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  • Simple chain drop earrings featuring sparkly goldstone beads
    How to Make Earrings,  Step-By-Step Tutorials

    Sometimes Simple is Best and These Chain Drop Earrings Are Simplicity At Its Best!

    Do you ever feel like bold statement earrings are just too much? I think that simple, sweet earrings are often an elegant choice to accompany a stunning evening outfit. These stunning chain drop earrings are super easy to make and look incredible dangling from any ear lobe. You’ll want to make these earrings in a beautiful assortment of colors so that you can wear them with all your favorite outfits.

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

    1: Pliers. To make these earrings you will need to use round nose pliers and cutting pliers.

    A pair of round nose pliers

    A pair of cutting pliers

    2: Two earring hooks.

    Two earring hooks

    3: Two short pieces of chain.

    two pieces of chain

    4: Two head pins.

    two head pins

    5: Two beads of your choice. I used these glittering blue goldstone beads.

    two beads

    Get your own sparkly blue goldstone beads right here:

    The Steps:

    1: Add each bead to each head pin.

    beads on pins

    2: Use the round nose pliers to bend each pin at a right angle to the bead.

    bend pin at right angle

    two bent pins

    3: Trim the pins approximately 1cm (0.4 inches) from the bead using your cutting pliers.

    trimming pin

    two trimmed pins

    4: Bend each pin to form a loop that will secure the bead in place using your round nose pliers.

    looping pin

    closing charm loop

    two completed charms

    5: Open each loop slightly and slide a piece of chain onto each bead charm.

    adding chain to charm

    chain attached

    6: Close the loops again using the round nose pliers to secure each chain to the bead charms.

    both chains attached

    7: Attach the other end of the chain to the loop on the end of the earring hook.

    adding earring hook

    chain attached to hook

    8: Secure the chain to the hook by closing the loop at the end of the earring hook. Repeat steps Seven and Eight for the second earring. Once each earring hook has been attached your earrings are complete, how easy was that?

    completed earrings

    9: Pop them on and watch the compliments roll in! I bet these earrings will be a guaranteed winner in the style stakes.

    completed earrings 2

    bead detail

     

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