Simply Black

 

Need something to wear for that special occasion this holiday season?! Try one of these. You're sure to dazzle, wearing these charming tiered earrings. Choose one or all three pairs! Handmade from

Length

a little less than 2" - 2 1/4" (55 mm)

Materials

left: 4, 6,  and 8 mm round black glass beads

middle: 4 mm Black Sworovski Crystals and 10 mm teardrop black glass bead

right: 7 mm  black rondelle glass bead, silver wire hoop, 13 mm black rondelle glass bead

Silver Artistic Copper Wire

Decorative Hoop with dangling Pearl

Length

a little less than 1.5" (35 mm)

Materials

4 mm round Pearls

10 mm round Silver Decorative Wire
Silver colored wire

Scarlet Rain

Length

2.75" or 42 mm

Materials

Gold colored wire

18 x 11 mm Red Multi-colored glass bead

Violaceous

Length

2.25" or 55 mm

Materials

Gold colored wire

7 mm Purple Velvet Crystals

3 mm Violet Crystals

Cobblestone

Length: 2"

Supplies: 

2 - 8 mm round gold beads

4 - gold jump rings

2 - 4 mm gold spacer beads 

2 - 10 mm gold decorative wire links

2 - 2.5" 20 guage gold colored copper wire (for hooks)

2 - 3" 22 guage gold colored copper wire (for beads)

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Ring Mandrel or Sharpie marker (to create round bend for hooks)

Duration
20 minutes

The Idea

To create the hook, take the 2" wire and create a loop at one end. Wrap the wire around a cylindrical object, something like a permanent marker for the round bend. 

With a gold wire, create simple loop and continue rolling over the wire. Use flat nose pliers to hold wire parallel while rolling wire. Make 2-3 loops, insert spacer bead, gold bead and close with a wire wrapped loop. Center wire hoop on either side of the bead. Attach jump ring to wired bead and decorative wire link. Attach another jump ring to the link and earring hook. Create matching earring.

Cradle Rock

Length: a little over 2"

 Supplies: 

2 - 8 mm pink cube bead

4 - 4 mm silver spacer beads beads

2 - 2" 22 guage silver colored copper wire (for hooks)

2 - 4" 22 guage silver colored copper wire (for beads)

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Ring Mandrel or Sharpie marker (to create round bend for hooks)

Duration
  30 minutes

The Idea

To create the hook, take the 2" wire and create a loop at one end. Wrap the wire around a cylindrical object, something like a permanent marker for the round bend. 

Find the center of the wire and bend into right angle. Thread spacer bead, cube bead followed by another spacer bead. With flat nose pliers bend wire. Close wires with wrapped loops and create simple loop with other end of wire. Attach to hook. Create matching earring.

Red Revolution

Length: 2"

 Supplies: 

2 - 18 x 13 mm flat oval bead

2 - gold jump beads

2 - 3" 22 guage gold colored copper wire (for hooks)

2 - 4" 22 guage gold colored copper wire (for beads)

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Ring Mandrel or Sharpie marker (to create round bend for hooks)

Duration
15 minutes

The Idea

To create the hook, take the 2" wire and create a loop at one end. Wrap the wire around a cylindrical object, something like a permanent marker for the round bend. 

With a gold wire, create simple loop and continue rolling over the wire. Use flat nose pliers to hold wire parallel while rolling wire. Make 2-3 loops, insert bead and close loop with same rolling technique. Center decorative wire on bead. Attach hook and gem with jump bead. Create matching earring.

Licorice Drops

Supplies: 

2 - 10 mm teardrop black crystal beads

2 - 3 mm silver spacer beads 

2 - 10 mm silver decorative wire

2 - 2" 20 guage silver colored copper wire (for hooks)

2 - 5" 20 guage silver colored copper wire (for beads)

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Ring Mandrel or Sharpie marker (to create round bend for hooks)

Duration
30 minutes

Length: 2"

The Idea

To create the hook, take the 2" wire and create a loop at one end. Wrap the wire around a cylindrical object, something like a permanent marker for the round bend. 

Take the 5" silver wire and with chain nose pliers, bend over about 1/16" wire over itself and with the pliers hold the wire on its side and keep rolling to create the twirl for the bottom of the headpin. Thread spacer bead and crystal bead through wire. To create wire wrapping, start off closing bead with a wire wrapped loop. Instead of cutting wire, continue wrapping wire around the bead. To close, come back up to loop and wrap wire a couple of time. Cut the wire and press ends to prevent snags. Attach wired bead to jump ring and attach jump ring to decorative wire. Attache decorative wire to hook. Create matching earring.

Idea:

Try using a smaller guage wire to wrap beads for a different look.