How to Make Chain Earrings

Want to get a bit more adventurous with your earring designs? Try making these triangle chain drop earrings. The process is simple but the results are incredible. All you need to make these elegant chain earrings is some jewelry chain, a couple of eye pins and some beads. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to learn how to make these earrings.

You will need the following tools and materials to make these earrings:

1.Pliers

To make these earrings you will need to use some round nose pliers, flat nose pliers and cutting pliers.

2. Four pieces of chain.

Each of these pieces is 5cm (2 inches) long.

3. Two head pins.

4. Earring hooks.

5. Two jump rings.

6. Beads of your choice.

For this design I used two large pink glass beads and some pink and purple seed beads.

The Steps:

1.Thread your chosen beads onto each eye pin.

2. Using the round nose pliers, bend the top of the pin at a right angle to the beaded section.

3. Once the pins have been bent, use the cutting pliers to trim them so that the ends are approximately 1cm (0.4 inches) long. Be sure to hold the pin on either side of the pliers to that the end doesn’t go flying. Repeat this step for both pins.

4. Use the round nose pliers to form a loop on the straight end of each pin to secure the beads in place.

5. Open each loop slightly using the round nose pliers.

6. Slide on a piece of chain to each end and use the pliers again to close the loop.

7. Add both loose ends of the chain to an open jump ring to form a triangle shape. Once you have done this you can close the jump ring again using the pliers. Repeat this for both earrings.