An introduction to the different findings you can use to make earrings

Earring Hooks

Hook earrings are used for making dangly charm earrings

Green earrings — Dangly earrings made using earring hook findings.

Earring hooks can be used in DIY jewelry to make long or short earrings that featuring a dangling charm. You can attach your chosen charm using a jump ring or by looping the end of a head pin or eye pin.

Here are some earring tutorials that use earring hooks

Post earrings

This earring post finding can be used to DIY make earrings by gluing your choice of materials to the flat bed.

here are some ways to use stud findings

Charm Attachment Post Earrings

Pearl and chain earrings made using charm attachment post findings

This charm attachment post earring allows you to add attach a charm or bead on a pin, so that it dangles below the ear lobe (much like an earring hook).

Here are some tutorials that use charm loop post earrings

Hoop earring findings

You can add charms and beads to simple hoops to spice them up. Here’s an example:

Here are some hoop earring tutorials:

Threader earring findings.

These are delicate chains that are pulled through your piercings. They usually have a jump ring attached to one end and a thin stud on the other end to poke through a piercing hole.

Here are some ways you can use threader earring findings:

Clip on earrings

Clip on earrings can be glued onto different charms to give the look of pierced ears.

Here are some clip on earring tutorials:

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