Category — Earrings

These Cute as a Button earrings have a Juicy Couture flair about them. Easy to make with How to instruction following.

Easy List Of Supplies:

2 – coiled brass wreaths

2 – 6mm faceted glass beads. I like the Firepolish Czech Glass for this project.

1 -pair of gunmetal earwires

2 - 6mm open jumprings

12 inches of gold or brass wire (24 gauge)

1.Cut 6 inches of wire and thread through your glass bead keeping the glass beads centered on the wire.

2.Place the glass bead into the center of the brass coil wreath and secure the bead in place by wrapping the wire around the back of the coil pulling tight so the bead is fastened.

4. Take the wire and wrap around a coil in back several turns. Do this on each side of the bead. Once it feels fastened in place, trim the wire close and roll any stray piece toward the center and tamp down lightly.

4. Add a jump ring to the coil and close.Then attach the earwire to the closed jumpring to finish.

5.Repeat steps for other earring.

Experiment with some fun colors. Opaque spring colors would look great in this design.

This project could easily be made into a pendant for a necklace. At ohiobeads we have these coils in three sizes. You can check them out here.

Popularity: 45% [?]

Cynthia last wrote about Curved (Scalloped) Bar Link Chain and hinted at the gold-plated version being available soon.

Its here: in stock and posted online:

http://www.ohiobeads.com/catalog/goldplated-chain-round-curved-scalloped-chain-p-850.html

Paul
OhioBeads.com

Popularity: 20% [?]

This takes no time at all

A simple technique

Quality ingredients (they look expensive) ( all sterling silver components)

Impressive to give

or

Keep for yourself, they're fun to wear 

If you can open and close a jumpring then you can make these earrings.  In this case I used a small jumpring, to connect the round bezel Pink CZ to the Marquis shape. Use a needle nose plier and gently open with a slight twist the loop of the earwire (under the ball end) attach the sterling silver marquis shape into the earwire, close the loop securing the marquis and Viola you have beautiful earrings!.

Super cute sterling silver circle ballend earwires pair well with these Pink CZ teardrops. Notice the small jumpring connecting the CZ to the earwire. Open .. Close.. Your done!!

Not a pink kinda gal, try the clear CZ they look fabulous also. 

P.S. Pink is perfect for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Limited supply!!

Talk Soon,

Cynthia

ohiobeads.com 

Popularity: 3% [?]

Vintage with a modern flair!   and…

No wire wrapping skills needed! These lovely filigree and chain earrings are made with pieces of chain attached to the gunmetal filigree with petite size jumprings. Lightweight for measuring 2 and 1/2 inches long.

Tips to follow: 

1. Determine how long you want the earrings to be. Hey they're your creations you decide length.The longest piece of chain used in the sample above measures 4 inches.
2. Start with the longest chain first, then add the shortest section next. From here you can fill in the spaces with chain sections you think look best.
3. You connect the fine gunmetal chain to the filigree with small jumprings . In this case I used 2 sterling silver jumpring to each ring of the filigree. The silver adds a whisper of light to the earrings.
4. I also connected a 3mm sterling silver round bead on the single strand with a gunmetal headpin looped to the chain link.
5. Connect the leverback earwire directly to the top loop of the filigree. The ring on the leverback opens easily using a slight twist of the wrist while holding a needle nose plier. 

The most important advice I can give you is to cut lengths of chain for each filigree at the same time. This helps you have earrings looking like a matched pair, while avoiding frustration and wasting chain.

Ingredients list: 

1 package gunmetal filigree 

Sterling silver jumprings

3 mm sterling silver beads

Gunmetal leverbacks

Gunmetal headpins

1-2 feet of gunmetal double rollo chain #28 

All the Best,

Cynthia 

Popularity: 6% [?]