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How to Make Pearl Drop Earrings

How to Make Pearl Drop Earrings

Brass Capped Pearl Drop Earrings with Brass Beads and Red African Vinyl Beads

Skill Level: Easy

Time to Completion: 15 minutes

Step 1

Cut about 3.5 inches of your 24 gauge yellow brass wire with your wire cutter

Step 2

Bend the wire around your round nose pliers to form a loop

Step 3

Slide the pendant onto the wire

Your project should look like this now

Step 4

Take your flat nose pliers and hold the loop with those firmly

Step 5

Wrap the wire around 3 times tightly while holding the loop with your flat nose pliers, cut off the excess wire with your wire cutters and squeeze the wire at the cut off tip so it does not stick out.

Step 6

Slide one brass bead onto the wire

Step 7

Add three of your red vinyl beads and another brass bead

Step 8

Take your round nose pliers and form another loop close the brass bead. Make sure there is no extra space between your beads.

Step 9

Hold the loop with your flat nose pliers tightly while wrapping the wire around 3 times or until you have reached the brass bead. Cut off excess wire with your wire cutters and squeeze the wire at the cut off tip so it does not stick out.

Step 10

Your project should look like this now.

Step 11

Take your lever back open ear finding and open the attached loop just enough to attach the earring.

Step 12

Take your earring, attach the leverback finding to the upper loop of your earring and close the loop gently.

Step 13

Repeat all steps for the second earring and you are done with your project.

Step 14

Try them on and enjoy! They also look great in Silver and Turquoise.