass them through a 4mm bead and a crimp bead. Crimp it.
Pass each wire end through a crimp bead. Bend one wire in a loop and pass it back through the crimp bead. Crimp it. Repeat this step with the other wire.
Hold the wires together and pass them through a crimp bead, 4mm bead and a crimp bead. Crimp the crimp beads and cut off any extra wire.
To attach the wires to the earring, open the lower loop on the ear wire. Slide one end of the long wire onto the loop, then the cloverleaf, then the other end of the long wire. Close the ear wire loop.
Repeat Steps 1-9 to make a matching earring.
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