Thursday, March 15, 2012

Beachy Seashell Earrings

Materials:
*2 ear wires
*8 head pins
*4 jump rings
*2 seashell beads
*Small fake pearls
*Small beads in varying shades of blue, green, brown, and gold
*Round nosed pliers
*Flat nosed pliers
*Wire cutters

Directions:
*Cut the "head" off of two of the head pins using wire cutters
*Curl the end of each using round nosed pliers, add the seashell beads, then clamp shut with the round nosed pliers.  Add beads, then curl the top of each headpin and clamp each onto a jump ring
*Bead two other head pins, trim to the desired length, then attach one to each jump ring
*Place some beads on two other head pin, but trim these head pins to a fairly short length.  Curl the ends, then clamp onto two separate jump rings
*Cut the "head" off two head pins, then curl the ends and clamp to the jump ring that the short head pins are attached to.  Add some beads, cut short, curl the end, then clamp each of these to one of the jump rings with two beaded headpins already attached
*Uding the round nosed liers, open the bottom of the ear wires, slide one of the jump rings with attached bead chains onto each ear wire, then close using flat nosed pliers

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