When I finished the necklace... I wanted to make a maching pair of earrings. I made them... and didn't take a photo of them. I decided I wanted to make another pair of just earrings and this time I took photos of the steps...
What you need...
Round Beads in any shape and size you want- I have found that 3 per nest works well
2 Earring Wires
2 Jump Rings
20 or 24 guage wire
How To:
*I think the pictures above are almost better than what I could write- but I will write the steps out anyway*
1. Put your first bead about 1 inch and a half up the wire
2. Secure its place by looping the wire, that is attached to the spool, back to the entrance whole and where the shorter end is
3. Put the 2 other beads on and bend the 3 beads into a triangle then fold the remaing wire towards the middle.
4. Wrap the wire around the beads until it is almost the what you want it to look like
5. Cut the wire about 6-8 inches
6. Tricky part is now... as you probably have noticed, the wires are starting to spread apart, so now that you have cut the wire you can wrap it around the loose outer wire (wordy I know)
7. Wrap it to your hearts content or at least until you have about 1 1/2 inches left
8. Begin to wrap it again but stop so that you can make a loop to connect your jump ring to
9. Make the loop about the size of a jump ring and then take your pliers and twist. It should look like the top hap of an 8
10. Wrap the remaining wire around the twist
11. If your loop has become squished use a pair of round nose pliers to make it round again
12. Do the same for the other earring
13. Open the jump ring and place you loop of the nest on it
14. Next place your earring wire on the jump ring
15 Close the jump ring
16. Do the same thing again for the other earring
TADA! You have finished!
Here's a bigger picture of mine:
~Sarah
PS please don't mind my messy nail polish job...
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