Cats Eye

 

These are my favorite earrings! They're so fun to wear on the weekends or sleek enough to wear to the office. Definitely a must have!!

Length

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

Materials

4 mm round Pearls

10 mm glass beads - Light Purple or Green 
Silver/Gold/Antique Gold colored wire

Simple Hoop Earring

Supplies:
2 - 10 mm green bicone glass beads

2- 6" silver wire, 20 guage
2 - silver earring hooks

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Ring Mandrel

Duration
30 minutes

Length: 3 1/2"

The Idea

Decide on the size of the hoop for the earring and wrap around the 6" wire on the mandrel. Wrap the wire until it crosses each other. Leave about 1 1/4" so that you can wrap that end to create a wire wrapped loop, but don't forget to insert the bead before closing the loop. With the remaining wire sticking up, leave about 1/4" in to create a wire loop. Connect the hoops and your done!

Tip:

The hoop will be a little bit bigger after it's wrapped around the mandrel.

Tip 2:

This earring is so versatile. You can change the beads to match any color in your wardrobe!

See Green

 

I never thought I would ever wear these psychedelic earrings! Never say never. They really came in handy when my girlfriends and I celebrated 80s night! It was a rad night!!!

Supplies:
24 - 2 mm green glass beads

24 - 2 mm blue glass beads

16 - 2 mm green glass beads

2 - 6" silver wire, 20 - 22 guage

2 - hooks

Tools
Basic Tool Kit

Duration
25 minutes

Length: 2.5"

The Idea

Create a loop with your chain nose pliers, with the silver wire and bend the remaining wire 90 degrees perpendicular to the loop you just created. Wrap the wire around a 1" mandrel until it overlaps, to create the round shape for the loop. Add the beads (refer to picture for color scheme). Once all the beads are in place, close the wire loop with 2 loops. Cut the remaining wire and add your hooks. Repeat.

Tip:

Lay out your beads in order to see the color scheme and to speed up the process of threading the beads..