I remember the first time I made a pair of earrings. I actually wish I took a photo to show you what it looked like. It wasn’t rounded off pretty but I was proud and I did wear them often.
Here is a basic tutorial for those of you who are interested in making your own earrings.
You will need flat nose pliers, round pliers, a side cutter, some jump rings, eye pins, hooks and some pretty beads.
The first step is to slide the beads onto the eye pin and then cut a piece of the eye pin to make it shorter. Then you need to use the round pliers to turn the top part of the eye pin. Leave a small opening to insert the hook. Once you’ve inserted the hook, use the flat nose pliers close the eye pin.
You can play around with the length of the earrings, and mix and match colours to your own taste.
If you want to make earrings with charms, you simply use the flat nose pliers to open the jump rings. Then you hook the charm onto the ring and hook the ring onto the earring hook. Then use the flat nose pliers to close the jump rings.
Earrings are really easy to make and because it doesn’t take a lot of time, you can literally make them JUST before any event.
Enjoy making your own earrings.
Lena
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