I'm on a beading kick lately... and decided
to expand my design collection to earrings. I wanted to make something
quick, easy but eye-catching - and this is what I came up with. You will
need:
26 gauge artistic
wire in matching color
14 lime 4mm bicone
Swarovski crystals
4 aqua 6mm bicone
Swarovski crystals
2 silver plated
findings
2 silver plated "fish hook" earring findings
You can use any color combination of
crystals - this just happened to be what I had on-hand that matched the wire I
had... so - in other words - you can go crazy and make dozens of these with no
problem using just your current supplies.
Cut a piece of wire about 6" long. String the finding and crystals on the wire in this pattern: 1 finding, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 lime, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 aqua 6mm, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 lime, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 lime, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 aqua 6mm, 1 aqua 4mm, 1 lime and 1 aqua 4mm.
Bring the end of the wire around and back through the finding. Pull the wire tight so the crystals form a "hoop" below the finding.
Thread the 2 wire ends through
the earring wire. Bend the 2 wires and wrap around the bottom of the earring.
Continue wrapping the wire neatly around the top until you have formed a slight
"ball" of wrapped wire. Slide the tightener down the earring. If
necessary trim excess wire and tuck ends into wrapped wire ball to prevent
scratching.
Place a drop of jeweler's glue
or clear nail polish near the ends of the wire that are tucked into the wrapped wire ball as an added
precaution against scratching. Then go out and let them sparkle in the sun.
I actually liked them so much - I made a bunch to use as shade pulls for my windows. - very pretty.
~ Dani
This is perfect!!
ReplyDeleteThanks - glad you like it!
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