Make Your Own Ear Cuffs | Savvy Practicality
Lately, we’ve been making ear wraps or earring cuffs here at SavvyPracticality. You can easily make your own earrings that wrap around your ear using beading wire and chain nose pliers. Watch the video below to see how we transform a length of wire into a fun and flirty fashion accessory. [suffusion-widgets id='3'] To make your own DIY ear cuff you will need 20 or 24 gauge jewelry or beading wire, seed beads and a jewelry pliers kit which includes chain nose, round nose and side cutting pliers.
How to Make a Bow Ear Cuff | Zounds
As you might have noticed, ear cuffs have been super trendy lately. I’d seen tons and tons of pictures all over the web of wire cuffs with bow, but no tutorials. So I thought I would add my version of instructions to the information highway. For this project you need to make this cuff, and add the wire bow to it. Like this: Like Loading...
DIY Wedding: Free PDF
"DIY Wedding" is chock full of easy, step-by-step projects to make your wedding day uniquely yours. From inspiring invitations, to affordable homemade veils, to gorgeous details, and even homemade cakes, you're sure to find lots of inspiration to make your wedding a DIY success! All projects come from Instructables.com, are written by our creative community, and contain pictures for each step so you can easily make these yourself. Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet.
Ear Cuff Tutorial: The Double-Loop Technique
It's been a bit since I've done a proper tutorial, hasn't it? Don't worry, I'll be doing some craftsy ones soon-- but fellow jewelers are in luck today! I've photographed the making of another kind of ear cuff (which I'm calling the "Double-Loop" because you kind of loop it twice... I'm having a really hard time coming up with names for these different ear cuffs!) For those unfamiliar with ear cuffs, they are awesome and comfortable pieces of jewelry that simply wrap around the cartilage of the ear-- no piercings required! Before you begin, I recommend that you check out my tutorials on the basic ear cuff and the swirly ear cuff. Now then. We are creating a left ear cuff. This particular design is a bit more understated than the other ear cuffs because the decorative swirls are limited to the bottom of the cuff! You will need: - 8 inches of 18 ga wire - needle-nose pliers - (optional) beads, other wire for decorative wrapping, headpins to add dangles, etc. Bend it at the three inch mark.
Spiral Head Pins and Simple Spiral Earrings – Free Tutorial : Cozy Sister's Jewelry Making Blog
Posted on | December 8, 2009 | Comments Off Elaborate earrings are fun to make and lovely to admire, but in everyday life many people prefer to wear simple earrings. This tutorial will show how to make simple spiral earrings like those shown below. Simple spiral wire wrapped earrings Each earring is constructed in one piece, from a single piece of wire, rather than by attaching a dangle to an existing ear wire. In the process of making these earrings you’ll be making spiral head pins. Wire wrapped spiral head pins Materials (for one pair of earrings): 2 6-inch lengths of dead soft 20 gauge wire2 4mm beads. Tools: Round nose pliersFlat nose pliersFlush cuttersChasing or Ball Pein HammerAnvil or Bench BlockWire Rounder / Cup Burr (They’re easier to find online by Googling “wire rounder”)An 8mm mandrel, such as a Crayola crayon First, use the tips of your round nose pliers to bend one end of each wire into a simple loop, or use Fee’s tutorial to make round loops instead. Bend the wire tail
>How-To: Newsprint Manicure « A Pretty Penny
I saw this newsprint manicure over on The Daily Nail and thought it was adorable (especially for bookworms and word lovers like myself). I did a little Google detective work to see how to recreate it, and was surprised at how easy it is! All of the tutorials I found called for vodka or other clear distilled spirits, but we were fresh out. I used isopropyl alcohol instead, and it seemed to get the job done. Like this: Like Loading...
Simple Ear Cuff Tutorial
What you've all be waiting for... an ear cuff tutorial! I've been making ear cuffs for over a year, but unfortunately haven't had the time to make some of the insanely complicated designs I've dreamed up. This, however, is a very simple ear cuff that takes only a few minutes to master! Ear cuffs (also known as ear clips, cartiliage cuffs, ear vines, and more) are fabulous for people who don't have pierced ears-- or pair them with other earrings for a "double piercing" look. They are easy to wear, and stay in! I wore one on several rollercoasters and it stayed in place. All you need is pliers and some wire (the pictured wires are 20ga blue silver plated copper and 20ga enameled copper in various colors). Begin with 3 inches of wire. Fold at one inch. Fold again, creating a little zigzag. Twist the ends into swirls and pinch the swirls until they touch the center wire. You will need a mandel to form the ear cuff correctly. Push the ends down... The tips of the ends will still be straight.
How to Make Earring Wire Tutorials with Variations
Have you ever run out of ear wires or wish you could hand forge your own for the ultimate artisan look? Here are several options to try using common tools you already have. You'll also need to stalk around the house and look for a few more. 1. First find something cylindrical - approximately 1/2 " in diameter. A dry erase marker pen works really well. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. This pretty variation adds an additional loop in the front - this also takes up the excess wire which results when you are making the ear wire smaller. It looks oddly open (above right) so this is where that reforming comes in. 9. 10. 11. So have a go if you've never done it before. Also check my post on how to use a large bail forming pliers - this wonderful tool can also be used to make ear wires easily. ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEMJewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips />
DIY Basics: Wire Word Accessories
For this week’s DIY basic, we’re getting wordy with it. Wordy accessories, that is. You’ve likely seen your share of personalized bracelets, rings, and necklaces a la the famous Carrie necklace from Sex and the City. What you might not realize though, is that these are extremely easy to make! They’re great for personal use, but make awesome gifts, cake toppers, place cards, and more. Materials: - needle nose pliers - wire cutters - copper or brass wire (available on Amazon) - copper, brass, or gold-plated chain Gather your materials. Write or print out the word you’ll be creating a wire pendant out of. Then simply take your wire and hold it one end and “trace” your word with the end using your needle nose pliers. Cut off at the end once you’re done and curl the end in a little bit. Such a fun DIY twist on the word necklace! As you can see, we nerded out and used Brit’s Twitter handle as our “word” of choice. You can also make a really sweet bracelet using just the wire.
