DIY Chain Earrings in Less Than 5 Minutes. April 9, 2013 I am not kidding with that title! You can make these cute chain earrings in less than 5 minutes. Check it out! You’ll need: wire cuttersjewelry pliers2 ear wires with loops2 jump rings12″ chain of your choice To start, measure how long you want your chain to fall. Cut your chain into 2 pieces that are the length that you desire. Open a jump ring and slip the chain on, and then slip the earring wire on. Close your jump ring. Isn’t that crazy easy? Or try two or more chains together, like this: I’ve already made 4 pairs for myself. Share! Wire and Bead Earring How-To | A Step-by-Step Wire Earring Tutorial. How-to submitted by: Art-Z Jewelry These earrings all utilize the same basic design and are relatively easy to create.
No complicated wire work skills are necessary. You can vary the number of beads, shapes, colors and patterns as you please. I recommend bead sizes no bigger than 6mm. The hole should be big enough to fit 20 gauge wire. Supplies: Two 6 1/4″ pieces of 20 gauge, round, soft wire for the frames Two 14″ pieces of 24 gauge, round, soft wire for coiling 16 to 20 beads about 6mm size with holes large enough to fit 20 gauge wire Wire nipper/cutter Small nylon jaw pliers Chasing hammer Flat nose or chain nose pliers Steel block Mandrel, or other shaping tool for ear wires. Needle file, emery board or cup burr for smoothing wire ends Hold the 20 gauge wire in your non dominant hand and start wrapping a 14″ section of 24 gauge wire about 1/2″ from the end. String a bead onto the 20 gauge wire Go over the bead with the 24 gauge wire and wrap around the 20 gauge, down, around and back up.
DIY Coiled Bead Earrings - Simple Jewelry Making Instructions. I think that coiled beads are very funky and that they can be applied in many jewelry making projects; this time I want to put these chic coiled beads into an earring project and hope you will like it! Materials and tools: 0.5mm gold copper wire Gold eye pins Black iron chains 8mm purple bicone beads Iron ear hooks 2mm silvery aluminum wire Round nose pliers Flat nose pliers Wire cutters Instructions: Step 1: Make coiled beads 1st, pick a 30cm piece of copper wire and coil it around 2mm aluminum wire; 2nd, when the coiling reaches about 4cm, cut off extra wire; 3rd, the coiled bead is done, and repeat to make another one. Step 2: Add chain fringe 1st, pick a piece of copper wire that measures about 10cm and cut 6 pieces of black chain that measure 4cm; 2nd, wrap its short tail around the long tail after sliding a purple bicone bead on it; 3rd, slide one 4cm chain on and wrap the long tail to finish it; 4th, prepare 6 chains of this kind and attach 3 of them to each coiled bead; The final look is like this:
DIY: Gilded Ball Drop Earrings. I love browsing through online stores and most of the time I come across stuff that I think I can DIY - I encourage myself to DIY most things to save up money as well as to hone my noncreativity. LOL. Anyway, this time around I was browsing around Hautelook and saw these cute drop earrings - and it sparked some inspiration in me to do something similar. Read on to find out how I made these! Here's my inspiration piece: You will need the following: Wood beads - buy them at any craft store or online, they're pretty easy to find Nail Polish - the design is achieved by layering; I used a white, light gray, sheer matte white and gold polish Aluminum foil Sponge Bamboo skewer Thin jewelry chain - you have to make sure the chain fits the holes of the wooden beads Earring hooks Jump rings Skewer your wood beads and rest them on something similar like this - this will make painting them easier and with less flaws.
Paint with your white polish - I used Wet n' Wild's French White Creme. Cascade Earrings | KanduBeads. Well Hi There! Today we will make This tutorial is somewhat intermediate but if you are wearing your adventurer hat, I'm sure you'll tackle it like a champ. 4 Inches of Stirling Silver Chain (or any chain that has open links) 6 Rough Quartz Crystal Points 2 Earring Wires 1 Round Nose Pliers Silver tone Craft Wire First we want to cut our chain to the desired length.
Pass the wire through one side of the bead and leave about 1 inch to one side and about 5 inches on the other. Now wrap the shorter end of the wire around the longer end. Great! Now, take your round nose pliers and as close to the already wrapped wire there, make a loop. Ta-dahh! Now, let's take that chain of yours and pry open a link with your pliers. Now that you have shnazzy little earring forming here, it's time to attach it to the actual ear wire.
Easy enough right? Feel free to ask us questions if you need or even email us a shot of the cascade earrings you made with this tutorial and we'll give you props on Facebook!