How Do You Make Earrings From Beads?
Making your own simple beaded earrings is easier than you think! You can get beads made out of various materials like semi-precious stones, glass, clay or wood from bead, craft, or online stores. You can also recycle some beads from old jewelry you don’t wear anymore. With one basic wire wrapping tip, you are armed with the knowledge to make infinite designs! The following steps explain the simplest beaded earring made with a basic wire wrapping technique. Once you learn the wire wrapping loop, you can move on to other variations. In this instance, you will be creating a closed loop on a headpin (a short segment of wire with a ball or piece of metal on the end to keep the bead from falling off). Choose the bead/s you would like to put on the headpin and string them on. Now, take your round nose pliers and grasp the wire about 1/4 of an inch or less above the last bead. Keeping pressure on the pliers, rotate your wrist 90 degrees so that that the wire bends and creates a small loop in t
