Earring Tutorial- Simple, Stunning, Dangle Earrings

This tutorial is for a simple and elegant, dangle earrings.

So lets get started!

Supplies needed- 

-2 Headpins

-6" 22 Gauge Wire

-2 Earring Hooks

-6 Beads, Various Sizes

-Optional Bead Caps

-Wire snips

- Chain nose pliers

-Round nose pliers

(I'm using 6mm cream faceted glass druks, 6mm turquoise druks, 4mm cream Swarvorski crystals, with bight brass wire, and findings.)

To Begin take your "optional" bead cap and the largest bead and string them onto the headpin.

Place your pliers on top of the bead,

Bend the wire around the pliers.

Turn the pliers a bit and continue to wrap the wire to create a loop.

Bend the loop straight.

Give it a snip.

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Repeat with the matching bead, so you have two.

To form the second bead link take your length of wire and make a 45 degree angle about 1/2" in.

Wrap the small tail around the tip of the pliers.

Give it a snip and you have a loop!

String on your second bead.

Bend the wire length to the side and wrap it around the pliers to make a top loop.

Give it a snip and repeat with your second bead.

For the final bead, start it the same what you did your second, by making a loop and placing the bead on the wire.

This time instead of bending the wire towards the side, we'll bend it to the front so it lays right on the hook.

Wrap it around the pliers to make a loop.

Now to put our pieces together!

Take your bottom bead and open it's loop.

 Place on your middle bead and and squeeze it closed.

Open your next bead link loop, and add the last bead link then squeeze it closed.

Add the earring hook in the same fashion and you have a finished earring! Repeat with the other beads.

Once done, admire your finished earrings!

Hope you all enjoy and good luck on your project!

Next Week''s Project-

Easy, Solitaire Flower Blossom Ring

<3 Cassandra

Nest Tutorial- How to Make a Bird's Nest Necklace

This Tutorial is for a wire bird's nest necklace.

I had a request to do a tutorial on a necklace, so I decided to chain the nest instead of earrings. It is just as easy to make two and put them on earring hooks. I love this project because eggs in a nest has such a wonderful meaning to a mother. 

So lets get started!

Supplies needed- 

-About 2ft, 26 Gauge wire

-3, 4mm round stones

-18" Chain

-1 Jump ring

-1 Spring clasp

-Wire snips

- 2 pairs chain nose pliers

To start, take your 3 beads (I'm using 4mm Charoite on solid sterling silver) and place them about 1 inch in on your wire.

 Curve your wire and beads to make a circle, and twist it closed. Tuck your end under on the side you want to be the bottom.

 Begin wrapping your wire around the 3 beads. This will form the base of the nest.

 When you have about 6-10 wraps, take your wire and connect your outer ring to your bead ring, by weaving the wire around the outer ring to the inner ring with the beads.

 Once you have 3 or 4 wraps connecting your base to your beads, begin working on the bottom.

Twist the wire round and round in circles. Make sure your circles are all different sizes so that they cover the whole bottom. 

 When it is decently covered weave the wire around the base and the beads like before, making sure to come through the bottom so that it is connected to the top. Do this 3 or 4 times.

 Your nest should then look similar to this.

 Now it is time to make the top of the nest. Kink the wire a bit and begin wrapping it in a circle on top of the base. Do this about 10 times.

 Then begin weaving the nest like before, connecting your top to the rest of your nest.

 Keep weaving around and around sloppily until your nest is full or you have about 3" of wire left.

 Create one last weaving loop, but leave part of this loop up and pinch it together close to the base. This will create your bezel.

 Bring your wire end up and wrap it around your pinched base until secure.

 Snip the loose end and pinch it down with your chain nose pliers.

 It should then look like this.

 Now to put our pendant on a chain! This part is really simple.

 Open the ring of the spring clasp by using your 2 pairs of pliers to grip the ring and turn them away from each other to open it.

 Place your chain on the clasp.

 Turn your pliers towards each other to close the opening.

 Open your jump ring, add your chain and close the same way you did with the spring clasp.
( If your spring clasp ring does not open, you will need a second jump ring to connect it to your chain.)

 And that's it! Your very own bird's nest necklace! You can customize it any way you like!
Birth stones, more eggs, less eggs, different metals...It's all up to you!
Sorry the picture is slightly blurry...I tried to enlarge it a bit...

Next Week's Project-

Basic Bracelet

Enjoy!!

<3 Cassandra